Evening star., 1897-02-26

flourish. But it proved TO have far-reach-
ing corseuuences.
The queens own organ. the Bulletin. ,iil
not allude to any significance in those
words for over two weeks. AT the tim. IL
spoke of the United States forces as re-
manning quiet in their quarters that paper
evidently having no notion that their pres
ence was any menace TO the queen's party
1he weil-known truth was that the affairs
OF 81 and "a had educated tie queens
forces TO perfectly understand thai they
had no possible chance OF success in any
battle with the white citizens With uO
armed natives rallied around her she Was
eowed and helpless before tn. en-knovn
courage and resolution Of the whites I5n
Oh whom were already In array agains, h..,
MT Paul Neumann. long th,. queens
backstair adviser and a very sbr.r,d 49,
son, Is credited with causing the inseriion
OF the significant clause. 1t WAS certainly
einpioSea win most successful efTcc, a
month later upon Mr.. Cleveland and holm
ed TO convince him that a weiyhty duty
ueNoived upon him TO investigate. and rec
uis an outrageous wrong alleged TO have
Deen committed hy Stevens and Wi,ts, In
aethroning the queen and seating a usurn-
ing government. all which was purely an
ihFentlon OF the royalists But Mr. Cleye-
iana. Is,n, piased 10y his prejudice against
Biaine. swallowed whole The inrenior,.
concoction. and went promptly To work i'm
noble CONSCIOUSNESS of heroic chamuion
snip OF wronged virtue, His commissioner
, n.oul., eagerly caught the spirit of his
thine possible that tended to confirm the
rresiuents foregone conclusion. Blount's
natural proc,vities a southernor we're
,s ai,,asohislc 10 stevens Puritanism. as
wen as 10 that of the missionary pariy I'm
,ne provisional government He fulfilled
nis tAsk OF investigation with great n.i,,s-
lry, put no impartiallty. producing A bulky
AZ porroi @ evidence which Mr.. Gresham aud
MI Cleveland treated as unuu.stion,hle
sospei' hnaily settling the whole Question.
The Blount Report.
1T was. to speak mildly n most st,a,..
ihadNertence, that i'm all his official d.
hVerances on the subject, Mr. Cleveland
treated the exparte Inquiries made by Mr.
hiouht as having constituted the rorma,
uiai OF case referred to the Presid,ptis
az aMIpiHauon between the deposed tueeu and
ane provisional government On The
saT, nuene'h or such trial, Mr.. Cleveland for
maiiy pronounced his decision ,brou.h
Minister Willis OH December IL ,i.na,,,si..,,
tnat President Doe should surrend,r a..
government to I.iliuokalani No ,xnl.,a-
,doii can possibly be given by Mr.. tJeye-
iahd OF his gigantic bIunder In su,na.;,,
that trial of the cas-. mad been bad Is
,he iirst place, the provisional GOV. rnmen,
iao never, by any word or act, submitted
-. ,ne oase 10 MS arbitration. SECONDLY they
never werc notified of the time and ,i.c,
OF such rial. No intimattop u.s e,,,r -
seu 10 them that Mr.. Blount was sent :,
iiiquire INTO their right to exist or tb.t iI
I'm 'he subject matter OF his INQUIRIES.
nun ms report was published thct, w,,,a
totally ignorant that his Inquiries war, 40.
as thty supposed chiefly directed IN ,te
Npeuiehcy OF annexation, as he obtained
- III .nein masses OF statistics calculated
" 'nI wv ilght thereon. While he was ,lili
SenuS questioning royalists and acrun,,
Ia a'iIs ,helr evidence and their very secret
made anidavits to prove the comnlici,,
is, s ems anu Nitse with the revolution
ls.s, ne examined much smaller number
oI me provisional party and them in s,,1.h
f ~ way as TO prevent the real meaning
VI .neir testimony. they being totally ip
iordnt or what he was aiming at
MT Blount never asked Mr. Steyeps q
fueSuoh ABOUT his own course Nor did ba
iuesuoh any member of Mr.. Do,e's crline,
~, ,La any VI the officers of the Boston. All
"a .Lese cIiet actors In the business ne ayoid
"a questioning, while he gathered M AN INC
.oyaiist opinions as to what the others ssi1
9ld ana intended. But what totally in.aIt'
udteu MS Whcle proceeding as :, trial of ,ha
case was its secrecy None Of fha q a,,.S
proNisionai government were present or
Ahew tnat their case WAS being tried The
Sused were not allowed to hear the eyt-
oence. or to crOss-eXamine the vj,p.....
Inc truth is that Mr.. Blount never CON
sldered himself to be tr.yin. a case for rh.
Fresidents arbitration. He was merely
h,s ahms ,n a preliminary search. unhampered
py legal rules, and worked in a wbolly
partisan manner. He was perhaps as
mucn surprised as any one to hay. his in
the case. ' Va
1t is most difficult TO conceive how states
men like Mr.. Gresham and Mr. Cley.Isnd
couio nave been betrayed into such A course
OF NOT only atrocious injustice. but colossal
oiunderlhg have no doubt that Mr. Cleve-
land honestly and blindly believed thar he
was acting noble and pious part as the
champion OF justice to a defenseless wo-
man and wronged aboriginal people Ry
TINS phantasm of his Imagination ne seems
70 nave been so carried away as to neglect
all the ordinary precautions for arriving at
the truth and ascertaining where Justice
lay. The evidence subsequently taken nv
the Senate committee developed a great
deal OF essential fact. dispelling the idea of
any agency Of Stevens and Wiltse i'm the
dethronement. Had Blount made open in
curry, inviting evidence and cross-exam-
ination, totally different conclusion would
have been unavoidable. Evidently Mr.
Cleveland is apt to make up his mind with
out due investigation, and then to adhere
obstnately to hts mistaken conclusions
1T becomes the honorable duty of the new
with the aid of Congress, to
rectffy this grievous and cruel error of Mr..
Cleveland well as what they consider
his mistakes I'm tariff and finance We look
with the utmost confidence to see this done
Tor US. Our royalist opponents and our
British antagonists are railing at us and
that IL will not be done by their
agitation betraying their fear that il will
be. II our cause is promptly championed.
and speedy justice done. it will be deep sat-
sfaction and heart-comfort to us after
these four long years of trbulat tion and
kAMEHAMEHA.