The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-17

threats and prospects of mob violence
to be wreaked upon all the political
prisoners, to which was ADDED the
dread of being carried before the mill
tary commission. The record OF the
early trials and proceedings before
that commission had created the I'M
preston, not only among prisoners
Including myself, but in the COM
rnunity at large, that arraignment be-
fore the commission upon whatever
charge was sure to be followed by
conviction and sentence to penal ser
vitude and fine irrespective of the
guilt or innocence of the parties ar
raigned.
was further uncertain Of the dura-
ton of my imprisonment, and under
the then existing conditions l knew
not whether should be even accorded
the poor privilege of trial before the
military commission, whose proceed
ings / was led to believe had been lille
gal from the first.
With all these uncertainties before
me, in which only imprisonment for
no offense seemed sure, | accepted the
offer of the Government merely as
means of terminating my most I'M
lust and wearing Imprisonment,
which had affected my health injuri-
ously and was similarly affecting my
wife and family. / therefore signed
an agreement to leave Hawaii, not to
return until the Government should
give its consent to such return. L
acknowledged no completely in the
matters of the revolt Cor riot, and
signed under the duress OF past or
present i'm prisonment, with the threat
and prospect OF it's indefinite cOntinu-
ance for no legal cause.
I had established my home, intend
ing to reside there permanently. L
own my own home there, and there
nv children were born. My enforced
exile has broken up my family rela-
tions, for my family remains in Homo
lulu. have been put to great ex-
pense in the premises, and have been
obliged to mortgage my home to
raise money to maintain my family
in Honolulu during my absence.
My rights under the treaties exist
ing between the United States and
Hawaii, and those guaranteed to me
by the constitution of Hawaii, have
been most wantOnly violated by the
Hawaiian Government, and L deem
myself aggrieved to the extent of $780,
900 damages. z. NJ. ROONEY.
Subscribed and sworn to before j.
NJ. POepoe in Honolulu and Il. ii.
Tharp of San Francisco, Cal.
Il nave OILY " SOOI S10POS'
They have brought it on themselves.
Let them stand it," Mr.. G.. L. Wild
er, the Hawaiian Consul, was COM
menting on the plight Of the eXiles,
as brought to mind by the statement
and claim of p. NJ. Rooney, made pub
lie yesterday.
"Of course, I was not at the islands
at the time, but am told by reliable
persons that the political prisoners at
Honolulu had the best of treatment.
Captain Davies, who is now on the
steamer Homer and will not be in the
city again for few days, was one of
the first prisoners. l asked him for
candid statement Of his treatment
while in prison, and he told me he
had Jared worse in many hotels than
in Honolulu prison. There was plen-
ty of fresh air, and the bedding was
clean. There were beefsteaks or ham
and eggs for breakfast every morning.
Why, the Palace wasn't in it, so he
said
GA Pittsburg man, whose name L
don't recall, has lately returned from
q visit to Honolulu for the purpose of
interceding for Seward, who is SEN
fenced for thirty five years. He says
he found him living in the greatest
comfort, and thinks he should have
had seventy years"
Peter CamarinOs, one of the refu-
gees, said he had not decided to bring
suit, but it is reported that Harry
Juen and Harry Won Werthen will
do so.