The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-11

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lional government, and express deep
appreciation of the same We have
conferred with the ministers of the late
government and have made a demand
upon the marshal to surrender the sta
ton house We are not actually yet
| in possession of the station house, but
as night is approaching and our forces
may be insufficient to maintain order,
we request the immediate support of
! the United States forces and would re-
quest that the commander of the Uni
tied States forces take command of our
military forces, so that they may act
together for the protection of the city.
Respectfully yours,
/ SANFORD D. DOLE,
Chairman Executive Council.
| The station house was occupied by
a we'll armed force, under command of
a resolute, capable officer.
| On the same afternoon the queen,
her ministers, representatives of the
provisional government and others held
conference at the Palace. Refusing
to recognize the new authority or sur
render to it, she was informed tMat the
provisional government had the sup
port of the American minister, and, if
necessary, would be maintained by the
military force of the United States
then present; that any demonstration
ion her part would precipitate con-
flict with that force; that she could
not, with hope of success, engage in
war with the United States, and
that resistance would result in the
useless sacrifice of life.
Mr. Damon, one of the chief leaders
of the movement and afterwards vice
| president of the provisional govern
ment, Informed the queen that she
could surrender under protest and her
case would be considered later at
Washington. Believing that, under the
circumstances, submission was a duty
and that her case would be fairly con-
sidered by the president of the Uni
ted States, the queen finally yielded
and sent the provisional government
the paper which reads:
Il, LihuoKa1ana, by grace of God and
under the constitution of the Hawaiian
Kingdom, queen, do hereby solemnly
protest against any and all acts done
against myself and the constitutional
government of the Hawaiian kingdom,
by certain persons claiming to have es-
tablished a provisional government of
and for this kingdom; that l yield to
/ the superior force of the United States
of America, whose minister plenipoten-
tiary, his excellency John L. Stevens,
has caused United States troops to be
landed at Honolulu, and declared that
he would support the provisional gov
eminent.
Now, to avoid any collision of the
armed forces and perhaps loss of life,
do, under this protest and impelled
by said force, yield my authority I'M
til such time as the government of the
United States shall, upon the facts
being presented to it, undo the action
of its representative and reinstate me
and the authority which claims the
constitutional sovereign of the Hawaii
an islands"
When this paper was prepared at
the conclusion of the conference, and
signed by the queen and her minis
tiers, a number of persons, including
one or more representatives of the pro-
visional government, who were still
present and understood its contents
by their silence, at least acquiesced in
tits statements and when it was car
ried to President Dole, he endorsed up
on it: Received from the hands of
the late cabinet tris 18th day of jan
uary, 1893" without challenging the
truth of any of its assertions. Indeed,
it was not claimed On the 18th day of
January, or for. some time thereafter.
| by any of the designated officers of
the provisional government, or any of
the anneXa tionists, that the queen had
surrendered otherwise than asked in
her protest
In his dispatch to Mr. Foster, Janu-
airy Is, describing the successful revo-
luton, Mr.. Stevens says: 1.-THE COM
mittee on public safety forthwith took
possession of the government buildings
and the treasury and installed the pro-
visional government without the aid of
United States troops. This being an
accomplished fact, 1 promptly recog-
nized the provisional government as
the de facto government of the Ha-
! orse,
communication of February Is, to the
president, laying before him the treaty
| of annexation with a view of obtain
ing the advice and consent of the SEN
| ate thereto, SAYS: At the time the
provisional government took posses
sion of the government buildings, no
troops or officers of the United States
were present or took any part what
ever in the proceedings when they
they were in full possession of the
government, the barracks, the police
station and the whole potential ma
chinery of the government. The United
States troops were landed to protect
American property"
Special commissioners were sent to
Washington by the provisional gov
eminent to negotiate a treaty of ans
nexation, and these statements are
utterly at variance with the evidence.
documentary or oral, contained in Mr.
Blounts reports. They are contra
dicted by the declarations and the let
| ters of President Dole and other annex
ationists, and by Mr.. Stevens verbal
admissions to Mr. Blount. The pro-
visional government was recognized
when it had little other than a paper
existence, and when the legitimate
government was in full possession and
control of the palace, the barracks and
1.-THE police stations. Mr.. Stevens we'll
known hostility and the force landed
| from the Boston was all. then, that
excited apprehension in the minds of
the queen. her officers and loyal sup
porters It is fair to say that Secre-
tarv Fosters statement was based
upon information which he had re-
lceived from Mr. Stevens and the spe-
ciaI commissioners, but I am unable to
see that they were deceived. Troops
were landed, not to protect American
life and property, but to aid in over]
throwing the existing government.
Their very presence implied coercive
measures against it. In the statement
given to Mr.. Blount by Admiral Skier
rett. the ranking officer at HonolulW
he saws: s'If the troops were landed
sinnplv to protect American citizens
Interests thew were badly stationed in
the hall: but if it was to aid the pro-
visional government, they were wisely
This hall was so situated that the
troops in it could easily command the
government building, and the procla-
nation was read under the threat of
American guns As I understand the
movement, if not at the beginning, that
Mr.. Stevens promised the annexation
| lists. that as soon as they obtained
possession of the government build
ing and read the proclamation above
referred to, he would at once recog-