The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-05-05

the decision. The Queen, to whom
they are devoted as the representa-
tive Of the government they prefer,
has told them to be quiet, because,
as she and all who are with her have
told them, the United States are a
great and just nation. The President
is a great and just man. He will not
do a great wrong to our people, and
we have encouraged them with an
example out Of our own history. In
1S43 an English Admiral hauled
down our flag, hoisted the British
flag and seized possession of the ISL
and. Our people were defenceless.
Too weak to resist, they could only
protest. They remained quiet at
the bidding of their native rulers,
and by and bye another English
Admiral came and hauled down the
British flag, hoisted and saluted the
Hawaiian and restored the govern
ment to its rightful hands. 1t is not
to be supposed, we believe, that the
United States will act less Justly and
honorably in 1893 than Great Britain
did fifty years ago. That is what we
tell our people,
1t must not be supposed that the
native people are without excite
ment. They feel the situation keenly
and movement is now on foot by
which natives, men and women, of
all the islands are getting names to
petition asking for the restoration
of the Queen. But they are so we'll
in hand that the other day when
great crowd witnessed with Joy the
reinstatement of the Hawaiian flag
over the government building, while
they took off their hats there was
not shout or hurrah, because the
Queen had expressed desire for
absolute quiet and no demonstra-
ton.
This act of Colonel Blount remov-
ing the troops, taking away the Am
erican flag and hosting the Hawai-
ian flag, was, as they do not conceal,
extremely unpleasant to the pro-
visional government and its adher-
ents. 1t showed in it's results the
falsity of their plea that life and
property were in danger and requir-
ed foreign protection.
BLoUNT's SILENT WAY.
l ought to say that Colonel
Blount's mysterious powers and his
very judicious conduct keep all eyes
here on him. He is the most silent
man they have ever seen out here.
He is accessible to everybody Of all
parties; he listens to all who come
to him; but, as everybody reports,
he never says word.
"He gets more out of you than
anybody ever knew" said a disap-
pointed man to me to-day, 'but he
never tells anybody anything of
what he knows, thinks or means to
do"
Moreover they say of him that he
is friendly, even genial, with every
body, but shows by his occasional
questions that he knows great deal
about island affairs and by tie few
orders he has so far given that when
he acts he means business. They
have given him clever nicknames
here. They call him the Minister
Reticent, Mr.. Stevens being still the
Minister Resident. | must confess
that, so far as am concerned, Colo
mel Blount eminently deserves this
title.
The present situation is this: The
provisional government continues to
exist, but is slowly losing adherents
1t would go to pieces by slight
push, but it is the policy of the ma,
tive leaders and their American adj,
visers not to push, but to wait. The
provisional government leaders have
no hope except in annexation. They
know and confess that they cannot
maintain an Independent existence
but would be voted down at once
not merely by the natives, but by {
considerable number of American:
and other foreign residents. The
impression of careful observers i:
that they are in the situation of the
man who held a bear by the paws
and did not know how to let g
without help. They would quit i
they saw how to quit. The influence
of the Queen and all her advisers i
exerted, so far. to keep the peopl
absolutely quiet, waiting for Presi
= dent Cleveland's decision, whicl
[ they believe will be just and will res
, tore the constitutional government
3 No one except a very few absur'
3 people fears any violent or lawles
= outbreaks outside of Honolulu, ant
| here only if annexationists SHOULD
: unendurably irritate the people, a
o some of the less judicious seem in
: clined to do.
"THE PEAR" NOT SO RIPE.
+ The American Minister, Mr.. Ste,
+ ems, though substantially defunctus o
n fcio, Colonel Blount having plenar
h powers, still goes about urging an
l. encouraging annexation. His speed
+ removal would help the situatio
v here and perhaps be welcome
If him, as he has certainly discovere
n by this time that "the pear" is nj
J. so ripe as in his queer dispatches b
,r persuaded Mr.. Harrison it was.
d republic does not seem to be favore
by anybody here.
10 The provisional government PEI
l. pie declare against a republic vel
l. positively. They want only annex
1t ton, and thereby declare themselv'
70 consciously incapable of ruling, I
i indeed their misconduct before tn
d. revolution showed them to be, fl