Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-01
THE HAWAIIAN INVESTIGATION
Nearly ell the Testimony Supposed to be
Now In.
1t May BE Some Time Before the Conn
mittee VIII he Ready
to Report.

There will be very few, II any more, wit
nesses before the Senate Hawaiian investi-
eating committee. Senator Morgan, chair
man Of the committee, said today that so
Tar as he knew at the time no others would
be summoned There might. however, be
other persons in the country whom mem
bers OF the committee would desire to have
called. but the number would not be large
and he felt justified In saying that the
hearings were drawing to a close. The
Senator also expressed qualification that the
end was in sight. as the work has been a
tedious one and more prolonged than was
at first contemplated.
1t is not probable that the committee
Will arrive at any conclusion for several
weeks. as with the conclusion Of the testi-
mony begins the committees duty of prop
erly weighing and passing upon 1t as to
the facts and Of investigating the law and
the precedents. The resolution under which
the committee has been sitting authorized
an inquiry and report upon the alleged
irregularity Of the diplomatic relations Of
this country with Hawaii
Range Of the Testimony.
The testimony taken covers the points
bearing upon the conduct Of both Stevens
and Blount and constitutes the facts upon
-
1t will be necessary for the committee now
to go into the law and to search the pre-
cedents to determine whether upon the
facts presented Mr.. Stevens transcribed
his duty as minister and whether the ap-
pointment Of Mr.. Biount was regular.
As the members Of the committee are
known to entertain quite varied opinions
upon these points, which 1t is hardly pos
sible will be changed by the Investigation
IN ~ ho for
riving at conclusion may be quite distant.
Senator Morgan said no report would prob
ably be made for ten days or two weeks,
and his estimate is more likely to be too
What the report will recommend to the
Senate no one can say. 1t Is not unlikely
that there will be two reports and perhaps
three, for 1t Is hardly considered probable
that a patch work could be agreed upon
which would harmonic the views Of all the
members Of the committee.
Yesterday the committee examined DR.. N.
B. Delamater. DR.. F. r. Day and Rev. R.
r. Hoes, the testimony of all being favor
able to tie provisional government
Favorable to the Provisional Govern
ment.
Mr.. Hoes is a chaplain in the navy and Is
at present chaplain Of the naval home in
Philadelphia He is an archaelogist, and
was in Hawaii on leave at the time Of the
revolution. The impression he formed Of the
events at the time was that the revolution
was justified.
Dr. Day was at the time of the revolu-
ton, and had been for six years, a practic-
ing physician in Honolulu. and took part in
II. He defended the course Of his friends
as in every way justified by the conduct of
the queen, and secuted the idea that Min
lister Stevens did anything to promote the
revolution DIR. Day said he had been the
family physician Of several Of the revolu-
tionary leaders, including Vice President
Damon and Chief Justice Judd. and he was
sure that none Of them knew previous to
the landing Of the American troops what
position Mr. Stevens would take.
DR.. Delamater is resident of Chicago,
but was in Honolulu at the time OF the
| revolution, and had been there for several
months previous. He appeared, from his
statements, to have been very active in his
efforts to keep track Of the course Of
events. He exonerated Minister Stevens
from the charge of conspiracy, and said he
was confident that the latter had no knowl-
edge of pending events before he went
away on a cruise on the Boston.
Tho Queen Brought About the Dis
turbance.
The queen had brought about the dis
turbance, and all the excitement. which
vas intense, followed her announced de-
termination to change the constitution.
Threats were freely made by herself and
heE donsFcnts oSainSt any one lpterfer1nG
with her plans. which had the effect Of
uniting the opposition solidiy. Rumors of
threats to burn houses and do other dam
age were rife and representatives Of both
sides seemed to desire that the American
troops be landed. He heard several royal
| lists say they had asked Mr. Stevens to
land the Boston marines. On the contrary,
while the leaders Of the revolutionary party
were desrous that the Boston forces should
10 do Of hat
party did not wish this done. because they
wanted battle, 50 sure were they of their
strength. They numbered double the
queens forces The witness was sure the
revolutionary forces would have succeeded
If the United States troops had been q
thousand miles away.