The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-23

to restore the Queen; but the Royal
lists themselves looked to Blount to do
that. One of those wild rumors of res
toration had gone about and the
Queens friends were content to await
the action of Cleveland's representa-
tive. Natives by the hundred, on foot
and in carriages, went to the Palace
Square. AS the hour Of eleven APP
preached the bluejackets cfTe into the
Government building to perform the
act of REIMBURSEMENT. After them,
company by company. came the Pro-
visional troops, and the crowd outside
the fence which enclosed the acre about
Kamehameha's statue saw little hope
! for the Queen in the CLINT of serried
steel and the frowning mouths of can
non.
The change of flags was very simple.
\ bugIe blew and the Stars and stripes
came down on the run, the halliards in
the sinewy hands Of a Jack Tar. five
minutes later there was ruhle OF
drums. a flourish of brass and the Ha-
waian flag, bent on by a soldier of the
Provisional Government went to the
masthead. Guards were posted and
the crowds dispersed Said a member
of the Queens late cabinet. with an
oath What's the good of all that
anyway, if they aren't going to restore
the Queen?"
The day the flag came down was on
or near the tiftieth anniversary Of the
hauling down of the British flag that
had been raised by Lord Paulet
Blount now began his investigation
People soon saw mat ne was hopelessly
biased against the American colony. The
members of it were mostly from tn,
North, directly or by descent: Minister
Stevens was typical Yankee; the
Paramount Commissioner was RANK
JEFF Davis man, only reconstructed fan
enough 70 hold a Federal office. When
ever Hawaiian Americans called OF
Blount he treated them brusquely. un
less indeed, they We're anxious To say
, "a word for the Queen. Royalists, espe
cially native Royalists, he received witt
open arms. His intimate companion
, were Claus Spreckels and Charles Nord
. hoff; the most frequent guests, othe
than the two gentlemen named, wer
the late ministers Of the crown. Som
4 men of the highest character on tn
annexation side We're unable to &c
:, their testimony before Mr.. Bount Will
. any man on the Royalist side had
:, stenographic hearing. There was n
- surprise therefore. when, a few week
afterward the mail brought back tn
text of Blounts conclusions, namel!
that the revolution of 1898 had take
a place under such auspices as to thro'
. the responsibility for it upon the arme
y forces of the United States
q After having shown his hand NJ
+ Blount WINGED under the resulting crit
- icism of the local press. He complain
;. ed to President Dole of the star bu
n got no satisfaction, the Executive say
ing that the local papers We're not con
q trolled 10y the Government. The storr
. of Indignation which pelted him froi
q across the water sorely tried his nerve
v and he complained in print because tn
:. Mainland papers said he had "haule
, down" the stars and Stripes when h
, had merely removed" them. Yet hi
written orders to Admiral Skerret
were to haul down" The Star sal
l. that he had tried for four years
# haul down the flag but had been head
~. ltu on ny pus 'h''' 'h' N''
Il he was now getting cheap revenge
. Upon this the diplomat sought out III
a. editor in the street and berated him
q terms which were far from diplomatic
, But man proposes ana God dispose
, Three years ago this month the sell
N same flag which Blount summone
=, from it's high place was raised agai
~ by a Minister and Admiral of II
, United States. And today Hawaii
=, annexed and in his far-away Georgia
"a home James II. Blount, no longer Pari
>, mount Commissioner, has perhaps clio
ed nis eyes to all the scenes and hope
and all the regrets and enmities of If
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