Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-08-13
A NICE CRITIC.

Harold VI. Sewall does not ap-
prove of President Cleveland S
policy. That is really too bad
( for the unfortunate chief of the
United States administration
Mr.. Sewall does not keep his
( disapproval for himself, but be
puts it on record in letter adj
dressed by him TO the Democratic
caucus in Bath, Me.
That Harold NJ Sewall should
Z disapproye Of Cleveland 5 Same
an and Hawaiian politics is not
/ to be wondered at, bat that the
/ Advertiser of all papers should
reproduce his letter. quote and
admire him seems a-little incon-
sistent when we remember the
treatment which Harold NJ ex-
perienced during his brief, but
4 eventful stay in Hawaii.
Mr.. H. NJ. Sewall was at one
/ time U. S. Consul General to
/ Samoa. His career there is none
! of our concern. The special
point in Cleveland's Samoan
politics which be objects to, is
that he was relieved from his
Office. Out of charity we will
not mention the imm ediate cause
which made Mr.. Sewall impossi-
bic in Samoa.
In Hawaii. this critic of
Cleveland appeared one day in
company with a Doctor Bowen.
On board the steamer, the two
gentlemen surrounded themselves
with halo of official mystery or
mysterious officiousness-and
strong odor OF whiskey. Doctor
Bowen presented himself as the
editor of the Neac York World
and as confidential friend of
Cleveland and bearer of special
! dispatches to Mr.. Blount with
whom he was to act as COM
mission. Harold NJ. who had
Just, according to his own state
ment, refused a place in the
administration as assistant Sec
rotary of foreign affairs devoted
himself to the gentle sex and
whiskey and simpered mysterious
words about his important mis-
sion, his secret dispatches to
Blouut and his share in the
Commission. " Occasionally,
the whiskey became too strong
for the little man and he would
roll off his horse sprain his ankle
and curse his dear friend Cleve
land for having sent him to this
God-forsaken country where even
the bosses (hicD wouldn't go
straight
Both the alleged emissaries of
/ the e. S. President secured in
teryiews with the Queen, and
both approached the leading
royalists with offers of services
for the just and righteous cause
of the Queen which they were
led to espouse from the deep
sense of justice and American
honor mot whiskey) Of which
they both were full. II it should
be convenient for the royaGsts to
advance say $4,000 merely as
matter of form to pay running
expenses, the two gentlemen
would work with still greaterardor
in the cause of justice etc. The
Doctor also wanted to know if it
was worth his while to accept
the post as minister to Hawaii.
Was there any perqulsites or
some little chance for a profta-
BILE speculation II so he would
tell friend Cleveland that he
would take it. Harold III. would
under similar circumstances be
willing to take the Office as
Consul Generate he didn't
take the assistant secretary job.
In the meantime Mr.. Blount
heard about the doings OF the
two alleged ambassadors and as
was his habit said nothing.
He wrote a letter. To whom it
was addressed, we do not know
but an answer came from secre-
tary Gresham in which the U. S. !
administration repudiated the