Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-29
LEADER OF A BAD LOT
Minister Thurston's Opin-
ion Of Davies.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Mr. Thurston,
the Hawain minister, was asked if he
mad anything to say regarding the pub
ilshed remarks of Theophilus II. Dawes,
III winch occurred declarations to the et-
lect that the provisional government are
adVenturers," that they are maintaining
a reign of terror in Honolulu, that the
con munity is at the mercy of a lot OF
spies and brokeu-down Germans and Por-
tuEuese, and in which he describes its
utter weakness and denies that it is
about to establish permanent republic.
Mr.. Thurston replied:
II MT know that there is much that
needs to oe said After the report by Mr.
Willis to the president, that the members
OF the provisional government are with
out exception men of integrity and pub
lie spirit, and that the royalists, of whom
Mr.. Davies is a leader, are a bad lot, it
does not seem necessary to make reply
to every man who can get himself inter-
viewed. This person is what may be
called a professional mischief maker
He has for years been the head and front
of an unreasoning anti American, British
faction in Honolulu, and, although he
has become rich m an through the bounty
o the United States by means of the re-
cpr city treaty the is always ready to go
out of his way to oppose an iniure the
advancement of American interests in
Hawaii. Only a couple of months prior
to the revolution in Honolulu he wrote
series of letters to the papers oppos-
ing the establishment of a United
States naval station at Pearl Harbor
under any conditions, the reason, among
Others that it would become nest of
Criminals burglars 'defaulters' and
'snugglers' who would sally out and
prey upon the surrounding country. He
was so proud of this corr 'spondence that
he had it printed in pamphlet form and
sent it around broa least.
He has been spending three or four
months in Hawaii, making the most
frantic eff rts to stir up strife and over
throw the provisional government He
has utterly failed and is now renewing
his efforts here. The law providing for
the deportation of dangerous persons
and suspicious characters who are at
tempting to overthrow the government,
was provided for just such men as
| Davies.
"As to the reign of terror, it exists only
among the royalists of the Davies stripe,
who are gradually realizing the terrible
| fact that the monarchy and its perquis .
ties have gone forever
"Davies prophecies that no republican
government will be formed. The pro-
visional government has most
exasperatng habit, however, of
failing to fulfill royalist prophecies
Amid all this talk the government had
gone quietly about its business paid its
debts accumulated larger treasury sur
plus than there mas been for years, kept
the peace and is now proceeding with de
| liberation and dignity to establish a re-
! public by calling Institutional con
vention, in the selection of which ali
| voters, foreign and native, are to be al
/ lowed equal voice, the one condition be-
/ ing the remuneration of allegiance to the
monarchy and an oath of support to the
republic
Davies and those who think we should
again put our necks under the heel of
Lilioukalani claim that the choice as be-
tween a republic and the monarchy
should be put to vote. We do not propose
to do anything of the kind, however
| That question has been settled by arms,
| and we do not propose to reopen it for
discussion any more than the United
States opened the question of states
rights and slavery after the war had set
tied those questions. The monarchy is a
thing of the past The people of the is
lands are looking forward to II living re-
public, and not backward to a dead mon
archy, and they will overcome all OBJ.
stacles and achieve Their object. Mr..
Davies and his fellow-royalists have
| planted themselves in the road in front
of the car of progress. If they do ne t get
out of the way the car will run over them,
that is ALL"