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VOLUME LXXIII.-NO. 60.
HAWAII.
Hope Turns to
America.
Prompt Recognition by
the Powers.
ENGLAND IS SILENT.
Views of the Annexation
Commissioners.
WHAT WILL CONGRESS DO?
Action to Be Taken by San Francisco
Officials and Business
Men.
Fall particulars of the revolution In
Hawaii, which were published In The Call
cf yesterday, caused the greatest excitement
throughout tbe city, more particularly
among the business community.
The foreign residents had been smarting
ever since Queen Liliuokalani ascended the
throne from abuses which they bore with a
patience that was, in the circumstances,
remarkable.
Owing to frequent conspiracies capital
was paralyzed and business was practically
in a stagnant condition.
The excessive corruption of the last Leg
islature, coupled with the passage of the
lottery bill, which aroused a storm
cf indignant protest from the religious
element in the community, and the
ousting out of office of a Cabinet which
was universally acknowledged to be the
■ blest that Hawaii ever had, brought mat
ters to a turning point.
Possibly matters might have been per
mitted to go on for some time longer with
out drastic measures for reform being
adopted had it not been for the folly of the
ex-Queen.
She, knowing the temper of the foreign
residents, foolishly endeavored to force up
on the people a constitution which would
have concentrated the sole governing power
In her own hands and those of her native
advisers.
In other words, the steps she proposed
to take were precisely what caused the
revolution of 1887, when King Kalakaua
was compelled, to save his crown, to sign
I. A. Thurstln, Chairman.
a new constitution, which had been in
force up to the present crisis.
The citizens promptly took matters Into
their own hands, appointed a committee of
safety, and In two days Liliuokalani was
dethroned and a Provisional Government
in power without any serious disturbance.
Annexation to the United States was the
chief plank in the proclamation Issued by
the committee of safety and the Provisional
Government lost no time in dispatching
five able commissioners to lay their case be
fore the United States Government.
The commissioners are here on their way
to Washington, and simply state that their
Instructions are to get the consent of our
Government to annex the islands, and de
tails can be discussed afterward.
The commissioners will start from here
on their Journey to Washington this after
noon snd tbey are hopeful that their mis
sion will be crowned with success.
Business men in this city are fully alive
to the Importance of the situation and
meetings will be held early next week to
give expression to tbeir views on tbe ques
tion of annexation.
THE REVOLT.
Report of the Committee of Safety and
Resolution.
The causes which led up to the revolu
tion are contained in detail In the following
report of the committee of safety and res
olution submitted on Monday, tbe 16th, to a
sisss-mceting of the citizens of Honolulu:
On the morning of last Saturday, the 14th
Inst., the city »-« started by the information
that her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani had an
nounced her Intention to aib'.trarily promulgate
anew constitution, and that three or the newly
appointed Cabinet Ministers bad resigned or
were about to. I; consequence thereof.
Immediately after Use prorogation of the Leg-
Islature at noon the Queen, accompanied by her
orders by the Cabinet, retired to the palace.
The eat military force of the Goverment was
drawn up in line la front of the building and
remained ere until dark, and a crowd of sev
eral hutjdird native sympathizers -Allh the new
constitution project gathered in the thronerootn
and about the palace. The Queen then tented
wilt the Cabinet; Infotn.ed them that she had a
new constitution ready; that she Intruded to
promulgate it and prouosed to do so then and
there, and demanded that they countersign her
signature
Sue turned a deaf ear to their statements and
protests that the proposed action would Inevita
bly c-w-e the streets of Honolulu loiu'i red
with biood.aud threatened that unless they com
piled with her demand she would hetself imme
diately go out upon the slept and announce to
The Morning Call.
the assembled crowd that the reason she did not
give iheui the new constitution was because the
Mlnisteis would not lit her. Three of the Minis
ters, fearing mob violence, immediately withdrew
and returned to the Government building. They
were Immediately summoned bac* to the palace,
but refused on the ground that there was no
guarantee of their personal safety.
The ouly forces under the control of the Gov
ernment are the Household Guards and the
police. The former are nominally under the con
trol of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and actu
ally under the control of their Immediate com
mander, Major Nowleln, a personal adherent of
the Queen.
The police are under the control of Marshal
Wilson, tiie open and avowed royal favorite. Al
though the Marshal is nominally under the con
trol of the Attorney-General, tier Majesty re
cently announced in a public speech that she
would uot allow him to be removed. Although
tie Marshal now slates that be Is opposed to the
Queen's proposition, be {also states that If the
final issue arises between the Queen and the
Cabinet and the people he will support the
Queen.
The Cabinet was absolut ely powerless and ap
pealed to the citizens for support.
Later they reluctantly returned to the palace,
by request of ttis Queen, and for neatly two
hours she endeavored to force the in to acquiesce
Id her desire, and upon their final refusal an
nounced In a public speech In the tnroiierooni
ana again from ihe upper gallery of the palace
that she desired to Issue the constitution but
was prevented from doing so by her Ministers,
aud would issue It in a few days.
The citizens responded to the appeal of the
TT. C. Wilder.
Cabinet to resist the revolutionary attempt of
the Queen by gathering at the office ot William
O. Smith.
Late In the afternoon It was felt that bloodshed
and lot were Imminent; that the community
could expect no protection horn the legal au
thor I lies; that on the contrary they would un
doubt' be made the Instalments of royal
aggression- an Impromptu meeting of citizens
was held, which was attended by the Attorney-
General. and which was addressed union*- olheis
by the Minister of the Interior, J. F. Colbum,
who stated to the meeting substantially the fore
going facts.
The meeting unanimously passed a resolution
that the public 'ate required ihe appointment
of a committee of public safety of tntrteeo 10
consider the 'situation and devise ways and
means for the maintenance of the public peace
and ihe protection of life aud property.
Such committee was forthwith appoluted and
has followed its Instructions.
The first step which the committee con-Id rs
necessaty Is to secute openly, publicly and
peaceably, through ihe medium of a in isi meet
ing of citizens, a condemns ion of the proceed*
lugs of the **""'>' of revolution and disorder, and
a confirmation from audi larger meeting of the
authority now vested Is the committee.
For such purpose the committee hereby recom
mends the adoption of the following resolution:
1. Whereas, tier Majesty Liliuokalani, acting
In conjunction with ceitaiu other persons, has
Illegally and unconstitutionally and against the
advice and consent of the lawful executive
officers of tbe Government, attempted to abro
gate the existing constitution aid proclaim a
new cue In subversion of the rights < f ihe people;
2. And whereas, such attempt lias been ac
companied by thieats of violence and bloodshed
sod a display of aimed force, sad such attempt
snd act and thieats aie revolutionary and tteas
onable in character;
3. And whereas, her Majesty's Cabinet has in
formed her that such contemplated action as
unlawful and would lead to bloodshed snd riot,
snd has implored and demanded of her to desist
from and renounce such proposed action;
A. And whereas, such advice has teen In
vain, and her Majesty has In a public speech
announced that she was desirous and ready to
promulgate such constitution, the -an being
now ready for such purpose, eon that the only
reason Why It was not new promulgated was
because she had met with unexj-ccted obstacles
and that a fitting opportunity in the unite
must be awaited for the consummation of such
abject, which would be within a few days;
6. and whereas, at a public meeting of cit
izens held in Honolulu oa the 14th day of Jan
aaiy Instant a committee of thirteen, to be
known as the "Committee of I'ubllc Safety,"
was appointed to consider the situation and de
vise ways and mean* for the maintenance of the
public peace and safety aud the pieservatlou of
life and property;
6. Ami whereas, such committee has recom
mended the calling of this mass-meeting of citi
zens to piolest against and condemn such action
and has this day presented a report to such
meeting denouncing the action of the Queen and
her supporters as being unlawful, unwarranted,
to derogation of the lights of the people, en
dangering the peace cf the community and tend
ing to excite i lot and cause the loss of life and
destruction of property.
.Now therefore, we, the citizens of Honolulu of
all nationalities snd regardless of political party
affiliation*, do hereby condemn and denounce
the action of the Queen and her supporters;
And we do hereby ratify ihe appointment and
Indorse the action taken and report mad ■ by said
committee of safety, and we do hereby further
ewer such committee to further consider the
situation and futiber devise such ways aud
means as may be necessity to secure the per
manent maintenance of law and Older aud Hie
protection of life, liberty and property in Hawaii.
This resolution « as passed without a dis
senting voice and amid tremendous cheers.
On the following day, the 17th, there was
issued by the committee of safety the fol
lowing proclamation, which is given in full :
In lis earlier history Hawaii possessed a con
stitutional Government hone-t.'y and economi
cally administered in the public -ies;.
The crown called to Its assl-tance as advisers
able, honest and conservative men whose Integ
rity was unquestioned eveu by their political op
ponents.
The stability el the Government was assured;
armed resistance and revolution unlhougbt of;
popular rights were • seted, and the privileges
of the subject from time to time increased and
the prerogatives of the sovereign diminished by
tbe voluntary acts ot the successive King*.
With very few exceptions this slate of affilrs
continued until the expiration of the first few
yeats of the reign of his la c. Majesty Kalakaua.
At ibis time a change was discernible In
the spirit animating the chief executive and in
the Influences sßrroaadlag the throne, a steadily
increasing disposition was mauife-ted on the
part of the King to extend the royal preroga
tlves; to favor adveuturers end persons of no
character or standing tv the community; to en
croach upon the rights and privilege* of the
people by steadily Increasing corruption or elec
tor", and by means of the power and lufiuence of
office- bolde<« and the corrupt means io illegiti
mately Intra nee the elections, resell lag in the
final absolute contiol of not only the executive
and leads! live but to a certain extent the
judicial departments of the Government la the
Interest of absolutism.
. This finally resulted In the revulsion of feeling
ana popular uprising of 1887, which wrested
from the King a large portion of his 111-gotten
powers, '
The leaders of this movement were not seek
ing persona! aggiatidizetuent, political power 01
the pies "ion of the native Government. If
(hi- Lad hen their object II could easily have
been accomplished, for ihey had the absolute
control of the situaiioiu'lE&BJ
Their object was to secure responsible Govern
ment thiough a representative Cabinet, sup
ported by ami responsible to the people's elected
representatives. A clause to this effect was in
setted in the constitution and subsequently
enacted by law by the Legislatures, specillcatiy
coveting the ground that in a 11 matters concern
ine th- state the sovereign was to act by and
with the advice of the Cabbie 1, aud only by Mud
with such advice.
lie King willingly agteed to such proposition,
exptessed regret for the past and volunteeied
promises the future.
Almost fiom the One of such agreement and
prorol«es up to tin time of his death the history
of the Government has been a contluual stiugKle
betweeu Hie King on the oue hand ..nd th- Cabi.
net and Legislature on the other, the foimer
constantly eudtavotlug ly evt-iy available form
SAX FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1893— SIXTEEN PAGES.
of influence and evasion to Ignore bis promises
and agieements and regain bis lost powers.
This conflict upon several occasions came to a
crisis/followed each time by submission on tbe
part of his Majesty, by renewed expressions of
egret aud promises to abide by the constitu
tional and legal restrictions In tbefutiue. In
each Instance such promise was kept until a fur
ther opportunity presented Itself, when the con
flict was renewed In defiance and regardless of
all previous pledges.
Upon the secession of her Majesty Liliuoka
lani. (or a brief period tie hope* prevailed that a
new policy would be adopted. This hope was
toon blasted by her Immediately entering into
conflict with the existing Cabinet, who held ofiice
with the approval of a laige majority of the Leg
islature, resulting In the triumph of the Queen
and the removal of the Cabinet. The appoint
ment of a new Cabinet subservient to her wishes
and their continuance lv office until a recent
date gave no opportunity for further Indication
of the policy which would be pursued by her
Majesty until the opening of the Legislature In
May of 1892.
The recent history of that session has shown a
stubborn determination on the part of her
Majesty 10 follow the tactics of her late brother,
ana to all possible ways to secure an extension
of the loyal prerogatives and an abridgment of
popular lights.
During the latter part of the session the Leels
lature was replete with corruption; bilbery and
other illegitimate Influences were openly utilized
to -ecure the desired end, resulting In the final
complete overthrow of opposition and the inaug
uration of a Cabinet arbitrarily selected by her
Majesty In complete defiance of constitutional
principles an.! popular repiesentatlon.
Notwithstanding audi result the defeated
party peacefully submitted to the situation.
Not content with her victory her Majesty pro
ceeded on the last d.iv of the session 10 arbitrar
ily arrogate to herself the right to promulgate a
new constitution, which proposed among other
things to disfranchise over one-fourth of the
voters and tie owners of nine-tenths of the
private property of the kingdom, to abolish the
elected niter bouse of the Legislature and to
substitute lii place theteof an appointive one to
be appointed by the sovereign.
The detailed history of this attentat and the
succeeding events In connection therewith Is
given In the report or the committee of public
safety to the citizens of Honolulu and the reso
lution adopted at the mass meeting held on the
16ih lust., the correctness of which report and
the propriety of which resolution Is hereby
specifically affirmed.
The constitutional evolution Indicated has
slowly and steadily though reluctantly and re
gretfully convinced an overwhelming majority
of the conservative and responsible members of
the community that independent, constitutional,
representative and responsible government,
able to protect itself fiom revolutionary upris
ings and royal accession. Is no longer possible
In Hawaii under the existing system of govern
ment.
live uprisings or conspiracies against the
Government have occurred within five years and
seven months. It Is firmly believed that the
culminating revolutionary attempt of last Satur
day will, unless radical measuies are taken,
wreck our already damaged credit abroad and
ptecipltate to final ruin our already overstrained
financial condition ; and the guarantees of pro
tection to life, liberty and property will steadily
decrease and the political situation rapidly
grow worse.
In Hits belief, and also In the firm belief that
the action hereby taken is and will be for the
best pergonal, political and property Interests of
every citizen of the land, we, citizens and resi
dents of the Hawaiian Islands, otganlzed and
ac-lug for the public safety aad the common
good, hereby proclaim .is follows:
1. The Hawaiian mouarcbial system of gov
ernment is hereby abrogated.
2. A Provisional Government for the control
and management of public affairs and the pro
tection of the public peace Is hetebv established,
to exist until terms of union with the United
States of America have been negotiated aud
agreed upon.
3. Such Provisional Government shall con
sis: of ati Executive Council of four members,
who aie hereby declared to be S. B. Dole, J. A.
Kin*;, I*. C. Jones, W. O. Smith, who - all ad
minister the executive depsitmeeti of the Gov
ernment, the first nam d acting as Picsldent
and chairman of such Council and administer
ing the Department of For Sign Affairs, and tbe
others seveially administering the Departments
of lot' i, Finance and Attorney-*. eucral, re
siectlvely, in ihe older In which enumerated, ac
cording lo existing Hawaiian law as far as may
he consistent wi;h this proclamation, and also
of an Advisory Council," which shall consist of
fourieen members, who a c hereby declared to
be: 8. M. Demos, A. Brown, L. A. Thurston, J. F.
.Morgan, J. Emmeiuth, 11. Waterhouse, J. A.
McCandless, K. D. Tenney. F. W. McCuesnev,
F. Wilhelm. W. B. Castle. W. G. A-hey. W. C.
Wilder, li. Bolie. Such Advisoiy council shall
also have genet al legislative auihoriiy.
Sucli Executive and Advisory Council shall,
acting jointly, have power to remove any mem
ber of either Council and to fill such or auy other
vacancy.
4. All officers under the existing Government
are hereby requested to continue to exercise
their functions and perform the duties of their
respective i Bees, with the exceptions of the fol
lowing-named persons:
Queeu Liliuokalani,
Charles B. Wusoji Hsrashal,
Samuel Parker, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
W. li Corn well. Minister of Finance,
John 1". Coibum, Minister of the Interior,
Arthur l'etetson, Attorney-General,
Who are heieby removed from office.
6. All Hawaiian laws and constitutional win
elides not Inconsistent herewith shall continue
in force until further order of the Executive and
Advisory councils. ____*&&
Immediately after the reading of the proc
lamation the Provisional Government and
Advisory Council jointly Issued the follow
ing orders:
[Order No. I.]
All persons favorable to the Provisional Gov
ernment of the Hawaiian Islands are hereby
requested to forthwith report to the Govero-
tr- it. Castle.
ment at the Government building and to furnish
the Government such arms and ammunition a*
they have In their possession or coutrol as soon
as possible In order that efficient and complete
protection of life and properly and the nubile
peace may immediately and effectually be put
lulo operation.
[Order No. 2.1
It Is hereby ordered and decreed that until
fuither oidered the writ of habeas corpus Is
hereby suspended, and martial law Is hereby de
clared to exist throughout the Island of Oahu.
THE QUEEN PROTESTS.
She Declares She Yields to the Power
of American Troops.
After issuing tts orders the Provisional
Government sent for the late Ministers and
demanded possession of the police station.
The Ministers returned to the palace aud
consulted with the Queen.
A compromise proposition was made and
reacted, when the following protest was
noted :
1, Liliuokalani. by the grace of God and under
the constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Qu'en, • i.. bbfOb* solemnly protest against any
and all acts oboe against 'my «elf and the Consti
tttftOMl Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom
by ten. pertoßt claiming to have established
a I'lovt-loiiai Government of and for this king
dom.
That I yield to the superior force of the United
Slates ■I Ameilca, whose Minister I'leuipoten
tlaiy, his Excellency Johu L. Steve,.*', h .s caused
United States troops lobe landed at Honolulu,
and declaied thai he would support the said
Fiovislonal Government.
Now to avoid any collision of armed forces,
and perhaps the loss of life, I do under this pro
lest und impelled by said force yield my author
ity until such time as the Government of lire
United States shall upon the facts being pre
sented to it undo the action ol its representative
and reinstate me In the authority which I claim
as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian
Islands.
Done at Honolulu, this 17th day of January,
A. V. 1893.
LI LI IOK A I. AM, It.
Samuel Parker,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
ft«. 11. CORN WELD,
Minister of Finance.
John F. CoLmitN.
Minister of ihe Interior.
A. I*. Peterson.
Attorney-General.
To 8. B. Dole Esq. and others composing the
Provisional Government of the Hawaiian
Islands.
The Queen and Cabinet then yielded un
conditionally and the police station was
turned over to the new Government. .
As soon as the Provisional Government
came in possession of the Government build
ings it sent notifications of tbe situation to
the representatives of the several foreign
powers in the city aud asked their recogni
tion.
The following answer was at once re
ceived from the United States Minister;
United States LEGATION. 1
Honolulu, H. [..Jan. 17, 1892. J
A Provisional Government having beeu duly
constituted iv place of the recent Government
of Queen Liliuokalani, and said Provisional Gov
ernment being iv full possession of the Govern
ment buildings, the archives and the treasury,
and In contiol of the capital of the Hawaiian
Islands, I hereby recognize said Provisional
Government as Hie de facto Government of the
Hawaiian Islands. John L. STEVENS.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten
tiary ot the United States.
Indorsements of a similar nature were
received on the 18th from the Consuls of
Chile, Denmark, Sweden. Germany, Spain,
UNCLE SAM CATCHES THE RIPE FRUIT.
Mexico, Belgium. Russia, Peru, The Neth
erlands. China and Italy.
On the morning of the 19th alike recog
nition was received from the representatives
of France and Portugal. The only power
not heard from was England.
THE QUEEN'S FUTILE RUSE.
She Issues a Notice Promising to Abide
by the Law.
Queen Liliuokalani on the morning of the
lGtb, appreciating the error of her rash
steps, Issued the following notice:
IV AUTHORITY.
Her Majesty's Mlnl«ters desire to express their
appreciation for the quiet and oider which ha*
prevailed lv this community since the events of
Saturday, and are atitlio ized to say Hi.it the po
sition taken by hei Majesty In regard to the
promulgation ot a new constitution was under
stress of be* native subjects.
Authority is given for the assurance that any
ebaag desired in the fundamental law of the
land will be sought only by methods provided In
the eoif-titu tea it«eir.
Her Majesty's Ministers request all citizens
to accent the assurance of her Majesty in the
same spirit in which It I* given.
1.11.i *>X \I.\M.
Samuel Parker,
Minister cf Foreign Affairs.
W. H. CORNWELU
Minister td Finance.
John F. Cm .HUBS',
MiuisP of the Intel lor.
A. P. Peterson,
Attorney-General.
lolanl Palace, Jan. 10, 1893.
The same day, in response to circulars
distributed about Honolulu, a largo mass
meeting of natives was held at Palace
square. The remarks of the several speak
ers were of a temperate nature and were re
ceived in a spirit of apathy.
The following resolution was adopted
and a committee appointed to present it to
the Queen:
Resolved, That the assurance of her Majesty
the Queen, contained In this day's proclamation,
Is accepted by the people as a satisfactory guar
antee that the Government does not and will sol
seek any modification of the constitution by any
other mean* than those in the orcanlc law.
I'.etnlietl. That accepting this assurance the
citizens here assembled will give their cordial
support to the administration aud Indorse them
In sustaining that policy.
This action on the part of the natives and
the Queen was not received favorably, the
Impression prevailing that it was only de
signed as a ruse to divert attention from the
main issues.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Who and What the Leaders of the
Revolution Are.
The forcible overturning of a Govern
ment and the establishment of a new one in
its place is an act that is justified only by
the strongest reasons.
The leaders of the revolutionary move
ment In Hawaii have given the reasons for
their action in the report of the citizens*
committee of safety and proclamation an
nouncing the formation of the new Govern
ment.
The character and standing of the lead
ers of tbe movement will have great weight
In the consideration which will be given to
the reasons advanced by them in justifica
tion of their action.
If they were transient residents or Irre
sponsible political adventurers having no
property interests at stake, with everything
to gain and nothing to lose by a change,
their reasons, however plausible, would be
looked upon with suspicion.
If, however, the leaders of the movement
are the conservative, permanent residents
of tho country, property-owners, business
and professional men of responsible char
acter, the situation will be very different.
Th« following brief outline shows that the
leaders of the revolution are among the
most conservative teen at tho Islands:
'I hey are permanent residents of the coun
try, hating their homes and property at
stake.'slfißS
They represent all classes and nationali
ties; they are the responsible business and
professional men of the country; the repre
sentatives of the wealth and brains and the
energy which has within the last fifteen
years developed the foreign trade of Hawaii
from practically nothing to $20,000,000 per
annum, and placed that country second ouly
on the list of San Francisco's customers.
In addition to this the facts show that
they are supported by the whole business
community, and the new Government recog
nized within twenty-four hours by the rep
resentatives of all the foreign powers ex
cept England.
The members of the Executive Council
the new Government are: S. B. Dole, De
partment of Foreign Affairs; P. C. Jones,
Department of Finance; J. A. King, De
partment of Interior; William C. Smith,
Attorney-General.
San ford S. Dole, the President of the
Hawaiian Provisional Government and ad
ministering the Department of Foreign Af
fairs, is 48 years of age, born In Honolulu
of American parentage, was educated at
Punahou College in Honolulu, taking a fin
ishing course at Williams College. He
studied law in Boston, was admitted to the
Massachusetts bar in 1869, returned shortly
after to Honolulu, where he soon became a
leading practitioner, which position he held
until his elevation to the bench in 1887.
Elected a representative to the Legisla
tures of 1884 ami 188G, he was the leader of
the opposition to the extravagance and cor
ruption which finally precipitated the revo
lution of 1887. He was a member of the exec
utive council of the revolutionists of 1887,
but withdrew before the culmination, being
too conservative to agree wholly with the
radical action then taken. After that he
was appointed a Judge of the Supreme
Court in 1887, which position he has filled
with the greatest credit to himself and
satisfaction to the people, until he resigned
it to assume the position he now holds.
Mr. Dole has never heretofore been in
favor of annexation, and states that it is
only from a sense of duty, with the greatest
regret and in the firm conviction that there
Is no other method of securing peace and
safety to life and property in the islands,
that he has been forced to take this action.
Mr. Dole is a scientific writer, a member of
the Honolulu Social Science Club and of
the Hawaiian Historical Society; a trustee
of the Honolulu Public Library: one of the
founders of the Honolulu V. M. C. A. or
ganization ; a member of the Congregational
church; a polished gentleman of command
ing mien, one of the recognized leaders of
thought and progress in Hawaii.
P. C. Jones is an American from Boston,
of old New England Revolutionary stock,
M years of age. He went to Honolulu In
1868, married a lady of Hawaiian birth and
with the exception of visits abroad has
lived there ever since.
Early becoming a partner in tiie Import-
Ing house of C. Brewer & Co, he finally be
came manager, and one of the principal
owners of the company, which has for
years been one of the largest Importing
houses, sugar plantation owners and agen
cies in the country, now owning property
to the amount of 11.000,000, He retired
from business two years ago and traveled
abroad with his family.
Returning homo last summer he was ten
dered and accepted the position of Minister
Of Finance, which position he held until
January 12 last, when, hy intrigue of the
Queen, preparatory to her revolutiouaty
move, be was voted out.
Mr. Jones is one of the ablest financiers
in the country; has for years been a deacon
in the Congregational church; an active
worker in the V. M. C. A., and a leader In
the business community. He owns one of
the finest residences in Honolulu and is one
of the solid men of the town, possessing
alike the confidence Of capitalists and the
working classes of all nationalities.
Captain James A. King Is a Scotchman by
birth, for many years a sea captain by pro
fession, a resident of the Islands for the
past twenty-five years. For a number of
years past he has been superintendent of
the Wilder Steamship Company, a com
pany of 1600,000 capital, owning seven
steamers and doing about half of the inter
island trade. He is of n genial, hearty de
position, with high executive ability, re
spected and liked by the entire community.
William O. Smith is 44 yeats of see, of
Hawaiian birth and American parentage,
educated at Puliation College and Amherst,
Mass. He was successively Sheriff of the
islands of Kauai and Maui; was admitted
to the Hawaiian bar; was Deputy Attorney-
General in 1876-77, and also In 1880-81; was
elected a member and took a leading part in
the Legislatures of 1878, 1884, 1887-88 and
1882
In addition to practicing his profession he
is an extensive owner of sugar-plantation
stock, a director in some half-dozen corpor
ation-, managing trustee of the estate of the
late King Lunalilo and conduct.-! a large
trust and investment business, managing
some thirty or more estates. BSB
He is married to a lady of Irish birth, Is
a member of the Congregational church
aud is considered one of the safe conserva
tive men of the country.
The original members of the Advisory
Council were S. M. Damon, L. A. Thurs
ton, J. Bttseeratb, J. A..McCandles** t F. W.
McChesney. W. It. Castle. W. C. Wilder, A.
Drown, J. F. Morgan, 11. rYatnrhouse, E. D.
Teriney, F. Wilhelm, W. C. Ashley and C.
Bolte. Mr. 'Wilhelin 'resigned on account
of illness and C. L. Carter was appointed in
his place.
Messrs. Thurston, Cast***, Wilder aud
Carter having been appointed on the com
mission to Washington there were appointed
in their place Alexander Young, Char
Cooke, William F. Allen and H. K. Cooter.
Samuel M. Damon Is about 43 years of
age, of Hawaiian birth and American
parentage, his father, Be*. S. 0, Damon,
having been for forty years chaplain of tin*
Honolulu Seamen's Chapel and editor of
the Friend, tho oldest newspaper in the
Tactic.
Mr. Damon is the managing partner of
the banking-house of Bishop; &■ Co., a con
cern of approximately 12,000,000 "capital;
one of the mauaglng trustees of the Borates
P. Bishop estate, valued at 51,000,000. de
vised iv trust for the support of a manual
training school for Huwalians; a director
in several corporations and a large owner
of cattle ranch property.
He was a member of the Board of Health
during 1888-89 and Minister of Finance dur
ing IBS9-9o:m___________
J. Emmeluth is 38 years of age, of Ameri
can birth, a resident of Honolulu for the
past twenty years, married to a Hawaiian
lady, head of the firm of J. Emmeiuth &
Co., the leading plumbing and house-furn
ishing concern of the city and hardware
Importers. Mr. Einnieluth is one of the
principal owners and vice-president of the
Hawaiian Fruit and Packing Company, a
corporation.
J. A. McCandles3 Is about 35 years of age,
an American by birth, a resident of the
Islands for the past twelve years. He Is an
oil-well borer by profession, having become
an expert in that business in the Pennsyl
vania oil regions.
In company with his tvvo brothers he has
been actively engaged in boring artesian
wells at the islands, the Island ol Oahu be
ing honeycombed with them. Mr. McCand
less has acquired considerable property, all
of which is invested in the country.
F. W. McChesney is an American by
birth, a resident of Honolulu for the past
ten years; a partner in and manager of the
importlng-houso of M. W. McChesney &
Sons, wholesale dealers in groceries end
provisions, this being a branch cf the San
Francisco house of the same name.
Andrew Brown is a Scotchman by birth,
a resident of the Island for the past fifteen
years; foreman of the brass department of
the Honolulu Iron Works and Foundry.
He has been one of the most active mem
bers of the reform party since 1887 and is
one of the most influential men among the
mechanics of the city.
J. P. Morgan Is 30 years of age, of Ha
waiian birth and American parentage, and
married a lady of Hawaiian birth. He is
and for a number of years past has been
the leading auctioneer of the city, conduct
ing also a stock-broking and real-estate
business.
Henry Waterhouse is 43 years of age, an
Hawaiiau by birth, of English parentage.
He is one of the managing partners of the
firm of John T. Waterhouse, general im
porters and wholesale and retail merchants,
which firm has an invested capital of
upward of a million dollars. Mr. Water
house is a deacon and active member of the
Congregational church. Is married to a lady
of Hawaiian birth and was a member of the
Legislatures of 1876 and 1887-88.
Edward D. Tenney Is an American by
birth and has been a resident of the islands
for the past sixteen years. He is a partner
in the firm of Castle & Cooke, a concern
with an Invested capital of over a million
dollars, doing a general importing and
wholesale and retail business and owning
and representing as agents numerous sugar
plantations.
Fritz Wilhelm is of Hawaiian birth and
Genua i parentage; 40 years of age, nnd
married to an Hawaiian lady. He has for
■any years been one ef the leading archi
tects and builders of the city.
W. G. Ashley, 25 years of age. Is an Ameri
can by birth, a resident of the islands for
the past sixteen years, and 13 married to a
lady of Hawaiian birth. He has for three
years pa-t been the general superintendent
and secretary of the Oahu Railway and
Land Comiativ, a concern representing an
invested capital of one and a half million
dollar**.
C. Bolte is a German by birth and a resi
dent of the Islands for the past seventeen
years. He is the managing partner of the
wholesale importing house of M. S. Grin
baum & Co., a branch of the house of the
same name of San Francisco. The Hono
lulu branch Is incorporated for 5750,000,
and in addition to being one of the largest
importing houses, owns two sugar planta
tions and does a plantation agency business.
He Is one of the most energetic and liberal
business men of the city.
Alexander Young is 52 years of age. a
Scotchman' by birth, and a resident of the
islands for the past thirty years. He is a
trustee and active member of the Congrega
tional church; manager and principal
owner of the Honolulu Iron Works and
Foundry; president and principal owner of
the Pepeekeo Sugar Company, Incorporated
for £750.000; president arid principal owner
in the Kanuku Plantation Company, incor
porated for 9900,000, and one of the directors
and principal owners in the Waiakea Sugar
Company. Ha was elected as a Noble lo
the Legislature of 1887, 1888 and 1892; and
is one of the most active and progressive
business men of the islands.
Charles M. Cooke is 43 years of ace, of
Hawaiian birth and American parentage,
married to a lady of Hawaiian birth.
Be is the managing partner in the firm of
Lowers & Cooke, the leading importers and
dealers in lumber and building material,
ship-owner and sugar-plantation owner to
the amount of about 5700,000. He is a
director in several large corporations, one
of the BishOD estate trustees, and is known
in the islands and in California as one of
the most conservative and careful of men.
H. E. Cooper is an American by birth, a
resident of the islands for the past four
years. lie is a lawyer by profession, a
graduate of the Boston Law School.
Prior to coming to Honolulu he was the
attorney of the Southern Pacific Railroad
in Southern California. S w he is the
Charles L. Carter.
president and manager of the Hawaiian
Title Abstract Company which he organ
ized after his arrival in Honolulu.
William F. Allen is an American by birth,
a graduate of Williams College, 60 years of
age, a resident of the islands for the past
thirty-two years.
He was for over twenty years the Col
lector-General of Customs for Honolulu,
aid now does an extensive trustee and
investment business.
His father, R. li. Allen, was for many
years Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Su
preme Court and later Hawaiian Minister
resident at Washington. Mr. Allen's
brother, E. 11. Allen, is now a New York
merchant and Hawaiian Consul in that city.
'TWAS NOT BLOODLESS.
A Native Policeman Shot While Stop
ping a Wagon.
In the columns of the various Honolulu
papers of the four day-* previous to the de
parture of the Claudiue the following news
items of Interest are recorded:
John Good, on the 16th, shot a native
policeman iv the shoulder for attempting to
stop an express wagon which contained
arms and ammunition. The affair hap
pened at the corner of Fort and King
streets. Good Was presented with a S'2oo
purse by the citizens of this city. 'I he
money wn-s -••nt through Hon. S. B. Dole,
Minister of Foreign Affaire.
By order of. Commander Sopor the sa
loons are closed, nud will remain so until
further notice.
The fair sex have recovered from any
fright they may have felt, as many ladies
could be seen driving about town on
the 18th.
While martial law is continued citizens
are not expected to be on the streets after
9:30 o'clock at night without they have a
pass. Guards are posted all over the town
to enforce the law.
The new Government's volunteer army
was receiving additional recruits in a rapid
manner. It was divided into four com
panies, commanded by Captains Fisher,
Potter, Zeigler and Gunn. W. W. Hall was
commissary and J. H. Soper was com
mander-in-chief.
Tho officers and men of the United States
steamship Boston' engaged on shore duty
have by their gentlemanly and unassuming
manners in the discharge of their duties re
flected credit upou themselves aud on Uncle
Sam's navy.
Wherever there is any mention of the
landing of the marines from the Boston the
papers make i*. a point to show that the
United States troops were used only to pro
tect the Interests of the American citizens.
The Government ou the 18th assumed for
mal control if the palace and barracks.
The ex-Queen had retired to her private
residence at Washington place, and the
Government had granted her an honorary
guard of (sixteen men. The household
guards were paid off to February 1 and dis
banded. A strong force of volunteers took
possession, and were in charge of the pal-
Joseph Mnrsden.
ace, barracks, police headquarters and other
Government buildings.
At headquarters the work of military or
ganization was rapidly pushed forward aud
volunteers continued to poor steadily in
from all quarters. It was not apprehended
that any difficulty would arise upon the
other islands.
The Provincial Government spent the
18th and |a large part of the previous
night in perfecting organization, and ad
justing the wheels of the Government to the
changed order. Meantime the ordinary
routine of Government work was going
ahead with but little break.
Up to the time of the departure of the
Ciaudtne all of the powers represented In
the Hawaiian Islands excepting Great
Britain and Japan had recognized the new
Government.
Th- foreign powers represented at the
islands include the United State.-, Russia,
Germany, France. Austro-Hungnry, Spain,
Portugal, Italy, besides most of the smaller
European States, Mexico, and several of the
South American republics.
FIVE COMMISSIONERS CHOSEN.
What Is Said About Them and Their
Important Mission.
Following out the view expressed in
article II of the proclamation relative to
the union with the United States the Pro
visional Government appointed five com
missioners to proceed at once to Washing
ton to negotiate a treaty of annexation.
The commissioner:* appointed are : Lorrin
A. Thurston (chairman), William C. Wilder,
William It. Castle, Charles L. Carter and
Joseph Marsden. Four of these gentlemen
were members of the Advisory unci!,
and their places on the Council were filled
by other prominent citizens.
The following in reference to the commis
sioners was furnished by Frederick Tur
rill:
Lorrin A. Thurston, chairman of the
commission, is a Hawaiian by birth of ttie
second generation, his grandparents on
both sides having been among the early set
tlers. He is a lawyer by profession, having
taken the course at Columbia Law School in
1880-81. We was Attorney-General's clerk
in 1877-78, and admitted to the bar of the
Supreme Court in 1881.
lv addition to practicing his profession lie
edited the Honolulu Daily Bulletin in 1884.
Elected to the Legislature of 18S6 he was
one of the leading members of the reform
movement of 1887, when be was appointed
Minister of the Interior, which office he
filled for three years, during the last year
of which lie was the Premier.
During the same period from 1887 to
1890, bo was president oi the Board of Im
migration and a member of the Board of
Health. In 1899 he was elected a member
of the House of Nobles for six years.
He is the secretary and director and one
of the principal owners of the Halcakala
Ranch Company— company incorporated
for $225,000; and also secretary and director
in the Kilauea Volcano House Company,
the Maui Cattle Company, ths Hawaiian
Fruit and Packing Company and the
Eleele Plantation Company.
In 1892 be was appointed special Com
missioner to Chicago to arrange for the
Hawaiian exhibit at the World's Fair, and
is at the head of a syndicate which will
reproduce the great volcano of Kilauea in
full action on the lair grounds.
...am C. Wilder is a Canadian by birth,
of American parentage, 53 years of use-
Early removing to Illinois, he nerved with
the Union army during three years of tie
war as a lieutenant and captain of cavalry.
He moved to the islands with his family In
1869, engaging iv the lumber and coal busi
ness, and is now the president and manager
of the Wilder Steamship Company; manag
ing partner in the firm of Wilder & Co.,
wholesale lumber and coal importers and
dealers; president of the Kahului Railroad
Company, and a director in the Hawaiian
Railroad Company. He was elected a Noble
to the Hawaiian Legislature of ISSS, and a
representative to the Legislature of 18U2.
William R. Castle is 43 years of age, of
Hawaiian birth and American parentage.
He was educated at Punahou and Oberlln
College, graduating from the Columbia Law
School In 1873, being In that year admitted
to the bar of the State of New York. Then
ho became a clerk In the New York Cor
poration Counsel office under William C.
Whitney in 1874-75, returning home to ac
cept the office of Attorney-General in 1876,
where he has since resided, practicing his
profession.
He was elected a representative for the
Legislature in 187S and ISS6, and Noble to
the Legislature in 18S7-SB, being elected
President of the House In the latter year.
To-day lie is a trustee of the Oahu College,
Kawaiaiao Female Seminary, and a di
rector in the Oahu Railway and .Land Com
pany, the Hawaiian Construction Com
pany, Reciprocity Sugar Company, Kilauea
Volcano House Company and other con
cerns.
Charles L.Carter Is 23 years of ago, an
Hawaiian by birth of the second genera
tion, his grandpatenta on both, sides being
among the parly settler*.
His grandfather,' Dr. G. P. Judd, was the
first Premier of tin- Hawaiian Government
after it was organized upon a civilized basis,
and was largely Instrumental in securing
the independence of in* country.
III— father, 11. A". P. Carter, was for ninny
years Hawaiian Minister resident ai Wash
ington..
Mr. Carter is a Graduate of Michigan Uni
versity rind Michigan University Law
School, having first spent one year In
Europe. Admitted to practice at Ilia bar of
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Ohio and Mulligan in 1887. be returned
home in 1888, where he has since followed
the practice of his profession.
Joseph Maislcn is an Englishman bj
birth, 43 years of age, a resident of tht
Islands since 1809, aud an engineer by pro
fession.
He engaged in the sugar plantation busk
ness in 1876. in which he has continued
ever since, acquiring a competence, now
being one of the principal owners In th«
Honokaa Sugar Company. As a lepresenta
tive of the Planters' Labor and Supply Com
pany of Honolulu* he was sent as a Commis
sioner to the New Orleans Exposition, and
in 1890 was sent by the same company tc
study the labor question in Japan, China,
India and Java.
He was elected Noble to the Hawaiian
Legislature In 1890 and re-elected to ths
same position for a term of six years in
1892. Mr. Marsden is considered one of the
most representative and influential English
men of the islands.
The commissioners received their commis
sions on the morning of the 19: h lust, and iv
the afternoon sailed from Honolulu on the
steamer Claudine.
The Commercial Advertiser published an
editorial on the 19th in which it Is said that,
the sole purpose for which the commission
to Washington is appointed and sent is to
enter into negotiations for a treaty of union
between Hawaii and the United States.
The Advertiser denies that the object of
the mission is, as had been rumored, the
submission to the arbitrament of the United
States of a dispute between the Government
on the one hand and the head of the nation
under the previous form of Government ou
the other.
Then this editorial goes on as follows:
There Is only one government here to-day and
that Is th Provisional Government lately estab
lished by the citizens. This Government has
been recognized by almost all the foreign powers
represented In Honolulu, and It does not and
cannot acknowledge the claims of any aspirant
whatever to a throne which no longer exists.
The fact that the former Boveielgn abdicated
under prote* t Is not of any consequence. All
sovereigns abdicate under protect and there li
no ground for interfering with their enjoyment
of so empty a luxury. The existing govera
menl In Hawaii does not, however, derive Its
title from any abdication, whether made with a
protest or without. Legally speaking, Its au
thority comes from the fact that It is In posses
sion of the seat of government and is exercising
all the powers of government. It Is a govern
ment de jure, b cause It is one de facto.
This is the legal aspect of tins case. From the
moral point of view the Government derives Us
authority f om the fact that the people have
made it, that it expiesses their protest against
tyranny, and their reassumptlon of the powers
which are always Inherent In the people. The
Government la Hawaii to-day is the successful
assertion by the people of their right to a voice
In the management of their own arfalrs.
The turn which affairs In Hawaii have taken is
the necessary consequence of the course fol
lowed by the Hawaiian members of the Legisla
ture and by the Queen. Hawaiian* themselves
perceive this to be the fact, and many of them
have expressed themselves accordingly. The
evil that men and women do lives long euough
sometimes to prove Itself a blessing In disguise.
Unless all signs fail the present will furnish a
case In point. If Lorrtu A. Thurston and his
colleagues succeed In the mission which they
have undertaken, the day which made thai mis
sion possible should be marked In letters of cold,
for It will have been a day rich in blessing ta
all classes lv Hawaii.
COMMISSIONERS' VIEWS.
Their Instructions Simply to Procure
Annexation.
The Claudine, as already reported in
Tin: Call, arrived at this port at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning, the five Commis
sioners on board and C. R. Peterson, secre
tary to the commission.
They took tin their temporary quarters at
the Occidental Bote], and all day yesterday
they were keDt on the jump in attending to
callers and other demands upon their time
and attention.
A reporter of Tiie. ('all waited upon
tliera and was very courteously received.
Mr. Thurston, chairmen of the commis
sion, said that The Call had by its enter
prise placed before its readers practically
ail the Information that was to be obtained.
"We want it to be distinctly understood,"
he said, earnestly, "that the revolutionists
are composed of the lending men in the com
munity, men who have millions of money
invested in their own names or as trustees
in property in Hawaii.
"They comprise bankers, lawyers and the
leading merchants, and Mr. i» de, who is at
the head of the Provisional Government,
Continued, on Second I'age.
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