The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-05
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| that election was due to moIal causes,
especially tothe constitutional amend
ment cited above. The Commissioner
| is especially bitter against the Portu,
gueSe settlers, whom he would dis
franchise if he could. He even goes
so far as to say that 1t is wrong to
class them as Europeans. Perhaps
he considers them as Asiatics. Thus
he disposes of $4,000 OF the most in
dustrious, thrifty and moral people in
the country. Their crime, in his eyes,
consists in their unanimous support of
the Provisional Government and their
OPIUM AND LOTTERY RINGS IGNORED.
Passing over minor points, it is
surprising to find that in his sketch of
the legislative session of 1892 he does
not allude to the protracted struggle
between the friends and opponents of
the lottery and opium rings, allied
with the Crown, or to the final pass
age of the lottery bill, only one white
man voting for it, and the appoint
ment of Cabinet from the ranks of
its supporters. This lottery bill, which
was forced through by wholesale brib-
cry and the personal influence of the
queen, was expected to be source of
revenue which would render her indie
pendent of loans. 1t was also believed
that the lottery company, being out
lawed in the United States, could be
relied upon to counterfeit American
influence in the islands. The virtual
sale of the kingdom to this piratical
organization might well be denounced
as an act unfrienGly to the United
States, and the omission of any refer
ence to il by Colonel Blount is signi-
ficant.
GAS the first half of Colonel Blount's
report proves on examination to be
the reverse of thorough and impair
tial review of the facts, it might be
expected that his account of the revo-
luton of lastJanuary would be equally
garbled and partizan. The pains taken
by the queen to destroy all known
copies of her proposed despotic consti-
tuition shows how much she dreaded
the effect of it's publication, but its
main points are we'll known. It would
have given the queen the power of APP
pointing the mobiles and would have
disfranchised nearly all white voters.
An important amendment, omitted
by Colonel Blount, was one to Article
Al, to the effect that the Ministers
We're to hold Office during her will and
pleasure. No special pleading on his
part can cloak the revolutionary char
acter of her act. Her two attempts at
revolution during her brothers reign
and her false and treacherous course
in regard to the lottery and opium
bills had destroyed all trust in her
word, so that her alleged retraction,
published Monday forenoon, produced
no change in the situation.
THURsToN's STATEMENT ACCURATE.
'Having been an eyewitness of the
public occurrences of Monday and
Tuesday, the 10Th and 18th of January
last, can say that my recollection,
as far as it goes, entirely corroborates
Minister Thurston's statement. / will
only add few observations on points
that have been passed over by others.
[ notice that Colonel Blount's report |
makes but slight reference to the inn !
and enthusiastic meeting held |
on Monday afternoon at the armory, |
which was at least twice as large as |
the dispirited royalist meeting held |
in Palace Square, about three blocks |
distant. The general impression of |
the impotence and decentralization of |
since been shown to have been well |
founded. The tension of feeling was
extreme, and the landing of the Unit
ed States marines then, as in the form
er affair in 1889, gave a grateful sense
If relief and security to the white
residents. AS it was, two incendiary
Tres were started during that night.
"a military organization of four
companies of white men, which had
been brought to high degree of eff
,iency in 1887, and had crushed the
of 1889, was disbanded in
800 by a royalist Ministry. This
officers and men, was
low revived and reinforced by new
dents. The proclamation of the
Provisional Government was read at
he front entrance of the Govern
nent Building a quarter of an hour
arlier than had been expected, with
My one rif1eman on guard. AS the
eading was concluded, I saw Com
ANY A, composed of Germans, arriv-
ng on the double quick, in company
rider, followed in a few minutes by
company 3, composed of Americans
nd Englishmen.
"The grounds were Immediately
feared and guards set, and in half an
our there were 100 troops present,
hich number was doubled before 5
CLOCK. 1t was well understood by 4,
lese men that the United States
larines were under orders to remain
eutral. They fully expected to fight,
nd their spirit and confidence, based
n past experience, was such that I
al no doubt of the result. A well
nown royalist had been placed by
[arshal Wilson in charge of the Gov
building, but waited there in
ain for force that never came. A L
rye quantity of ammunition was
und in the Foreign office, intended
r the defence of the building.
"The wooden building called Arion
all stood west of the Opera House, a
rye brick building, which intervenes l
,tween it and the Palace. 1t is there. L
re impossible for ME to understand D
olonel Blount's remarks on its stra- q
gic position. Certainly Arion Hall
Guild not be exposed to fire in the
'ent of an attack upon the Govern
ent building from the Palace.
ave it for Others better informed on