The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-02-08
EX-QUEBN'S TRIAL.
Mrs. Domiois Completes Her
Evidence and Makes
q Statement.
She Appeals 10 lhs Ciyiliz'd World
and IOVOkes PtaCa and
Prosperity
She Appeals 10 lhe CiViliz,d World
EIGHTEENTH DAY.
Afternoon Session.


Afternoon Session.
The objection was sustained. The
Judge Advocate must confine him
self to the evidence brought out in
the direct examination.
Continuing-Do not know who
has charge OF the premises when
Nowlein is absent; do not know
whether he was gone from the place
on that Sunday night; think that
Charles Clark takes charge Of prem
Uses when Nowlein is away; do not
know whether Clark had charge on
Thursday or Sunday night; don't
know whether it transgressed rules
il Clark came into the house at 8 p
m. and told ne that Governmentsol-
diers were on the streets; from the
tame OF the overthrow OF the govern
ment the Provisional Government
allowed me sixteen guards; later the
guards we're taken away, but the
people stayed there as retainers; the
arms were taken away; did not see
Clark between sunset and midnight
that Sunday; did not know he was
on the premises during that time.
The case for the defense closed
A statement by Mrs. Liliuokalani
Dominis was then fled. The state
ment was written in Hawaiian orr
ginally and was interpreted by W.
L. Wilcox.
Fx-Quoen's Statement.
In the year 1898, on the IA h dsy
of January, at the request of large
majority Of the Hawaiian people,
and by aud with the advice and con-
sent OF my cabinet, | proposed to
make certain changes in the Consti-
tuition OF the Hawaiian Kingdom,
which were suggested to me as be-
ing for the advantage and benefit of
the Kingdom and subjects and resi-
dents thereof. These proposed
changes did not deprive foreigners
OF any rights or privileges enjoyed
by them under the Constitution OF
1887, promulgated by King Kala-
kaua and his Cabinet, without the
consent of the people or ratified by
their votes
My Ministers at the last moment
changed their views and requested
me to defer all action in connection
with the Constitution, and / yielded
to their advice as bound to do by
the existing Constitution and laws.
A minority Of the foreign popula
ton made my action the pretext for
overthrowing the Monarchy, and,
aided by the United States naval
forces and representative establish
ed new government.
owed no allegiance to the Pro-
visional Government so established,
nor to any power or to any one save
the will OF my people and the well
fare OF my country.
The wishes of my people were not
consulted as to this change Of gov
eminent, and only those who were
in practical rebellion against the
Constitutional Government were al
lowed to vote upon the question
whether the Monarchy should exist
or not.
To prevent the shedding of the
blood of my people, natives and for
eigners alike, ! opposed armed inter
ference and quietly yielded to the
armed forces brought against my
throne, and submitted to the arbi-
trament of the Government OF the
United States the decision OF my
rights and those OF the Hawaiian
people. Since then, as is we'll known
to all, l have pursued the path OF
peace and diplomatic discussion,
and not that Of internal strife.
The United States having first in
terfered in the interest of those
founding the Government of 1893
upon the basis of revolution, con-
cluded to leave to the Hawaiian peo-
pie the selection of their own form
of Government.
This selection was anticipated and
prevented by the Provisional Gov
eminent, who, being possessed OF
the military and police power Of the
Kingdom, so cramped the electoral
privileges that no free expression OF
their will was permitted to the peo-
pie who were opposed to them.