Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-28
THEOPHILuS, YOU SCAMP,
Minister Thurston Has Exposed Your
Utterly Worthless Character.
Ne Calls You 4 "PfeisssisaaI niscAiei MAKER
and PoIilical lsirissss.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Mr. Thufston,
Hawaiian minister, was interviewed, today,
regarding the published remarks Of Theo.
philus Il. Davies, in which he says the pro-
visional government is composed of "ad-
venturers," WHO are maintaining 'sreign
Of terror" in Honolulu, and asserts that the
community 10 at at the mercy Of lot Of
spies and broken-down Germans and Portu-
guese; speaks of the governments utter
weakness" and denies that it is about to
establish permanent republic.
Mr.. Thurston said:
''After the report by Mr.. Willis to tie
President that the members of the provi-
sional government are. without exception,
men Of integrity and public spirit, and the
Royalists, of whomMr. Davies 10 leader,
are bad lot, it does not seem necessary to
make a reply to every man Who can gel
himself into being interviewed. This per
son 10 sspr0fessional mischief maker. y
he has for years been the head and front
Of the unreasoning, anti-American, British
faction in Honolulu, and il always ready to
go out Of his way to oppose and injure the
advancement Of American interests in Ha-
waii.
"Only couple of months prior to the
revolution in Honolulu he wrote series Of
letters to the papers, opposing the estab-
lishment of United States naval station at
Pearl harbor, for the reason, among others,
hat it would become nest of criminals.
burglars, defaulters and smugglers, who
would pray upon the surrounding country.
he had these letters printed in q pamphlet
and scattered broadcast.
HE has been spending three or four
months in Hawaii, making the most frantic
efforts to stir up strife and overthrow the
provisional government. He utterly failed
md is now rene wing his efforts here. Ii
became 80 warm for him in Honolulu that
he thought it best to-move on and naturally
he does not like the law or the government.
"The reign Of terror exists only among
the Royalists of Davies stripe, who are
gradually realizing the terrible fact that
the monarchy and its perquisites
ire gone forever. Davies prophesies
hat no Republican government will be
formed. The provisional government has
the most exasperating habit of failing to
fulfill Royalist prophecies. They consigned d
us to bankruptcy times without number.
"The government has gone quietly abo ut
its business. paid its debts, accumulated a
larger treasury surplus than there has been
for years, kept the peace, created well
iriiled and loyal body of troops !;
and is now proceeding with deliberation
and dignity to establish a
republic, by calling constitutional
convention, in the selection of which all
voters. foreign and native, will be allowe d
IN equal voice, the one condition being the
renunciation of allegiance to the monarchy
and the oath to support the republic.
"Davies and other Royalists
claim that the choice as between the
republic and monarchy should be put
to a vote. We do not propose to do any
hing of the kind, however. That question
has been settled by arms and we do not pro-
pose to reopen it for discussion. The peo
pie of the islands are looking forward to
living republic and not backward to dead
monarchy, and they will overcome all OBJ
,tacles and achieve their object"