The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-28


day. and / should be glad % have the
Senator from Alabama explain l-
again tll the satisfaction OF --e SEN
axe. ! confess that have always felt
.-. b.. was not right 20 insert BE-. be-
cause 60 t--.ly=s her OF the 1ppO-suli-
.. I'D -l ullt I think she has a right
I'D a., ll she has amy interest il the
l--.. a-. .lEt il 40 ind lI- VIVA. g. is
.-s.a-l the courts " Che ,0lu,Iy
L- pe..Lrew. L-. Pre-..-... In
january. 1888. there was friendly gov
eminent existing iu the Hawaiian ISL
ENDS. having treaty relations with the
United States and maintaining itself.
lle-e-sllE order. life. and property.
About t...t tme thirteen men, some OF
whom were lltlza- rs III Hawaii son
OF them citizens OF the United States.
and some subjects OK Germany. met ia
an Office iu Honolulu and c0us8.reI to-
-e-ler 90 overthrow thai existing
friendly government. They sent one
OF their number 20 the United States
Minister and told him what their B.aus
and purposes were and made an ar
r8ugeueut with aim uy which the ma
Iiles OF the United States on the war
ship Boston iu the harb0r OF Honolulu
were % land and pru,ec. those c1usp.l-
a-0-s and help 20 overthrow this friend
is government. The marines did land.
These men addressed a letter 10 our
Minister. asking him to- land the ma
rines and troops 10 protect life and
property. and they fixed the hour al 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
After they had made the request for
the landing OF the troops and he had
arranged for their landing. then these
thirteen men sent one OF their number
TO our Minister asking him 10 defer the
landing until the next day. II there
was danger 70 life and property. why
did they want To defer the landing I'M
iii the next day There was no dan
ger TO life and property. Life and
property were being protected. and
there were peace and quiet and safety.
but the troops were to be landed in or
dr. 20 enable these men 10 overthrow a
friendly government.
The Minister had already ordered the
landing OF the troops. and so while
their emissary was az the Office OF our
Minister the troops landed from the
vessel, a hundred and eighty OF them
and they marched not TO any point in
the city where they could protect life
]
COnsuls Office or the resident Minis
ter's Office, but TO Arion Hail, a little
| building seventy-five yards from the
Government building. Why did they
march TO that point? Simply because
/ our Minister had agreed that IL they
would 90 and get possession OF IN,
/ Government building and read theil
/ proclamation declaring the government
overthrow, he would recognize them
| The next day these thirteen mel
| marched up TO the Government build
/ ing in two squads, so as not to attrac
| attention, up two different streets, anC
i having come 10 the Government build
/ ing. where there was no armed force
| no revOlutiOnists, nobody but the JAM
| tor and the clerk inside, they prOceede,
| to read their proclamation declaring
! the government of Queen LiiiuJkalan
! overthrow. The marines in the mean
| time had been drawn up in line will
| their Calling gun within 75 yards.
] The Senator from Illinois Mr.. Cul
| lOml said the Queen abdicated; tina
| she surrendered her government. VIVA
are the facts? Immediately upon read
| ing this proclamation, without an,
armed force to protect them excep
the marines OF the United States, the.
| went to the American Minister and Sc
| cured a recognition OF the government
OF the thirteen men, sustained by moth
| ing unless II was the marines of tn
| United States. The marines had as
sumed a threatening attitude. Tn
committee also sent an emissary-Mr
DamOn-to the Queen. Here is wha
she said. Here is her letter upon thi
subject:
Il, Iiliuokalani, by the grace OF Go,
and under the Constitution OF the Ha
waiian kingdom, Queen, do hereby sol
EMMY protest against any and all act
done against myself and the cOnstitu
/ tiOnal government of the Hawaiian
| kingdom by certain persons claiming
to have established a provisional gov
eminent of and for this kingdom.
That | yield TO the superior fore
of the United States OF America, who's
Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excellen
cy John l.. Stevens, has caused Unite
States troops TO be landed at HOnOlu
la and declared that he would supper
the said provisional government.
Now, TO avoid any collision Of arm
ed forces and perhaps the loss of life
do, under this protest and impelle
by said force, yield my authority INT
| ouCu Time dS the government OF IN
United States snail, upon the facts be
ing presented to it, undo the action {
its representatives and reinstate me /
the authority which I claim as the cor
SJitutional sovereign OF the Hawaiia
i Islands.
N Done at Honolulu this 18th day {
. January, a. ID. 1893"
Mr.. President, we had landed Is
: armed men with Calling guns. o.
b Minister had said that he would SUI
tain this provisional government {
: thirteen men backed by no force az al
. and the Queen, the Senator from III
nois says, surrendered her govern
ment.
E Mr.. Lindsay. He says voluntarily
/ Mr.. Pettigrew. She says she surrel
+ dered II 20 the superior force Of Il
Z United States until the United Stat,
could pass upon the question and Z
{ justice.
s Now what induced her TO do this
= These men, shrewd and capable me
?, who owned the sugar plantations, hs
n gone and Dersuaded her that the Irni