The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-11
Wilcox's Ita'ia Wife and Child.

before him. By the evening he became
prisoner and was charged with high
treason by the Government, but his
countrymen, as jurymen, discharged him
for the reason that the King was fac
tor in it. From. that day his country
men looked upon him as their idol and
their hero.
In 1890 he was elected to the Legisia-
ture from Honolulu as one of the repre-
sentatives of the Reform party His par
ty became the majority in the House,
the Thurston Cabinet was voted CUT and
King Kaakaua was once more in power
to appoint Cabinet of his own selec-
ton. But this selection was not the
choice of the people, consequently there
was discomfort; the King was also dis
appointed so in 1891 he went to- San
Francisco and died there broken-hearted.
His sister Princess Lydia Kamakaeha
became Queen Liliuokalani In 1892 Mr..
Wilcox was again elected to the Legisla-
ture as leader of the Liberal party
! This Legislature stubborned
against any Cabinet of the Queens will
unless they We're consulted about the Sc
lection of it's members. So in January
1893, the Queen prorogued the Legisla-
ture and attempted to proclaim a new
. constitution to satisfy the long demand
of her people, but her Cabinet betrayed
her in every way and thus facilitated
her reinforcement, a movement partly
accomplished Dy the Ifedcnery Oh ner
own Cabinet and partly by the undue
influence of the United States high Off
Gals and the demonstrations of the
marines of the u. S. S. Boston.
AT first Mr.. Wilcox did not know what
to do, as he knew the United States
had a hand in the overthrow of queen
Liliuokalani. But as soon as Commits
sioner j. Blount came and lowered the
American flag, Mr.. wilcox saw that the
United States meant to do what was
right and just. He accordingly decided
to become a strong adherent to the
Queen and his countrymen. IN 1895 he
| led the Diamond Head Revolution
against the olgarchy of Dole Although
he had no hand in the organizing of the
movement yet like true patriot and a
| true Garibaldi, he jumped into it and
led the fight for. his country, his Queen
and his people. After two weeks of
revolution he was betrayed by half
bred Hawaiian, court-martialed and
sentenced to DEATH but the United
States Congress interviewed, for which
action Mr.. Wilcox feels grateful. So AIR.
Dole committed the sentence. to thirty
five years imprisonment at hard labor
and $4,000 fine. In January, 1896. he YVES
given a conditional pardon and in 1928
President Dole gave him a full pardon.
| While in prison in 1895 Pope Leo Mi
granted to his wife an annullatio1 of
/ the marriage; also the Civil Court of
\ italy. The Italian Consul and the
Catholic Bishop at Honolulu confirmed
this news respectively. So in 1896 Mr..
4 Wilcox was married again In 1899 Mr.
| Wilcox was delegated by his countrymen
| to Washington to obtain unrestricted
! franchise for his people in the framing
| of their Organic Law then before Con-
gress
| In this undertaking Mr.. Wilcox was
supported by Congress and went home
with honor. On November 6, 1900, Mr..
/ Wilcox was elected as the first Delegate
| of Hawaii to Congress and ON December
| ID, 1900, the oath of office was admins
tered. He is looked upon as THE First
to strike for Liberty and the First to
| represent his People
| Mr.. Wilcox's private secretary is Da-
yid Kalauokalani, Jr., an intelligent,
well-bred. well-mannered, good-natured
man. Mr.. Wilcox has just appointed
Joseph X Aea, of Honolulu, full
blooded, fine-looking Hawaiian, a cadet
at West Point