The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-07

cts and OF the information which I re-. Z,
ived, and then let the gentlemen here h;
.aw their own conclusion. The reasons v,
hich actuated Us involve considerable v
mount OF the secret history OF this o.
,untry during the last three years i
o not propose TO state any facts which are .
OF essential. There are large number ID
'hich bearsOn the subject WHICH havet I
tricken out, but i think that have rel (
aimed enough to CONVINCE the House "a 1
l Will show first why We had cause TO
iistrust r. w. Wilcox and TO believe
bat he was intending to disturb the
1eace.
AS you all know Mr.. Wilcox was sew
eral years ward OF this country study
ing abroad, until his return in 1887. A
TACT not 80 generally known is that he
at that time a conspiracy to
dethr6ne the King, overthrow The Min
istFy and proclaim s~new constitution.
One OF those who assisted him in draw
ing up the constitution is now present in
this House. They went 80 far as to act
ually have the constitution engrossed,
and Wilcox with others went into the
Palace and demanded Of the King that
he abdicate and declare his sister Queen.
They even had the form OF abdication |
written out for him to sign. If it had
not been for the faithful service OF Robt.
Parker, the matter which came to = bead
in July. 1850, might have come TO . head
in the early part of 1883. The tectl@
which Wilcox pursued were almost
Identical with those which he employed
in last July, except that he went into ~
80 subtly that be managed to draw ~ 9
great manys innocent persons, who did
not understand it until they were sodeep
| in that they could not withdraw. One
of these became frightened and came
and told us, and that is how we came to
know about it. AS soon as learned
about it, sent for several of the promin-
ent conspirators, one after another, and
charged them with it, and they confessed:
put their statements in writing and
they signed them, and have those
statements to-day. The object was
straight and simple to compel the King
to abdicate. They had the abdicatlon
all written out and they tried to compel
him to sign it. Within day or TWO
after the matter came to my knowledge,
they all knew that knew it. The wife
of K w. Wilcox came to me (as she said
at the request of her husband) and beg
pe,i me with tears that they might be
Allowed to 90 away. She said they would
!, 90 back to Italy and that would be the
|, last of it. 1t may be said that the Cab
| met ought to be condemned for MOI
, bringing it all out at that time, and 81
preventing the trouble Of July 3Oth
Perhaps we were right and perhaps W.
, we're wrong. The reason we did not wal
that the country had been disturbed ant
> | we did not wish to again arouse alarm
Nobody knew OF the affair, and they pro
! | missed to reform Robt. Wilcox came Z
! me himself and admitted the who'll
affair: said that he had been wrong
/ that he saw his mistake, but had beef
desperate, living as he was on charity
= That he was angry with the King for no
;. giving him an office which he had ex
pected and been promised. He said b
Q would 90 back to Italy and take servic
O in the Italian army where they wer
i fighting in Arabia, and that perhaps h
would obtain promotion there.
t seemed to us best after mature delibers
ton not to prosecute, and SO no arrest
were made, no publicity was given TO l
Wilcox was allowed to go and he Wen
q After this there were no disturbances, n
rumors-everybody went about his bu
NJ mess with the Inconsistencies tn,
/. everything was all right and that til
country was secure.
n This state of things continued unit
j. Wilcox came back in 1889. He ha
le scarcely arrived before we began to r
"a asi#e iafaFwatiap tbst he was as tEE iAs.
le July last, as it has all been before Il
IN Cour 8. Now, after all that had happe
ed in 1883 after his exposure and failnr
g. his repentance and promises, he can
al back and repeated his attempt, and t
day he has the blood of seven poor kan
~ kas on his head. The results of his sc
as Ond attempt you all know. He was trie
and acquitted. You know what HI
" happened since. He made triumph
or tour through the country, not only e
OF pressing no regret and repentance
lie what he had done, but clarifying in
representing himself as patriot and sa
ne ing that if he had a chance he would
the same thing again. So things we
On on until some time before the electio
I'd Then rumors again began to 60 aroun
n and received direct information that
re was again discussing schemes of violen
Ie. and that as q first step he intended
IN take the Station House; that he h,
a been discussing that with v V. AS
ce ford, and with his assistance was dew
in ing plans as to how it might be accor
'of plished. r. w. Wilcox stated to sever
wv of his friends the substance OF his co
versation with V. V. Ashford. Two
m them gave me their statements in wr
Vi ing. They are persons who were poll
Dr. cally opposed to me. 1t is unnecessa
es for me to state that one of them was A
he tone Rosa, since he has stated the san
al thing over his own signature in the pu
ng lie press.
es went Immediately to Mr.. Rosa, u
to on hearing that he knew of the matte
n and said You and are not political
he iv accord, but we both know that the
It in nothing will so damage the count
ito as repetition of July 80. We can Sill
our political differences in the attem
lr- to prevent anything of this kind.
he shall certainly do all that can, and
he think it is your duty to do all you c.
he to prevent anything of the kind" I
said that he took the same view, al
IN would do what he could to ferret Q
what was going on, and he did. / THU
to Mr.. Rosa deserves the thanks of tt
en- House and of the community for sinki
is his political differences, and doing VII
he could to prevent what would ha
ye. injured the country.
let Mr.. V. V. Ashford soon heard of t.
Use rumors with regard to his conversati
At with Wilcox and sent for him IL
~ asked him if he had made any su
be statement. Mr.. Wilcox said he b
yn not. Mr. Ashford asked him if he wou
m put that in writing, and Wilcox said
he would. Mr.. Ashford prepared writ
he statement which Robert Wilcox signe
at and that statement is now in Mr.. V.
he Ashford's possession. Then Wilcox We