Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-02-04
REVOLUTION.


Made mis issioners sent /,
the United States with n Request TO,
Annexation.
SAN FRANCtsco, Jan. 30.-Hawaii'.
government has been overthrown by q
revolution. Queen Liliuolxalani has
been deposed and a provisional gov.
ernment, headed by President s. b.
Dole, has control of affairs. The news
was brought by the steamship Claudiue,
which arrived here on Saturday from
Honolulu. The Claudine brought q
commission, headed by Mr.. Thurston,
and they are now en- route to Washing.
tion with petition to the American
government to annex the Hawaiian
islands to the United States.
The first intimation of trouble came
on January Is, when the queen tried
to get the cabinet to sign a new consti.
tuition that disfranchised all foreigners
and put the whole government in the
hands of the native politicians.
The ministers refused, and when
threatened by the queen fled for their
lives. They returned later and induced
the queen to postpone the coup.
There was public meeting in
front of the palace. The queen an
nounced the failure of her plans
and native orator demanded the
lives of the minister's Early in the
evening citizens met and formed a
committee of public safety. On the
10th 4 mass meeting was held in the
armory.
About o'clock p m. the United
States steamship Boston landed 800
men, 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
sailors marched out along Merchant
street with two Gatling guns and
camped for time on private grounds.
They staid there all night.
All day on Tuesday, the 18th, the
community was in state of eXpectan-
cy, looking to the committee of public
safety to do something to end the ten
sion. The committee in the meantime
was not idle, being necessarily occu-
pied completing it's organization
and making the final arrangements
necessary to the proclamation of the
provisional government and its protec-
tion by an armed force.
IN the meantime the committee of
ptblic safety, accompanied by mem
bers of the government about to be
formed, proceeded to the government
building. There proclamation was
read of which the chief points are as
follows:
l. The Hawaiian monarchical system OF gov
ernmcnt is hereby abrogated
=. A provisional government for the control
ana management of public affairs and the pro-
lection Of the public peace is hereby established
10 exist until terms OF union with the United
States OF America have been negotiated and
agreed upon.
l. Such provisional government shall consist
of an executive council of four members, who
are declared to be $ B. Dole, j. a. King, p. C.
Jones and w o. Smith, who shall ad-
minister the government of the islands
and administer the executive depart
ments OF the government, the tirst-named act
ing as president and chairman of such
council and administering the department
of foreign affairs. and the others sever
ally administering the department of iu-
terror, finance and attorney general. re-
spectively, il the order in which they are
enumerated, according to existing Hawaiian
law rs far rs may be consistent with this proc
and also OF advisory council, which
shall consist of fourteen members Such ad-
visory council shall also have general legislative
Such executive and advisory council
shall, acting jointly, have the power to remove
any member OF either council and to fill such or
an other vacancy.
All officers of the government are to exer-
else their functions except the queen, Marshal
Wilson and the cabinet. All Hawaiian laws
and constitutional principles not inconsistent
herewith shall continue in force until the
further order OF the executive and advisory
councils
The provisional government and the
cabinet went to the palace and sub
mitted their plan to the queen. She re-
fused at first TO yield, hut finally re-
tired to her country residence, her
troops sure ndered and the gover1-
ment was in the hands of the foreign
ers. All the fereign powers except
England promptly recognized the new
Prior to the sailing of the Clandine
from Honolulu the following procla
We're made:
a. Liliuokalani by the grace Of God and un-
der the constitution of the Hawaiian kingdom,
queen, do hereby solemnly protest against
any and all acts done against myself
and the constitutional government of the
Hawaiian kingdom by certain persons
ional government of and for the kingdom: that
] yield to the superior force of the United States
of Ame rica, whose minister plenipotentiary, his
eXcellency John l.. Stevens, has caused United
States troops to be landed at Honolulu,
and declared that he would support
said provisional government Now, to
avoid any collision of armed forces and
perhaps loss of life, do under this protest and
compelled by said force, yield my authority
until such time as the government OF the
United States shall, upon the facts being pre-
sented to it, undo the action of its representa-.
tive and reinstate me in the authority which
claim as the constitutional sovereign OF the
Hawaiian islands
"Done at Honolulu this nth day of January,
A D., 1883 LILIUoKALANI."
S. Il. Dole, president of the provi-
sional government of Hawaii, is son
of one of the late American mission
aries to Hawaii, is graduate of Will
liams college and has been second as
sociate justice of the supreme court of
Hawaii. He is a scholarly man, of ac-
knowledged legal and judicial ability
Fully 75 per cent. of the taxes are paid
by American investors and residents.
WASuINGTON IAN 70 - Hawaiian