The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-11-24

Elncc the AFTERNOON o. SATURDAY Gn0 l4GHf
I during which the committee of safety
openly organized for the avoWed purpose
of overthrowing the queen.
SecOnd-There was absolutely no con.
eealment from the government of the OBJ
jects and intentions of the committee.
Third-The queen, her cabinet ano
their supporters were utterly demoralized
suspicious of one another and devoid Of
leadership.
Fourth-The committee and their sup
porters were united, had ample force t.
execute their purpose, knew precisely
what they wanted and proceeded with in
telligent deliberation, the thoroughness
and confidence to do it.
The Queen Began the Revolution.
There is no conflict concerning the
facts of the first proposition. It is ad.
mitted by all that the queen began the
revolution at noon on the 14th by at,
tempting to promulgate a constitution;
that such attempt was Immediately fol-
lowed by preparations on the part OF
the citizens for armed resistance and
that the United States troops landed at
o'clock, Monday the 18th.
In support of the second proposition
that there was no concealment of the
government with the intentions of the
committee, I submit the following:
First-On the afternoon of Saturday the
18th, in reply to the request of the queens
cabinet for advice as to what they had
better do, the queen then still insisting
upon the PRONUNCIATION of the constitu-
ton and supporting it by force, advised
them to declare the queen in revolution
and the throne vacant. and at the request
and approval of two of them and the tacit
assent of the other two, then and there
drew up a form of proclamation to that
effect.
Committee OF Safety Publicly Armed.
Second-At 4:30 Saturday afternoon,
Jan. IA, at meeting of about 200 citizens,
at the office of w. O. Smith, the queen
was denounced in the strongest terms;
armed resistance and counter revolution
was opened advocated and the queen's
minister of the interior. John Colbourn,
addressed the meeting, knowing there
was armed support against the queen.
The queens attorney general, Mr.. Peter
son, and her attorney, Paul Neuman, were
both present, taking part in the meeting.
The committee of safety was publicly,
then and there, armed and proceeded forth
with to organize.
Third-At 6 o'clock on Sunday morning,
the 18th. 1 told Mr.. Peterson and Mr.. Col
bourn that the committee intended to de-
pose the queen and establish provisional
government; that if they would take
charge of the movement well and good,
otherwise the committee intended to act
on it's own account. They asked for "a
hours in which. to consider the matter.
declined to wait, stating to them the COM
mittee intended to proceed forthwith The
committee met openly that morning at 10
o'clock with the full knowledge of the
government of it's place of meeting. 1t
so11 I'M Of fho dow IryhiT
several policemen watched the building
from the street.
Made No Attempt at COncealment.
Fourth-On Monday morning at s
o'clock the committee without att empt at
concealment met in my Office not 20 feet
of the police Office, Marshal Wilson's
headquarters, where the the entire police
force was stationed. While the meeting
was in progress, Wilson came to the Office
and asked to see me privately and we
went into an adjoining room. Our con-
versation was in substance as follows:
Wilson said: Il want this meeting
stopped, - referring to the mass meeting
for that afternoon.
1 replied: 'It can't be stopped, it is too
late"
He said: "Can't this thing be fixed up
some way?"
Ireplied: mo it cannot, it has gone to
too far"
He said: 1.-THE queen has abandoned
her new constitution idea"
1 replied: "How do we know she will
not take it up againP She said she
would not?"
He said; ST will guarantee she will not,
even if [ have to lock her up to prevent it,
and I'll do it too if necessary"
I replied: "We are not willing to &C
cept that guarantee as sufficient. The
I, I,,Tl
we will not stand it any longer. We are
going to take no chances in the matter,
but will settle it now once for all. "
Wilson then left the Office. He has since
stated he at once reported to the cabinet
and advised the arrest of the committee
which was not allowed by the cabinet.
Fifth-On the afternoon of Monday the
10th mass meeting of 5000 unarmed
men was held within a block of the palace.
The meeting was addressed by number
of speakers, all denouncing the queen.
The meeting with tremendous enthusiasm
unanimously adopted resolutions declar-
ing the queen to be in revolution and au-
thorizing the committee to do whatever
was necessary.
Two Radically Opposed Meetings Held.
The police were present, but no attempt
was made to interfere with the meeting
or make any arrests. The meeting adj
JOufneQ anna Inc most intense excitement
and the citizens dispersed throughout the
town, awaiting further call OF the COM
mittee. While this meeting had been in
progress another meeting was being held
by the Royalists within a block of the
armory, which adopted resolutions in sup
port of the queen. Never in the history of
Hawaii had there been such an intense
condition of mind or a more imminent
expectation of bloodshed and conflict than
after the adjournment of these two radi-
cally opposed meetings. Mr.. Blount's
statement that the community was at
peace and quiet was grossly inaccurate.
1t was at this juncture, two hours after
the adjournment of the above meeting,
that Captain Wiltze and Mr.. Stevens, act
ing upon their own responsibility and ir-
respective of the request or actions of the
committee, landed the troops, which were
distributed in three parts of the city, in
stead of being massed at one point, as
stated by Mr.. Blount The reason the
queens government took no action
against the committee or its supporters
was that they were overwhelmed by the
unanimous display of Indignation and de-
termination shown by the citizens and
were cowed into submission in the same
manner that the king and his supporters