The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-04
WAY I'd WHITE BLOOD.

uTeSSeu the assem- Dled crowd, denounced
the Cabinet as traitors and said they
wanted to shed blood. One OF them in
Guided the Queen in his denunciations.
During the entire time between noon,
Saturday the 14.h, and the afternoon Of
Tuesday the 18th, when the Provisional
Government was proclaimed, the
Queens Cabinet was without plan OF
action aud did practically nothing but
rush about the city consulting with varI-
GUS foreign representatives and citizens
OF alsparties on what they had better do,
begging the American Minister for the
support OF the American troops against
the Com mittee Of Safety, and securing
from the Queen a declaration that she
would not again attempt to abrogate the
Constitution, which they hurried into
print and distributed broadcast to try
and appease the Indignation of the citi-
zens and break up the proposed mass
meeting.
PREVIOUS REyoLTs.
In support OF the fourth proposition ::
An essential factor in judging whether
the force of the committee was sufficient
and their confidence well founded is to
know what the same men under similar
conditions had done upon previous cir
cumstances. In 1887 the King, by the
manipulation OF the electorate, encroach-
ed upon popular rights and obtained au-
tocratic power over the people. He was
supported by practically the same per
sons who now constitute the Royalist
party in Hawaii. The situation then
crystallized the opposition into an organi-
zation of practically the same men who
organized and now constitute the Provi-
sional Government. Such organization
was formed with the openly avowed in
tention of wrestling from the King his
powers and dethroning him.
The Executive Committee of thirteen
in control OF the movement called mass
meeting. Resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing the King and demanding the
granting of a new Constitution depriving
the King of all personal power. The
resolutions were presented to the King
by the committee, who, unarmed and
alone, proceeded direct from the meet
ing to the fortified palace, with the ulti-
matum that he comply with the demands
within twenty-four hours or take the
consequence.
The King was then in absolute con-
troll. His military strength was greater
and his control of the pablo buildings
was more complete than was that of
the Queen in January last. He did not
mands, disbanded the troops and turned
the whole control of the Government
over to the revolutionary party, who, in
of his abject submission
allowed him to continue on the throne
in figurehead capacity.
KALAKAUA QUELLED.
In 1889, while the same men who now
constitute the Provisional Government
were in control of the Kings Govern
ment, a conspiracy was organized
among the royalist supporters of the
King and Liliuokalani for the overthrow
of the Cabinet and the restoration of the
old royal power and constitution. The
took the Cabinet by sur
prise and on the night of July Goth took
possessio of all the artillery and forth
fed the Palace. The regular troops, by
order OF the King, refused to assist the
who called upon the whole of
the militia and white citizens for assist
ance. The call was promptly responded
to.
The fighting opened at 8 O'Clock in the
with less than thirty Cabinet
in position In front of the
Palace, which number later was in
creased to about 500. The royalist revo-
utionists opened with a furious fire with
both artillery and small arms, but with
in half an hour they were driven from
their guns, seven were killed and
twelve wounded, and before dark all of
them dispersed or captured, while not
one of the Cabinet supporters was in
ured. Such is the undisputed record of
events upon two occasions when the
royalists and the organizers of the Pro-
yisional Government came into armed
conflict, when there had been no sug-
yestion of support to either side by any
outside power.
Under these circumstances I submit
hat the burden of proof is on those who
;laim that the landers of the Provisional
cannot successfully carry
,ut the revolution in Hawaii.
1t is unnecessary for me here to state |
he details of the bitter constitutional |
conflict which had been carried on be- |
ween the Queee and the Legislature |
Turing the seven months prior to Janu- |
ry last, or speak of the intense indigna- |
ion existing among all classes of citizens |
" reason of the open and successful ALI |
nee of the Queen with the opium and |
Ottery rings. The political liberties OF |
he people were trampled upon and their
moral sense shocked. II simply needed |
he added provocation OF her arbitrary
tempt to abrogate the Constitution and !
every white man in the
ountry to spontaneously crystalline the
pposition into force that was irresist-
Die.
In reply to the sneer that the persons
aking part in the movement are "aiens,"
would say that every man by the laws
I the country has legal voters right to
and by the proposed Consti-
ltion this would be abrogated. A large
roportion of them were born in the
Ountry, and almost without exception
nose who were not born there have
we'd there for years, have owned prop
rty there and made it their home.
hey are men who built up the country
agriculturally, financially
nd politically, and created and
lade possible civilized Govern
lent therein. There were and
re such men as are today lead
lg citizens of the most progressive
OF the United States, with
lterssts as thoroughly identified with |
lie interests of Hawaii as are
lie interests OF native and foreign born
items in similar communities in this
'untry, identified with It's. +. Ex-
miner.