The morning call., 1893-01-30
KAIULANE.
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orered hey crowded into the space reserved for
SPECTATORS. completely filing II. Inc ebleet OF
his noisy demonstration was appa'ehii II WAS
intended 10 uyerawe tie supporters OF hnSAaua
ANA 10 secure The election Of the Dowaser
que D.
Tn- Legislature being organized it proceeded
in.u,e6fafelv 10 elect King. The result OF the
fr>i ballot was The overwhelming election OF
kalakaua. 80 votes having 0een east for hsm ana
o. Ter Queen Emma When the vote was made
known there were angry EXPLANATIONS q dis
content among The audience. The excitement
soon communicated itself 10 the mon oulslde'
and when The committee, appointed TO ho'hy
Kalakaua OF bis election, made its appearance
lts members were heTcely attacked and com
relied 10 retreat INTO tire building. lie EN-
boidened mob then took complete possession
Those members of lie Legislature "he d SUI
lorIed halakaua were btutally assaulted anu
braieu with clubs improvised from tie legs OIL
Ce>as and chairs IN The legislative haiL Inc
courthouse was sacked. the offices Of me Judges
ll4 Acknowledgement and tie Marshal were in-
Naded. aud their con entS furniture iecoi U.s.
atchlv :. everything. thrown out OF Tue WIN
dowS
Finally. the Prime Minister and The King elect
ioiped ip requesting. through lie American MIN
fstcr. Mr. Pierce. The intervention oI our hNal
force Tor lie suppression Of Tie not ana the pro-
lection of property. Commander now Rear
Admiral Belkuap. The senior naval oIhceF pres
emit then in command Of the 1uscarofa, had
,,reyfnuslv arranged with his subordtnates for
The landing Of force from the Two American
war vessels present. the TuscaIora and the
Portsmouth. should tile ceSsity arise. After
agreeing upou lie course 10 be pursued lie had
zone ON shore, and was present at The court
house while the proceedings " re ID progress.
.WIhin few minutes after the prsconeeUed sig
u-lwss made from the Town, the force from the
Iuscaiofa under my command, had possession
Of The courthouse aud grounds aud had driven
Tie rioters out. II was closely followed
by Tie men from the Portsmouth. aud haH an
hons Tier detachment from the English man
cf-war Teuedos, which mad Deen summoned by
He BiHisn diplomatic representative, also put
I'D IN appearance. A few arrests were made by
lie civil authorities. assisted by our men, and
the rioi was over. The English sailors were sent
to tie resld nee OF Queen Emma 10 disperse
crowd collecred There. The Americans re-
mai. ed 10 possession Of the couTinous'. tie
Kings palace, The aumofy. The treasury and the
prison for several days. until order was restored.
They pairoled The streets III night and arr sled
suspicious characters, and there Is DO doubt
tlat thsir presence IN Honolulu at that time pre-
vented ne destruction OF thousands OF dollars
worth u property and saved many lives.
This letter was written 10y Commander
j .wel fra reply O. an article published by
the Daily Pacific Advertiser Of Honolulu
on December 3. IS92, In which. under the
head If ''ShaN We Annex Hawail?' the IN
reference of American forces IN n was
termed to be "an everlasting shame Of the
American people; which statement was
backed up by a misstatement of facts as
they occurred al the time.
The Advertiser on January 10 had the
good grace to publish Commander JEWELS
reply as gwen ABOVE, and as originally
printed 10 The illustrated American.
II addition to the historical information
conta ned in his letter Commander Jewell
also answers in the article referred to the
question Of '-Shau we annex Hawaii ?" With
su unhesitauBg Yes" giving his reasons
as folIa VS.:
81. is tie manifest destinyof these Islands,
lying as they do in the very athway Of the
commerce of oar country to the East.
whose commercial and business interests
ara ain st exclusively American. to come
eventually under the dominion of the
United States. We can acquire them now
by asserting to annexation. Our hereditary.
iuveterate and jealous enemy may buster,
but he viii not night. Later the acquisition
Of them may involve u in war, but the in
terests Of the United States viii never per
mir them TO become the possession Of any
f0rei-a power"