Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-29
HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
The Queen Was Anxious for Power But
Lacked the Nerve to Carry Out Her

The Queen Was Anxious for Power But
Lacked the Nerve to Carry Out der
Plan.
SAN Francisco, GALA, January Is
Charles L. Carter, one of the Commission
ers TO Washington appointed by the pro
visiOnal goVernmrnt of Hawaii, made the
following statement to the Associated
Press:
THE object Of our visit to Washington
Is TO have the United States take posses
sion of the Hawaiian Islands; we want 10
Join the Union; not as a State, however,
but under a territorial or district form OF
government. A government like that OF
the District Of Columbia, with the addl-
tion of a Governor appointed by the
President, is preferable for many
reasons. There is such a large
number of Chinese and other cheap labor
ers on the islands, who cannot be trusted
TO vote intelligently, that if universal SUI
frage were declared the whites, who repre-
sent almost the entire business interests OF
the country, would be outvoted and pow
erless An entire new system Of govern
ment must be built up and the only way is
to have the United States take charge.
''It must come to this, or the whites
must leave the islands. Their interests
are too great, however, for them TO give up
without a struggle, and the revolution was
the result. The new constitution which
was brought out by the Queen, granted her
almost absolute. power and dlstranchised
the white voters. The natives them
selves, as rule, are not In
favor Of the ex-Queen's plans. She
is supported by a certain clique OF about
twenty, who are anxious for political
power The Queen is jealous of the power
of the whites, and is an ambitious, schem-
ing woman, badly advised. Under the old
regime, she had no cause TO complain. She
enjoyed an income of between seventy-hve
end one hundred thousand dollars with no
responsibility. but she undertook to mix IN
politics and got the worst 1t.
"The Queen was supported by her faV-
orite, H. b. Wilson, the Marshal OF the
Kingdom, and the Government troops.
Wilson swore in a number Of deputies and
In all the Queens forces amounted to about
four hundred men. The Queens plan was
clever, but she lacked nerve TO carryi 1t out.
She waited until after the legislature had
adjourned and then cot twenty natives and
dressed them up in long tailed coats. She
gave them petition for new constitu-
tion, which they did not understand. Ev-
ervthing went according TO programme
until the members of the Cabinet re fused
to be dismissed.
'"Hhe revolution was almost 0loodless
one Only one man was hurt; native po-
liceman, who was shot by Mr.. Good. Good
was in charge of wagon containing sup
ply OF ammunition for the revolutioniStSa and
the police attempted to capturei it. Good,
who is a man of great irmness and resolu-
ton. shot down one of the policemen and
took the ammunition to a place where it
would do the most good TO the men who
were resisting the kQueen. Fortunately
there was no necessity for a resort to arms
and further bloodshed was avoided
Our commission will call on the Presi-
dent and Secretary of State at Washing
ton, and will do our best to negotiate a
treaty of annexation, We do not have
power u make treaty, but will have to
refer all such matters to the provisional
government at Honolulu. The commission
will leave either tonight or tomorrow
morning for Washington"