The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-14

ly plotted for the overthrow OF the gov
eminent and finally made an arsenal In
which were discovered 40 rifles, TWO uyna-
mite bombs, pistols, swords and ammunition
i'm Uuantities suitable to the arms.
| Again, although the eX-queen has
made no claim for indemnity she secur-
ed a treaty in the constitutional clause
giving her n pension of $4,000 n year
and until she began to work for the over
throw of the government the salary which
she had received as queen continued to
be paid her by the provisional govern
ment; and until Princess hiulanl came 10
Washington 10 work for restoration she
also continued to receive her former al
lowances.
"The ex-queen has twice applied to the
government for protection against sup
norters of the government whom she fear
ed: one of the times being when she was
| in the act of negotiation with Mr. Willis
for her restoration and the other when
she was plotting for the overthrow of the
government.
"Upon both occasions police were detail
cd TO guard her from harm for as long
n period as she desired them. Her only re-
! Spouse to all this treatment has been the
beheading proposition made TO Mr.. Willis
and a continuous plotting TO overthrow
the government, eliminating In the IN
surrectiOn last month.
"In another direction the Hawaiian
government has shown unprecedented
moderation. In times of revolution, of eX-
citement and transition, all governments,
including that of the United States, have
assumed as an incident of sovereignty,
and as proper means of preserving the
peace, the right to exercise more or less
control over the press, and the right OF
public meeting. The provisional govern
! ,,,J ,bn hliaano IF Hawaii
have neither suppressed nor attempted to
control a single newspaper, and have not
prevented the holding of single public
meeting in Honolulu.
"The royalists have been allowed and
have repeatedly availed themselves of
the privileges to associate unmolested in
the public square in front of the executive
building at Honolulu and permitted to
pass such resolutions as they chose-con-
demnatory of the government; protesting
against annexation and declaring for re-
storation of the monarchy.
Zone of the serious features of the stu
alton in Hawaii is that number of the
leading insurrectiOnists are what might
be called professional revolutionists.
among the leaders, take for example,
Wilcox, the military leader in the last in
surrection. lie was educated at the eN-
pense of the government in Italy. lie re-
|
| 1883 entered into a conspiracy with LiliOu-
kalani and others to overthrow the king in
favor of the queen which conspiracy
nearly succeeded. He was not prosecuted
on condition that he would leave the coun-
try. In 1889 he returned and again con-
spired with LliOukalani to overthrow the
king. Eight were killed in the revolution.
Wilcox and all the natives were acquitted
by a native jury.
'"In 1891 Lilioukalani was again plot
ting with Wilcox to overthrow her brother,
when the latter relieved her of the neces-
sity of so doing by dying and leaving her
as his successor. In the spring of 1892 Viii
cox entered into a conspiracy with V. v.
Assford, another of those now under ar
rest, and others who are now rampant
rOyalists, to overthrow Lilioukalani and
establish republic and seek annexation
to the United States. They were caught
red handed
Ashford fled the country. Wilcox was
committed for trial but the government
nolle prosecuted the case. Since then
Wilcox has, in turn, been q bitter oppo-
nent and vllifier of the queen, supported
her in the attempt to abrUgate tne con-
stitution in 1898, joined the annexation
lists, becoming vice president OF one OF
the annexation clubs, and now hobs m
once more as patriotic defender of
royalty.
''This is n fair sample of the material
Of which the leaders and organizers OF
the late instruction are composed Most
of them are foreigners. They are OF the
class and character which furnished the
Communists in Paris and the Anarchists
of the Chicago riots.
"What is the government of Hawaii
to do? Is the government to cOndone
every alfrOnt that can be committed
against a government, and upon captur-
ing insurrectiOnists in the act of shoot
ing down its citizens allow them 10 again
= go free to repeat the operation at the
first convenient opportunity?
: IF | recolect correctly the authori-
ties at Chicago condemned and executed
not only the men who threw the bombs
mt the police, but those who, by writing in
the press and by public speeches, had in
l cited the violence.
, "rhe whole civilized world applauded
their action. The Hawaiian govern
: ment and the people at Honolulu are to
day in a position of far greater danger
than ever was the government at Chicago
Amid hostile environment, amid opposi
ton. treachery and revolution at home
) and the depressing effects of continuous
ly hostile influence from abroad, Presi
dent Dole and his associates are, to the
! best of their limited powers, and with
all the wisdom of which God has en-
r dowed them, maintained their outer
, breastworks of civilization in the Paclhc
with Il reserve consisting of handful
of men-the merchants, doctors, lawyers
bankers, clerks, school teachers and me
chanics-who Loyalty and fearlessly close
their places of business when the occa
! sion requres-and it requires only toe
. often-leave their families, take theil
! rifles and go out to protect Their com
\ munity from the freebooters of Hawaii
A who alternately masquerade as rOyalist'
4 and advocates of the republic as the oc
+ cas'on suits.
t ",rhe problem that has been fored upol
;; President Dole, and which he and hi
h advisers are now forced, unaided and II
;. the presence Of hostile influence, to solve
Il is one which would prove a task I
: greater men. The problem is not how t
Z achieve revenge. 1t is how to proven
c Hawaii from gravitating into the cata
y loguc of chronic revolution. How tn
republic will solve the problem l do no
/ know. The gospel of forgiveness an
$ forbearance has been pracuced withou
= apparently successful result. Whateve
@ measures are taken. the white men, WI
e organized the late insurrectIons, ful
II nished the arms therefor, but had tn
adroitness to keep out of sight when ther
L was fighting to be done, will be held t
an equal degree of responsibility wit
~ thpir native cOmnonions, who had