St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-29
A QUEEN DEPOSEO.
Continued From First Page.
Lahaina, William White, had been act
lively working up the movement. A

na0 SatnerGQ around the pdldCe SdUeS
and in the grounds near a flight of
steps, and natives were also gathered in
large groups in the government build
ing yard and elsewhere in the neigh
borhood. The queen retired to the blue
room and summoned the ministers. The
| ministers repaired at once to the queen
| in the blue room. She was seated at a
table, still dressed in the magnificent
morning costume, with a sparkling cor
| onet of diamonds. She at once pre-
sented them with draft of the new
constitution, demanded their signatures,
and declared her intention to promul
| gaze the same at once. Attorney Gen
eral Peterson and Minister of the In
| terror Coburn decidedly refused to do
| so, and Ministers Cornwell and Parker,
though more hesitating)Y, joined their
colleagues in their refusal. All the cab
! met now advised, and even strongly
urged, her majesty not to violate the
| law, but she was not to be dissuaded
| from her revolutionary course. Bring
ing her clinched hand down upon the
table, Queen Liliuokalani said:
"Gentemen,1 do not wish to hear any
more advice. | intend to promulgate
this constitution, and to do it now."
Proceeding, she told the cabinet that
unless they abandoned their resistance
at once she would go out upon the steps
of the palace and tell the excited crowd
there assembled that she wished to give
them new constitution, but that the
ministers were inside the palace hln-
dering her from doing it. The minis
| tiers remembered the riot at the court
| house and the fate of the unlucky rep
resentatives who fell into the hands of
the mob. They now saw what the
q nf
into execution they
Fled for Their Lives.
From the government building the
ministers Immediately sent word about
town asking the citizens what support
the cabinet could expect i'll its resist
ance to the revolutionary movement
begun by the queen. The leading citl-
Zens of every political complexion hur-
ried together at Hon. w. D. Smiths
office, and while their numbers were
every instant augmented by fresh ac--
ceSSionS, held hurried consultation as
to the course to be pursued. There was
but one mind among all those gathered
ogether-tradeSmen lawyers, mechan-
les, merchants, were of one opinion.
Unanimity of sentiment reigned such
as has not been witnessed for years, and
it was agreed without dissenting voice
that it was the duty of every citizen,
without distinction OF party, to support
the law and liberties OF the people and
to resist the revolutionary encroach
ments of the queen. Messages to this
effect we're at once dispatched to the
cabinet.
The ministers now revisited the palace
again, not without apprehension that
they would be taken into custody, even
Nod
pressure had been brought to bear upon
her majesty to induce her to go no
farther, and to retrace the revolution
ary steps she had already taken. While
her troops stood drawn up before the
palace waiting for the final word of
command. the queen heSitated. The
conference IN the blue room lasted
long time, while the result trembled in
the balance. She could not be induced
to give up her project, but finally
consented with bitter reluctance to
temporary postponement of the pre-
meditated coup.
The Queen Was Very Angry
when, at p. m. Saturday, she returned
to the throne room, where we're as
sembled the Hui Kalaiaina with most of
the native members of the legislature.
the cabinet, the governor of Oahu, the
young princess, Chief Justice Judd and
Justice Bickerton, the stAf, the ladies
Of the court, the kaihli bearers. She
assembled the dais and spoke substantl
ally as follows:
princes, uobles and representatives:
[ have listened to thousands Of the
voices of my people that have come to
me and | am prepared to grant their re-
| quest. The present constitution is full
of defects, as the chief justice here will
testify, as questions regarding it have so
often come before him for settlement.
| 1t is so faulty that l think new one
| should be granted. | have prepared
one, in which the rights of all have
| been regarded-a constitution suited to
| the wishes Of the people. | was ready
| and expected to proclaim the new con-
stitution today, as suitable occasion
for it. and thus satisfy the wishes of my
people. But with regret l say, [ have
met with obstacles that prevent it. Re-
| turn to your homes peaceably and
| quietly, and continue to look towards
me ever in your love. | am obliged to
postpone the granting of the constitu-
ton for few days. | must confer with
my cabinet, and when, after you return
home, you may see it, receive it gra-
ciously. You have my love, and with
sorrow ] now dismiss you.''
Mr.. White replied, thanking the
queen and assuring her of the love of
the people, and that they would wait
patiently until their desires should be
fulfilled, to which the queen responded
| with thanks and left the throne room.
| Mr.. Kaunamano then began in loud
voice an int1amatory harangue, which
was suppressed. He demanded the lives
of the members of the cabinet who had
| opposed the wishes of her majesty, and
declared that he thirsted for their blood.
| A few moments later the queen went
out upon the upper balcony of the pal
ace and addressed the crowd. She told
them that on account of the perfidy of
her ministers she was unable to give
them the constitution which she had
promised them, but she would take the
earliest opportunity of procuring it for
them. The crowd then gave three
cheers. Representative White then
proceeded to the steps of the palace and
began an address. He told them that
the queen and the cabinet had betrayed
| them. and that instead of going home
peaceably they should 60 to the palace
| and
Kill and Bury Her.
| Attempts were made to stop him.
which he resisted, saying he would
never close his mouth until new con-
stitution was granted. Finally he
yielded to the eXpostulations of Col.
Boyd and others, threw up his hands
and declared that he was pau for the
present. After this the audience as
sembled dispersed. News was brought
to the citizens down town that the at
tempt to carry revolution through had
for tine moment failed. However, ap-
preciating the fact that the trouble had
only just begun. they did not disperse,
but continued the consideration of the
emergency. A committee of public
safety was formed. to which further
consideration of the sltnation was dele
gated, after which the meeting, which
had been animated by one heart and
one soul from the beginning, dispersed.
| About o'clock in the afternoon the
|. United States steamship Boston landed
about 800 men. Each man had two
belts of cartridges around his waist and
| yyac ormad with q rifle The men