Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-09
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STORY OF rHE BEyOLull0S.
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STORY OF rue REVOLUTION.
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. s.-A letter ha.
been received hero from JJha n. Col.
burn, minister % thu interior Of Hs-
wAu, IN watch he oulliuts tho position
Of tie tcp,ted queen, OF whom Hc Il u
supporter Tho letter To- addressed to
J. IA. CAM Of this city, whJsu wlio Is
auauu. Of Coiburn, AMI To- dated Homo.
lulu, January 18Th. Ko asks CAM to
get The letter before some leGdlns
statesmen Of America and "nulp place
the situation Of ntiaira Ia this country
In such an impartial manner to them
that the Hawaiian queen, her govern.
mont aud naive population can 70.
ceive such hearing from your govern
ment tnat the American nation will
cause 10 be restored the queer 10 her
throne, the government - POWER anu
the Hawaiian native population 10
their Flights"
Colburn then tells Of the disposition
OF tho former cabinet, aUI the Gun.
moning January 18Th OF one healed
by Parker anu la which lie (C1lDurn)
served. They Immediately repaired 10
the Legislature aud announced their
appointment.
"lhose oi the legislature present"
says he, Sand tho population TO the
number OF about 1000 WAC gathered
there received us win applause. Tho
next morning, Saturday, January IAN,
thu Gay thai had b1eu previously SCI
apart ~ the day u psUfosuu tbs iegisla'
turf, camo anu We presented Ourselves
again, anu after going through the
business OF the house It adjourned u
meet Ut the Propagation hour, IL IN.
/ may mention here that on Friday and
Saturday, tho days we attended the
legislature, the reform parry were 20
dissatisfied and hostile over their DE.
feat that on both days they refused "
attend the legislature, aud did not
have the courtesy ~ attend tue proro.
gallon.
''Whiie waiting for the hour Of IL 10
spprosoh accidentally heard that III.
queen proposed to promuigatc a new
consultation. Immediately sought
al Interview with my colleagues nnd
notified them that II the queen In.
tended TO act In such an arbitrary
manner would resign. They aus
wered that they were willing 10 tic
the eeme Thing, aud we decided that
n the queen in,onded 10 carry into
effect aDy such idea We w,uid all al.
Wise her not " 1850. Iag0ucc repaired
to the place Of the opposition { Re.
form party anu told them what | had
heard anu what We had concluded 10
do. The leaders Of the party advised
i aIN ~ 4 70 lam IL.
give the queen au opportunity 10 APP
point Othvfs who would be willing h
sign the new constitution. We fol.
lowed their advice, and ,hey assured us
that " conflict came between the
queen aud US her cabinet community
would give US thnir support TO reSisl
any thing OF this nature.
"At IL IN. the legislature was
prorogued aud We repaired TO the palacc
10 meet thu queen. she then anu there
TOLD Us 10 sign the Document purport.
ing to bs the now constitution. We told
her plainly We would not sccede to
her request, and advised .her u
abandon tue idea. Sue wa, very re-.
solved ut hrst, but afterwards yielded
and gave II up. she came out anu de-
clateu Ol emily u tho Hawaiian people
that che could not give them IA new
constitution, ana told them to endure
lnrIT grievances. The crowd dispersed
aud On the next day thr leaders OF the
reform parry met US ami made u propo.
slliOn 10 W, VIA that owing 70 Ia,
queen'H Revolutionary actions In want.
lug 20 prOmulg 1te a new constitution,
We should utpIse nef anu declare u
provisional government Our reply was
mat we would give them an answer
later on.
elm the meantime We, tho cabinet,
summoned six Of the most responsible,
anti CONSERVATIVE business mo, OF thu
city; also thu diplomatic corps. They
nil INST US excepting j. IS. Stevens, tn,
American envoy aud minister ploni.
polentiaIy 10 TINS country. We dis.
cussod the question, anu agreed that
the queen was ut first ill-auvised, but
as she had abandoned tue project we
should not depuse hof anu declare a
provisional government.
ave notified the leaders OF this de-
iunct and malcOniente1 pnrty that WI
would not agree TO the proposition. Al
the same time we Issued n pT0olama.
tiuu and scattered IL all over Town and
delivered IL TO the diplomatic corp,
that lbe queen had abandoned the ideu
and asking one aud all to accept ths
assurances given In tue proclamation
by the queen aud the cabinet. Thu
party Was not satisfied with this but
they, with the Us istance OF the Amer
lean minister and tho United alates
steamer Boston, enlisted u number o
men to the extent OF 200 and aided by
the American troops took possession
and declared by proclamation u pro
visional government contrary 10 tn,
constitution now IN force anu contrafy )
10 the rights OF l0O, 900 people, the pop
ulati0n of this country.
"The o. blnet notified the American
minister Of what hud happened and
asked him 10 assist the duly authorized
government to suppress this revolt
and II he did not want TO do that theI
10 remove the United states troDps or
board the Boston and we, tho govern
ment, could do Il on selves. Whef
we told MIN we hal zoo non unde
arms and were equal TO tho situation
his,reply was that he achno lodged tn,
provisional government and woulI