The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-12-26
His Statements Published for the
First Tim%restimony From
Prominent ROyalists.

ment about which very little i;
known in Honolulu, or, for thar
matter, anywhere else. A few day:
after the publication of Gresham:
letter it became obvious to the AID
ministration that it had fallen fiat
and that it would be necessary tc
follow it up with something else
So the Secretary gave out what he
considered the most effective ex.
tracts, to few of the papers which
had followed the Administration
through thick and thin-particu-
larly through thin. The testimony
of Wundenberg, which was chiefly
relied upon, was speedily riddled
by adverse criticism, and the Ad-
ministration was forced to the re-
| luctant conclusion that it would be
necessary to send the whole docu-
ment to the printers. What a
mammoth undertaking this was
only those know who have seen the
full text of the report. 1t was is
sued in four installments, the first
of which is the report proper, the
second contains correspondence,
with some documents, and the third
afidavits, statements and inter
views. A final part is devoted to
miscellaneous matter, including
correspondence of Minister Stevens
with the Committee of Public Safe
ty, the then Cabinet and the Pro-
visional Cabinet. 1t is in this part
Of the report that what purports to
be copy of the ex-queen's eonsti-
tuition pops up, without warning, or
any hint as to the source from
which it was derived.
The report contains $50 closely
printed pages of legalcap size. 1t
includes thirteen sworn afidavits
from Messrs. Colburn, Peterson,
CornWell, Cummins and Seward,
c. L. Hopkins, Kaulukou, E. c.
Macfarlane, Paul Neumann, Sam
NoWlein, P. Rooney, John Ross and
Chas. L. Wilson. These gentlemen
are all royalists, having means of
support of varying degrees of visi-
bility. The fact that Mr.. BIount
required affidavits from royalists
only would seem to imply that he
could not believe them except I'M
der oath-and perhaps not then.
Of statements and interviews the
report presents a vast array, from
Messrs. Alexander, Baldwin, Bishop
&c. r., S. E. Blaisdell, Bolte, W.
P. Boyd, J. o. Carter, II. Center,
Cofmann, Colburn, Cornwell, Da-
mon, Lieut.. Draper, Gulick, Hay
selden, DR.. Hyde, Iaukea, Judge
Judd, the Hui Kalaiaina, Kalua,
Kanaho, Kaulakou, Mrs. Dominis,
Loebenstein, C. J. Lyons, Macfar-
lane (E. c., Mundon, Sam Parker,
Hawaiian Patriotic League, Peter
son, Rice, Rosa, Scott, Admiral
Skerrett, Smith CIV. o., Soper, |
Spreckels, Swinburne, Trousseau,
Waterhouse (H), c. B. Wells,
Widemann, Wilcox (R. W., Will
son and Wundenberg.
These statements fall into three |
groups: 1. Historical, statistical or |
antiquarian informations. 2. Cross
examinations by Blount. 3. State
ments and memorials as to the
causes and events of the revolution,
prepared voluntarily or by request.
The matter furnished by annexa-
tionists comes generally under
heads 1 and 2, that by royalists
under 2 and 3. That is, Mr.. Blount
did not seek statements as to the |
revolution from annexationists, but |
only from royalists, and when he
conversed with the former he ap-
parently carefully avoided all |
topics on which he did not |
desire them to give informa-
ton, and sought only to obtain
admissions which he imagines
might damage their cause. A
careful examination Of the whole
report shows that it is a piece of
INSCRIPTIONS, though not skillful
special pleading from beginning to
end.
The report, while extremely tire
some, contains q rich fund Of
falsehoods, extravagances, blum
ders, and malicious statements
from all sorts and conditions of
disappointed royalists. Besides
the statement Of Fred Wunden-
berg, the more salient parts of
which have already been pub
lished, the most malicious illusions
are from the pen Of DR.. Trousseau,
and G. T. Gulick. Appended viii
be found selections from the state