The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-08-01
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
Continued from Ist Page.)

letters that this was also false pre-
tense, because a good many peop.e
prominent in the movement and
officially connected with the revolu-
tiouary government had signed the
lottery petitions. | have not copy
of my letter here, but | think l gave
ten or twelve names. OF these,
three, and only three, claimed |
had falsely reported them. The
others were silent, These three
went about roaring that they were
learfully disgraccd and injured by
my report, which, it may occur to
you, was rather hard on their asso-
ciates, who could not deny they
we're lottery men. | find that an
nexation papers over here have made
a good deal of this statement of
mine and of the correction l made
when | found hat lists on which 1
still believe two Of these names were
had disappeared.
l ask YOU, however, to print some
names to show you that l was en-
tirely in bounds when ! made the
point that having pctitioned for the
lottery was no obstacle to being in
favor with the Provisional Govern
ment. The following are all lottery
signers: NJ. n. Sanders, port-sur-
veyor; Frank Hustace, chief of fire
department; f. Wilhelm, once adj
visory councilman, but resigned on
account Of ill-health; w. Larsen,
chief of detective force; Hugh Gum,
captain i'll the Provisional forces; G.
Klemme, captain mounted police;
Fl. A. Jurn, captain of police; j. D.
Marlin, deputy marshall; L. T. Ke-
make, lately officer in tho Provisional
army, and since promoted to be
chief clerk in the Honolulu post
Office; and Il considerable number of
others. These are additional to the
names | gave in my letter. DR.. j. S.
McGrew, edi;or-in-c chief of the an
nexation organ, also signed the lot
terry petition, which did not prevent
his being head of the organ.
The misrepresentation in Ameri-
can papers are stale to me, for they
are taken from the annexation organs
in Honolulu. l see, for instance
that cailod for police protection
which the organs in Honolulu as.
serted, knowing it to be false. 1t is
asserted hat | wrote my first letter
declaring that the native people were
opposed TO annexation, without hav-
ing had time to ascertain whether
this was true. l wrote it on the
freely given evidence of planters
and Others, all anneXationists, whom
l saw in San Francisco before sail.
ing or found on the ship. Nobody
in Honolulu now pretcGts that the
natives are Tor annexation; he would
be laughed at who did. I was
declared falsifier when 1 wrote
that the reyolutionists were losing
] ground. But it was and is the truth
and the number Of white men leav.
ing the Annexation Club the week
or ten days before | sailed showed
, it. The number of American flags
flying has largely decreased; and
some prominent anneXatonists have
told their children to take off theil
annexation badges.
1t WIS one Of the Jokes of the
place that, when it became known
was going away, a momber Of the
Provisional Council. in full meeting
after many abusive words about me
offered 4 formal resolution declaring
me to have scandaIoIsiy falsilied
and mlsrcpresented the Provisional
Government and the annexation
) cause, and after some debate, Mr.
President Dole WAS obliged to say
that as he resolution hal no second
he could not pat it to a vote, and il
was dropped
The audaci"us and unblushine
lying which the auneXationists prac
ticed in Honolulu and into which
they have dcluded their allies ovel
here, was sometimes amusing-a!
wi hen it was given out a week before
! left that had been recalled by
Mr.. Bennett, because he found | haC
'displeased the Provisional Govern
ment"-which report l laughingly
put to shame by showing some of i'll
circulato:s most kind cable DIES
patch | mad received by the las
steamer. Again when an interview
| had with Mr. Sprcckels, in which
he took strong ground against an
: nexatlon, was printed in Honolulu
one OF the organs was silly enough
in leading editorial, to assert thai
| had invented this interview. Mr.
SpreckolS was in town; he could have
been asked; and next morning APP
peared III ,he same paper a note
from him. saying that had reported
him correctly aud that ali he was re
ported by me as saying he had sale
! and believed to be true. Do yol
ask if this organ made me an apo
: logy? No--nOt AT all.
Minister Biount has been the oh
ject of constant misrepresentation
Twice he desired the to say in m,
letters that what he was reported il
the organs to have said on import
= ant mat was absolutely false
F! false in letter and spirit. But Their
were numerous other instances o
the kind, all intended TO produc
the impression that he was hand il
glove with the revOlutionaries. Fo
instance. when these removed int
u the palace, prominent annexation
ist-kuoWn To be intimate with MI
Dole aua other ruiers-went abou
telling pnople THAI this rather rid