Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-02-26
OUR REVOLUTlONISTS.
Some Plain Talk About
Them.

1t Is refreshing to peruse the
report OF Mr.. J. II Blount and
the appending interviews and
statements. As a piece of history
the following remarks of Col. '.
Y. Ashford viii be of interest a.
disclosing a little of the inner
history OF the revolution OF 1887
and also furnishing some good
evidence as to the courage,
bravery, impartiality, and
honesty OF our embryo, "revo
lutionlsts. Says Mr.. V. Y.
Ashford:
The men as individuals and as
a class into whose hands fell the
executive Offices and entire con-
troll of this movement. are those
who aside from the thick-and-
thin apologists of monarchy at
all hazards have always here
tofore been the bitterest enemies
of those who were suspected of
favoring annexation. Dole him
self though member of the revo
lutionary league of 1887, and a
member of the Council of
Thirteen therein, tried his best
to throw" the whole scheme
Just as the supreme moment
arrived. Failing In this. he re
signed his place on the council
and deserted the league, and
tried his best to pull others
out. He did manage to pull
out 2. G. Jones, who was also a
member of the "Thirteen" which
position be resigned and deserted
the league the same as Dole had
done.
About the same time w o Smith
who through his great personal
intimacy with Dole, Jones and
Others of the league, was ac-
quainted with the general plan
and had given his adhesion to il
aud arranged to swear in before
the council, but had deferred it
several times, did come before
that body. After hearing a part
of the oath repeated. be drew
his hand from the bible,
made a contemplate, coward
ly speech in favor of the
continuance of the monarchy
and withdrew, and never became
member -vs thS laAsuA----OL har
prominent members of the mis-
sionary party worked with all
their energy against the cause
During the org nization of
the Hawaiian Patriotic League, a
year ago, one of the leading mis-
sionary politicians said to me-:
Your charges against Liliuoka-
lani are, no doubt, true; but
what does it matter so long as we
have the prevailing influence
over her. A republic or annex
alton would lead to the domin
ance Of the natives" This party
almost without exception, tried to
hunt down all participators in the
attempt against the monarchy
last year---Finslly he Dole
was the one who issued the
warrants, thing unheard
of in the Hawaiian criminal
practice. our criminal cases then
all originating in the Police OF
District courts. Mr.. Justice Dole
not only violated this precedent,
bat issued the warrants, (and
tried the cases) without consulta-
ton WITH any of the other judges
and against the advice Ito Wilson
and known to Dole as is said)
of almost every attorney in town
and on the same statement of
facts as were laid before himself.
During the examination which
lasted with internissionsl for
three weeks, he overruled every
ruling of the common law courts
of the United States and
Englsnd-both on points of sd-
mission and rejection of evil
dence, as well as to construc-
tion---against the defense.
and invoked the rulings of
the courts of Bloody Mary and
her times, in constituting the law
of treason, especially as to what
constituted an overt act. His
hatred to any and all who favored
change from monarchy was so
marked as 70 excite general COM
ment.
Nh. Ashford is not the only
one who evidently has realized
the true character of our would
be heroic revolutionists. Con-
gresham Money. although so far
away from our heroes has also
"tumbled'' to their true worth in
their burlesque revolutionary
capacity. This is what the honor
able gentleman said during the
debate on the McCreary resolu-
ton:
We are told, and in this way
the attempt IS made to arouse our
sympathies. that there was
gallant band of Americans carry
ing our civilization. our thoughts.