Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-29

Aud II the Bost1u mafints bnd tot
gone ashore there would have been no
| revolution.
"Ae u was the queen said II was no
/ usc lighting the United states. IL WIS
robbery aud / don't think the United
states eau afford to steal Tn,y have
btoh saying mere that there were 1000
members Of the Annexation club.
shid - President Dole In view of thil.
IA there are but n 900 voters ip
hawaii why not eubmit the matter OF
what klnu OF government there
should be 10 thu votrr,?' lie fppltru,
We would bo beaten aud / said.
e. you would; you would Uo beaten
~ Dan that you would not know yhnt
was the matter with you.'
wow assert, on what should lie
| tue best Of authority, that Of The 7uOJ
| annexation mumbeH claimed they
have got ouly about 100. That is ali,
anu Of these 20 per cent are Portuguese
VINO cannot read or write aud who
made their marks Tor tholr names. ami
tue msiorlty VI tue remainder are BOYS
anu tourists. TiIdcn, who organiasd
we Gun, told me ~, and ho ought 10
| kuow.D
Then Mr. Sprccklcs told how It was
that lhc ubhc had got the impression
LOT Tins that he Was la favor u the
proposed annexation. lie said dat
Whtn MI ThufstOn, MIR. Carter aud
/ olhefr litt arrived here us Cuuimis-
siOhetH TO Wellington rhuutOu sent
MN message az Z O'Clock Ia the
! evening asking when he could SEQ
hlm' Al hOur was named, anu at
| that Time IhuIstOn said that under tho
I nAFNNlftuINnNH
have had the appointment Ut tue sn.
pteme court judges, Il one.half the
! npblet; would uobiiscate All the prop.
city OF thu white people anu would
deprive them Of thBlr vote, 70 that they
would have no say In the government,
The natives would control everything.
81 said" continued Mf. Sprrrkelg.
"that ~ that was the case II was right
10 form the provisional government.
Then tue ommisHioucfs nnd those iu.
lettsted IN Hawaii met In pnrlor A OF
the Palace Hotel, ami II was the s,n,l.
mont thnt they were not for anurxa.
ton unlcss some provision was made
Tor imported labor, something We must
have IA Hawaii.
well, the developments aftetwnrI
proved that Thufst0u's slatem,ut-
! "hAA HNAAAhf NhA hlNNh ne anu NilN
other commissioner. wentlto Washing.
ton they uld not carry out their iuteu.
lions III regard to labor. They let
everything gV,ln the Interest VI annex.
alton.
"Now, tho Havwlian Islands, II
annexed, would have been nothing but
COW pasture. They would be u,
benefit 10 the United Slates. We cal
let the islands have their own govern,
mvnt, anu prosper, aud We can con
ttol them. NJ Tor thls story that EuE
land In lust waiting, that N all MOI
nense. England IL not lnterletini
Then they circulated the same ntoI
q \ Rhout Japan. inpau duer not wa
n them oIthsr. 1 sn an American OH
"A geo. and cinuot SOC what good
would DO for the United States /
annex the islands. nor what good 4
, would be for Hawaii.
~ will put tho United Siates ia d
way To hold ana still rule the islands
without nnuoGing them. The Knnakas
are the beet people on this earth. Let
them put LiliuOkalani back on tht
throne aud have minister resident
for the United States. Ii won't cost
the Umtod states Anythi1g, anu II
will stili rule tue islands,"
Alter Mir. Spfecklvs had gone abOa nd
tue Australia at Honolulu 10 leave foI
California &. r.. Creighton, son Of The
lalu Robert Creighton OF this city,
came aboard Aud presented him with
"a handsome gold mounted o. c1awooI
cane. II was beautifully inscribed
with cave, Claus, txmurtur
salutamus, aud on II Appeared many
names, Including those OF tho LAT,
Queen LilluOkalani aud Minister
BlUunt. The entire list wns a. llowt
LiluokalAni, r.; j. Blount, q. sprock,
ole, 3. Parker, W. AshGri, q. w.
Ashford, j. Cummins, j. r.. Bush, A
T.. Peterson, &. H.. Creighton, a. Rosa
D.. Foptc, &. Is. Wilson, J. w. Robert
son, q. o. Berger, j. Bowlcs, n. B
Thomas, g. q. Kenyon, Il. Norris, w
II. RiCkari, j. Campbell, j. +. Col
burn, W. II. Cornwell.
"When We who remain are killed, ,
said MIR. Creighton, al hope you vii
return and visit our graves. From YOU
fellow. citizens" continued the speak, =
"dOOmed also 10 die at the hands VI TIE
murderous society OF the Annexation
club" Then he added: "fhreateuut
men live long; leDen sic hunIotl Jahre
uud niemal aIerben."
Thi. brought out n strange story. Mr.
Spfrckels was asked II II was real y
true that all the persons named, incluu.
ing himself, were really threatened
with death while he was there.
eyes, II IL tTuo," he said. "rhey
said at the Annexation club that VIZ
ought % DO killed. They met thorr,and
they each had the man they Intended
h Kill. That was Ave or six weeks
ago.
"But they had another murdetoui
plan ON band" said Mr.. Sprecksls,
''aud that was TO doport, II not murder,
the queen. The latter Was their real
object. II was while Minister BlouuI
was away, and they chose that lime
AZ prop!tious. Mr.. BlDuu. had gone ~
Maui. Tney had arranged 10 20 aud
capture the queen anu In the melee
that they expected would occur they
intel ded 10 Kill her, aud thus claim It
was tone while attempting to suppress
revolution.
However one Of about fourteen con.
spliators whipped his wife, Gud she,
being highly indignant nc It, and
knowing tho murdefCus conspiracy,
told Il to another woman, anu II was
repeated 20 another I'll eventually one
came 10 the queen aud told her Sam
Parker OF once came 10 me and toll
me Of It, and said they would do II
over his dead body. he iolt sure no
would DO killed. We oOunselud the
HaWaiians all to remain Nc homo aud
urged that not one OF them 10 seen,
"TwO men, Wagner aud Ciunis,
I Ia Il. HN.. a A.