The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1893-02-09
THE OTHER SIDE.
Hawaii Heard from About the
Revolution.
PROTEST AGAINST ANNEXATION

PROTEST AGAINST ANNEXATION.
The Inhabitants of the Island Can Take
Care of Themselves, So Says the Minister
OF the Interior of the Deposed Govern
ment-An Appeal Made to the United
States Government Through Private
Source, and Promise Made of Further
Details of the Revolution.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. "a letter has been
received here from John F. Colburn,
minister of the interior of Hawaii, in
in which he outlines the position of the
deposed queen, Of whom he is a
supporter. The letter is addressed to
Mr.. J. Fl. GAM, of this city, Who's
wife is an aunt of Mr.. Colburn, and is
as follows:
HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII ISLANDS,
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1898.
Mr.. j. III. GAM, st. Louis, Mo-:
DEAR SIR-In view of the circumstances
that surround the situation of this, our
Hawaiian kingdom, / take the oppor-
tunity of writing you this letter, trusting
with your ability and influence with some
of the leading statesmen of your liberal
American country, you can help to place
the situation of affairs of this country in
such an impartial manner to them that
the Hawaiian queen, Liliuokalani, her gov
eminent and her native population can
receive such a hearing from your govern
ment that the American nation will cause
to be restored the queen to her throne, the
government to her power and the Hawa-
han native population to their rights
On Thursday, Jan. 10, 1898, the legisla-
ture sitting in session, brought in reso-
luton of lack of confidence against her
majestic cabinet, which consisted of G..
III. Wilcox, minister of the interior; r. c..
Jones, minister of finance, w. p. Robin
son, minister of foreign affairs, and Cecil
Brown, attorney general, and was carried
by the constitutional majority of twenty
five members of the legislature out of a
house of forty-eight elective members.
This cabinet,that was voted out belonged
to a party called the Reform party, and
the same party caused revolution in the
country, June 30, 1887. Upon their hav-
ing been voted out they retired and sent
their designations % her majesty, the
queen. She accepted them and on the
next day, Friday, Jan. 10, 1898, she sum-
moned and appointed the following gentle
men as her cabinets Samuel Parker, min
lister of foreign affairs; William H. Corn
well, minister of finance; j. ohm f. Colburn,
minister of the interior; Arthur P. Peter
son, attorney general. Mr.. Parker and
myself were the native Hawaiians in the
cabinet, the second and third named the
foreign members.
Immediately upon appointment, we re-
paired to the legislative assembly and re-
ported to them that it had pleased her
majesty to appoint us as her cabinet.
Those of the legislature that were present
and the population to the number OF about
1000 who had gathered there, received us
with applauses. We took our seats, and
after going through the business of the
house, 1t was adjourned. The next meet
ing, Saturday, Jan. IA, the day that had
been previously set apart as the day to
prorogue the legislature, represented our
selves again, and after going through the
business of the house, it adjourned to
meet at the proroguation house at IL
o'clock.
may mention here that on Friday and
Saturday, the days that we had attended
the legislature, the party to which this
were so dissatisfied aud hostile over their
defeat that on both days they refused to
attend the legislature, and did not have
courtesy to aetend the proroguation.
SWhile waiting for the hour of IL to APP
proach, 1 accidentally heard that the
queen proposed to promulgate new con-
stitution. Immediately sought an inter
view with my colleagues and notified
hat ha inf n
such an arbitrary manner / would resign.
They answered that they were willing to
do the same thing, and we decided that if
the queen intended to carly into effect any
such idea we would all advise her not to
so. / at once repaired to the place Of the
opposition, the Reform party, and told
them what had heard and what we had
concluded to do. The leaders Of the party
advised us strongly not to resign as 1t
would then give the queen an opportunity
to appoint others who would be too will
ing to sign new constitution. We fol-
lowed their advice, and they assured us
that If any conflict came between the
queen and us, her cabinet, the community
would give us their support to resist any
thing of this nature.
At 10 o'clock neon the legislature was
prorogued; and we repaired to the pala~'e
to meet the queen She then and there
told us to sign a document purporting to
be new constitution. We told her plaiDig
we would not accede to her request and
advised her to abandon the idea. She was
very determined at first, but afterward
yielded and gave up. She came out and
openly declared to the Hawaiian people
that she could not give them a new con-
ytitution and told them to endure their
grievances. The crowd dispersed, and on
the next day the leader of the Reform
party met US and made proposition to
ms. viz: "That owing to the queens revo-
lutiopary actions in wanting to promIl
gate q new constitution, we should de-
throne her and declare provisional gov