The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-27
He Was Not Trying to Raise Any
Troops for Liliuokalani.
HE Is THOUGHT TO BE A CRANK.
The Opinion OF His FelloW-r""n smsh-
J. A. McCandless Says That the Ma
Jority OF the Vancouver Residents
Favor AnneNNtion-Au Goes Well.

J. A. McCandIess returned on the
Warrimoo yesterday. Mr.. McCand-
less has been in Washington, where
he went to testify before the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations. He
came back on the Canadian Pacific
road, and while in Vancouver he met
the now famous Samson, who
was credited with being engaged in
forming an army 10 help on the cause
of the eN-queen. Speaking OF SAM
son, Mr.. McCandless said last even
ing:
s.In Vancouver, Samson is not con-
sidered to be worth talking about.
His reputation is that of the town
fool. Before / met Samson, asked
MIR. William Brown, the agent of the
Canadian-Australia Steamship Com-
psny, about him, and from what he
said. Samson has about as much IN
fiuence in British Columbia Us the
under dog in fight. He is undoubt-
edly a nOnentity.
"The last evening that | was in
Vancouver, Mr.. Brown, myself and
several we'll known men of Vancouver
walked around the city and tried TO
find Samson. We could not find him,
however, and went down TO the ship.
About l. o'clock the purser knocked
on my door and told me that SAM
son had come aboard. l went into |
the purser's room and had two-hour |
talk with this alleged supporter of |
LiliuOkalani.
He is one of the most curious |
looking men l ever saw. His head !
is absolutely bald and he has no eye |
brows or eyelashes. He is an architect !
by profession, but at present he has |
no employment. He impressed me as /
a huge joke on mankind, and the idea |
that he has been trying TO raise a /
band of men TO come here Is out of |
the question.
"In Vancouver they say that the
way that the story started was through
a newspaper man who wanted to
make a sensational article for his
paper. / asked Samson about ii, and
he denied any knowledge of such
plan. He took it As huge joke, and
secuted the notion that he had had
any communication with anybody
here. He said that he had written
letter to President Dole denying the
rumors that were afioat concerning
him, and had also written t. II.
Davies to the same effect.
samson is an educated man, and
is described by Vancouver people as
smart man gone daft. He told me
that he thought the Provisional Gov
eminent should at least give him
position as he had been brought into
such prominence on its account"
Mr.. McCandless was asked as to the
feeling in Vancouver in regard TO the
question of annexation.
"The people there are, from what l
saw, in favor of annexation. Several
prominent men, holding high posi-
tons with the Canadian Pacific Rail
road, told me that the fact was fully
recognized that the only thing which
would give the islands any future was
annexation TO the United States.
These men were English, too. But
they do not admire the new law that
refers to people without any visible
means of support coming here. While
i was in Vancouver there were three
men that / know of who were refused
passage on the Warrimoo because
they did not have the requisite $50
more than their passage money.
This, of course, the steamship people
do not like.
"While | was 10 Washington l had
to steer clear of the newspaper men.
a representative of both the Asso-
ciated and the United Press were al
ways at the door Of the room where
the Senate Committee was in session,
and would try their best 10 get some
facts out of those who had testified.
1 was very careful what | said to |
them, but in spite of this | found out
that had been reported as an ardent
royalist and bitter enemy Of the
Provisional Government. OF course,
it is not necessary to deny such
statement here; but abroad, where l
am not known, il is.
''There is not a Republican and
hardly a Democrat in Washington
who is not in favor of annextion. The
sentiment is overwhelmingly in our
favor, and there need be no fear as to
the final outcome Of the affair"