The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-13
Morgan's Report.

IL has seemed To me that the ex-
tracts alleged to bc taken from the
majority report Of the Senate For
eign Affairs Committee which was
prepared by Senator Morgan, con
tain many inaccuracies Uo speak
mildly ia reference to the causes ot
and incidents attending on the IN.
ception Of the present political re-.
gime. This is no doubt due to the
fact that the witnesses from here
who testified before that committee
werc maiuly selected by the sup
porters of and favorcrs Of the present
Provisional Government and who
must have. to Judge from results.
deliberately lied to produr" such
statements "a the following extracts
from the report will show:
at is evident the Queens Govern
mcnt at that time had no power to
prevent the landing Of troops from
any quarter, no power To protect
itself against invasion, and ne power
to conduct civil government; III
other words an intcrr"guum existed.
The Queen only held the throne
under ner oath and the Constitution
aud when she declared herself
absolved thcrelrum II was an actual
act Of abdcatiuu. Furthermore shc
had been ovcrthrovu hy the white
people Of ia" Islands before Tia"
troops from the Boston landed
Il il merely sufficient tu state this
expression Of opinion here whrr" he
incidents took place, for everyone
cunyersaut with the facts to 80" he
total incOrrcctu"ss OF each assertion
in the above paragraph. To hc tru"
Il should have read ~ follows: Ia"
Queens Government had as mucu
power a. ever Ia prevent th" lanutna
of troops but did not wish :" come
into collision with the United state
Government aud people. b"II"rIut
that they would dlsavuw ia" act -
their representative when brought
, To their knowledge and undo an,
-, consequences Of his unauthorII",
acts; Il had as much power as AT an,
former time 10 protect itself ir',II
E INVASION aud il still conducted th,
civil government in peace. ! h,
-, Queen had not declared h"rsrt
absolvod from her oath 10 ia" Con
= stitution aud withdrew from he
a purpose following TIA. advic" "i h"
:, cabinet as required 10y the CuustItu
k tion. She was not overt brown ant
more than - hours after the Boz
tons troops had landed and uul
u surrendered in consrqu"uc" 0l th"l
4 presence and the fact that MmIst"
q Stevens had already recognized TIA
- new ordcruf things aud was prepare
To support il by force ii necessary.
A. To the statement that th"r
was "no power Of law 10 protect ia
citizens Of the United States II
A sufficient To state that the Quc"u
. Cabinet, before aud after the land1n
y Of the Boston's troops, official
u offered in person to provide all I'll
y protection needed by any citizens ,
Is the United States in the usual MAJ
b. uer by either the military or polio
forces Of the Kingdom, Of who
y there were sufficient to put dow
e. unaided any riot or rebellion u
ye assisted by foreign governments.
H. As to the statement in reference"
49, Blount's report that the aglta',
80 state Of opinion and feeling III IL
'r wai at the same time mad" II u"
". to impossible to obtain full, IA
,s and free declaration Of facts, mu
a say that the testimony OF every "
~ ness before Mr.. Blouut aud Of all 1
D. newspapers here on both sides uni
le in branding this assertion rs an \
O. solute misstatement Of what actual
III was the case, viz: that Mr.. BlOu
~ received the fullest and most lrut
y ful statements from both sides pos
lg BILE for any one to obtain. ! sh
OF not take up your space further
re discussing the numerous other in;
Ia curacies, nor shall ! indicate at I
A' present time those whom in !
u opinion are to blame for such ini
en curate conclusions having been cOj
,1- to by Senator Morgan and his As
ciates, leaving it for filter occasi'
{ BUENETT
Honolulu. March II, lSJi.