The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-01-30
ONE MONARCHY LESS.
The Queen Of The Sandwich Islands
AndicatGs the Throne.
TWAS A BLooDLEss REVOLUTION.
Split on the Proposition to Grant a
Lottery Franchise.
Split on the Proposition to Grant a
Lottery Franchise.
THE MINISTER'S WOULDN'T STAND.
The United states Appealed to-. by "A
Commission en- Route. TO
Annex the Islands.

HoNoLuLU, Jan. 1S.-GCor. a. P.l-
The downfall of the Hawaiian mon
archial government has finally occurred.
Yesterday a provisional government
was organized, composed entirely of
white residents, who assumed control of
all the functions of government and
awaits the decision of the United States
government whether it will accept the
Islands rs portion of its domain. The
events which led up to this situation
commenced Immediately before the
departure of the steamship Mariposa
for San Francisco January 11th, by the
passage of a bill which gave conces-
sion for the establishment of a lottery in
the kingdom that franchise being given
to six people on the promise of an an
nual payment of 100000. This meas
ure the ministers would not support and
the proposition had the support of only
one white man, the other twenty
votes necessary to carry it being con-
tributed entirely by natives and half
casts.
This act was followed on the after
noon of January 18th, after the depart
ure of the Mariposa, by springing vote
of want of confidence in the ministry,
and which after but little argument was
passed by vote of twenty-five, the
exact number necessary. The defeated
ministry had the confidence of the pub
lie and of capitalists and the business
community, and as prorogation of
parliament had been set for January
2lst, by the queen herself, their tenure
of office was expected to run until 1894.
Considerable excitement then followed
among the white residents OF the islands,
which was heightened on January 18th
by the appointment of ministry in
which there was no confidence, and by
the fact that the queen on the morning
of Jan. 14th signed the lottery BILL
The climax was reached on Jan. 18th
by the queen attempting to promulgate
a new constitution, guaranteeing to her
absolute authority, but which her new
ministry declined to indorse. The
queen made her appeal almost entirely
to the natives and half casts to sustain
her. There was a public meeting in
II hO4Ab VI Vic PdtetOC idOCl Ou. az W1AiSh
the queen announced the failure of her
plans, and early in the evening the
citizens met, and formed committee
of public safety.
On the 10th mass meeting was held
in the armory. About 8 p. M, the
United States steamer Boston landed
800 men, all fully armed. They marched
to the office of the consul-general of the
United States. The marines were sent
to the American legation, while the sail
ors marched out along Merchant street
with two Gatling guns, and camped for
a time on private grounds. All day
Tuesday, the 18th, the community was
in state of expectancy, looking to the
committee of public safety to do some
thing to end the state of tension and to
secure the rights of all citizens against
encroachment once and for all. The
ministry fed and the committee read the
proclamation to the masses, declaring
the Hawaiian monarchical system of
government is hereby abrogated, and
proceeded to form a provisional govern
ment.