Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-22
yew YneH 9ailg Murnins yunrual aud Gunriet.

declared the queen in revolution and au-
| thorized the committee to do whatever was
necessary. While this was in progress an
| other held by the royalists adopted resolu-
tons In support of the queen. Mr.. Thurs
| ton then says:
"Never in the history of Hawaii has
there been such tense condition of mind
| or q more imminent expectation of blood
shed and conflict than there was imme-
| diately sfter the adjournment of the two
| radically opposite meetings. Mr.. Blount's
| statement that the community was at peace
| was incorrect. It was at this juncture
that Captain Wiltse and Mr.. Stevens, act
ing upon their own responsibility and dis
erection and irrespective of the request or
actions of the committee, landed the troops
| which were distributed in three parts of
the city, instead of being massed at one
point, as stated by Mr.. Blount.
The reason that tbs queens government
took no action sgainst the committee was
that they were overwhelmed by the dis
play of indignation and discrimination
shown by the citizens, and were cowed in
to submission in the same manner that the
king and his supporters were cowed under
precisely similar circumstances by the
same citizens in June. 1887.
In support of the third proposition that
the queen and supporters were demorslized
and devoid of leadership Mr.. Thurston re-
fers to the anger of the queen at the re-
fusal of the cabinet to join her in promul-
eating the constitution and says:
During the entire time between noon
of the 14th and the afternoon of the 18th,
when the provisional government was pro-
claimed, the queens cabinet was without
plan of action and did practically nothing
but rush about the city consulting with
e. ,k,k{x ay,I ott
of all parties IS to what they had better
do, begging the American minister for the
support of troops against the committee
of safety, and securing from the queen q
declaration that she would not again at
tempt to sbrogate the constitution, which
they hurried into print and distributed
broadcast, to try and appease the indigna-
ton of citizens snd break up the proposed
mass meeting"
In support of his fourth proposition Mr.
Thurston states that an essential factor In
judging whether the force of the commit
tee was sufficient and their confidence well
founded is to know what the same men,
under similar conditions. have done upon
previous occasions. In 1887, he says, the
king had encroached upon popular rights
and obtained autocratic power. He was
supported by practically the game persons
who now constitute the royalist party in
Hawaii. The open bribery. corruption and
debsuchery of the king and mis- supporters
crystsllized into the movement of few
weeks later.
The kings military strength was greater
and his control of the public buildings
moro complete than was that of the queen
in January last. and yet he submitted to
the demands of the revolutionists and
granted new constitution without firing
a shot. In 1889. while the same men who
now constitute the provisional government
we're in control of the government, a con-
spiracy was organized among the royalist
supporters by the king and Liliuokslani
for the overthrow of the cabinet and the
restoration of the old royal party. The
royalists fortified the palace, but the revo-
lutionists took 1t by storm, killing seven
and wounding twelve royallsts.
Mr.. Thurston says under these circum-
stances the burden of proof is upon those
who claim that the leaders of the provi-
sional government are towards or that
they are incompetent to organize or suo-
cessfully carry out revolution against the
royalists in Hawaii. He declares that the
political liberties of the psople had been
trampled upon and their moral sense
shocked. 1t simply needed the added
provocation of the arbitrary attempt TO
abrogate the constitution and disfranchise
every white man to spontaneously crystal
izs opposition into force that was ire
eistible.
As to the Eneer that the leaders of the
revolution were aliens, he Gays they were
all legal voters and large proportion of
them were born in the country. They
were the men who had built up the coun-
try commercially, sgricultural1y, financial
ly and politically and created and made
possible civilized government therein.