The Portland daily press., 1893-11-27

Washington, November 25.-The De-
partment of State this afternoon gave
out another volume of the Blount re-
port. 1t consists of number of affidav-
it's, a long list of statements, interviews
and correspondence relative to the land
ing of the m arines of the Boston; the
protest of Gov. Cleghorn; the letters that
passed between the Queen and the Pro-
visional Government, and stati sites of
the products of the islands, their area
and population. The book contains 400
pages.
G. B. Wilson, Queen Liliuokalani's
marshal and chief of police, in state
ment made to Commissioner Blount pays
his respects to Minister Stevens as fol-
lows: "Troublous indeed were the scenes
at the opening of the Queens reign.
Now she had to meet trouble from with
out as we'll as from within. His Excel
lency, John L. Stevens, envoy eXtraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary of the
United States of America, had, by virtue
of his office, an Official audience with the
bereaved and mourning sovereign in the
palace on the day following the burial of
the late king, on which occasion he ad-
dressed Her Majesty as follows:n
Then Wilson quotes from Mr.. Stevens's
address to the Queen on that occasion,
urging upon her to make her reign
strictly a constitutional one and adds:
Picture to yourself the time and scene.
The elderly editor OF an obscure country
l. Journal accidentally pitchforked into
position of national representative of
one of the greatest nations on earth, and
republic at that, lecturing a monarch
born and educated to the purple, a
woman, in her hour of deepest bereave-
ment, in a style and with ideas that he
| would have used to a Sunday school class
Of little children or possibly benighted
heather from the depths of barbarism
From this time forward, he showed by
every means in his power and at every
opportunity, a determination to make
| himself obnoxious to the Queen and her
government by high handed and dicta-
| torial actions and speeches, both to her.
! self personally and every one in her gov
| ernment that he had to deal with official
| ly."
Here follow a number of specifications.
As to the Queens action in attempting
| to promulgate the constitution, Marshal
| Wilson says he, in conversation with the
| Queen, objected to it's suitability and
advisability, though he knew she
thoroughly believed she was doing ber
duty in the matter as queen toward her
people, her race and her country. On
January IA, Mr.. Wilson suggested that
the cabinet look over the new constitu-
tion and advise the Queen ii they found
nothing radically wrong in it to sign it
| and if it was not right to follow the ad-
| vice of her ministers. The Queen and
her ministers agreed to this proposition
and the ministers began to inspect the
document. Mr.. Wilson was summoned to
the police station and was informed that
Messrs. Thurston and W.O. Smith were
organizing and enlisting men to over
throw the Queen and the government
The marshal did not interfere with their
movement as they alleged they were or
ganizing simply to. o.support the ministry
in opposing the Queen in the event of
her promulgating the new constitution in
defiance. of the ministry and by force of
| arms. Afterwards, discovering their
real purpose, he says he made PROPOSE
tion to swear out warrants for the arrest
of the ringleaders of the plot. The at
torney general objected to the PROPOSE
tion, stating that Minister Colburn and
| Mr.. Thurston had informed him that the
course of procedure for the overthrow of
the Queen and the establishment of the
provisional government had been prepared
| and that Mr. Thurston stated that Minis
ter Stevens would support such move
with United States troops from the
steamer Boston. Mr.. Wilson says the two
mass meetings on January 16 seemed to
have been the safety valves for letting
loose the excess of feeling in the popular
mind for by p. m. it seemed as ii the
dissatisfaction was all over. About a. 30
p. M, he got information that the Bos-
TOMS men were ordered to land. At II. 80
D. m., he was informed that the couspira-
tors were recruiting. He advised the
proclamation of martial law ands the
| arrest of the conspirators, but the at
torney general said they could not afford
to fight the United States. The next
morning, the provisional government
was proclaimed. Mr.. Wilson called for
volunteers and had 224 men under arms
| and more coming in than he could find
guns for. Mr.. Wilson was prepared to
| fight and refused to surrender to the
| provisional government until after he
received a written order to do SO, signed
by the cabinet and approved by the
| Queen.