Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-22
He RULED uluIUOkALANl.
The Tahit;an Blacksmith Who Was More
Powerful Than Her Cabinet.
statements Given to Mr.. BIount show
ing the Kind of Queen. LiIiuokaIanf
"as-Rule of Doodle and bribery.

Among the extracts given YESTERDAY ,rorn
The documents accompanying Mr. Rloun,,s
nav allan report was one from a statement
written for Mr.. Blount by Nolney Y Ash
ford In reference to Queen Ldliuokalanrs
morality and her relations with Wilson her
ex-marshal. who is represented as a fayoraa
paramour of the dethroned queen. Wuson
is the man who is represented bv Mr.
Thurston as trying TO stop the revolution
oy Offering to lock the queen up until she
agreed to certain reforms in government
Mr.. Ashford in his statement gave a fur
Their account of the relations OF Wilson TO
the queen and Hawaiian affairs. as follows:
Through the queens influence over her
brother during his absolute power of official
patronage Wilson was given the superin-
tendency Of the Honolulu water works.
though he was utterly ignorant of all theory
regulating hydraulics. and the real work
was necessarily done by another highly paid
official Wilson collected the water rates,
however, and an Investigation being de-
manded by a member of the legislature OF
1856. parliamentary committee found he
had stolen in the neighborhood of $1,000
from the receipts. Then through the same
influence the cabinet of the day entered
into a stipulation whereby the matter was
compromised. Wilson repaying into the
treasury $1,000 The princess paid over
5000 of this amount in cash. and by her
further influence. exerted in the same di-
rection. prevailed on the legislature to pass
an ''act of indemnity" restoring to her the
5000 out of the public funds To save fur
Their scandal friends of the ministry in
dorsed Wilson'S notes for another 5000 on
the governments pledge TO retain one-half
of his salary tin the amount was recouped.
while he himself. of course. retained the Of
flee. although members OF the legislature.
from their place on the floor of the house.
expressed the opinion that he should be
breaking stones on the street with a ball
chained to him.
At the revolution OF 1857 the fellow a
SPY on both sides. Whether he gave truth
full information TO either is hard to say; but
the king subsequently, informed friends thai
he at least betrayed him into the enemy's
hands as soon as the revolutionary cause
began to promise success. He was in the
''Dominis conspiracy" so called. i'm lsSS.
already described. and was the man TO run
over his co-conspirators to first reach the
government officials and betray his CONS
rades when he suspected the plot was dis
covered Unless the official documents were
stolen while he and his tools were in power,
there are still confessions Of his own, under
oath. in the government archives, which
would hang him"-to use the words OF the
ulars of this conspiracy were suppressed by
the government of the dRy to prevent a
lowering of Hawaiian bonds then selling In
London on a two-million-dollar loan, ana
for other reasons already stated. He was
in the Wilcox Instruction OF lsS9. but kept
out OF harms way: and IL was developed
at the trial of Loomens that II was ne VINO
introduced Loomens to the king. and sent
him. by the kings order. TO ioin the con-
spirators.
During the queens reign and his incum-
I n-l-N.. H.. rEa NaCn
lutte dictator in Hawaii. 1t is known that
no act of importance in governmental func-
tions transpired without either emanating
from him or receiving his approval. ne
over and over again insulted the people, the
legislature and the cabinet by openly COM
mandng the queen to disregard the pre-
mier on behalf OF the cabinet: when that
minister was urging upon her the aoopuoh:
modification or rejection OF contemplated
public acts. By the way. the law recog-
nizes no premier" but the queen insisted
on so calling that minister VINO oinciany
communicated with her outside her meet
ings with the entire cabinetl Boodle
thievery blackmailing. bride taking and
general disregard of the laws were alarm
inyly common and gambling houses. dives.
Illicit liquor dens, opium Joints and the
wholesale importation OF that deadly drug
have been positively traced TO his acquires
ence for monetary considerations. he kept
a body guard about him, composed in part
OF fugitives from Justice from other coun-
tries accused of all degrees OF crime. re
is a half-breed Tahitian. who. as a WALL
was brought to Honolulu by an old Hawah.
an sea captain. He grew up here. learned
the blacksmith's trade. and followed IL ui
his physical development attracted the at
tention of Mrs. Dominis. who at once pro-
cured a government Office for him and adj
yanced him as occasion offered. Thougn
physically large. active and well-propor-
toned ne is morally and intellectually OF
a low order-a circumstance which is true
of all the ex-oueen's favorites. and illus
trates her savage tastes.