The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
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lowed ny preparations on the part oil
the citizans for armed resistance and
that the United States troops landed at
o'clock. Monday the 10Th.
In support of the second proposition
that there was no concealmept Of the
government with the intentions of the
committee, submit the folio Wing:
first-On the afternoon of Saturday the
| l4th, in reply to the request of the queens
! cabinet for advice as to what they had
| better do. the queen then s.A insisting
upon the FORMULATION of the constitu-
tion and supporting it by force, advised
them to declare the queen in revolution
and the throne vacant, and at the request
and approval of two of them and the tacit
assent of the other two. then and there
drew up u form of proclamation to thu,
| effect.
Committee of Safety Publicly Armed.
Second-At 4:3O Saturday afternoon,
Jan. IA, at u meeting of about 200 citizens
at the Office of w. u. Smith, the queen
was denounced in the strongest terms
armed resistance and a counter revolution
was opened advocated and the queens
minister OF the interior. John Colbourn,
addressed the meeting, knowing there
'hs ht'ASA 'Apppip aSulhSp 0lc 4uetu.
The queens attorney general. Mr.. Peter.
| son. and her attorney, Paul Neuman, were
both present, taking part in the meeting.
The committee of safety was pnblicly,
then and there, armed and proceeded forth.
with to organize.
Third-At 6 o'clock on Sunday morning,
the 18th, told Mr.. Peterson and Mr.. Col.
bourn that the committee intended to de.
pose the queen and establish provisional
| government; that if they would take
charge of the movement we'll and good,
otherwise the committee intended to act
on its own account. They asked for "a
hours In which to consider the matter |
declined to wait, stating to them the com .
mittee intended to proceed forthwith. The
| committee met openly that morning at 10
o'clock with the full knowledge OF the
government of its place of meeting. 1t
remain in session most of the day, while
several policemen watched the building
| from the street
Made No Attempt at Concealment.
Fourth-On Monday morning ut 5
O'Clock the committee without att cmpt at
conceament met in my office not 20 feet
OF the police Office, Marshal Wilson's s
headquarters, where the the entire police e
force was stationed While the meeting
was in progress, Wilson came to the office
anu asked to see me privately and we
went into an adjoining room Our con-
vcrsaton was III substance us follows;
Wilson said: Il want this meeting
stopped. " referring to the mass meeting
for that afternoon.
Irepiied: ut can't be stopped, it is too
late"
He said: Can't this thing be fixed up
some waysn
Irepled: mo it cannot, it has gone to
too far"
I He said: The queen has abandoned
her new constitution ideu.'
lrepied: "How do we know she will
not take it up agains She said she
would nots"
He said; II will guarantee she will not,
even if have to lock her up to prevent it,
and Eli do it too If necessary"
| Irepied: I'VE are not willing to ac-
cept that guarantee rs sufficient The
thing has gone on from bad to worse ana
we will not stand it any longer. We are
going to take 10 chances in the matter
but will settle it now once for ALL"
! Wilson then left the Office He has since
| stated he at once reported to the cabinet
and advised the arrest of the committee
which was not allowed by the cabinet.
Fitth-On the afternoon of Monday the
| 10th Il mass meeting of 5000 unarmel
| men was held within u block of the ptlace.
! The meeting was addressed by number
! of speakers, all denouucing the queen,
The meeting with tremendous enthusiasm
unanimously adopted resolutions decar-
ing the queen to be in revolution and a,l-
thorizing the committee to do whatever
was necessary.
| Two Radically Opposed Meetings Held.
The police were present, but no attempt
was made to interfere with the meeting
or make any arrests. The meeting I'D
| journed amid the most intense excitement
and the citizens dispersed throughout the
| town, awaiting further call of the COM
mittee. While this meeting had been in
| progress another meeting was being held
| by the Royalists within block of the
armory, which adopted resolutions in sup
| port OF the queen. Never ia the history OF
| Hawaii had there been such an intenss
| condition of mind or a more imminent
| expectation of bloodshed and conflict than
| after the adjournment of these two radi.
| cally opposed meetings. Mr.. Blouuts
statement that the community was al
| peace and quiet was grossly inaccurate
/ 1t was ut this Juncture, two hours after
| the adjournment OF the above meeting,
| that Captain Wiltze and Mr. Stevens, act
ing upon their own responsibility and ir-
respective of the request or actions of thu
| committee, landed the troops, which were
| distributed in three parts of the city, il
stead OF being masscd at one point, rs
| stated by Mr.. Blount. The reason the
/ queens government took no action
/ against the committee. or it's supporters
was that they We're overwhelmed by the
unanimous display of indignation and de
| termination shown by the citizens ant
I were cowed into submission in the snm,
manner that the king and his sl,nnorts.
/ were re'cowed under precisely similar cir
I cum stances, by the same citizens, in Jan
| uury, 1887.
In support Of the third proposition
that the queen and her supporters wer,
d. moralized and devoid of leadership,
submit the following:
Cabinet Asked For Thursten's Support.
! Firs,-During the few weeks prior tt
the revolution Mr.. Colbourn, minister o
| the interior ut the time Of tie revolution,
| had been one Of the leaders of the Ealitit..
/ party opposed to me and was openly ant
/! bitterly hostile to me PERSONALITY In tn
| first instance of the revolutionary jntcn
/ tion of the queen, it was ~ O'Clock OF TIL
| 18th s.hen Mr.. Colbourn came to ME H
told OF the queens intention to promu.
! gate a new constitution and asked my ad
| -'s- za.- - - Rs uo yuu .ipu x
to the members of your own party."
He replied: 81 have no party. Thoa
| who have been our supporters are support
ing the queen. The downtown peopl
| (referring to the merchuutsl have no us
for me md unless the members of you
party and other citizens will support u
we are going to resign right away"
Armed Volunteers support the Cabinet.
$5econd--At 10 o'clock the sarle day
| met all the members of the cabinet at til
attorney generals Office. They had jus
interviewed the queen who announced he
| intention of promulgating n constitution
1 and demanded their suppoE. I:ley state
! she had threatened them with mob vic
lence whereupon they Fad left the palace
each one going OUT by assparate entrance
| While we We're talking IA messenger cam
from the queen requesting them TO a
once return to the p;.lase. Peterson ant
4 Co,bourn positively refused to do so, stat
! ing they did not consider their lives woal,
be safe there. I shortly aft>rvards lef
| them cpd started down town After | haJ
gone about two blocks, was oyertakei
1 byga message from the catillet ask