The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-10
MUNGER STILL MUM
The Captain Of the Corwin FOils
All Efforts to Secure Ha-
waiian News.
is MINISTER WILLIS ON BOARD
Rum0r Current That He Has Been
Given His Passports From
the Islands.

Of Captain Munger of the revenue cutter
Corwin toward the representative of the
press and public in general is without
precedent in this port. From the moment
the Corwin arrived the men on board
have been as inaccessible as if they were
In midocean. save for the brief inter-
view that reporter had with Captain
Munger Saturday evening, when the
captain went ashore in his gig to mail a
packet of letters. The captain saw fit
to go ashore with the letters himself
rather than trust messenger, who
might let some iota of news drop by &C.
cide1t or otherwise under reportorial
pressure. It was when on shore this
time for very few minutes that the
Corwin's captain talked with a reporter
and
Verified the Correctness
II he Auckland cablegram to the Asso-
ciared Press. He also stated that the
s,orwin left Honolulu Dec. "a. The re-
porter quotes Captain Munger as fol-
lows: II can tell you no more than
came in that Auckland dispatch. It is
no pleasure for me to hold news, as in
formation, from the people, but then
you must remember that am powerless
in the matter myself. Even if I knew
the contents of the secret dispatches, as
an officer and gentleman, could not re.
veal them without permission. Here
am within 20 minutes of my home, and
cannot get away. Its no pleasure, I as.
sure you. But will have to stay here
for three or four days or may be
week.
When asked directly whether any
revolution had occurred at Honolulu,
and whether the provisional government
was still in power, Captain Munger
would only reiterate his statement that
he could say no more than was con.
tanned in the Auckland dispatch.
The Cutter Still at Anchor.
The cutter is still lying about a milo
out from San Quentin penitentiary, and
over ~ miles from this city. So far as
getting any news from her, she might
as we'll be in Behring sea. No one is
allowed on board, and not one of her
crew has been allowed over the side of
the vessel. Since her arrival the cutter
has been besieged by reporters in White
hall boats, but all along the approach
OF small boat has been the signal for
one of the cutters officers to appear on
deck, when sailors would be ordered
from the rail and cautioned to maintain
silence. Once the officers were caught
unawares and a seaman started to talk.
A reporter asked him the latest news
from Honolulu.
"Helrs n Popping Down There"
was the decidedly expressive reply of
the sailor, but he was allowed to say no
more, for an officer appeared and Or
dered him below. Just what this
strange silence means no one here seems
to comprehend.
People here generally believe that
there has been stirring times in Homo
lulu. The unheard-of secrecy on board
the Corwin, despite the eargerness of the
sailors to talk, would seem to indicate
that the sailors have an interesting
story to tell if the men were only al
lowed ghost of chance to ventilate
their information. San Francisco pa
pers are bristling with severe criticism
of the authorities responsible for the
Suppression of the News
that the Corwin's men might make pub
lie. The Chronicle (Rep.) pointedly asks:
"Why does President Cleveland insist
on yelling the Hawaiian situation in a
profound mystery? Why should the
commander of the revenue cutter Cor
win decline to inform the press of the
United states of the facts as they existed
when he left Honolulu? So long as the
negotiations purely diplomatic are pend
ing it is easy to understand that matters
OF detail may be properly held in re-
serve, but when it comes to statement
OF actually existing condition of affairs,
secrecy is very much out of place.
Where is there any need for all this
mystery and concealment? What in
terest C IN Mr.. Cleveland have in Hawaii
IN which the people of the United States
do not shareP'