Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-21

that there came to the islands an intoxi-
catlng Increase of wealth, a new labor
system, an Asiatic population, an aliena ton
~ tne naive and white races, an impover-
.snment or the former, an enrichment of
me latter, and the many so-called revolu-
TONS which are the foundation for the
opinion that stable government cannot be
n,sin,s .aineo. The deaths in all these revo-
Iulions We're seven. and there were seven
| wounded Mr.. Blount estimates that the
bounty paid on sugar by the United States
20 tne sugar planters of Hawaii in the
remission of duty before the MCKINLEY hill
was passed reached $500 600 annually
from 1876 to 1887 the Immigrants num-
| pcred S9,S26, including % 26s Chinese N
Japanese and 1926 Portuguese The imnni
grants were poor and Ignorant The Por,n
suese could not read or write the Jananesa
,tho Chinese women were grossly uncbasta
labor labor treaties were made with various
| governments binding the laborer very
strtngently to his work 'is
Inc report, In touching upon this era
OF prosperity, says: In the year ls45 nm
der the influence of white residantS ths
ianos were so distributed between the
crown, the government, the chiefs and tho
people as to leave the latter with an in
significant interest in the lands-27. go
The story of this diyIsfon is discradits ~,
! to king. chiefs and white residents hn,
would be tedious here. The chiefs became
largely indebted to the whites, and Tins
the foundation for the large holdings of
the latter was laid"
AS
Mr.. Blount describes the growth of the
missionary power in the islands as follows.
From 1870 to 1866 missionaries of various
nationalities, especially American. with
unselfishness. toll, patience and piety, had
devoted themselves to the Improvement of
the natives. They gave them a language
religion and an immense movement ON
the lines of civilization. In process of
time the descendants of these good men
grew up in secular pursuits. Superior by
nature, education and other opportunities
they acquired wealth. They sought to sue
coed to the political control exercised nv
their fathers. The revered missionary dis
appeared. In his stead came the Anglo
Saxon in the person of his son. ambitious
to acquire wealth and to continue that po-
htical control reverently conceded to his
pious ancestor Hence in satire the ma
tive designated him a missionary" which
has become campaign phrase of wonder
1ui potency. This leads Mr.. Blount to ask
whether such a condition of affairs with
the Eatives convinced that the foreigners
had stolen their land, had degraded free
labor and exposed their own daughters 10
the evil influence of an overwhelming de-
graded male population; with the whites
Wanting their wealth and intelligence.
their missionary work and condemning the
weaknesses of the natives, was not a DOW
ertui provocative to divergence and politi-
cal strife.
inc 1857.
Mr.. Blount embodies in his report a for
NAL colloQuy between Chief Justice Judd
and himself touching the means adopted
to extort the constitution of 1887 and the
fundamental changes in that instrument.
Concerning these changes Mr.. Blount says
that they conferred upon the whites three
fourths of the power to name MOBILES and
permitted ignorant laborers to vote under
their holo
native vote with the Portuguese vote,
an admitted purpose. Two thirds of these
were not naturaliZed.
The mobiles, selected mostly by the for
eign element, held the veto power over tie
popularity elected representatives. The
king could appoint a cabinet, but could
not remove one. Power to do any act was
taken from the king unless count ersigned
by member of the cabinet. The consti-
tuition was never submitted for approval
to the people. Mr.. Blount tells of the var
1ous efforts made to secure a revision of
this constitution, and then brings his mar
rative down TO the Propagation of the
legislature in 1892, the announcement cf
the queens purpose to proclaim a new
constitution, and the refusal of two of her
ministers to sign il. He tells the story of
the revolution which followed in this man.
ner:
The Revolution.
Mr.. Blount then gives an account of the
revolution Of last January, and the queen
abdication. repeating the statements al
ready made in what had previously been
published of his report
The report reviews in detail the events.
making much of testimony tending to
show that Minister Stevens recognized the
provisional government before the queen
had been called upon to yield.
Says Mr.. Blount: THE leaders of the
revolutionary movement would not have
undertaken IT but for Mr.. Stevens prom
Use TO protect them against any danger
from the government But for this their
mass meeting would not have been held
But for this no request to land the troops
not been landed no measures for the or
ganlzation of new government would
have been taken.
THE American minister and the reyo-
nexation to the United States and had
agreed on the part each was to act to the
very end"
should Restore the Queen,
In concluding this report Mr. Blount
says:
THAT deep wrong has been done the
queen and the native race by American
officials pervades the native mind and that
of the queen, as we'll as a hope for redress
from the United States, there can be TO
doubt. In this connection il is fmuortant
to note the inability of the Hawaiian peo-
pie to cope with any great powers. and the
recognition of it by resistance to their
encroachments
The suddenness of the landing of the
United States troops, the reading of the
proclamation of the provisional govern
ment almost in their presence and the
quick recognition by Mr.. Stevens easily
prepared her for the suggestion that the
President of the United States had no
knowledge of these occurrences, and must
know of and approve disapprove of
what had occurred at future time. This
too must have contributed to her DISPOSE
ton to accept the suggestions of Judge
Nildemann and Mr. Damon. Indeed who
could have supposed that the circum-
stances surrounding her could have been
foreseen and sanctioned deliberately by
the President of the United States?
Her information and the prevailing
sentiment among the natives point to her
belief as well as theirs that the spirit of
justice on the part of the President would
restore her CROWN
THE CONSOLIDATED MESS.
Probably the Cause Of the Difficulty
at Fort Sheridan.