The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
THE HAWAIIAN MIDDLE.
DR.. Kimban, of Maine, Explains the
Status of Matters There.
[Bridgton News,l

waiian episode? Why Pm disgusted-
indignant-mad clean through and
through" was the reply of Dr. j. H.
Kim bah to the query of News repre-
sentative, who called ON him to get his
ideas as to the turn of affairs betw cen
this government and the Hawaiian Is.
lands
1t is question if there is man living
who more thoroughly understands
Hawaii in general and the philosophy OF
her political situation in particular than
DR.. Kimball. By nature a close observer,
and sponge-like in mental absorption,
retentive and microscopic as a photo
graphic plate, and withal deeply inter-
ested In the subject he during his nine
years. residence at Hawaii made an an
alytical study of her national resources,
her people, her financial and political
status and the currents and counter-cur-
rents affecting the same. Moreover, as
government physician and later as chief
medical director of the nation, he had
rare opportunities to study her political
economy from the inside; and he proved
no superficial student.
=" 1t IS a stupendous blunder-yes, more
oildh CadU, d CtliA0, bulS luOFOluCIlU w
put that disso1ute woman back again
at the head of affairs!" continued the
Doctor. +" If what Minister Bleunt says
were true, why, then, thered be some
plausible pretext for restoring her to
power, but what he says about the man
who formed and still control the provis-
ional government originating the revolu-
ton of last spring is all bosh. Things
were going along smoothly when Liliu-
okalain occupied the throne up to the
time she undertook the high-handed per-
Torrance which caused her downfall, and
nobody thought of such thing as max
ing her any trouble; but the moment
she undertook to smash things generally
and to usurp the despotic sway of which
her brother mad been properly deprived,
the men who represent the intelligence,
the industrial and commercial interests,
safe and beneficent governmental short
all that is of value to the nation, awoke
to the appalling danger, perceived the
sinister, despicable designs of that bad
woman, and rose equal to the emer-
gency. Result: the best govern
.And what about Minister Stevens
completely in dethroning Liliuokalani
and employing the United States forces
in aid of the new government, as Mr..
Blount alleges?"
THAT'S falsehood, pure and simple.
Why, Minister Stevens was away when
the mass meeting of citizens convened
and created the Provisional Government.
He was out using on the Boston, :"
with Captain Wiltse at the Time and did
not land until the next day. / know
him, and President Dole, and Secretary
of Finance Damon, and Lorin r,Thurston,
and in fact every man who took leading
parts in that drama, and who are now
running the government, as well as.I
know you, and they are level-headed,
patriotic, just men. John L. sStevns is a
And | know, too, that he had nothing
to do with originating or abetting the
government of last January. He simply
called in the AID OF our naval troops for
the preservation of sorder and the protce-
ton of his governments citizens and in
terestsn
u am not prepared to impeach sthe
Presidents honesty of purpose, but he
has been carefully misled byBlount's one
sided statements. | have been kept posted
right along as to affairs out there by reIia-
BILE correspondents, by which learn that
Blount went out there prejudiced against
the Harrison administration and bound
to make point against it, and would
listen to, or at least take no stock in any
statement otherwise than .those made by
royallsts and personal friends of the
Queen. He has given onee-sided, false
report to the whole matter, and the Cleve-
land administration have made blum
der from which they can never recover in
being influenced thereat.
Going back many years toward the
Dark Ages by placing an unprincipled,
wilful, revengeful autocrat in charge of
Hawaii-why it is miserable, wicked
business! I've no financial interest there
whatever. but do want to see the right
thing done.n