The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-24

While they were there MIR. Wilcox l
worked as one Of the surveyors of the
engineers OF the Spring Valley Water
Works CO., while Mrs. Wilcox gave
lessons of French and Italian to young
ladies, making the couple I'm better cir
cumstances than I'm WilcoX's native
country.
But Wilcox is strongheaded to return
to Honolulu and overthrow what the
people of Hawaii called the bayonet-
ted Constitution and the reform gov
eminent" SO i'm 1889, Mrs. Wilcox and
their only beloved daughter, returned
to Italy in the midst of winter, while
Mr.. Wilcox returned to Honolulu as a
determined revolutionist.
In the morning of July 81 1889, Mr..
Wilcox led a body of native revolution
lists and succeeded i'm occupying the
ground of the Iolani Palace (now the
Executive Building) but the Kings SOL
diers failed to join him in the move
ment as it was understood before he
made the move. King Kalakaua
changed his mind during the night
through some ones advise, so he gave
a strict order to his bodyguard not to
join with Wilcox, but to hold the pal
ace and the barracks. AS Mr.. Wilcox
did not like to take the palace against
the Kings order that morning as he
thought then he would only become a
usurper of the Kings power. Mr.. Will
cox was leading this revolution as Ha-
waiian Garibaldi, and if he only decid-
ed to lead as a Hawaiian Napoleon
! Bonaparte, he would carried everything
everything before him. BY the evening
he became a prisoner and charged to
high treason by the government, but
| his countrymen as jurymen discharged
him as their Idol and Hero.
In 1890, he was elected to the Legisla-
ture from the district of Palama as
| leader of the National Reform Party"
| His party became the majority in the
House, the Thurston cabinet was voted
! out and King kalakaua once more in
power to appoint another cabinet of his
! own selection. But his selection was so
poor the natives were discontenteu, anu
in 1892, Mr. Wilcox was elected again
to the Legislature as leader of the Lib
/ eral Party" The King died in 1891, so
Princess Lydia Kamakaeha became
Queen Liliuokalani.
| In 1895, he led the Diamond Head
! revolution against the Oligarchy of
Dole. Although he had no hand in Or
| ganizing this movement, as a patriot
and who believes in Garibaldi, he Jump
ed into it and led tbs. hight for his coun-
try and his people and the Queen. At
| ter two weeks of revolution and trying
to get out of the country, he was be-
trayed by a low half-bred Hawaiian,
and he was court-marshalled and SEN
tence to death; but the u. S. Senate
and Representatives INTERVIEWED, and
| President Dole committed the sentence
to 80 years Imprisonment to hard labor
and ten thousand dollars. And in Jan
uary, 1896, he was given a conditional
pardon and became a free man once
more. And 1898, President Dole gave
him a full pardon, approved by the
Council of State.
While he was in the prison in 1895,
Pope Leone XIII, granted to his wife
an annulation of the marriage also the
Civil Court of Italy. The Italian Con-
sui and the Catholic Bishop at Homo
lulu, confirmed this news respectively
So Mr. Wilcox in 1896, marriage again
to Princess Theresa Owana Kaohele-
lani direct descendant of Keona
father of Kamehameha l. With this
matrimony Mr.. Wilcox has a son anG
a daughter living.
In 1900, Mr.. Wilcox is elected as the
first Delegate from the Territory OF
Hawaii to Congress also the Idol of the
native people of Hawaii.