Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-15

may be found the following
further evidences to prove the
faIsity of those allegations.
The bulk OF the people. and
especially Americans. following
| the lead Of the Provisional Gov
eminent, placed the matters in
dispute wholly in the hands of
the American representative. and
suspended faFtaer action until an
answer should be received upon
the proposition of annexation
made by the Hawaiian commits
sioners to the authorities at
Washington.
From the moment this deter
mination was arrived at with the
landing of Mr.. Blount In Hawaii,
he was treated virtually as an
arbitrator and the cases of both
sides were laid before him on
demand. These have been fully
stated and impartialIy reported
to the United States government.
So much to prove, that in the
person of Mr.. Blount, there did
exist an arbitrator.
Mr.. Dole next attacks Mr..
Blount' S mode of procedure in max
ing his investigations. Thatinspir-
ed editorial also furnishes informa-
tion on that subject; and shows
Mr.. Dole's assertions to be
unfounded. As viii be seen on
reading these extracts:
ct may be truthfully said that
Mr.. Blount's arrival at first caused
more or less disappointment from
the extremists of both sides.
Local politics in Hawaii blinded
the factional leaders somewhat to
the policy and line of procedure
which would inevitable be fol-
lowed by the representative of a
great power, called in to report
upon the existent conditions of a
country which felt it had out
grown an unfit form of govern
ment and pending a settlement
of its affairs, had established
Provisional government, demand
ing that the Hawaiian islands be
made an active participant and
member of the great republic
which represents western civiliz
alton in the Pacific. =
cat first the Americans failed
to look upon Mr. Blount other
wise than as countryman and the
royalists refused to view him in
any other light than as a savior
come to restore the monarchy.
He proved to be neither of these
he proved to be a representative
of the American people as
whole, and refused to view Hawa
ian affairs from u party or
factional standpoint
The details ofhis investigation
were made after his own method,
which, as far as known, has been
one of singular wisdom and just
ness.
Mr.. Dole says, that Mr..
Blount was only here a few
months; and being so occupied
with his work of investigation
THAT he had little opportunity
left for receiving those impress
sions of the state of affairs, etc., :"
The sentiments of Mr.. Dole and
his government as voiced In that
inspired editorial, was this:
'sThat he should be able after
a four months residence, during
which he has investigated and
reported upon existing conditions
such as happen but once in the
life of nation, and retain, with
very few exceptions. the respect
and friendship of both sides,
fighting the political battle to
the death, is triumph of diplo-
macy and craftsmanship that
demands public plaudit without
reference to political or racial
differences from a local stand.
point
In a news article in theisame
paper, appear these lines:
Minister Blount arrived here
on March goth. by the q. s.
revenue cutter Richard Rush,
and has consequently been some
thing over four months an official
sojourner in the Hawaiian Is
lands. His work in preparing
his report on Hawaiian affairs to
the United States Government
has occupied fully four months of
his time. In this period. with the
aid of one secretary, as commits
sioner and minister to these
islands, he has performed an
amount of labor that probably
very few men in the United States
or elsewhere would be able to
perform in the same time and