The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-09-05
TEg BOSTON JOURNAL THROWS
u6sT ON TaE CANE
EPISODE
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no. one Q. them. p1cbzb.y, Is @
such significance a. that Hawaiian
stsck recently presented 70 C-su:
Sp-eokels by os-szia inhabitants O
Hsrsii. which MSS figured II ne
p-esS dispatches . lzrge extent.
On this cane was : name which
excited much comment an6, IS
the accounts q the causes q p-sc-
inr il there vary . much. the
Journal tsksS pleasure II giving
The straight Sto-v O. Il today, IS
Obtained n 81 interview by S
Journal reporter yesterday with
NJ. WIIIiSu Brewster Olson o.
Fss. B-ookfsld. Mass. who r.
Gently returned from the West znd
Is fully coaversznt with the facts
Resting 70 the famous presentation
NJ. Olsso1 wzS found by the Jour
nzl reporter II Boston. anO Con-
Ss1ts5 q tel the story q the czne-
In order % understand the Sn;-
ms behind this presentation. n
sid. ~o1s must know the character
q TIE men who were behind II
TIE story : simply this. inst some
q tie uovzlis.s q the Islands put
NJ Commissions B.oUnfs name
On thzt cane aEzinst the wish q
NJ Blo-nt-
Nov ers-v one who knows Of the
cSu5c-s s16 sensible course pUr-
sued bv NJ. Blount with reference
10 both parties. knows vel enough
hist he never would have consented
70 hzvs his usme used II shy such
connection. He knows the ehs-sc-
te- q tbs men whose nzmeS a-e OF
thzt cane z-d would noI have let
his nzue q usa6 with them.
The friends q annexation Sre
vel pleased that NJ. BloCnt should
hzve rsmzined long enough n Hs-
Ezii 70 hzve become soquzintsd
with these men, znd 70 Know Whist
they a-e cSpSble q doing for the
s6vz-csnent Of their own Interests.
Fc- The outset il hiss been essen
tizl thst the rovslists should help
create The impression thst the queen
Ess % Be restored This hiss been
the trump card from the beginning
Or the trouble.
Nov. Il re exclude The names
q LiliCokslsni znd NJ. Blount
from the l1st- there sPpaz-s seven
teen other names upon the cane,
OF whom sight sre English.
q o. English descent none
Of then OF pure Hawaiian stock.
sn6 only -four q them even Of half
css,s. But Two sic Americans
one. Dr.. Foo.e. who wss one Of the
th7ee men who spilled 70 the leg
islzsCce for the LOTTERY franchise, |
znd Johnny Bowler. whose relation |
q g resent legislature Ess such /
thzt. = : claimed. : oottsge was
built with the proceeds, which Is
nov populzrly known IS the Doodle
Cottsge.
Five q these nsl srs eI-cab;- |
NJ ministers snd one OF them 81
ex-rsvsl chamberlain. To show |
the insinoerity Of these men IN |
th=iE opposition % annexation, Il
o-iv needs 70 b stated that Eve Of |
then before the revolution. were
public sdvocstsS OF annexation
SIN another SAYS thzt he Is net op-
posed q annexation. but does not |
Ike The way il ( TO be hssorgnt !
shout and sui another ssys he
wants = x annexed, but does Tot |
van. 70 b dragged into l. Al OF
which means thst these men sre
convinced that the annexation Of
tbess fslzn6s to the United States
! suinsrtly desirable. but that
thew zre st this iUneture opposed
70 i because they sic not 81 the
head q sEsirs themselves
These men sre not represents
I've o. zny patriotic sentiment nor
o. zny large commercial interests,
nor hs7e they the backing OF the
bsSt men among the Hswsiizns, IS
vel s. among foreigners In
causing M. Blount's nsme to b
plsced on the cane. they simply
gave expression 70 their policy 70
clsin fo- the cause Of restoration
Whist they thought would help
then smong their Hawaiian fol
lowers. The only political out
look for these men L Whist would
cone 10 them should restoration
ever take place. As they have been
he favo-ites Of royalty II the past,
- they would expect 10 he IN the
future
1t VII Be seen 81 once that they
are taking desperate ehances 70
,sl-e the name Of the United States
minister 10 bolster up their own
7.7I;ssosl interests Some Of these,