Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-21

are6y, n. wen ss among toe great body Of
tAs responsible esti1sns. The saryspa.
irresistible gi5e OF revolution Vas then oevi-
cas- 10 ali persons No. vilfally hlind. With
sas slsep for txs asys and nights on the
Be-sea. wiIao1t stopping TO change dssss.
~ son a. possible | sought 70 cot pssase
Htsa the Esgiish Einistsr 10 sNt SC
cess 10 the oseen AMI to ry By
fris16is sdFiee 10 arr~s. tae reyola-
sien- IL sss too late; the mob Of
al retai9ers were already ssth+rin2 AZ
the palace TO aid the Qaeen 30 carry cot her
plan Of orersarning tae constitution. What
took plaee AZ the palace thst afternoon Of
January ltth.e ended the Haxs.iaa monarchy
forever. Chief Justice Jassd. who has held
bis stice ruans years, sI@zys conssrv alive,
until tbfa supporter If the monarchy. in
s recent great r1h'.c meeting in Honolulu,
gives The following account as TO how the
monarchy fell
II vas leyal 10 the monarchy and snp-
ported the autonomy Of this country, and
I believed up TO the Iith of January that il
vas possible 30 naiutsia our independence
as a singiem. Bat, gentlemen, | spent
from Il e'csoex noon until four o'clock in
the afternoon IN that palace and the events
which took place thsre converted NE and
Eissie me feel that /, was impossible that
that state Of thiogs eouid continue any lon
ssr {sppl.ase1. WHIST was attempted on
t5at dsgf Was IL not 10 promulgste BY
force 60 stitatlon that would have de-
srroyed the independence of the supreme
court? Wha! has been the balwsrk of this
eoun''yt'
Thi. is not pol teal nesting. II it were
a par isan. political meeting should have
more II speet for the office that have held
for EeArly twenty years, and stayed away.
| was the last person that Colonel Bloun,
sought an interview with, ard wish 10 say
publicly that not one question did be sd-
dress 10 me as to my views with regard 10
whether the revolution of the iTth Of Jan
nary was accomplished by the aid of Mimic
tar Stevens and the troops Of the Boston.
That subj ct he did net touch upon tcries
of He siiin't want 10 touch on il. y"
/ viii rot h. re repeat what | before said
10 the American public, as TO the falsity Of
the charge that Qaeen Liluoksiani was
driven from her throne by American force
or by the thrsat of American force in any
form or mauaer whatever.
As 10 landing the Boston marines, Janu
AIRY lG, | oals did what had been done on
previous Hawaiian crisis by Commander
Woodward. on the request of Minister Mer-
iiil, acting un,lrr The Cleveland Bay ard or
DER. August lst 1889 The following is
the language of Minister Merrili's report TO
the department of state
As many with alarm were coming TO the
Legation, | al once requested Commander
WoodparI TO send u ihe legation body
os marines, which request he promptly com
piled with. The appearance of the marines
On the streets and Al the legs'ion bad IA
yofahle Effect on the p5pGlace."
At that time the nitei States legation
wss near the royal palace. ut less distance
than the Arian hall. of which Cleveland and
Bount speak of as 50 commanding. OF
thi- ball had never heard until lodging
place wss reeded for the marines after they
had landed-a hsll that | have never vet
seen. BY an accurate map Just received
from Honolulu il is obvious that this hall
does no. command the palace. The Pres
dents stssement that the three points
az which our small naval force
was placed, were not fsyorabiy chosen
for the protection Of American life and
property. is radically an error. as all know
who are familiar with the msp and the
buildings Of Honolulu, American property
bapg in all the varieus sections of the city
Besides, the Cleyrl snd Bayarl dispatch, OF
July IL. 1851. ins,ructs the minister and
naval commander TO maintain public order.
To protect American life and property, and
10 preserve public order, especially TO pre-
-en, incendiafism during the night, II was
necessary that the naval marines should be
centrally located.
Though was nearly without sleep for
ninsiv-six bours during those exciting
events, and on the afternoon of the l7th
was Very ill., fitted for hospital rather
,l,4n for Off ial du,y. | held my brain suf-
fajeatlv NJ command to refuse the solicited
use OF force TO restore the QIeen to the
throne, which she had reCklessiy lost three
days before. and 90 recognize the provision
al government when il had become master
of tna situation. the seif-pOssession of the
citizens. who had chosen the committee of
safety, borg the only governing force in
Honolulu that had existed from the after
roon of January II to the afternoon OF
Jannary II,
Tke r,prpsentaii IN. OF the President that
the Queen's Wilson ba sufficient force in
the limited area OF the police station TO sus-
tain the monarchy, is Botoriously absurd TO
all honest pei sons acquainted with the facts.
[ the Queen had this force, why had 1t not
been exertel while the outraged people
were openly holding their great mass meet
ing ard making their arrangements for the
establishment Of a new government Why
did Wilson ard his so c'ilei force wait IN
iii the outraged citizens gathered with their
rifles and bottled than MP in the police
station house? Why did the Queens rep
re.enta,ives cali al the United States lega-
ton on the 18th and ask the aid of the
United States force to support her?
There never wa, more preposterous as
SUMPTION than this assertion of the Presi-
dent, that the Qieen, Janufry i7th, had
ample force to sustain her, AMI to enable
hsr TO carry on the government. This
.tu5ionsly Tnaintsiuel assumption of the
Presi1ent is based on the testimony of the
VIGOROUSLY corrupt representatives OF the
rings that surrounded Liliuosalani, that the
Hawaiian monarchy was ovs riurned by Uni
ted Ststes force. and was and is put forth
Cor the sole purpose of bringing discredit
On the preceding administrator at Wash
ine.on. aud on the action of the foreign
relations committee of the United States
Senate in favor of annexation.
1t remains to be seen If the American
Congress and the American people will
approve the conspiracy to maze var on the
provisional government at Hawaii. and use
the military forces Of the United States. or
he diplomatic pressure of the United
States. for the restoration OF semi-bsrbar-
Jus Qtseu, in wanson defiance of the beet
American opinions and anteeedents and bS
an excessive use of Executive power. against
an American colony, more positive and les'
exrusahle than that which George the III
and Bis ministers sought to impose on the
American colonies that formed the govern
men, Of the nited States.
JoHS l.. STEyEss.