The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-14
REPLY TO QUEEN LII.
Officials Say She Had No Throne
to Abdicate.
STILL LIABLE FOR REBELLING.
Minister willis said to Have Objected tc
the Trial Of the Conspirators by military
Oourt-Damaging Papers Found In ths
Late Queens Palace.

san FRANCIsco, Feb. 7.-Additiouai
hdvices from Honolulu concerning the
abdicatlon Of Queen Liliuokalani state
shat the government has made reply
20 her letter. 1t is signed by Attorney
General Smith, and reads as follows;
"MADAME-The document executed by
You purporting to contain your abdica
tion and remuneration Of all the sover
eign rights heretofore claimed by you
has been delivered in your behalf to the
president As YOU were under arrest at
the time this instrument was signed, II
is desired before accepting and placing
the same on Gle to make clear to you,
Mrs. Liliuokalani Dominis, in order
that no misunderstanding may here.
after arise, the views of the government
in the matter:
"First-The execution Of this docu.
ment cannot be taken to exempt you in
the slightest degree from personal and in.
dividual liability for such completely as
due investigation and trial may show
that you had in the late conspiracy
against the government and the conse.
quent loss of life, which position is rec
ognized by you in your letter.
"SeCOnd-It cannot be conceded that
such rights and claims as you volun.
tary relinquish have had any legal ex.
istence since Jan pa 1898, when by
your public announcement that you ne
longer considered yourself bound by the
fundamental law of the land under
which you took office, and by which
your acts in attempting by the mere eX.
ercise of your own will to establish q
new system of government contract eX.
listing between you and the people was
dissolved and all sovereign rights here.
totOre vested in you We're lost. The
statement by the members of your then
cabinet that they could not control your
proposed action and their appeal to the
citizens of Honolulu for assistance was
the next step which led to a resumption
by the people Of the right of govern.
ment.
"Third-So far as your communication
may be taken as notice to the disaf
fected that 1t is your desire that the
republic shall be recognized by them as
the sole and lawful government of the
country it is fully appreciated, In this
connection your selfish appeal for elem.
ency for those who took part in the late
insurrection viii receive full Uonsidera
tion, by order OF the executive council
1t is learned from trustworthy sources
that United States Minister Willis has
made objection, both written and verbal
70 the powers of the military court,
which is trying the rebel COnspiratOrs
He seems 10 take the same views AZ
Paul Neumann, council for the prison.
ers, that otfenses committed previous tC
the date on which martial law was pro.
claimed should be tried before civil
court and jury. The text of his object.
tion cannot be obtained at this time, but
1t is understood to be Of nature TO
cause the government more uneasiness
than anything that has taken place
since the beginning Of the rebellion.
The queens abdication was not un.
expected, In many quarters it is looked
upon as ruse to secure ClemenCy when
shu appears before the military court,
now sitting. II is not generally Cousid.
cred that she is sincere in making the
.protestation. In the last advices printed
In these dispatches, the story Of her ar.
rest and being placed under guard,
where she still is, were told. Also the
finding Of arms, ammunition and dyna.
mite bombs was recorded
Since then the premises have been
searched again and number Of dam.
aging papers were found. They showed
that ex.Queen Liliuokalani was certain
OF restoration as she even went so far
as to have new cabinet made out. 1t
was to be composed as follows:
Robert K. Wilcox, minister Of foreign
affairs Samuel Nowlein, minister of the
interior: Charles T. Gulick, minister Of
finance, and c. W. Ashford, attorney
general As associate justices she
named Antoine Rosa and V. V. Ashford.
w H Rickard was TO be marshal
Governors for the different islands were
selected A new constitution was pre-.
pared by Charles T. Gulick. In fact.
everything was in readiness for the res.
toratiOh
Arrests for treason and conspiracy
have been numerous. In all there are
about 800 men under lock and key