Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-23
\ MAN WHO SAW IT.
He Says the Boston Did Not Interfere in
Ills Overthrow.
How They Took the Bnrracks-Amerf-
the Burdens of Government,
From the wana walla Wash, Union.

rrom tne Nalla Nalla tWaSh.l Union.
Mr.. E. Ward. for many years a resident
OF honolulu, who is at present stopping
with his son, Ralph. in this city, is greatly
incensed over the manifest policy of Cleve-
land and Gresham in the Hawaiian affair
Mr.. Ward left Hawaii for the states about
July i last, and was in Honolulu at the
time of the overthrow of the queens govern
ment and remained in that city continuous
ly until his departure for walla walla.
Gresham rehashes an old royalist story"
said he TO a reporter of the Union Il heard
il before / left the islands. His assertion
that the queens government surrendered
on account of the intimidation of the United
States naval force in the harDor is false
They surrendered because they were a lot
of towards.
american interests on the islands are
greater nine or ten to one than those of
any other power. The queens government
was weak, corrupt and profiigate. The
queen herself is a woman of VIGOROUSLY
corrupt and dissolute life, utterly devoid of
moral principle. BY far the greater portion
of the burdens of maintaining her impotent
and eXtravagant government was borne by
Americans. They became tired of being
bled to maintain this corrupt travesty of a
government, and resolved TO rid themselves
and police We're indolent and cowardly. and
undertook the overthrow of the monarchy
without doubt of being able to accomplish
it. The provisional council was formed and
took possession Of the government house.
The problem of getting arms with which
to make an attack on the barracks where
several companies of native troops were
stationed was solved by the generous offer
of T.. o. Hall Son, an American firm of
hardware dealers. They had in their stock
thirty-five rifles and considerable quantity
of ammunition, which they offered to the
provisional government. The council en-
ployed a drayman to bring the arms from
the store up to the government house,
which was fully a half mile distant. As
the streets were well guarded with police
they expected that the arms would be in
tercepted on the way. To avoid this an
armed guard of resolute men was detailed
to accompany the dray, and given orders
to shoot DOWN any one who interfered with
the vehicle in any way. A good marksman
was placed on the front seat with the
driver. They were not molesIed until they
arrived within few rods of the govern
ment house. Here couple of policemen
seized the bits of the horses. The man on
the seat instantly fired, sending a bullet
through the shoulder of one policeman, and
the other ran in terror. The ba racks are
about eighty yards beyond the government
house. AS soon as the arms arrived there
they were grabbed by men in waiting. each
seizing rifle and cartridge bcll. in their
haste they never stopped to form anything
like military organization, but each man
ran for the barracks as soon as he got his
arms. The first nine men to arrive there
drove the native troops from their posts.
OF course there Were others struggling
aloI &, but before they arrived all the arms
and stores of the barracks were abandoned.
Il am satisfied that Claus Spreckles' in
fiuence is being felt at Washington. Before
left the islands he remarked that he
would restore the queen, if il cost him a
million dollars. Soon after arriving here
/ went to Chicago and happened to see
Spreckles on the exposition ground, and a
couple or days later i saw by the papers
that he had reached Washington. 1t is a
matter of great Importance TO Spreckles to
have the queen restored. He has always
ran her government. He enjoys many spec
ial privileges and does not pay anywhere
near his proportion of the burdens"
Mr.. Ward is confident that Minister Willis
will not succeed in bluffing President Dole
from the track. He maintains that the pro-
visional government has as able men in il a 3
there are in Washington, and he believes
that Thurston is more than a match for
Gresham in ability.
Mr.. Ward belonged to one of the volunteer
companies formed after the withdrawal of
the Boston's men for the protection of the
provisional government. Charles Wilder
now Hawaiian consul at San Francisco was
his captain.
"Parambunt Blount gave orders at 3
O'Clock in the afternoon to pull down the
flag and for the Boston's troops to go aboard
at IL O'Clock the next day. Before night
We had five companies of volunteer troops
government. We drilled every Friday night
and i am satisfied that We could have
maintained the provisional government
against anything on the islands,"