Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 187, 13 ʻAukake 1894 — A NICE CRITIC. [ARTICLE]

A NICE CRITIC.

Harold M Sewall d <>es not aj>prove «>f President C!eveland’s j olic\. Tl*-• t is really too bad fi>r tho nufo:tonate chief of th«j Un»ted States administration. Mr Sewall does n«*t keep h s Jisaj)j*roval for himeell, but he pnts it on record in a lctter addreaaed by him to the Democr-«tic caocns in B-ith, Me. That Harold M Sewnll slu*nld «li*apj rove of Cleveland s S »moan nnd Hawaiian j>olitics is not to be wondered at, bnt that the A>h‘etii*er of all j*apers sbonld reproduce his lettcr, qnote and admire him seems a -litt!e ineonsistent when we remomber the treatmeut whieh H:iro1d M exj*erienced doring his brief. bnt eventful st»y in Hawaii. Mr. H. M. Sewall *vas at one time U. S. Consnl-General to Samoa. His c ireer there is none of our eoneem. The sj*eciil point iu Cleveland’s Sainouu j*olitics wliieh he objects to, is ! tliat he was relieved from his ofiice. 0ut of charity \ve will not mention the imracdiate canse whieh made Mr. Sewall imj*ossib!e iu Sam0a. In Hawaii, this '‘critic" of Clevelaud aj*j>eared oue day in comj*any with a‘‘Doctor Bowen. I On board the stearaer, the two gentlemeu surroanded themselves with a halo of official mystery or mvsterious officioasness —and a &trong odorof whiskey. ‘Doctor Bowou prc-sented himse1f as the editor of tho A txo Yorlc 1 \orld ' and as a confidentlal friend of Cleveland and a bearer of sj>ecial dispatches to Mr. Blonnt with whom he w«s to act as a eomroission. Harold M. who had just, according to bis own statemciit. refused a plaee in the administration as assistmt secretarv of foreign atfairs devoted hiraself to the gentle sos and whiskeyand simj*cred mysterions words about his imp«*rtant mission. i>is secret disj*atches to Blouut and hia shnre iu the “Comraission. ’ Occ:tbioualIy, the whiskey heeame too' strong for the litt!e man aml he would roll ott his horse sj)r«iin his ankle and cui-se his dear friend Cieve land for having sent him to this God-fors iken conutry where even *‘the hosses (hie’) wonldn’t go straight. ’ Both the ailegod emissaries of the U. S. President secured in-' terviews with the Qneen, and both approached the Ieading royalists with offers of services for thc jnst and righteons cause of the Qaeeu whieh they were led to esponse from the deep seuse nf justice and American honor (not whiskey) of whieh thev both were full. H it shoald ! be convenient for the royalists to advance say $10,000 merely ns 1 a matter of (orm to pay rnnniug | expenses, ihe two gentlemen : wouKl work witbstillgreaterardor in tbe canse of justice etc. The j Doctor also wauted to know if it was worth his while to accept ; the post as minister to Hawaii. Was there any perquisites or some little ehanee for a pr fitable speenlation? If so be woold ieli friend Cieveland that be wou)d take it. Harold M. wou!d nnder similar circamstances be willing to take tbe office as Consni-GeneraI —if be uidn’t , take the assistant secretary job. In tbe meanlimo Mr. B!ount ' hoard aboot the Joings of tbe , two alleged ambassadors and as was bis habit said— notbing. He wrote a letter. To whom u was addressed, we do not know bot an answer eame from secre- i Urv' Gre*ham in whieh tbe U. S. >iJministration repudiated tfae i two “(oomia’ io tbe warmest

t€rms a&d Jen:ed aii kno»ledge of thera in a3j shape, manner or foria. Mr. Biocut for onee opeueU his aiontb acJ aiioweel tLe cor.tenis of tl;e Gresham !ttter to be koo»n. .That settled lbe career of tbe tvo unport.int personages. but >Ir. Gresham’!; *ction left a vieep feeling rankiing in the bo5om of Harold M. »gainst Ci6veland. bis govero ment and his policy. He fin»llr heeame an object of the diitrr ; tu*er * strongeet hatred, because he. while drack, repeated something whieh Mr. I)ole was supposed to have said and whieh waa rather compromising to our brainv president. Andofsuch, oh. Clevōiand are ronr critics made?