The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-22

enthusiasm unanimously adopted resolu.
aong declaring the queen in revolussou,
ana aatnerixing TIE committee 10 proceed
10 do whatever Vas necessary.
The police were present. hns no st.
tempt was made TO interfere with the
meeting or make arrests The neetiar
1 adloarned amid the most intense excite
! ment and the citizens dispersed. waiting
tae further call Of the committee. While
ING VAS being held by the royalssss within
block Of the arrnory, which adorsei
resolutions IN support of the queen. Never
In the history ei Hawaii had there been
sach an intense condition of mind or more
imminent expectation of hsoodshed ard
seanlet than alter the adjournment of
these two radically opposed meetings.
bieunt's statement that the community
was at peace and quiet is grossly in-
accurate. Two hours after the adjourn
ment OF the above meeting Can't Nlltss
and stevens. acting upon their own re-
sponsieiiIty aud discretion. and irrespect-
I've OF the request or actions OF the cofs,-
miitee, landed troops which we're dis
trsnated in three parts of the city, instead
OF being massed at one point. as stated by
Blount
Elm support of the third proposition.
During the few weeks prior To the revosu-
ton Colhourn. minister of the interior, was
one of the leaders of the political party
opposed TO me and openly and bitterly
hostile 20 me personally. The first insi-
nation of the revolutionary intention u
the queen was at 10 o'clock on the 18th.
when Colhourn came TO me greatly ex.
cited and told me the queens intention 70
prOmulgaie a new constitution and ASKED
my advice. said: Why do you not 90
o. the members OF your own parsys' Ho
replied: Il have no party. Those who
have been our supporters. supporting tho
queen. the downtown people treferring to-
the merchantsi, have got no use tor me.
and unless the members of your party aud
other citizens will support us We are going
10 resign right away At / o'clock the
same day met all tho members OF the
cabinet. They had just come from an in.
terview with the queen, at which she am
nounced her intention of promulgating q
constitution and demanded their support.
They stated that she threatened them with
mob violence, whereupon they immedi-
atcly left the palace. each one going out by
separate entrance. While We were talking
a messenger came from the queen, request
ing them to Immediately return To tho
palace. Peterson and Coihoarn positively
refused 10 do so, stating that they did not
consider their lives safe there. / shortly
afterward started down town. bur Was
overtaken by a messenger asking me 10
return. which l did. They asked me to
ascertain what support they could expect
from the citizens. and formally authorized
me TO state the condition of affairs TO the
leading citizens and in their behalf call
Tor armed volunteers to resist the queen.
Immediately proceeded to comply with
the request. and with the assistance of
others within an hour or two thereafter
about eighty leading citizens signed .
written statement agreeing to support the
cabinet against the queen by force. Later
the same afternoon Colbourn informed me
they had finally gone to the palace and
held stormy interview with tho
Confidence In his colleague. Peter.
son. who he believed was playing
double with him, and told me to beware of
telling Peterson anything further. He
said that while they were discussing tho
matter with the queen she said IN reply 10
the objection made by Peterson: why did
you not make this objection before7 You
had the constitution in your possession
for a month and raised no objection to it.
Colbourn further stated that at q caucus Of
their party previous to Friday night one
h of the members Of the executive. KaIanua
by name. said II he could establish new
constitution he would die happy IL he
could kill five white men before DYING.
The queen was furiousiy angry at the re-
fusal of the cabinet to Join in pronulgat-
ing q constitution, and publicly denounced
them therefor. When the queen made am
nouncement Of her failure TO promuigate
/ y
bers Of the executive, one on tho
throne steps and one on the steps
of the building. addressed the assembled
crowd, denounced the cabinet as traitors
and said they wanted to shed blood. One
Of them included the queen i'm his denua-
ciations. During the entire time between
noon Of Saturday, the 14th, and the after
noon of Tuesday. the nth. when the pro-
visionai government was proclaimed, tho
queens cabinet were without plan of ae-
ton and did practically nothing bur rush
about the city consulting various foreign
representatives and citizens OF ail parties
n TO what they would better do, begging
the American minister for support or
American troops against the committee
of safety, ana securing frcm the queen y
declaration that she would not again at
tempt to abrogate the constitution. which
they hurried into print and distributed
broadcast TO try and appease tho indigna-
tion of the citizens and break up the pro-
posed mass meeting.
''In support Of the fourth proposition.
The essential fact In judging whether ths
force of the committee was sufficient and
their confidence we!l-founded Is 10 know
what the same men under similar condi-
tions. had done under previous circum-
stances. In 1887 the king. by manipula-
ton Of the electorate, encroached upon the
popular rights and obtained autocralsc
power over the people. He was supported
py practically the same persons VINO now
constitute the Royalist party in Hawaii.
The situation then crystaliixed the oppo-
sition into an organization of practically
the same men who organized and now
constitute the provisional government.
Such organization was formed with .he
openly avow ed intention OF Wrestling from
the king his power and dethroning him.
The executive committee, thirteen
in control, called mass meeting.
Resolutions we're adopted denouncing ths
king and demanding the granting Of .
new constitution depriving the king of all
personal power. The resolutions wers
presented 20 the king by tho COMMITTEES,
who, unarmed and alone, proceeded direct
from the meeting TO the fortified palace,
with an uitimatum that he must comply
with the demands within twenty-foar
hours or take the consequences. The
king was then in absolute control. His
military strength was greater and his con-
troll Of public buildings more eomplets
than that OF the queen in January last.
He did not fre n shot, but submitted to
ali the demands. disbauded the troops and
turned all the governments over To- the
rsvolutionists, who, in consideration OF
bis abiect submission, allowed him To con.
time on the throne in q ngurehead
capacity.
lin 1850. while the same men who nov
constitute the provisional government
were in control of the kings government,
q conspiracy Was organized among the
royal!st supporters by the king and Liliao-
kani for the overthrow Of the cabinet and
restoration of the old royal power and con-
stitutlon. The conspirators took the cab!-
net by surprise, and. on the night Of July
-, took possession of all the artillery and
fortIhed ths uaisce The rsvuIar tvaop.