Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-11
TRURS1OA TALKS ON HAWAII
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lie Thinks Dole Has Been Very
Lenient.
WHAT TIE ooNsP1RAToRs DID.
How the Patriots Net Them and Main
tanned Order
TIE ooNsPIRAToRs DID.
The warimoo Reaches san Francisco
Having ON Hoard Three OF the
Rebels Who Were Danishcd From
Honolulu.

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Washington, Feb. lo.-Lorin NJ.
Thurston. the Hawaiian minister. be-
ing asked whether he had any informa-
ton concerning the alleged sentencing
TO death OF some OF the leaders in
the late Hawaiian instruction. and
whether. in his opinion, such sentences.
If given. would be carried out. made
the following statement: Il have re-
ceiyed no direct communication con-
corning the sentences, nor 10 | know
precisely what action Will be taken
but from my intimate acquaintance
with all of the Hawaiian authorities.
ana their characteristics and methods.
can state positively that all trials
will be open and fair; that the accused
will be allowed the assistance or coun-
sci OF their choosing who Will be al
lowed the fullest right of cross-eNami-
nation ana Of deftnse; that there will
be no convictions which are not based
upon the clearest evidence.
III there is any particular policy in
which the Hawaiian government has
erred in the past two years, Il Is IN
having been TOO lenient in dealing
with those who sehemed to overthrow
II. first by strategic diplomacy and
then by force.
Prom its inception the government
has exhibited u lenlency towards it's
enemies that is unparalleled in his
tory. This extreme leniency has been a
feature OF the administration OF Pres
ident Dole which has caused criticism
from many OF his strongest supporters,
81 Will state u few facts In substan-
tiatlon OF what l say. The penalty
for treason from the foundation to the
overthrow of the monarchy was death
and conhscation of all property.
ION tho goth OF January, 1898 three
days after Its creation, the. provisional
government passed an act providing
an alternative penalty for treason OF
fine and imprisonment and otherwise
mitigating the harahness OF the former
law.
Was there ever before known gov
eminent, scarce seated In power, IN
the midst OF enemies, involved In all
THE muldtudinous details attendant
upon reconstruction of the entire
system of government, deNotinB lts
first movements to mitigating the PEN
allies which might have been visited
upon Its enemies II they undertook 20
overthrow 1t?
And. although the revolution OF 1898
was caused by the attempt of the
queen to abrogata the constitution and
dlsfranchlse nearly every person con-
nected with the new government, she
has since been treated with the ut
most consideration by the government
She has been allowed TO occupy her
comfortable residence in Honolulu With
In block OF the executive building,
IN peace and without molestntion, all
though size has INCREASINGLY publicly
and privately plotted therein Tor :he
overthrow OF the government. and
finally made an arsenal ia which were
discovered forty rifles, two dynamite
bombs, pistols swords and Rmmuni-
ton In quantities suitable to the aiIIn.
Again, although the eX-quo2n has no
claim for indemnity. she secured a
treaty in the constitutional clause, giv-
ing her pension of $4,000 year, and
until she began to work for the over
throw OF the government the salSry
which she had received as queen con-
tlnued TO be paid her by the provisional
government, and until Princess Kiu-
lani came to Warrington to work for
the restoration she also continued to
receive hcr former allowances.
1.-THE ex-queen has twice applied to
| the government for protection against
4 the supporters of the government
| whom she feared, one of the times be-
ing when she was in the act ~ neBo-
tiatlng with Mir. Willis for her re-
storatlon and the other whom sns was
/ plotting for the overthrow Of the gov
/ ernment.
| Upon both occasions police were de-
| tailed to guard her from harm FOR as
| long a period as she desired them. Her
| only response to all this treatment
/ has been the behendinB pr)p1sitlon
| made TO Mr.. Willis and a continuous
! plotting to overthrow the government
eliminating in the instruction last
| month.
an another direction the Hawaiian
| government has shown Unprecedented
moderation, In times OF revolution, OF
excitement and transition, all govern.
ments, including that OF the United
| States, have assumed as an incident OF
sovereignty and as proper means Of
preserving the peace, the right to ex'
ercise more or less control over the
press and the right of public meet
ing, The provisional government ant
the republic OF Hawaii have neither
suppressed nor attempted to control .
single newspaper, and have not pre-
vented the holding Of a single public
meeting in Honolulu.
"The royalists have been allowed ant
have repcatedly nyailed themselves O
the privilege 10 associate unmoleated II
the public square 10 front OF tho eSecu
tive building in Honolulu and permitte,
to pass resolutions as they chose-con
deninntory OF the government, protest
ing against annexation and deolarinI
IN favor OF restoration OF the mon
archy.
zone OF the serious features of th'
situation In Hawaii IL that n number
OF the leading insurrectionists are wha
might be called professional reyolu
tionistR.'
"Among the leaders. take, for In
stance. Wilcox. the military leader II
| the last lnsurrection. He was eduoatot
AT the expense Of the government n
| italy. He returned from that country
IN 1851 and In 1888 entered into con
apiracy with Liiuokalani and others &c
overthrow the king In favor OF the
queen which conspiracy nearly sue
ceeded He was not prosecuted on con
dition that he would leave the country
In 1889 he returned and again conspired
With I.iluokalani 10 overthrow the King
Eight were killed In the revolution,
Wilcox and about 500 others were cap.
tured. One white man WAS convicted o.
treason by a jury of foreigners and
sentenced 10 DEATH which sentence wa,