The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-03

VINO We're influential ar court ,,,. '
up 10 TINS. They armed us with Iet
sels Oh introduction to numerons Co.
sisn ; mostly democratic. They
70 inIiuueu letters of introductio1
ono Ia.. Oh the Cabinet. We had
one letter to the Secretary of $50
ana from no less a personaSa tban To-
Governor of the State of Massacbn.
setts. by their advice we had detar.
uined 10 work on administrators
ines. But we had undertaken o
4aaIeer contract than we could carry
'nrough' and We had to throw it up.
remember the mild scorn there
was on the professors face when 7
9hot gu MN my letters. He knew
ana that it could not be done. NO
oouy at the White House cared for
10y more testimony. Blount's re-
port was scripture enough for them.
mIS probable that there was not in
NIeVeiand's mind from the first q
purpose to make dispassionate in
4uiry into the facts of the case.
Douotiess he had been prejudiced by
Ia .sain literary men, and they in turn
Iao Deen unduly influenced against
us: There was also the political can't
Gai winch Cleveland hoped to make.
sat In the gallery of the Senate and
neard Senator Hoar bring his search
ing charge of bad faith and of usurpa
Gion or power against the President.
Ine inference was that Mr.. Blount
was sent TO make out case. There
was indecent haste in the whole per-
romance. Cleveland must have acted
without consulting any state papers.
coming into the White House on
monday, his com missioner was started
OH ON Tuesday, the next day, and evil
oentIy with a partisan political pur-
pose. The Secretary of State was
favorable to this. for he too had a
grndge to pay off to the administra-
tlon which had just passed out An
intimate friend OF Gresham's told me
that this was understood to be the
case. That the action of the Presi-
dent was not approved by many of his
own party was well-known fact. /
was told SO by more than one infiuen-
tiaI Democrat. Political enmity and
partisan jealousy were at the root of
the ills which Hawaii has suffered at
the hands of the Cleveland admins
tration.
This subservience of craftsmanship
to political scheming which was so
noticeable at Washington was one of
the hopeless features of the case, and
both Republicans as well as Demo
Gratis were guilty of it.
The fight which was carried ON in
waiian question came in too much as
an incident. The actual Hawaiian
question was very soon off, as
Senator Morgan himself told me not
later than December. Said he to me,
just after / had appeared before the
Commission: 1.-THE question is now
an American one. AS to the queens
restoration, it is q dead ISSUE" The
fight was really between the two adj
ministrations. Stephens was the
scapegoat of one side and Blount of
the other Though the attempt to
get the ear of the Administration
proved a failure, other powers were
approached, other ways of influence
were tried. Senators and aCOngress-
men were approached, withljust what
result no one can tell. 1 noticed that
most of my friends of the Democratic
party with whom ] had labored voted
generally the wrong way.
Nevertheless, we did get q certain
satisfaction from the public, an the
voice of the people will doubtless in
the end control Congress and end the
career of submissive, cuckoo House.
Hawaii has noble friends at Washing
ton. The Maine Senators rallied to
the defense of Stephens, and those of
the Pacific slope took up the fight in
their own interest and ours.
1t would be invidious to single out
names friendly to Hawaii, but that of
Senator Morgan easily heads the list.
1t may not be Inappropriate for me
to say that we felt Hawaii had hon.
ored itself in its legation at Washing
ton. Minister Thurston had a walk
ing dictionary, an encyclodedia. at his
right and nimbte diplomat at his
left, and SO equipped he was more
than a match for those whom he had
to meet. cannot refrain from saying
that we felt that the presence of such
a character as Professor Alexander at
Washington was an argument In
it's favor.
But it was not our activity, but
YOURS, which turned the tide. The
GOODNESS and bravery you showed
under fire saved the day.
We had an opportunity over there
to say a word. But we had good text,
and you were our text. We had but
to point to you and say, gentlemen,
Won see what they are doing, to carry
the day. You had your opportunity
and YOU met it well. The fearless
ness with which you met Cleveland's
demand, and the faith you showed In
making your appeal to Congress ana
the American people, put you at once
i'm the advantage. The boldness OF
YOUR craftsmanship, your patience III
adverse circumstances, above all your
snhI;n,e confidence in the righteous
ness of YOUR cause was most w1nsotae.
II co came about that the President of
the Provisional Government was
more often coupled with honor on the
Tins of the American people than that
Of their own chief executive.
That prayer which was offered on
that trying day at tine Gpd did much ne tt. to
800 men feel that God was on our
eide
Thare was the pathos of the situa-
.;on which when they knew IL
touched the hearts of the A Am nes.a
neople profoundly when the :. news e,'n
came of how you had refused 10 sur,
render to an iniqultous ueiiiu III, 60