The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-14


Mariposa arrived tonight with the fol-
lowing correspondence OF the Associated
Press:
Honolulu Oh. l., April 6.-The stars
and stripes, which for Two months have
| tloated from the Government building,
have been hauled down, and the remain
ing forces from the United States cruiser
Boston have been sent aboard. Nothing
indicative of American authority remains
in Honolulu save Minister Stevens and
Commissioner James II. Blount of
Georgia, the latter of whom sits in his
! easy-chair at his cottage at the Hawaiian
Hotel cogitating, no one knows what.
Probably no more distasteful task ever
fell to the lot of a gallant American sea-
man than was imposed upon Lieutenant
Draper of the United States Marine Corps
OF the Boston, who has been stationed at
the Government House since the Pro-
vlslonal Government assumed power,
when on April LIST, in the presence of a
crowd NUN bering probably two thousand
persons, he blew the notes of retreat from
his bugle, and Old Glory sank from the
sight OF the throng, and was replaced by
the hybrid colors of the Hawaiian mon
archy, which still remains the flag of this
| land.
The report that Commissioner Blount
would order the American flag down and
the protectorate abolished got abroad on
the night Of March 3lst, preceding the
day Of the occurrence, but did not be-
come general. 1t created at first among
! tho \ a.
nation not altogether mixed with indig-
ma ion. This was due to the fact per-
haps, that Blount maintained a Chinese
wall about the purposes of his mission
here, and has satisfied neither side as to
whether he came as envoy TO investigate
| or Minister to negotiate in a matter OF
vital importance to them.
On the afternoon of March 3lst the
| Commissioner held lengthy and secret
conference with President Dole and the
| Ministry, ut which he notified them OF
| his intention to declare off the protector
ate established by Minister Stevens on
! FEBRUARY LIST. 1t is understood that he
gave as the reason therefor that the
! Washington Administration did not re-
gard protectorate necessary, and. fur
ther, that it was incompatible with any
| diplomatic negotiations that might be ar
ranged between the two countries. The
! United States. however, would brook no
ileinterterence in Hawaiian affairs by
any foreign Power, conscious of their
strength.
In view of the latter assurance, the
! Provisional Government. though some
lat reluctantly, acquiesced in the Com
| lnissIoner's decision, and proposed to
order out their forces to maintain the
peace and order which had continued
almost unbroken during the protectorate.
At 9 O'Clock on the morning of \ pril
1st, President Dole and his Cabinet visited
the barracks and inspected the men
under arms. At l o'clock Companies A
| b, c and ID of the volunteers assembled
at the drill shed, making with the regu-
lars about 400 men in all. The hour for
the hauling down of the American flag
had been fixed for IL o'clock. AS early
as in the morning, however, the streets
had begun TO fill, the street corners being
thronged with knots of white residents.
who discussed the unlooked-for action
! vi VIC ~ llICl COllIulISSlOIlOT.
! IL was at first regarded in the light of a
sop to ailay the prejudices of the natives.
and which it was feared would have the
effect of making them openly arrogant
and hostile. This suspicion subsequently,
proved to be unfounded. Those residents
who were inclined to support the Com
missioner through their opinion of his
good intentions, quoted constitutional and
international law to sustain their conten-
ton that the flag had ultimately TO come
down, and the upshot of the argument
was the mutual assumption of the idea
that the Provisional Government could
sustain itself anyhow. At the Palace
Square a number of natives, Chinese.
japanese half-castes, Portuguese and
whites on foot, on horseback and in car
riages, waited to SEQ the flag that never
came down" come down. On the faces OF
the American residents were looks OF
chagrin, while broad grins overspread the
faces of many natives. A majority of the
on-lookers, however, preserved a stolid
silence.
Just before the minute hand of the
clock in the tower reched the hour of Ii
the regular troops of the Provisional
Government, under command of Captain
John Good, marched smartly into them
closure before the Government building
and were ordered into line on the left OF
the entrance. Following them came
Company A of volunteers, Captain Zieg-
Ter, who stationed themselves on the
right of the entrance. Immediately in
their rear came Battery D, Captain w, C..
Wilder, Jr., with one Calling gun and
two Hotchkiss field pieces, which were
placed in position to silence a hostile
demonstration should any occur. Com
pany B of volunteers, Captain Gum,
was left in charge of the barracks, and
Company c was stationed about the
palace. The Provisional Government
forces were all under command OF
! Colonel j. II. Soper and his field officers,
aforementioned Fisher and Major
Mcleod. Inside the Government yard
were President Dole and members of his
| Cabinet, Chief Justice Judd and other
officials, officers from the naval vessels
in the harbor, prominent residents and
representatives of the press.
AS the hand of the clock reached a
minute past the hour, Lieutenant Draper
of the United States Marine Corps
stepped forth amid sudden hush of the
| throng, and, facing the Government