The sun., 1894-01-04
BLOUNTS REPORT ANALYzED.
PRoE. <LEx<NDERs TESTIMONY BE-
FORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE

| A"Nt ""'is S'eNe'Snes Som"'s-
sio"sr Was FurHished with All the Data
| Necessary 20 Make Trus nad Impartial
Report, ne suppres.ed Evsryth,.r thu,
Did Not Favor the Case which Hs Had
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| WASHINGTON. Jan. 2--Prok Alexander was
the only witness to-day before the Senate For
eiRn Relations sub-committee. now investi-
| eating our relations with Hawaii TWAS almost
| 1880 when the subcommittee got to work
| Senator Butler was htill absent and Mr.. Shcr-
man did not nut in an appearance. The COM
mittee continues its Efforts to keen oil it's pro-
ceedinRs secret, and a messenger remains
constantly on guard at tho outer door OF the
anteroom. II the Senate adjourns tomorrow
| until Monday as II is said 1t will do. the com
| mittee Will meet again on Friday when num-
ber OF naval officers, among them those who
| were on duty at the islands at the time OF the
revolution. will give their testimony.
| Prot Alexander Is perhaps the most impor-
| tant witness the subcommittee has yet had
before 1t. lie has been upward oftwenty years
| the eSurveyor-General OF Hawaii and Is man
OF scholarly attainments. Although born on
| the islands the son OF Am erican parents Prof
| Alexander ia n graduate of yale class a, 1s55
80 -, :. " Ao'e' D,ooo Vi AoO"'
| isa telloW OF the Royal Biographical Society.
| author OF an Hawaiian grammar and OF tho
standard history OF the islands For oonsd-
cradle time he was President OF Oahu College
froL Alexander discussed points OF iuterna-
cedents, and condemned the report Of Com.
missioner BIount as boIng hasod nnon ,oiso
premises and supported only % by o,. part psrto % ovi'
dence. which misrepresented and distorted
the actual facts. One point brought out was
the iact TINT Commissioner Bount called on
Won ,,on concerning tne lsiands' the peopie' the
Government and tho recent troubles for the
ri,n.ss ~ ,noornos.t,nr =, - .ns .o..no o
witness, witness, o, ineorporstinG II In the report no
report was made public long after Prof. Alox-
anIor ra,ohaS w.shins..oa "a =. ,o,.s,
the committee that while some of the natter
he prepared had been used. nearly everything
Oh value had been suppressed
Prof. Alexander said that the Provisional
government, conscious OF the Justice OF Its
cause ana peheNhe that ME- Biounts chiet
ni.h,nn hIu, lei ,,n , de,.na % nones i,i, In iu
h snn,ht mn, ~ ~i,n nu ae'"s M on p any Subject
eyer, carefully concealed his real object In all
his dealings with the reprssontatiyes OF the
Provisional Government. At Mr. Blounts re-
quest. and with tho approval OF the Cabinet he
lands Of the Islands. touching on constitutional
history. on the political events q KalaHaua's
neSation treaty OF 1854; Dir. BIount printed
lively unimp9rtant matter OF ancient history.
but sxpSngsd all the rest suSsitrsinE there
their irionds. knowing that he tProi. Nlexan. AN
der was an eye-w witness OF the revolution and
Bount neYsr asked to havu WIN him h give st his testT
mony concerning 1t.
IN ths on.n qea Sv
Ihurston, and denied the accuracy OF Mr.
Blounts is6I s report asserting that the american
Queen. and declaring that, TO one. who know
the location Of the buildings. it was impossible
part OF the United States marines we're placed.
omissions In Nir. Blount's historical ma,ter'
prominent among these being his failure, In
even sade oG to the strnsEe besSesn e II
and opponents OF what were known as the lot |
terry and opium rings; or to tho final passage
said to have taken in it. Wv ~'''A 10
Presidents Commissioner. Prof. Alexander
condemned his methods in pursuing his In |
pGosecuting attorney. % He asserted c" tSs, the
correspondence would show that he had pre-
the from tns outset Ths
and deplorable hostility to the American |
Sol9py M b,nr an the Islands Prot Alexander took
correction. and giving his own version OF the |
facts as they were known 10 him In ono pnrt |
OF his report Mr.. Blount makes this statement |,
that The story OF the division OF the lands OF |
1S45 is discreditable to King chiefs and resi- |
dents" This statement Mr. Alexander as |
serted. extraordinary in Its character was 40 |
fagranty unjust and so opposed to the YER |
diet OF all other authorities on the subject that
it discredited Mr. Blount's judgment on ali |
other subjects.
After brief recesu at noon the COMMITTEES |
continued with Prof.. Alexander on the stand. |
The hour for adjournment arrived with this |
witnesses testimony still unfinished. and the |
committee adjourned until TO- morrow
In the House to-day Mr. McCreary (Dsm..
Ky reported a resolution from tne Com mittee |
Saturday next for the copsideration Of the
substitute Hawaiian resolution proposed by
that committee in lieu OF the Hit and Bouteile |
sssttiement however. for Mr. BouteIe LRsp..