The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-14


moment, she continued; These people
were the cause Of the revolution and Con-
stftution OF 1887. There will never be any
peace while they are here. They must be
sent out ,of the country or punished and
their property confiscated."
L then said: II have no further COM
municauon 10 make 20 you, and viii have
none until L hear from my government.
which VIII probably be three or four weeks
Ills TRUSTED FRIENDS.
Nothing was said for several minutes.
when asked her whether she was willing
to give me the names OF four Of her most
trusted friends, as 1 might, within day or
two. consider it my duty to hold a CONSUL
tation with them in her presence. She as
sented and gave these names: j. o. Carter.
John Richardson. Joseph Nawaahi and T.
G. MacFarland. / then inquired whether
she had any fears Of her safety at her pres
ent residence, Washington square" She
replied that she did have some fears; that
While she had trusty friends that guardeN
her house every night they were armed only
with clubs. and that men shabbily dressed
were often seen proving about the adjoining
premlses-a school house, with a large yard.
informed her that / was authorized By the
president to offer her protection, either ON
one OF our war ships or at the legation.
ana desired her to accept the offer at once.
She declined, saying she believed il was
pest Tor her at present 10 remain at Ter
any moment, night or day. this offer of
our government was open to her accept
ance. The interview thereupon, after some
personal remarks, was brought to a close.
Upon reflection / concluded not TO hold
any consultation at present with the
queens friends. as they have no official
position, and, furthermore, because
feared, If known TO so many, her declara-
tons might become public, to her great
detrment, If not danger, and to the inter-
ruption of the plans of our government.
Mr.. j. o. Carter is a brother of Mr.. II. A.
L. Carter. the former Hawaiian minister
to the United States and is conceded to
q q II hicrlo f1ar- ,eta into orrit,
intelligence. he IS about tifty-five years
old. He has had no public experience Mr.
MacFarland, like Mr.. Carter, is of white
parentage, is unmarried man, about
forty-tWo years old, and is engaged in the
commission business. John Richardson is
young man of about thrty-five years of
age. He is a cousin of Samuel Parker, the
half caste. who was a member of the
Queens Cabinet at the time of the last
revolution. He is a resident of Maui, being
designated In the directory of 1899 at
torney at law, stock raiser and proprietor
of the Bismarck livery stable" Richard
son is a half caste. Joseph Nawaahi
law. as he told me. in the
native courts, and has a moderate English
the Legislature, but displays verys little
knowledge of the structure and philosophy
of the government which he so long repre-
sented. He. is fifty-oAe years old. and is
Club" Upon being asked TO name three
81 the most prominent native leaders, he
Wilcox, and modestly added, II am
leader" John E. Bush is a man of con-
siderable ability, but his reputation is
very bad. r. w Wilcox is the notorious
half-breed who engineered the revolution Of
1889 OF all these men Carter and MacFar-
land are the only two to whom ministerial
bureaus could be safely intrusted.
In conversation with Samuel Parker and
also Joseph Nawaahi, IL plainly evil
dent that the Queens implied condemnation
of the Constitution of 1887 was fully in
dorsed by them. From these and other
facts which have been developed, L sat
isfied that there will be a concerted move
ment. in the event of restoration. for the
overthrow of that Constitution, which
would mean the overthrow of constitu-
tonal and limited government and the alb
solute dominion of the Queen.
The law referred 10 by the Queen is
Chapter s, Sec 8 Of the penal code, as fol-
lows: Whoever shall commit the crime
of treason shall suffer the punishment Of
death; and all his property shall be con-
fiscated to the government" There are,
under this law, no degrees of treason.
Plotting alone carries with it the death
sentence. l need hardly add in conclusion,
that the tension of feeling is so great that
the promptest action is necessary to pre-
vent disastrous consequences
/ send cipher telegram asking that Mr..
Blounts report be withheld for the pres
ent and / send with 1t a telegram not In
cipher, as follows: Views of first party
are extreme as to require further in
structions." ALBERT s. WILLIS.