The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-30
ESTABLISHED AUGUST "a, 1852 "

charter, evidence OF decisive value il he
had really come to Honolulu for any
other purpose than to convict Harri.
sons administration and the senate
committee of hasty and ill-adVised
action in January and February last.
His manner while asking me to leave
these important papers in his room
| showed that he cared not to receive
them, and the general drift of his re-
port indicates that he did not even read
them.
What BIouut says about the Japanese
mau-of-war is equally ex-parte, absurd
and egotistiC. For weeks after his ar
rival In Honolulu he had not even met
the Japanese minister. He had neg
lected to call upon the Japanese official
and did not ask me take him to the
Japanese legation and introduce him to
the Japanese representative.
The sudden appearance OF the Japan;
ese ironclad in Honolulu harbor could
not fail to create anxiety and misunder-
standing. 1t was in these peculiar cir
cumstances that felt It my imperative
duty to have repeated interviews with
my Japanese colleague. He did not
attempt to conceal from me his wish
that the suffrage right should be
granted to the Japanese residents.
expressed to him the opinion that
the United States would resist any en-
croachment on the soil or sovereignty
OF Hawaii, and that / would maintain
this position until otherwise instructed
by my government.
Blount squarely asserts that prom
ised to aid the committee Of safety by
force. This Is emphatically and cate
gorically untrue. In reply to different
parties at different times, whether the
representatives Of the queen or her op-
ponents, my answer was always the
same, that the force should not land
until danger should be plainly imml-
nent, and then only to protect Ameri-
can life and property, and to no one did
ever hint that could or would Tecog-
nize any but the detacto government,
whether monarchial or republican. As
l said in my letter to Secretary Gresham,
l here reafirm that royaliSts and their
opponents had equal access to the lega-
tion and Its official head.
THE BEST ANSWER.
The best answer to the baseless
charge that I promised to use force
against the queen is the order of Cap
tain Wiltse, to his officers and men. ito
remain passive" and that no force was
used, though the queen, through her
ministers, strongly requested 1t hours
before the provisional government was
recognized by me and all the other
diplomatic representatives in Honolulu.
Regarding the expectations and hopes
ofthe queen and her representatives, on
the exciting days of January 14th and
18th, and the views and hopes of her
opponents, the following official docu-
ments speak for themselves:
1.-THE assurance conveyed by royal
proclamation by myself and ministers
Yesterday, having been received by my
native subjects, and by them ratified at
mass meeting, was received in a diff
ferent spirit by meeting representing
tho foreign population and interests in
my kingdom. 1t ia now my desire to
give to your excellency, as the diplo-
matte representative OF the United
States OF America at my court, the SOL
emn assurance that the present consti-
tuition will be upheld and maintained
by me and ministers, and no changes
will be made except by the method
therein provided.
"(Signed) LILIoUKALANI."
This earnestly pleading document
from the fallen monarch and the terror
stricken lottery gang came to mo more
than twenty-four hours after the men
Of the Boston had landed. This plainly
enough implies that the fallen queen
and her contidants then knew, as they
could not have failed to know, that We
had not taken part in her overthrow,
which had already been accomplished.
A copy OF the call Of the committee Of
safety, which Blount insinuates that I
wished to conceal from him, had been
promptly forwarded to Washington'in
January, and was in the printed
pamphlet OF the state department docu-
ments ordered published by the senate,
copy OF which suppose Blount must
have brought with him when he came
to the islands. 81
As soon as this astute commissioner
ascertained that Neumann was in full
accort with Spreckels and Blount for
Liliuokalani'a restoration to the throne,
at once Blount learned that Neumann
is "right down" good fellow. So much
for conclusive evidence that Spreckeis,
Neumann and Blount were then, as
now, rowing the same boat and closely
linked in the conspiracy to remand tho
action OF Harrison's administration and
of the senate committee of foreign al
fairs on the question OF annexation.
DrsGRAcEFuI, TESTIMONY.
So far us the atfldavits of John F.
Colbourn and A. P. Peterson and
Charles L. Hopkins and the letter of
W. II. Cornwell conflict with any
act or writing of mine, l will not multi
ply words. The first named is a noto-
rious corruptionist with some amiable
qualities, who aided in bribing the leg
islative members ID. vote out the Jones'
Wilcox ministry and to pass the lottery
bill.
As to Samuel Parker, whose testi.
mony is used to discredit my action, l
would gladly say little. Good natured,
free hearted, ignorant, fond OF luxurl-
GUS living, notorious spendthrift, he
has wasted large fortune left him by
his grandfather and uncle. He was q
ready tool in the hands OF Peterson and
Cornwell in the palace conspiracy
which precipitOted the fall OF the mon
archy.
Hopkins belonged to tho same gang
as Cornwell and Peterson. CornWell
had been one OF the intimate palace
associates OF Kalakaua in his bestial,
iecherouB life and shameful transac-
tinna. Ha was one Of the most active