The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-12-29

| week from Bradstreets assumes that |
before the landing of the L. S.
troops the constitutional govern
ment had resigned possession OF
everything and everywhere. Even
if it had been SO, it would only be
legal straw for petty jurists to
quibble on. The equities of the
case would remain untouched
The simple fact known to eye
witnesses is that the conspirators
were Hanked by the troops from the
Boston while an American named
Cooper read paper deposing the
Queen. At the conclusion of this
grand ceremony all that Cooper and
his bakers dozen Of fellow-conspira-
tors were in possession of was the
Government building, which after
Office hours is usually deserted.
However, on this occasion John A.
Hassinger was obligingly present TO
signify his appreciation Of the "rot-
ten monarchy" under which he has
fattened during all his official life,
by being grand tyler to Bro Cooper,
in handing that great American citi-
zen the keys of the Hawaiian peo-
ples capitol, and probably declar
ing as he saw the Boston's troops
under arms, only forty feet from
where he stood, that all was fair
: and square in the east"
; 1t was nearly two hours after this
when thirty-two vagrants and loaf
ers-not man in the crowd OF
which could be put forward as one
that could get trusted with weeks
food-led by j. H. Soper, march
cd to the Police Station to go
through the farce of taking it
, against 25O mon inside, we'll armed
and equipped, natives and white
: men. and who were there to fight
t for the love of home and not for a
l.. days pay. Will the Advertiser
print the names of those famous
: thirty-two patriots and see how
i many Americans. were there? Ger
= tainly not five in all.
j. Such was the advance guard of
the "patriotic American colony"
= about which j. l.. Stevens has been
busy in Maine weaving garlands
5 and plymouth Rock" halos. The
a publication of their names, if the
6 Advertiser will oblige, will prove
:. that about half of them had been in
Jail here, and that everyone of them
I from Soper down were there for the
l. dollar or two dollars day that they
a were promised. Nearly all of them
were huddled together in certain
house on Fort street, where their
|. board and lodging was paid for by
Il certain missionary lawyer for weeks
y before. 1t was with much reluct.
ance and openly expressed dissatis
faction that the 25O men in and out
side the Station House consented tc
Ii lay down their arms, and it was only
/. when Marshal Wilson read the order
!, from the Queen and Cabinet, anC
intimated that the United State:
: forces had expoused the cause of thu
l. revolutionists, that peaceful surren
d der was agreed to.
n That night the p. G.. slept on ;
:. volcano. 1t was known that 30t
% well-trained, well-armed men wer'
N in the barracks who had for tive
re- nights slept on their arms in thu
Is hope Of being at a moments notice
N called upon to quiet the small kno
-, - of usurpers. These troops were no
III interfered with that night for tn,
le reason that, although their surren
le der had been agreed upon, 'to th
at superior forces of the United States,
the z. G.. had no men to disarn
), them. Had Marshal Wilson chose
sd during any part of the next fore
n noon, to place himself at the hea'
he of this trained and devoted banc
~ there would have beeu "shor
" shrift" for the "patriots" in the Gov
a ernment building, and the Unite
he States Government would have i
e. all probability presented the spec
,r- tacle of butchering the natives Will
- defending their own rights.
1 1t was not until late on WeC
ch nesday afternoon, that John Goot
ey ex-policeman, an American cit
- zen; Arthur Coyne, Canadian, a
&C. organizing house keeper, an
30 armorer Johnston, an America
nd citizen and but recently fined S.
res for an otfense in the Police Cour
u did, as the officers OF the P. {
-, forces, commence to disarm tt
forces in the barracks, and take po
ne session Of the building, an impref
he nable position from which coul
nave Deeu IdluSu SuOC anu Suell al
for bullet all around.
~ That the position was surrendere
gu was due to the fact that the NEE
INT ing held between j. L. Steven
in Thurston, Soper and others on tt
in previous Saturday, was also know
~. to loyalist leaders, and it was NJ
''' safe to take chances on how far Il
Or crank or dishonest diplomat mig
ga stand by his threat to support Il
he Provisional Government going wit
I'm him for annexation.
Nf Some measure of j. L. Steven
'hI honor is seen in the acceptance of
lch solid silver service for services re-
zen dered to annexation, proceedir
ga which the rottenest monarchy {
earth would not allow.
he- The substantial question whis
1t Bradstreets might enlighten the i
ub- habitants of distant islands on
'er- whether the United States clair
NO. the right to grant letters of marqr
GA to all its "Cooper" citizens, w
MS after having obtained the courte
be of denizenship in small matte
san shall grab it, and in the sacred nal
of the Goddess of Liberty" and
HPlymouth Rockn and ali the shi