New-York tribune., 1893-11-25
BLOUNIrS PREJUDICE SHOWN
HIS REPORT AGAIN DISSECTED
PROF. ALEXANDER, OF HONOLULU, POINTS
OUT ITS UNMISTAKABLE ANIMUS.
FUSED TO WEIGH BOTH sIDEs-HIsToRICAL
FACTS DISTORTED AND OTHERS OVER
LOOKED IN ORDER TO MAKE OUT
CAsE-wILFUL MsREPRE-
sEYTATION APPARENT.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRiRrxE.I


| Alexander for twenty years Surveyor-General
Of Hawaii and for long time the President
OF oahu College at Honolulu has been already
quoted In these dispatches as one OF the most
trustworthy and unprejudiced witnesses Of the
events which led up to the Hawaiian revolution
last January. Professor Alexander is the son Of
one OF the early American missionaries to Ha-
wall. and was born the islands. He Is a
graduate OF Yale. having been the salutatorian
OF the class Of 1855. He is n fellow Of the Royal
Geographical Society. Is the author of an Ha-
waiian grammar and OF the standard history
Of Hawaii and Is considered one Of the ablest
Jest-inforned and most impartial men in Ha-
wall. Mr. Alexander was one Of the authorl-
ties consulted by Mr.. Blount for information
to embody I'm his now famous report. but the
venerable Hawaiian scholar was astonished TO
find. when the report appeared that nearly
| everything he had furnished had been sup
pressed by Mr. Cleveland's Paramount Com
missioner" Speaking Of Mr.. Blounts report
Professor Alexander said tonight:
BLoUyTs REAL PURPOSE.
THE long-expected report Of the Hon. J. H.
Blount on Hawaiian affairs has just been laid
before me. II Is impossible. at short notice. to
review State document of such Importance. but
justice demands that some statement should be
made In regard to the attitude OF the Provisional
Government toward Colonel Blount. Confident
OF the Justice Of It's cause the Provisional Gov
eminent afforded the Commissioners every possl-
BILE facility for obtaining information. and spared
neither time nor money In furnishing him with
full details on every subject under investigation.
While 1t was supposed by the Provisional Gov
ernment and It's friends that the chief object OF
his mission was to report upon their offer of an
to ifed he reftllly
cealed his real object which seems to have been
10 make out n case against their title to govern
and against the character Of a former represent
ative OF his own Government
With the approval OF the Cabinet. and at Mr..
Bounts request. prepared full and careful
statements on the past history and present
ownership Of the lands OF the country, on the
constitutional history Of the Government, the
political events OF Kalakaua's reign. and the
causes that led to the revolution and an account
of the unfinished annexation treaty OF 1854. He
has printed the account OF the treaty OF 1854.
comparatively unimportant matter OF ancient
history. but has suppressed all the other In
formation which furnished him, substituting
therefor the statements Of the Royalist Cabinet
and sympathIzers. Under the direction Of the
Minister OF Finance other officers OF the Ha-
waiian Government made elaborate and accurate
reports for his use on a variety Of srbjects He
never. however. offered TO have my testimony
taken down In regard TO the facts OF the late
revolution Of which he knew that had been
an eyewitness.
THE METHODS or \ PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
while do not question his honesty of pur-
pose his methods were those OF prosecuting
attorney and bis report Is astonishing piece
4 iu i.A f-ot ha-
ginning to end with strange hostility to the
American colony. built up and fostered by the
policy OF the United States for the last forty
wears which has created the civilization OF
these islands developed their resources and
opened an important field Of commerce to the
Pacific States with their struggles for decent
and honest government during the last fifteen
years he has no sympathy whatever. In his
letter Of April he condemns them for partici-
pating I'm the affairs Of these islands. In his
view the character Of the people OF these islands
IL and must be Overwhelmingly Asatic,' which
he probably regards as a contamination de-
voutly To be wished and he deprecaies the idea
of immigrants from the United States being
able to find announcement In the matter OF OBJ
tanning homes I'm these islands He seems to
think as Governor McDufne OF South Caroline
wrote OF the Texans In 1886. that having emf
grated to that country they had forfeited all
claim To fraterna regard and that having left
"A land OF freedom for land Of despotism with
their eyes open. they deserved their fate
"The people Of the United States. however, did
not take this view OF the case of the Texans. nor
will they be Indifferent to the fate OF their coun-
trymen in Hawaii. On the whole Colonel Blount's
report gives the impression that he had so COM
pletely prejudged the to be almost i'm
pervlous to any evidence opposed to his predi-
lcctions His animus Is betrayed by the earliest
letters In his correspondence with the State De-
partment. His partlality to Royast sources Of
Information has led him into many errors even
in regard to matters not involved In the present
controversy. For example. on page he states
that even before 1876 the natives generally read
and wrote English which but few of the adult
natives are able to do al the present time.
Again. in the face OF full information based on
documentary evidence he describes the notorious
ex-Mormon adventurer Gibson. who was con-
nectcd with the worst political scandals in Ha-
waiian history. man of large information.
free from all suspicion Of bribery who led the
natives and some whites
'Hs extraordinary statement on page 6 that
the story Of the division (of the lands of 1Si5)
Is siscrediabe to King chiefs and white resi-
dents Is so fagrantly unjust. and so opposed
10 the Verdlct OF All other authoiitics OH the suo
ject that II dscredits the Commissioners tudg-
ment on all other subjects. That grand act of
Kamehameha III. by which he made the poor
serfs owners of their homesteads and laid the
foundation of individual property In land. and !
which gained for him the name of Kamehameha
the Good Is justly considered the glory OF his
reign, and reflects the highest honor both on
those white residents who brought II about and
on the King and chiefs who voluntarily gave up
part Of their hereditary lands and privileges for
the good Of their vassals
REMARKABLE REMEDY PROPOSED.
ION page 8. after briefly advertng to some OF
the obnoxious legislation of Kaakaua's reign.
while ignoring the main question then at issue.
he proceeds as follows: None OF the legislation
complained OF would have been considered
cause OF revolution In any one OF the United