The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-19
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1894.
THE HAWAIIAN INQUIRY.
PRESIDENT DOLE AND MIR. THURS
TON READY TO TESTIFY.
Mr., Damon would Also Like to Have an
Opportunity to Contradict Para
mount Blount.

WASHINGTON, Jan, ol.--lHe ptidtV
Committee on Foreign Relations met
this morning to continue the Hawaiian
Investigation. The indications are that
the taking of testimony will cease with.
in day or two. 1t is not known wheth- .
er the committee will make any effort .
to secure the evidence of Minister Thur |
ston or President Dole. 1t is understood /.
that both of these gentlemen would be
willing to go before the committee and
give all the information they possess. |.
Ii would be "a rather unusual proceeding
for a Senate committee to request the
presence before it of the diplomatic
representative and the highest eNecu-
tive officer of another government. out
it is said that neither of the officials re-
ferred to would be averse to complying
with n reauest from the committee to
that effect. To permit Mr.. Dole to come
before the committee would necessarily |
prolong the time of the investigation,
for the reason that he would have to
make the journey from Hawaii.
1t is also understood that, If time per-
mitted Mr.. S. NJ Damon. President of
the Advisory Council, with whom, on
April 29th, 1898. Commissioner Blount
had an interview, would like to have
his testimony go before the committee.
The interview referred to appears in Mr.. /
Blount's report but it is claimed by the
friends of the Provisional Government
that Mr.. Damon was only asked and
only permitted to answer specific ques
tions. and that fuller presentation of
Mr., Damon's views and facts would
lend a different coloring to his state
ments from that found in Mr.. Blounts
report. 1t is further known that there
was recently laid before the committee
about dozen or fifteen dispositions of
the representative people of Honolulu,
friends of the Provisional Government,
all of which bear upon the facts at issue.
These dispositions were not taken for
presentation especially to this commit
tee, because at the time they were
made the existence Of the committee
was unknown to the Islands. They
were prepared to be used in case of
need, and in that way found their way
to the Senate Committee. Two of
these aftidavits are said to be those
of G.. Bolte and Henry Warehouse,
members of the Committee or safety.
These two men testified before
Mr.. Blount, according to his report,
that the station house and barracks
were delivered over to the Provisional
Government before Minister Stevens
recognized it, and Mr.. Blount, in his re-
port, saws 1.-THE manner of their testi.
mony caused him to suspect their truth
fulness." 1t is understood that these
gentlemen and others who We're inter
viewed complained that their eXamina-
ton was conducted on so narrow line
and their replies so confined to specific
questions that it was impossible for
them to give the whole situation and
make it clear as they saw it; hence those
dispositions.
The Hon. c. L. Macarthur, of Troy,
who was before the committee to-day,
proved to be an advocate of annex
alton. He is the editor of the Troy
Budqet and former State Senator. He
went to Honolulu after the revolution.
He explained the condition of affairs as
he found them, saying that he went to
the islands as a newspaper man, and
awaited himself of every opportunity to
talk with the people and gather their
sentiments. He declared that his con-
illusions are based upon identically the
same facts and derived from the same
sources as presented themselves to Mr..
Blount. The only difference was, said
Dr. Macarthur, that he went among the
people searching for facts and informa
ton, while Mr.. Blount remained in his
room and took only such as came to
MIL. Inc NlJDtsS was lHOEuuBulN III
accord with the annexation sentiment
he found on the islands, and expressed
to the committee the belief that the
good of the United States and the future
prosperity of the Sandwich Islands
would be subserved by making Hawaii
part of the United States. Upon his
return to the States DIR. Macarthur
wrote a number of letters bearing upon
the situation.
Another witness called was r. r.
Hoes, who is now chaplain at the Naval
Home, Philadelphia He is an anti.
quarian, and at the time of the revolu-
ton was on leave of absence and visi-
tor at the Islands. 1t was the intention
of the Queens Government to have had
him rearrange the official archives. He
Society and moving spirit in its organ
izatiOn. HIS testimony was in support
of the Provisional Government.
DIR, Francis R. Day and DIR. Delamater,
both of Chicago, appeared before the
committee and gave their testimony,
both gentlemen being favorable to the
Provisional Government and anneXa-
ton. DIR. Day is a leading physician
in Honolulu, where he has lived since
1887, he having gone there to reside per-
manently about the time of the revolu-
JlOn Oh IudJ year, dlIuOuBn ne was lam
iliar with the Islands before that time
by reason of his being attached to one
of the Spreckels steamers as surgeon.
DIR. Day related the incidents connected
with the overthrowing of the Queens
Government, in which proceeding he
was an active participant, His evidence
corroborated that previously introduced
by the friends of the Provisional Gov
eminent, and concluded with an argu-
ment in behalf of annexation.
DR.. Delameter happened to be in Hon
olulu at the time of the revolution, and
gave the committee vivid account of
the scenes and the views he held, all of
which were along the line OF annexation
OF the Hawaiian Islands to the United
States.
The President, it is understood, will
not send to Congress the latest batch of
Hawaiian correspondence, which in
cludes President Dole's reply to Minister
Willis, until Friday. The probability is
that the Senate will not be in session on
that day, and so it will happen again as
in the case OF the last two installments
OF Hawaiian information, that the mes
sage will go to the House alone. This,
however, could only be avoided by
breaking in upon the tariff debate in
the House, which the President is I'M
willing tollo. He will wait the expiration
of the time set for a vote ON the Tariff
hill before injecting another exciting