The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-12-06
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discussed the subject together with
a large number of the business peo-
pie, whom l invited there for that
purpose; it was there that Thurston
submitted to Peterson for his APP
proval his plan for opposing the
Queen by force, and declaring the
throne vacant; the U. S. S. force in
the mean time being landed to vir-
tually do the work. We remained
at the Government Building until
the Queen sent for us.
Upon going to the Palace w. o.
Smith came riding up in a hurry and
stopped me opposite the Kameha-
meha statue. He said: Don't be
afraid, Colburn, the troops OF the
Boston are all ready to land; the
munitions Of war are all in the boats,
and they can be ashore on very
short notice." replied that the three
of us that had retired from the
palace were returning there and l
expected the Queen would abandon
her project. He said, "let lis know
if you want the troops and you can
get them, as the public we'll knows"
The Queen did abandon her project.
Later in the afternoon met Thurs
ton again and told him ! thought
the trouble was all over. He re-
piled, "Not much; she proposes to
spring this Constitution some day,
and we can't believe otherwise"
However, | walked down with him
to his office. While there Messrs.
Wundenberg and j. B. Castle came
in. We discussed what had trans
PRED during the day.
Thurston asked if | would take a
proposition into consideration. l
did not know what he meant, and
left him, saying was too tired to
entertain any proposition. After |
left him | stopped in at w. o.
Smiths office, where there was a
large throng of people gathered,
and as walked in they called upon
me to relate what had happened
during the day, and what | thought
would be the Quean's actions later.
I repeated to them what had told
Thurston. When | got through
talking Mr.. Hartwell handed me a
piece of yellow paper. saw at
once it was Thurston's hand writing
and it was request to j. l.. Stevens,
American Minister, and Capt Wiltse
of the Boston to land troops to as
sist in dethroning the Queen. While
| was reading it Thurston came in
and said: "You sign that document,
Colburn, and get your colleagues to
sign it, aud place it in the hands OF
some one you can trust, say Mr.
Hartwell, for it may happen the
Queen will cause you to be imprison.
ed so as to carry on her work OF
promulgating this new Constitu
ton" l replied | would have tC
consult with my colleagues before
I could or would sign any document
Of that nature. However, kept
possession of it until Peterson came
into the same place a few minutes
later, and handed the document t.
him. That document is at present
in the archives of the United State.
at Washington.
Sunday morning, little before
o'clock, Thurston called at my house
and asked me to accompany him t.
Peterson's house, which | did. On
arriving there Thurston said he hat
something of a confidential natur
to tell US, and if we were opposed t
it to tire t it as such. He went on t,
say that a number of gentlemen hat
met at his house the night before
and they had decided to dethron'
; the Queen, had appointed Com
+ mittee of Safety, naming them, ant
they had sent him to US to ask if w
would not take the initiative, i. O., t.
= have us declare the throne vacan
and establish Provisional Govern
ment. This committee desired u
to sign the request to Stevens AM
Wiltse, that was handed to us tn
evening before, and to change som
of the words to suit this occasion
Peterson then asked what elemen
wanted the Queen dethroned, an,
for what reason. Thurston replie
!, that it was the business community
and it was her intention to promul
gate a constitution at some futur
date. We told him that we woul
never allow her to do so. He repliec
that they could not trust her, an
the suspense was equal to sleepin
{ ON smouldering volcano; it mean
that they had to sleep on their rifle
all the time, and they would not an
could not stand it, He went on an
said:
"We want you to do this wor
!, without saying word to either c
your colleagues, Parker and Corn
J, we'll, because the former is treacf
erous liar and Cornwell does jus
!; what Parker tells him to do; the
- are not to be trusted and we wan
= nothing to do with them" | aske
= him if Judges Judd and Dole wer
present at the meeting, and he d.
clined to answer. Mr.. Peterson the
informed him that if this was
= movement of the business comm,
nifty he desired to consult with SON
of the business gentlemen and e
their views, and would give his am
wer as early as possible. Thursto
agreed and departed. Later j
the same day he called agai
/ at my house, but did not st
me. | have not seen him from tn;
day to this. Peterson and | consul
d ed with our colleagues and six re
ponsible business men of this cit
Acting on their suggestions the Cab