St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-21

urallZed. Upon this, Mr.. BlOunt says:
For the first time in the history of the
country the number of mobiles is made
equal to the number of representatives.
This furnished veto power over the
representatives of the popular vote
TO THE MOBILES,
who we're selected by persons mostly
holding foreign allegiance, and not sub
jects of the kingdom. The election of
single representative by the foreign ele
ment gave it the legislature.
The king could appoint but not re-
move his cabinet. Mr.. Blount describes
at some length the restrictions placed
upon the king by this constitution. He
also speaks of the secret league which,
prior to the revolution, established for
eign armed troops hostile 10 the king,
and speaks of the control of the islands
by persons of foreign parentage and al
legiance; foreign ships were in the har-
Dor and the actions of the people were
under these influences.
After the revolution bad been accom-
plished, the history of Hawaiian politics
Is followed by the commissioner. The
reform party was not always successful
and could not control matters TO suit
themselves, but in the legislature of
1892 there were number of members
of each faction aspiring 10 cabinet
places. and while the reform party
under these conditions were enabled to
vote out cabinet after cabinet, it never
had majority of members of
TIE LEGISLATURE.
Of the queens acts just previous to
the legislature, Mr.. BIount SAYS: Let
it be borne in mind that the time now
was near at hand when the legislature
would probably be prorogued. What
ever cabinet was IN power at the time of
the prorOgatiOn had control of public
affairs until new legislature should
assemble two years afterwards. and
longer unless expelled by a vote of
want of confidence. An anti-reform
cabinet was appointed by the queen.
Some faint struggle was made to-
wards organizing TO vote out this cabi-
net, but it was abandoned. The legis-
lature was prOrogued. The reform
members abseuted themselves from the
session of that day in manifestation of
their disappointment and loss of power
through the cabinet for the ensuing TWO
years.
The letters of the American minis
ter and naval officer stationed at Homo
lulu in 1892 indicate that any failure to
appoint minister of the reform party
would produce political crisis. The
voting out of the Wilcox cabinet pro-
du"ed discomfort amongst the refOrmers
verging very closely towards one, and
had more 10 do with the revolution than
the queens proclamation. The first
was the foundation, the latter the op-
poTtunity.
''In the Legislatures of 1890 and 1892
many petitions were fled asking for a
new constitution. Many were presented
to the king and queen. The discomfort
with the constitution of 1857 and the
eagerness to escape from it controlled
the elections against the party which
| had established 1t. Divisions on the
mode of changing the constitution,
whether by legislative action or by con-
stitutional convention and the neces-
sity of tWo-thirds vote of the Iegis-
lature to effect amendments prevented
relief by either method. Such was the
! situation at
THE PROPAGATION
of the legislature of 1892.
This was followed by the usual
! ceremonies on the day of prorogation-
the presence of the cabinet, supreme
court judges, diplomatic corps and
troops. The queen informed her eabi-
net of her purpose 10 proclaim a new
| constitution, and requested them to
sign it,
| He then tells how the cabinet refused
/ TO sign the constitution, and the dis
/ pleasure Of the queen. On Jan. 16 a
| proclamation was issued by the queen
| and her members, saying that what she
! proposed to DO on the Saturday previous
was compelled by stress of her native
! subjects. This was sent to Minister
! Stevens. to which there was no re-
spOnse. On the 18th she sent another
letter, telling him that the present con-
stitutiOn would be maintained. On the
| back of this was written the word de
| clined, also the time received noted.
Mr.. Blount says the cabinet could not
| be removed for TWO years, and it being
against q new constitution, there was
no possibility of it being proclaimed.
| His description of the revolution is as
follows:
Nearly all of the arms on the island
| of Oahu, IN which Honolulu is situated.
were in the possession of the queens
government. A military force. organ
/ lzed and drilled, occupied the station
house, the barracks and the palace-the
only points Of strategic significance in
the event of a conflict. The great body
of the the people moved on their usual
course. Women and children passed &c
and fro through the streets, seemingly
unconcerned OF any
IMPENDING DANGER,
and yet there were secret conference:
held by a small bodY of men, some ot
whom were Germans, some Americans
some natiYe-born subjects OF foreign
origin. On Saturday evening. the 14tl
of January, they took up the subject OF
dethroning the queen and proclaiming {
new government, with a view to au'
neXation to the United States.
The first and most momentous cues.
! llOI Will lA4CI1 W do " OCfloc SDlIlG BlGl
TO have the United States troops landed
Mr.. Thurston, who appears to have
been the leading spirit, on Sunday
sought two members Of the queens cab
met and urged them to head a move
ment against the queen ana to>ask Mr.
Stevens to land the troops, assuring
them that in such an event Mr.. Steven:
would do so. Failing to enlist any o
the queens cabinet in the cause, it wa,
necessary TO devise some other mode t
accomplish this purpose. a committe,
of safety consisting of thirteen member.
had been formed from a little BODY O
men assembled in w. o. Smiths Office
a deputatiou of these informing Mr.
Stevens of their plans, arranged witt
him to land the troops, if they woult
ask it, ''for the purpose of protecting
life and pr0p3ftg.n
1t was agreed between him and then
that in the event they should oecup,
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