The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-23

question: said Humphreys, "wss to
show the motive behind the action of
the man who signed the appeal for the
landing of the troops to protect life and
property wish to show the ulterior
purpose and sinister design of these
people, of which the United States had
knowledge, that unless backed UP and
supported the overthrow could not have
taken place. Every essential point of
the memorial of the Queen, of which
you have taken cognizance, depends up
on the fact that the Queen was depriv-
ed of her throne by the unlawful in
terference of the forces of the United
States. What could be more material
than to ask what was his purpose if he
declared
Excuse me-" interrupted Mr.. Brown,
shat declaration was never made by
me-"
1T seems to me-" said Senator
Mitchell. that we have had several in
vestigations of what led up to the de-
thronement of the Queen"
my only purpose, began Judge
Humphreys, ''is to show whether or not
this overthrow occurred as the result
of the action alleged
Don't the record show that?" asked
Senator Mitchell.
"The Queen has never, by formal
petition, placed her right to redress be-
fore Congress" said the attorney, land
if an ex parte record has been con-
structed we should not rest upon it.
We propose to use Blount's report and
that of the Committee on Foreign Re-
iations. and we want you 10 examine
them"
Il would like to show" said Mr.. w. o.
Smith, who at this juncture came into
action, that the Queen made these
same charges when she asked that the
United States restore her to the throne.
Commissioner Blount came here and
every bit of evidence was taken. The
Committee on Foreign Relations made
an investigation, hearing all the ma
val officers concerned, and there are
1900 pages of evidence before Congress,
all predicated on the written charge
of Liliuokalani that she was wrong
fully deprived of her throne"
Senator Mitchell was Weighing the
matter carefully and said after sum-
mary, 1.-The question is what the United
States did, not what this man did, and
it seems to me that the record is al
what the minister did and what the
naval officers did, in fact what every
one did. All this is on that record.
What we want now is what the people
of these islands and what the people
of the United States think as to what
shall be done for the former Queen
Senator Burton wanted to know if
the papers were made in an action of
the Queen for recoanpense. and Mr..
Smith said she was then asking that
she be reinstated on the throne, and
he went on to show the scope of the in
quiry. Senator Mitchell said that he
should supplement what he had said
that he thought the Queen was entitled
to hearing, the only question being
the opening of a line of questioning
which was endless and would not offer
any new facts to the world.
Humphreys declared that there were
two courses open, one to accept grace
fully the situation and not press any
questions which might not be thought
proper, the other feeling the sense of
responsibility to present the case as
clearly as possible. He said he was
impressed with mate
riality of the evidence. Senator Mitchell
then proposed that the questions be
asked again.
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