The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-09

view 20 my personal safety or "a q
precautionary measure. Ik would not
have received my sanction and can
assure the gentlemen Of this Commits
sion that had I known OF any such
intention would have dissuaded the
promoters from such . venture.n
Now I submit and agree with coun-
sci that this case should be decided
upon the evidence, and am willing
and most earnestly deslFous that it
should be decided upon that and
nothing else. wish 60 call attention
to certain other facts which are prac-
tically undisputed In this case, before
we come to the question oa the knowl-
edge Of the accused of the entire AFFAIR.
We find In the first place that the en-
tire uprising was in behalf Of the
accused. It was according 70 her YER
sion surprise party rendered 20 Her
Majesty by the residents of these IaI-
ands, q conspiracy far reaching, wide,
and extending over m0nthg, but with
q caution that was only equalled by
their love and affection. The whole
affair was hidden I'm q Christmas
stocking to be opened on the Christ
mas morning that was to inaugurate
the completion OF all that could be de-
sired. We draw more upon the fund
Of our credulity, and advance to that
are to follow the will-o-wisp OF inno-
cence which she has displayed before
this Commission and which this Com
mission, II 1t Is to follow, must follow
through swamp and marsh and you
may well put on top boots before
starting. Let us admit that in this
surprise, the one who waB TO be sur
prised and receive the benefit OF st all,
did not know anything aboutit We
have gone that Tar, and perhaps sone
foolish man may not be willing to ac-
cept that, but am willing
that we should start at that
that one of the four men who carried
out this conspiracy actively, earnestly
working night and day, was housed
under the roof of innocence, her conf
Dental servant and advisor, the man
who among those four was selected to
pass the word along throughout the
Island OF Oahu, as he himself admits
to every ybOdy, to get ready to do the
work when the time came to do It.
understand from this statement, made
upon the honor of . queen, that this
was going on when she was engaged
as indicated by her statement, taTo
prevent the shedding OF the blood Of
my people, natives and foreigners
alike, opposed armed interference,
andquietly Yielded to the armed forces
hEough against nay throne, and sub
u1itted to the arbitrament Of the Gov
ernment Of the United States the
decision of my rights and those Of the
Hawaiian people. Since then, as is
well known to all, have pursued the
path Of peace and diplomatic discus.
sion, and not that Of internal strife -
And while the mistress OF the house
was pursuing "the path OF peace and
diplomatic discussi0n,p - her head man,
her confidential advisor, the one close
to her, under her own roof, was pursu-
ing the path of peace with bucket
full Of bombs in his hand and q rub
bish pile full of rifles at his command,
all under the roof OF the accused. The
learned counsel has reminded this
Commission repeatedly Of its oath, IS IL
only the disregard Of your oaths stood
between the acquittal OF the accused.
Let US swallow that. It turns out
that while the accused was in pursuit
OF truth, some one, against her will
evidently, and against her wishes, had
smuggled this arsenal right into her
own grounds, and in different parts of
her yard, and that her household,
forty in number, that Thursday night
were armed to the teeth and surround
ing her In the pursuit OF peace and
that she knew nothing about 1t. Some
men in the bog suggested, might 60 In
over their heads at once, but urge
the Commission on, in order that no
injustice may be done, TO hunt out
some solid piece of ground In sight
and let US get on IL IL we can and
think of this individual with forty
men-the learned counsel says there
were only ninety engaged in the war;
we will take his say so for that-in-
side the acre lot occupied by the limo
cent accused, armed to the teeth that
night, five OF them within fifty fest OF
where she was in the habit Of going to
rest.
Upon the evidence it appears that
certainly not over 200 men were in the
field or prepared to go into the field,
and out Of those 200 men over 30 were
in the Queep's yard ready TO take
hand, according to their own evidence,
and SO out Of the probable 100 rifles
used were hidden on the premises as
were also most of the bombs, only o
few being elsewhere, and abundant
ammunition for the forty men and the
fifty rifles. The Queen Is made 10 say
in this statement that she had no in
formation from anyone in regard to
arms that were to be procured. That
is q matter to be submitted TO the
Commission upon all the evidence.
By the undisputed evidence it is
shown that commissions were drawn
by the direct order of the accused and
signed by her on or about the 28th Of
December, at an hour when the evil
dence shows the Waimanalo was out
for the arms, the schooner had been
sighted and the revolution was upon
their hands whether or no. It further
appears that within o few days Of that
time proclamation by her of martial
law, carrying with it all the signifi--
canoe that that document means, the
proclamation to loyal citizens 70 rally
to the support of the Government and
to the Preservation OF property and
her announcement that it pleased her
to appoint certain persons were In her
hands at Washington Place. Nov
the learned counsel would have as
understand, while admitting all we
allege in regard TO these auggestfve
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