Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-02-05

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exact situation and consequently
made dolts OF themselves. As
for the Republicans. nothing but
lies and misrepresentation IS
expected from them in regard 70
any public policy on any ques-
ton that a Democratic admins
ton may support As they lie
and conceal the truth about
their protective policy. so do
they lie and conceal the truth
about the plans of the admins
tration in the Hawaiian business.
The Democratic party, as q party
expects nothing fair or honorable
from the Republican party, and
if it did it would be disappoiIt-
ed.
Since the publication of the
Gresham letter to the President
nothing but Misrepresentation
and abuse has come from the
Republican press, and for some
reason number of Democratic
newspapers have maintained a
cowardly and mastery silence.
In this neck of the woods the
people have been able to get but
one side of the question from the
newspapers, and this side has
been a gross and shameful distor-
ton of the facts in the case The
President has been charged with
an attempt to use the armed force
of the government to uphold a
monarchy, and everything else
that was undemocratic. OF course
these charges are untrue, for the
President has had no thought of
doing such thing.
The facts are simply these:
The President had an intimation
from a perfectly trustworthy
source soon after his election in
1892 that conspiracy existed in
Hawaii to overthrow the Queen
and annex the islands to the
United States. The same reliable
authority told him that the then
United States Minister, Mr..
Stevens, was lending his high
position to encourage this con-
spiracy. The President being
then a private citizen could do
nothing but watch events as they
occurred upon the islands and
draw his own conclusions. The
development of events subsequent
ly convinced the President that
the United States had not played
fair and square deal with a
friendly power. 1t did not
matter to the President, as it
does not matter to the mind of
any intelligent a Am&aFi]gsffEp be the the
government of Liliuokalani, for
that could have nothing to do
with the merits of the case, and
he only determined when Presi-
dent to find out the facts and deal
with them in a fair and honest
way. He knew if the agents of
the United States Government
could plot and conspire to over
throw the government of a
friendly power, a precedent
would be established which would
in the end make the Government
of the United States menace to
all nations.
Mr.. Blount is a fair, honest
and conscientious man. His
record in Congress has proved
him to be such. He could not
have had the slightest motive for
misrepresenting the situation as
he found it in Hawaii, and those
who know the man feel certain
that be has not done so. His re-
port has been printed, and it is
full aud complete, containing 6S4
pages, making a document of
immense proportions.
The whole conspiracy of Stevens
and the gang is shown conclus-
lively. as any one who has the
time and inclination to go through
the report will attest. Affidavits
oy the score are printed from
good, reputable snd law abiding |
,itizens of the islands proving the
conspiracy. The report proves
hat the Harrison Administration. /
or the purpose of gaining a
little cheap notroiety. had gone
lown to lingo craftsmanship