Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-12-11

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newspaper.
Something like three months
ago the announcement appeared
that Wetmore had been married
to Miss Bessie Boston. we'll
known newspaper writer of this
city, and that the newly married
couple had sailed for Honolulu.
Mrs. Wetmore, nee Boston,
came back with her husband on
the Australia the other day and
left on the afternoon for Srnta
Cruz, where her mother lived,
Wetmore remaining in this city.
This brings Wetmore con-
nection with the islands up to
the inception of the revolutionary
project, which resulted in his
hurried lesvetakingo of the tropics.
On his arrival in Honolulu
Wetmore established himselfand
wife In one of the cottages adj
jacent to the Royal Hawaiian
Hotel, and SON afterward was
engaged as city editor of the
Morning .tdrertise~-the news
paper which of all others in the
islands is the staunch supporter
of the new order of things. and
tie ayowed enemy of the ex-
Queen and the Royalist malcon-
tents.
1t was while the honeymoon
/ beneath the palms OF Honolulu
was still in progress that Wet
ID ore, who has much of the spirit
of the adyenturer, began to per-
feet plans to put an end to the
young republic, bring back the
merry days of the hulahula and
restore the state of affairs which
made the rule of Kalakaua so
popular with the Ashfords, the
Neumanns and the whole lot of
foreign adventures whose names
have been identified with the
long chapter Of royal misrule,
against which the revolution was
protest.
The elements for a conspiracy
are always ripe in Honolulu and
all that is ever needed to set the
plotters to work is a leader.
Such a leader Wetmore proposed
to be, and he assayed the role
with such success that, before
. many weeks had passed, he had
the names of $50 men enrolled in
the new revolutionary society of
which he was the head. The re-
public Furnishes treason very
severely, and, knowing this. the
conspirators used every pre-
caution to keep their plans pro
found secret. So successfully
had the plans been matnred that
the date for the uprising had
been set and each member of the
conspiracy had been assigned
bis part in the little surprise
party which was preparing for
the heads of the Republic. The
word was passed around that the
uprising was to take place imme-
dlately after the sailing of the Aus
tralia, and it was thought that,
as there is now no American war
vessel in port, little if any diff
Guilty would be experienced III
accomplishing II revolution.
Wetmore was in high feather.
He saw the realization of his
dream of power almost at hand
when suddenly the bubble burst.
On the morning of the sailing
of the Australia Wetmore receiv-
ed an invitation to call at the
office t Attorney General W. Q.
Smith. He went, and, on being
taken into the private office, learn
ed to his CONSERVATION that the
plan in all It's details Was known
to the Government. As soon as
Wetmore had recovered from his
astonishment at finding h mself
in the power of the Government,
he asked the name of the person
who had betrayed the plans of
the oonspirators. That inform
alton was, of course. refused him.
After directing Wetmore's atten-
ton to the punishment provided
for treason, Mr.. Smith informed
him that, if he wished to escape
his deserts, he could do SO by
leaving on the Australia at noon.
1t was his only alternative and
he took it. There was a hasty
trip to the Hotel. Trunks were
packed. and at noon the man
who had planned to be at the
head of Hawaiian aff. irs passed
over the bar and had hidden fare
well to Honolulu forever.
So quietly was the affair man
aged by the Government that
Wetmore's departure was not
known until the Australia was
far out at sea. For reasons of
public policy the Government
suppressed all news of the con-
spiracy, which had been nipped
In the bud. but as the names of
all of Wetmore's associates are
in the hands of the authorities,