The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-04-06
BACK FROM HONOLULU
Joaquin Miller Among the
Australia's Passengers.
DRS0UNcRs D0LE's GOVERNMENT

The rrsaensst AessrasA navsiis Pc
i'tsesi Prissssrs - Declared b. the
Aged Pest - Ne Dssbassus IN sAs
Estss1s-shssld H RsIsassA.
SAH FaAxcisco. March 4o.-The Hs-
vaiian minister Of finance, Damon, and
Joaquin Miller, the poet, were amons
tbs Australis's passenger. Mr.. Damon
has come upon private business Of his
own, and goes back on the next steamer.
The poet left Honolulu suddenly with
no other baggage than . copy Of his
poems. His intended departure vas
kept secret, Tor he was afraid the Of.
ciais Of the government would put him
in prison. Miller u very bitter against
the men in control in Hawaii. He de-
nouncss the treatment accorded the po-
litical prisoners - basbarous In The ex.
IRENE, and says that men ass dying in
prison for want Of air and proper food.
He predicts that flibustering expedi-
ton will Be organised to 70 TO HonoluIa
and rescue the political prisoners. When
aaked il he were done with Hawaii the
poet said:
have not begun. I am going -
wait and - who goes down there TO
iiberste those men. Possibly they may
Be set 1t liberty when their csptors arc
badly scared, for they are awful towards.
Bot II they do not ibefate them, the
very last and lowest of the political
prisonGs, and then return the lands ap-
pTopTiated from the natives and the
queen under the name of crown lands.
snail 90 TO Japan. am NO stranger 1t
the japanese court. think shalI only
have TO state the case and promise DO
htical rights to the oppressed 2O,UOO
contract-slavee OF Japan down there to
get an iron-clad. There are hundreds Of
good men down there kept in the vilest
prisons by man who betrayed . woman
and robbed her; and there ie plenty of
gold and kingdom waiting for whoever
will Iberate those good men. The col
diess down there will not eight for Dole.
They won't fight to keep those men in
prison. 1t is not human. In fact, they
are all falling out. doubt if Dole has
any friends 1t all who are not under ray
- civil or military officers or in come
way selfiehly interested in his oligarchy.
There has been nothing % monetrous
since the reign Of terror. The yard in
front Of the penitentiary lie crowded with
poor native women, waiting turns to see
father, husband, son. have often gone
through without venturing to intercede.
! had to be very careful for fear / might
g g Ro on 3 ffsss I q Ed. am u Poe
tsation Of the world to these after wait
ing too long. There are too many per-
sDns in Ail down there. II that prison
vsse here the women OF California
wS1A not let it stand two days"
Miller makes IN appeal for books to
be sent to the political prisoners - they
have nothing TO do and nothing TO read,
aud unless they have something 70 divert
their minds they may go mad. Speak
ing OF President Dole, Miller said:
"He 10 perhaps the nobiest-looking
man to be found at the head OF any gov
eminent, but how he can 60 to church
regularly as he does, breathing the
fresh, sweet Sunday air of Honolulu
with those hundreds OF hollow eyes
peeriug through the bars, and those liv-
ing lips easpins for breath, is something
don't know"
OF the ex-queen Miller says: ~O al
those ~ho participated in her arrest and
trial, and Of oil that was said and done,
the only Christian was that poor, dusky
woman in the midst Of those cruel men.
The only Christian oct or utterance came
from her,"
He says that Major Seward, Colonel
Ashford. T. W. Walker and other white
traitors are confined in cells only five by
eight feet. Two men are in each cell.
They are allowed an airing two houre
during the day. The average tempera-
ture in the cells ie about So degrees.