The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-02
A Weak Point Against Blount.

A Weak Point Against Blount.
One of the points that Mr.. Stevens, the
ex-minister to Hawaii, makes against Mr.
Blount is, that Mr.. Blount, in his CORE
spondence with the Secretary of State,
asserted that paul Neumann is gener-
ally regarded in Honolulu as a bright,
plausible and INSCRIPTIONS person" and
that in a subsequent dispatch he said that
better acquaintance with public senti-
ment in Honolulu, convinced him that he
was not justified in saying that Mr.. Neu-
mann was regarded as "unscrupulous.
Mr.. Stevens wants the public to believe
that Mr.. Blount regarded Mr.. Neumann
as a knave as long as he thought that
Neumann was trying to sell out the
deposed queens claims to the United
States for a cash consideration, but enter
tanned different opinion when he found
that Neumann was in sympathy with
himself and Claus Spreckels for the de
posed queens restoration.
Mr.. Stevens makes a strained effort to
put Mr.. Blount in a false position. There
is nothing to Justify the Interpretation
that Mr. Stevens puts upon Mr. Blount's
change of mind in respect to Neumann.
1t is much more reasonable to suppose
that MIR. Blount reached the conclusion
that he had done Noumann an injustice
and FASTENED to correct it as soon as he
found out his error Mr. Blount is known
to be a just man. He would not do any
one wrong knowingly. His promptncss
in correcting his first impressions of Neu-
mann, when he found out that he had
made a mistake, is in keeping with his
character. Mr. Stevens, however, pre-
fers to give an Interpretation to the Incl
dent which it will not legitimately bear,
with the hope Of creating the impression
that Mr.. Blount was not honest in what
he did in Honolulu.
1t would have been better for Mr..
Stevens reputation if he had devoted his
reply to Mr.. Blount to showing why he
ordered the marines on shore without any
request from the government to which
he was accredited, and why, after they
were ashore, he had them posted so they
would intimidate the legitimate govern
ment and encourage the revolutionists
instead of placing them to protect the
American residents and American prop
erty in the event of trouble
The New York Press Thursday printed
a trio of interesting Thanksgiving senti-
ments from Col. Bob Ingersoll. Senator
William M Stewart. of Nevada, and
Richard Croker, the Tammany leader
The great republican agnostic secs moth
! ing in the situation to be thankful for A:
! he is afraid that the Lord will be misled
| by those in authority" The great silver
lite republican from Nevada had even for
gotten that there was a Thanksgiving
| day. When reminded Of it he said: 81
| have no reason to be thankful, " rejecting
/ on the passage Of the repeal bill THE
people of the United States may, perhaps.
feel thankful TO the ruler of the universe
that he has not auuihilatcd them com
| pletely." Richard Crockcr's sentiment
was 81 feel that I am lucky to be
alive" Something in the line Of a sacre-
/ ligious sentiment might have been ex-
] pected from Ingersou. But it was not
/ thought that Stewart would, by infer
ence, accuse the deity of being in league
with those he calls 1.-The thievish gold
/ bugs and shylocks of the east" Crok-
er's expression is characteristic.
Kuchan, the north Persian town that
was so badly damaged by an earthquake
/ two weeks ago, as reported in our dis
patches at the time, seems to have be
/ come a foot ball Of the fates Following
the great disaster on the night of Nov.
II, in which 10000 people were killed, l59
other shocks Of earthquake have shaken
the place, terrorizing those left alive in
the town and driving them into the open
country. And while the frightened people
were encamped in rude huts and light
tents an exceptionally severe snow storm
descended upon them, adding TO their
misery and to the list Of dead 1t isosti-
mated that of the population of the town
a month ago, not above one-half remain.
1t is denied that the Duchess Of Marlbor-
ough. born Price, at Troy, n Y. andonce
the Widow Hamersloy. is to marry Hugh
McAlmont, the llnglishman whose chic.
claim TO uotouety or social position is
that he owns the horse that won the
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