The morning call., 1893-11-22

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stitute the Provisional Government. Such
an organization was formed with the
openly avowed intention of wrestling from
the King his powers and dethroning him.
An executive committee Of thirteen was
in charge OF the movement and called a
mass-meeting. Resolutions were adopted
denouncing the King and demanding the
granting of new constitution depriying
the King of all personal power. The reso-
lutiOns we're presented to the King by a
committee, who, unarmed and alone, pro-
ceeded direct from the meeting to the for
titled palace, with the ultimatum that he
was TO comply with the demands within
tWenty-four hours or take the conse-
quences. The King was then i'm absolute
control. His military strength was greater
and the control of public buildings more
complete than that of the Queen in Janu-
airy last. He did not fire a shot, submitted
TO all demands, disbanded the TROOPS aud
turned the whole control OF the Govern
ment over to the revolutionary party. who
in consideration of his abject submission
allowed him to continue on the throne in
a fgurehead capacity.
I'm 1889, while the same men who now
constitute the Provisional Government
were in control of the Kings Government,
conspiracy was organized among the
ROyalist supporters by the King and
LiliuOkalani for the overthrow OF the
Cabinet and the restoration of the old
royal power and constitution. The con-
spirators took the Cabinet by surprise,
and on the night of July 90 took possession
of all the artillery and fortified the palace.
The regular troops, by order of the King,
refused to assist the Cabinet, who called
upon the whole militia and white citizens
for assistance. The call was promptly
responded to. Fighting opened at 9
O'Clock in the morning with less than
thirty Cabinet supporters in position in
front of the, palace. which number was
later increased TO about 500. The Royalist
revolutionists opened with furious fire of
both artillery and small arms. Within
half an hour they were driven from the
guns. Seventeen were killed and twelve
wounded. and before dark all of them
were dispersed or captured, while not one
Of the Cabinet supporters was injured.
Such is the undiSputed record of events
upon two occasions.
Under these circumstances submit th al
the burden of proof is on those who claim
the leaders of the Provisional Government
were not in power or an organization OF
the Government and could not successfully
carry out a revolution in Hawaii. 1t is un.
necessary for me to state the details of the
bitter constitutional conflict which had
been carried on between the Queen and
the Legislature during seven months prior
to January last. OF to speak of the intense
Indignation existing among all classes OF
citizens by reason of the open and successful
alliance of the Queen with the opium and
lottery rings. The political liberties Of the
people were tram pied upon and the moral
sense shocked. 1t simply needed the
added prOvocation of the arbitrary attempt
10 abr0gate the constitution and
diSfranchise every white man in
the country TO spontaneously Icry stalize
the opposition into a force that was irre-
sistible. In reply to the sneer that per-
SONS taking part in the movements were
aliens, would say to every man the by
laws of the country gave legal voters the
right TO franchise, and by the proposed
constitution these would be abrogated. a
large proportion of them were born in the
country. and almost without exception
| those who were not born there lived there
| for years, owned property there. and made
it their home. They were men who built
up the country commercially. agricultur-
| ally, financially and politically, and created
and made possible a civilized government
therein. They were and are such men as
are to-day leading citizens of the most pro-
gressive community of the United States.
with interests as thoroughly identified with
the interests of Hawaii as are the interests
of native and foreign-born citizens in SINH
lar communities in this country identified
with it,"