New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-22
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,,.rt of tho Mace of its meeting. 1t remained In
sesson during the greater part of the day. WINE
several police kept watch of the building from he
street.
WILSON TRIES TO STOP THE MOVEMENT.
go On Monday morning at O'Clock the commit
tee without attempt at concealment, met III my
office within 200 feet of the police station MAI s''
Wilson'S headquarters where the entire ponce
force was stationed. While the meeting was III
,rooress Wilson came TO the Office and asked 10
sneak TO me privately, and went into an a"-
Joining room. Our conversation was in substance
follows:
"Wison said: Il want this meeting stopped re-
ferrng to the mass-meeting for that afterhoo'i'
lie said. Can't this thing be fixed up in some
vi replied NO; it cannot. has gone TOO far re,v
'He said The Queen has abandoned he' liz"
Il replied How do we know that she Will not
take II up again. she said she Woulu u, o, even
He said will guarantee that she VIII not l even ven
If have to lock her up in room DeGas so Xyep ~
II replied we are not willing to accept 'h nn
guarantee sufficient This thing cn nTs f 10 stand
it any longer We going to take no en- Gna a III
Wilson then left the office He has since stated tee
that he Immediately reported to the Caphe' ahinet
were were afraid and refused to allow it. ,,onoov tho
30 At O'Clock on the aid ger Unarmed men was
held within block OF the palace The
addressed by number OF iS Tremendous cheering
s Una Ven,bns,aem unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring the he 9 S% TO to proceed to what
ever wss necessary. The police were PteSe M
Da Hv az make any arrests The meeting ad
journed amid the most intense @ ,itins the
eISns s}l Of the Committee While this meet
ing had been in progress Thin block of the
srmory which adopted resolutions IN suppoi' VI
'"Never in the history of Hawaii has there bee, been
such tense conoltioii Oh 5ba a and conflict than
there was Immediately after tho adjournment OF 81
these two radically opposed mee'mss AR, md
suiet was grossly inaccurate. II was at this june
ture two hours after the ad]ournmen' U '
scting nnon their own responsibility and discre-
ton and irrespective of the request or actions oi
distr,bnied in three parts of the city instead OF
being at one point as stated 10y MI bio tan
no action against the committee or IT'S supporters
S,en,av Of Indignation and determination shown by
the citizens and were cowed INTO suphissloh III
, the same manner that the King ana his SUI 9orters
were cowed under precisely similar circumstances
b. the citizens. in June 1887.
THE QUEENS FOLLOWERS DEMoRAIIzED
"In support of the third proposition, that the
Queen and her supporters were demorazed and
eevoid of leadership, / submit the following
"u) During the few weeks prior to the revolu-
ton, Mr. Colburn Minister of the Interior at the
time Of the revolution, had been enc Of the leaders
OF the political party opposed to myself: ana ne
tmation Of the revolutionary intention of the
Queen was at 10 o'clock on the morning Of satur-
greatly excited He told ne of the Queens inten;
Sn to promugae new 6 9n ana ma s so 70
the members of your own party| He replied. 1
have no party Those who have been our do SUP
town people-referring to the merchants-have got
party and other citizens will support We
going to resign right away 81, cha man,
20 AT O'Clock the same day met all the mem
kers OF the Cabinet at the Attorney Generals office
They had just come from an interview with the
Of promulgating a constitution. and demanded their
support. They stated that she had threatened them
with mob violence, whereupon they had imme-
eiatey ieft the pai%WSe each one gong Ir out by
tenger. came from the Queen. requesting them TO
Immediately return to the palace. Peterson and
Colburn positively refused to do so. stating that
9 there.
After had gone about two blocks i was overtaken
by a messenger from the Cabinet. asking me TO
what support they could expect from citizens. and
formally authorized me to state the condition of
call for armed Volunteers to resist the queen.
Immediately proceeded to comply with their re-
quest, and with the assistance of others within
hour or two thereafter about eighty leading citi-
Gems had signed written agreement agreeing to
support the Cabinet against the Queen by force.
"(0 Later the same afternoon Mr. Colburn in
formed me that they had finally gone to the palace
ing for over two hours. He told me he had no
Playing S NTH h snd SG
to beware of telling Peterson anything further. AS
nothing of the intention to promulgate constitu-
zion. but that while they were discussing the
ton made by Ss why ne You 10 n a make
this objection before? You have had this constitu-
objection to it. Colburn said also that in reply to
esn %Nsps sse said by Sf 1o net t ta @
shis last night when we We're talking over the sub
"Colburn further stated to me that at a caucus
OF their party on the previous Friday night, one
name, had said that if he could establish the
constitution he would die happy If lie could kin
some other man before dying.
a. "The Queen fuiiously angry at the refusal
OF the Cabinet TO join her In promulgatng the Con-
90 when the Queen made announcement Of her
eadng 6yas embef Of the e One n
In the throne room of the palace and one upon the
crowd, denounced tn. Cabinet as traitors ana
said that they wanted to shed blood. One Of the
committee included the Queen In his denuncla-
% During the entire time between. noon of satur-
eth. when the Provisional Government was pro,
action, and did practically nothing but rush about
the city consulting with various foreign repre-
they had better do, Jogging the American Minister
for the support Of the American troops against the
a declaration that She would not again attempt to
a5rogate me Constitution which they hurried into
pease the Indignation of citizens and break up the
proposed mass-meeting.
STRENGTH OF THE EEVOLUIlONjSrS.
in support Of the fourth proposition. that the
committee and their supporters united, had
ample force TO execute their purpose and proceeded
with elaboration and confidence do SO. / sub
NIT the following:
An essential factor in Judging whether the force
Of the committee sufficient and their confidence
In themselves well founded. is 10 know what the
same men, under similar conditions have done upon
previous occasions. Fortunately. there is dis
gu,e as to the facts concerning two recent Incl
dents IN Hawaiian history, I'm which the
parties who were brought into conflict in January.
1888, were arrayed against each other under SINH
lar circumstances.
"a I'm 1887. the King. by a manipulation Of the
electorate and the Legislature, had encreached upon
popular rights and obtained autocratic power over
the people. In this course he. supported by
practicaliy the same persons who, in January last,
and now, constitute the Royalist party in Hawaii.
The open bribery. corruption and debauchcry Of the
King and his supporters crystallized the opposi-
ton thereto into organization Of practically
the same men who organized and constitute
the Provisional Government. Such organization
formed with the openly avowed intention of
wrestling from the King his followers dethron-
tuo him