Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-25
RIG HIT EOUS ACT
Mr.. Thomas Gulick Talks sensibly About
Hawaiian Affairs.
A Bombastfc and Licentious Govern.
ment was Overthrow by the Best
Citixens - How 1t Happened.

dents message Of last Monday is not con-
elusive as an argument or a statement of
fact.
why does he call the ex-queen the CON-
stitutional sovereign" he began. .when
it was owing to her bold attempt to destroy
the constitution and to establish a revolu-
tionary despotism that she lost her thronep
His message says that Saturday, January
IA. the queen renowned the project of COM
uniting treason and perjuring herself by
annulling the constitution, for the present
at least
Now. what are the facts? Her SUBJ
servient ministry. the willing tools of her
revolutionary plot up TO this point, learning
the white-hot Indignation of the citizens.
became alarmed. and, going to the palace,
begged her to desist. This unexpected op-
position threw her into a rage and they
fed from the palace for their lives. The
chief Justice begged her to give I'D her
iniquitous and suicidal purpose She fatty
refused. defiantly adding, L wish no more
advice from you She proceeded to the
balcony OF the palace and announced to her
hansers-on that though she had been pre-
vented from proclaiming her new constitu-
ton that day she would, nevertheless, give
II TO them soon. This is what the Presi-
dent speaks of as her having renowned her
project, Tor the present at least in defer
ence to the wishes and remonstrances OF
her cabinet He claims that citizens OF
Honolulu, taking this relinquished purpose
as pass on action, began to plan for her
FORMAL reinforcement.
The Real Truth,
1.-The truth is. as Mr.. Cleveland had every
opportunity to know II he had chosen to
look where light was to be had, the in
fatuated despot never relinquished her DUR
pose to destroy the constitution til the
third day after this, when she discovered
that her power was gone and that she was
1l Al
out When the Tahitian half-white adj
venturer and ex-blacksmith Chas. Wilson
the commander OF the queens $50 TO 200
soldiers, tried on Monday TO convince the
determined citizens that Liliuokalani would
net NEEDLE with the constitution. notwith-
standing her public assertion that she
would soon abolish 1t, he was asked what
guarantee he could give. He said he would
ioek the queen up In a room. II necessary.
and keep her there! This Wilson. the
brazen favorite of the shameless queen.
was paramount In the palace. Though de-
spised and denounced by every party no
cabinet and no legislature was able to
drive him from the palace or deprive him
OF ONCE He continued as the power be-
hind the throne. From the hour that II be-
ZANE known, saturday. that the queen had
determined to destroy the constitution her
government and her power were dead. The
pain proof Of this assertion is that from
that hour the best citizens began to meet
IN various places for the avowed purpose ~
dethrontng the despot. and no one nffered
Or dared to interfere with them
No Riots, Of Course.
THE President SAYS there was no rfotinr
monday continued Mr.. Quick He Is
right The merchants. lawyers. doctors
mechanfcs and other respectable citizens
VINO We're determined to establish decent
government In place Of the smuggling
gambling, licentious. opium and lottery
ring that had for twenty years infested the
palace are not in the habit Of rioting hut
they openly met In the largest most in
nuential and determined mass meeting that
Hawaii had ever known and decreed
that the pertured woman. Mrs. Dominis
mitted high treason. should no longer he
queen. II is this righteous and wise resolve
or the best men Of the land. including the
judges OF the supreme court clergymen and
Others. representing three-fourths OF the
private property Of the islands. that the
PRESIDENT gracefully describes as the guilty
. .l'tentions OF rev insignificant conspira-
ment.
These are the men to whom he was pre-
Trren 70 say through Messrs. Gresham and
Wills. You are expected to nrounptly re-
inouish to her constitutional authority
me president appears to INA CINE that
ne has been appointed to mediate in the
tnternal ahatrs OF the Hawaiian nation
When did the present government OF the
Islands which he hiss Repeatedly recov
n,zed: invite him 70 tell them whether thew
whom thew have eliminated from pub,,c
life and relieved of the cares ~ state,
Find II Dtm~ult.
I'VE Hawaiians find II difficult" Mr.. en-
lick went on, "to believe that the chief
obstacle in the mind OF the ex-queen 20
reascend the throne is other than her
knowledge that she would need continuous
foreign armed assistance in order to main
tain herself there. II the President has not
been able to pledge her such continuous
military aid the difficulty OF carrying out
his project is evident. He expresses sur
prise that Minister Stevens should have
brought American marines ashore TO pro-
tect American life and property the Monday
evening after the great mass meeting which
decided on the deposition of the queen and
c cne formation OF a new government be-
cause, as ne says, there was no rioting or
disturbance. 1t Is true that during that
day or intense excitement the dangerous
elements OF the city that were ready for
murder and rapine did not dare to show
their hand. but as night approached The
town was full of threats Of bloodshed and
inncendtarfsIn. That It was necessary to
na i,,e. Drought troops ashore to fulfil the
minister's instructions is incontestibIy
proved by the fact that two incendiary Ares
were started that very night. notwithstand-
S s"s .ne presence OF the vigilant United
states marines That the forces were en-
tfreiy neutral as between the Contestants
Tor power Is proved nv the fact that TWEEN
W.ome noIrs after they came ashore the
use these forces to uphold the queen IN
power. That twice Mr.. Stevens refused
REQUESTS from adherents yof the provisional
government to use them In their heheN
me same IS shown by the statement of
Charles Wilson. IN" commander ~ the
Queens forces to Commissioner Charles
Carter. that he knew that the Americsn
forces would not and could not he used
AGAINST the oueen's government and nv
fhe fact that the queen surrendered TO the
representatives Of the provisional govern
ment and not to anv REPRESENTATIVE Of the
INVITED States government though AZ the
'nsftCatfon of her lawyers she sent a living
protest. claiming that she welded to Ameri-
can interference. and finally by the fact
hv al the other governments having renre-
sentatives at the capitat without q single
nrotest from ono Of them-not even from
the british minister. Considering the ma
tfonal jealousy that exists this would have
been impossible II there ha6 heen such IN
tarventfon. Fverv one IN Honolulu at the
time knew that tha revolution was pccom-
plished by the citizens OF the island"
Wholly n Matter Of Feeling.
From the Tacoma Daily News.
I think ii was up in Alameda county one
night at a prohibition rally that Pixley of