The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-19
LUCIEN YOUNG.
The Boston's Lieutenant in His Usual
Role.

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EDITOR BuLLETTN:--
A printed copy of the Report from
the Committee ON Foreign Relations
in relation to the Hawaiian Islands
to the Senate Of the United States
has arrived here. The report with
its testimony and other appendices
| makes a volume of about 800 printed
octave pages. do not propose to
deal with the whole report at the
present time, but Just to present
certain portions of Lieut.. Lucien
Youngs testimony to public notice
here. His testimony as given occu-
pies from page 2SS to page 3l3 in.
| elusive OF question and answer. Ii
is too voluminous to give in full.
much OF it consisting of unimport-
ant matters of detail, but the follow
ing extracts which are given exactly
as printed will serve to show Lieut..
loungs capacity for stating facts
and the advantage he has taken Of
his opportunities.
On page 2S9 is found as follows:
The Chairman Prior to that
time was there any agitation in Ho-
nolulu9
"Mr. Young Yes; a good deal Of
agitation in reference to the voting
out Of the several Ministries by the
Legislature aud persistent appoint
ment by the Queen of others in
imicsI to American interests, un-
salts actory to- the intelligent mem.
bers 'of the Legislature and wealthy
CLASSES on the islands. This involved
good deal of diplomatic trouble
between the American and British
ministers in reference to the inter
ests OF their respective countries.
aud l have seen the latter on the
floor of the Legislature while in ses.
sion lobbying"
On pages 29l and 292 is found a
reference to the Propagation cere.
monies at Aliiolani Hale, rs seen by
him on Jan. 1ith, 1873:
"Mr. Young | got there.
there was quite crowd around the
rear end Of the building. and two or
! three leading Americans, aud Judge
Hartwell, who was one of the lead
ing lawyers Of the place and Minis.
ter under Kalakaua, informed me
that the Queen contemplated the
PRONUNCIATION of new constitution
immediately after the adjournment
of the Legislature, and asked me il
| would not 90 on board ship and
inform Captain Wiltse. | went in
to speak Of it To Consul General
Severance and he laughed and said,
I do not believe word Of IT,.
went IN and was shown the seat as
signed me in the Legislative Hall, a
little To the left and IN front Of the
rostrum where the speaker used
10 sit and which the Queen uscd
when she read her proclamation.
After waiting some little time they
commenced, and believe il was
about the funniest affair ever saw in
my life--a circus. The procession
was headed by two or three lackeys.
and then followed the Governor Of
Oahu, TAT her to tho hoiress apparent.
dressed IN a gaudy uniform covered
with gold and orders; the Chamber.
lain with attendants all dressed up
IN uniform, and then came Her Ma.
jss,y with a long train aud four
lackeys in knee breeches carving
the train, and then the two royal
princesses, ladies in waiting, a staff.
the four Ministers and other attend.
ants. IL was very amusing scene"
Aud ON page 2G, continuing the
same subject:
The Chairman go Immediately
after this Legislature was prorugued
| what became OF the Queen Where
did she go!
"Mr. Young She passed into a
large room on the left facing the
rostrum; large reception room
about twice as large as this where
she held her reception.
The Chairman-Did you go in!
"Mr. Young Yes, | passed on
through the door. The Consul told
me he was going back to the office.
told him was there in an official
capacity aud felt ii my duty to go
through with it.
Senator Gray-You wanted To
see the sights Of the side circus!
Mr.. foung-Yes; the Governor
OF Oahu, Mr.. Cleghorn, stopped me
at the door aud talked to me in a
| hciNouS s'ialh a. tnDugn To retain
me. passed in and bowed to the
Queen and her ministers standing on
the right, her aids, and passed on
through the door. The Queen look
ed at me rather savagely, and did
not return my salutation with any
cordiality at all. | noticed that she
acted in peculiar way. First when
she was reading her proclamation ]
thought she had little 81 age fright,
but in this reception room ] saw
that she was under the influence of
a stimulant, in fact she was drunk
There is no question in my mind
about it al all,
Then on page 296, in reference to
the scene in the Palace grounds
after the Queen had announced her
resignation of the idea of promul-
eating new constitution, speaking
rs an eyewitness, he says:
The Chairman Any cheering.
hurrahing!
"Mr. Young-No; on the contrary
the natives themselves even stopped
these two kanakas from speaking.
They went up aud tried TO stop
them. One of them, named White
think, they caught him and pulled
him down from the balcony, and as