The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-10-11

was LuSL WhulSO w kSb uOEe Sitns
and men. gave notice mysst OF
the last meeting. l telephoned to
Boyd in Italian 10 come from Kai-
lua. At our last meeting we had 80
rifles and about 35 rice bird guns.
L paid for them. 1t is nobody's bu-
siness whether l had money or not.
saw the King at Honuakaha, an
other person was present whom /
will not mention. / received three
verbal messages from the King.
They were delivered by one of the
Kings staff. ] believed this mes
senger told me the truth, ] had con.
fidence in him and he in me. The
messenger was Colonel Robert Hoa-
pill Baker. Capt. Kaaha took my
first message on the morning of the
Both. He took the royal carriage
and returning said he had seen the
King at Honuakaha. wanted the
King at the palace to sign the con-
stitution. 1t bad not been passed
upon at the meetings, only passed
upon by myself and private friends;
one was Judge Pahia, he approved
of it and made remarks. F. j. Testa
read it, he thought 1t good, approx
ed of it and thought that the King
might change for the better when
he got into his new position. Show
ed it to several others, no haoles.
1 told Col. Baker the contents Of
the constitution. IL was understood
he would tell the King. talked
with some of the kamaainas on the
subject. Kaaha's message was that
the King would not conle right
away. Col. Baker took the second
message to the King. 1t was after
6 o'clock in the morning. He soon
returned and said be had seen the
King, delivered my message, and
the King replied that he would come
at favorable opportunity. He told
me not to put my soldiers in the pa
lace. / understood l must get more
men before the favorable opportun-
ity arrived. The King told Baker
that had all the guns and ammu-
nitions in the palace. l intended to
get large party so as to repel any
attack that might be made by those
in support of the government. sent
Loomens to the King with mes
sage. 1t was written in native and
said that l was waiting for his Ma
jesty. LoomeRs did not return,
next saw him in the police station.
l heard rumors that the Minister'S
had been TO see the King at his
boathouse. The Queen slept at
Waikiki the night of July goth, the
princes were at the same place.
did not know they we're not to be at
the palace. l found no primers in
the magazine, went to the barracks
to get them. I wanted to get the
cannon ready, rs heard rumors
that there was to be opposition from
outside. / did not know / was in
the wrong when my men assembled
in the palace yard. We waited for
the King. I was prepared to resist
any uncivilized attempt on the part
of the government to dislodge us
/ experimental with fuse, it did
not work, then went and got the
primers. Capt. Kahnlewai gave me
the primers, from trap door over
the entrance to the barracks. did
not threaten him. Kahalewai after
lodging little gave me the primers
willingly. On July 29th l received
message from the King, it referred
to former message. The message
said the ministers were going tc
take the cannon away, they had al
ready got the gatling guns. 1 kept
secret these messages from the
King. The message was delivered
to me near my office. Thick il wa:
before noon and was verbal. die
not know Mr.. Damon was at the
gate. did not think OF sending
word to the Ministers of my inten
ton to march to the palace. A sug,
gestion was made that should bt
dictator 40 the King was weak
l remember making statement t.
Mr.. Peterson. do not remember
told him the King had nothing t
do with him, 1 did not want to say
anything then. When 1 asked
Parker for the palace he told me tc
go to Kahslewai. Loomens marched
down with US part of the way. HI
was dressed in big gray coat. W.
held up a lot of policemen and made
them fall in line 80 as they coulc
give no alarm at the station house
, Loomens saw me experimenting
, with the fuse, he said il would onl,
, make noise and scare the people
| The first message from the King wa
about my idea of getting up the Ka
, mehameha Rifle Association. TIL,
King knew / was patriotic and b.
had confidence IN me. He said i
, was good thing 10 teach the mel
to shoot straight He said the who'll
city was talking about it and it wa
, good thing.
| At $3.50 tho Court adjourned t
: $3.50 Friday morning.
r FRIDAY, October llth.
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