The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-08

feeling against him that they had
against DR.. Judd; but for some reason
they did not reach there. So the night
passed. The following morning, the
18th, the sailors being still very violent
| in their threats, Mr.. Severance again
addressed them, but with no better
success than before.
By this time, seeing that something
decisive should be done, as the sailors
had had possession of the town for
F, twenty-feur hours, during which time
! as / have written, they had destroyed
property, threatened people, and al
most set the fleet on fire, / went to
! the Palace and told Kamehameha III
that | wished to resign my office as
marshal, as L was not allowed to take
any steps to put down the riot. He
refused to accept my resignation, say
ing at the same time. What. do you
propose to do?" / replied, If you will
not consent to my using the soldiers
in putting down this disturbance, then
send for the Governor (Kekuanaoa),
! and order him to hold meeting OF
the citizens at the Fort on the state
! Of affairs" The Governor, being called
in. thought it a good plan 20 hold such
a meeting, so | returned TO the Fort.
Upon his arrival, meeting of the for
eign citizens was held at IL o'clock,
many OF the captains and officers Of
the fleet being present. A military
, company was formed, with A. j. Nc
Duffee, as captain; and with H. Mac
farlane, A. B. Howe, r. A S. Wood
and Captain Hop, as lieutenants. AT
this stage of the proceedings the Gov
ernor was requested to proclaim mar
tial law; but some persons thought he
had no authority to do it. 1 then said,
I'VE will take the authority, and let
consequences take care or themselves:
and calling the Governor into my Of
flee, / told Captain Crabbe to draw
the order up, the Governor signed 1t,
and in an hour I had it printed and
posted all over town. Our arrange
ments being completed, the native
militia, the foreign company, captains
and officers from the fleet, left the
Fort and marched up town. The sail
ors, who by this time We're rather de-
moralized offered no resistance to the
show of force; only two of them show
ed any disposition to fight while the
force was marching along Hotel street,
but they We're soon cared for. The
result was that in a short time law
and order We're restored; some two
hundred of the rioters were locked up
in the Fort, and the remainder turned
over to their respective captains, who
took them eff to their ships. 1t was
o'clock when we left the Fort, and by
shutdown not a sailor was to be found
in the streets. The foreign military
company patrolled the town; all sailors
found were brought to the Fort, and
all with sixty days permits found out
of their lodging houses after dark were
arrested. The following day, the 18th,
an order was issued by the Governor,
to the effect that no seaman should
ha q an, Oh rIrrftl Ffrr4 n
tice, the guard of foreigners carrying
the order into effect. I was aware that
the District Attorney thought we had
no right to proclaim martial law or
to issue the foregoing order; but the
end would have justified the means,
even if the means themselves had kSen
less justifiable. 4
The day after this the Governor call
ed at the Fort. / said to him. IF L
had not been prevented from going out
with the soldiers, the station house
would not have been burned" yes,
he answered, but if you had, you
might have killed and wounded some
forty or fifty men; these we could not
restore to life. but the station house
we can build again. I thought, after
all, that perhaps he was right.
This order to keep the sailors aboard |
their ships was enforced for some
weeks. The company of foreigners
was called the Hawaiian Guards, and
another company called the Hawaiian
was also formed at this time;
both organizations were carried on for
some years, and perhaps the former .
might be considered the ancestor OF the ,
present organization, the Honolulu /
Rifles.
At the trial of those sailors who took
active part in this riot, there were SIX
out of the number convicted who had
had smallpox, and in the great cpl
demic OF the following year on this
Island. they did work for which no
money could compensate them.