Show I 1 THE HAWAIIAN revolution full Parti lars by loiter from our oar correspondent editor II 11 it la Is but occasionally that we can pick up tip items of sufficient lelent interest to repay the trouble of 0 writing living as we do thirty two miles from rom here with mith no tole telephone or telegraph and but a wee weekly kly mall mail the political agitation of 0 the last few ew weeks however reaches even our remote village besides flying a across c r 0 sa the channels to the other island b brings r i n g a together here in hanoi honolulu ulu the largest number of 0 chit whites es perhaps that over ever assembled B era bled at once the whites althous although representing but a small email minority of I 1 the e population are I 1 tho he planters plante rathe the stock raisers nii sere the manufacturers f rs an and in fact act they represent nearly all the enterprise and money into interest rest of the nation from this minOTi minority perhaps nin nine S A tenths 0 n the of the taxes rat raised sed that are expended to keep up arid and in running order this great kingdom of 0 souls withal lits ita pomp and granduer gran duer that would do credit to a first rate power all tho the incongruities and incon slaten ces have been submitted to for many years with but little complaint but as the people say when dishonesty and trickery are resorted reported to by him who should ho be above all not only in dignity but in inte integrity arity i and that power reposed in lil him duse used r tor for improper ends it is time jo raise their voices in condemnation and demand that lie he proceed not thus at ills bis peril e tit trie the discontent it if Kalak Kalakau atias aa white subjects culminated today to daf day in a irand grand caucus can iia called by the poop leand lit held d in thearin the armory ory a largo building bul lilina built and owned b by tile the honolulu rifle coin company at 2 07 clock p m the time apata appointed aay ed fo for r tho the meeting inee tinK we fo nearing the armory that tho the street was full 1 0 of f solto soldiers white fully dressed and a armed r m ed to the teeth we entered an and d found about 2000 hud had assembled and were waiting a biting quietly for tile opening of what p portended e to be a tile most nice meeting ling since the of the tha government ment the meeting was waa called to order by citizen dole and P ojones cjones was elected th chairman airman lie ile said among other things that we love have mot met here IQ in a constitutional manner resolved to ask the king for good government v e rement something that we have not had we 1 have ave prepared re resolutions oliv which will be 10 presented by non lion L A thurston Tb urston after which will be presented a letter from the king we are so BO warmed up said he be by the large c concourse a and the excitement of the occasion that vo want to make things short sharp and decisive lion L A thurston then read the following wo we the cithens cit kens zeus residents and taxpayers of honolulu acting as we fi hamly ml believe in sympathy with and in bobac beeaff of nil all right minded citizens tesi residents dents and taxpayers tax payers ot at this kingdom Kingdo mp and being assembled in mass meeting in the city the day of june 1887 do resolve as follows 7 1 I that the administration of the he hawaiian government has haa ceased corruption and incompetence adequately I 1 1 11 th ily to perform the fui functions aa itol and affons ff rl the protection to pe personal and property rights if gats tor for which all govern menta exist 2 that while some of the evils of which we w a complain cannot be beat at once adequately redressed and their recur r rente e c prevented vented and many others are incurable i z acu icu r estr ie except by radical changes in in the present constitution involving pi 0 delays yet there are some ev evils ile W aich v we e feet must be remedied at ones once before a permanent reform movement can be inaugurated with any reasonable prospect of success 3 holding these views tiena we ve request of 0 the kin kill first fast at that he shall at once and unconditionally dismiss ilia his present cabinet from office and we ask that lie shall call one of these persons viz win L green henry waterhouse godfrey ondfre brown or mark it robinson Ko binson to assist him in selecting it a new cabinet which shall be committed to the policy of see sec aring a new nen constitution Seco second that walter gilison gibson shall be at once dismissed from each and every office held heldry by hi him under the government third in order so BO far tarns as possible a to r remove the stain now testing resting on the throne we w e request of the king that lie ho shall canard to be made immediate resa tation aution of the sum bum to tonit wit devent ien tyone 0 thousand dollars recently etta etT obtained 0 as by him in 1 Mo v io lation of 0 law and of his oath of office under promise that the persons a from whom the same was mas obtained should receive the to sell opium as provided by statute of the year ye a r ISM 1886 1 4 whereas one junius kase was mas lip implicated la in the obtaining of said seventy one thousand dollars and has since mince been and still is retained la in office as of conveyances we me request as a safeguard safe guard to tile the property interests of the country that said of office 11 ce and that the recorder of our land titles be placed in the hands of one in whose the people can safely confide 6 that wo we request a specific pledge from tile the king 1 that he will not in the ilia future interfere either directly or ii attly with the election of 0 re v i 2 that he be will not interfere with or attempt to unduly influence legislation or legislator resolved Ke solved that a committee of thirteen to wait on the king paul isenberg IV IV hall J A kennedy IV 11 rico captain king E EB B thomas 11 0 reed john viva vidag IV P A ABrev brevier W 11 olson cecil brown captain bosa J B atherton Is hereby a pointed to present the foregoing and requests to the king and said committee is hero heio by instructed instruct td to request the king that a personal answer to the tame same be returned within twenty four hours of the time when the same sama are presented presente dand and to further inform tile tha king that his hia neglect to answer the kamau within said mill time will ill be considered asa AS a refusal of time the ilia said requests Keso heiJ judat tha ilia said committee in in case ortho of tho kings refusal to grant brant eaid a id requests re or in case aso of hia it is neglect to reply to the santa same Js ja authorized arthor iod to c call 11 another mass meeting euting in at this plate place 0 on n saturday J july udy 2 at 4 p in to further urt lier consider the situation tit nation tire tho ron lion C it 11 bishop camo came forward anil and read the following thursday rh june 30 1887 lion C ar H bishop member of this I 1 louse ot of nobles privy councillors of state etc uy illy dear sir reposing especial confidence n in your loyalty loyalty and sound bound judgment as a councillor and knowing your regard for out people we are moved to CS call 11 upon you in the present condition ot of affairs in dziur our lovorn ment to say that we have called upon the tha lion ilon IV L I 1 green to form a cabinet and a ministry which lie he may select arid and will be acce 1 able to tile the respectable and re p zolti sible majority of our people will ivill be welcome to us and any guarantees which may be reasonably required of 0 us under the constitution ution and laws lawa of our kingdom will bo be at once conceded conce led to such administration your friend T the resolutions and letter were then read in Ila hawaiian wallan alter after chich aich speakers were called fort for who represented different parts of the community tho the pint and language of tho the joeal ers era was not to be mistaken it breathed coith a determination to remedy the existing asting condi condition tiou of 0 affairs even at the sacrifice fact i ce 0 of life mr kenney e expressed himself something like this quoting the worda wor la of lord chatham it is time that the throne were addressed in the language ot of truth we must lave have a new constitution said eaid he and that r speedily pe edily the franchise will bo be reconstructed and the king will have power as ai great it as queen victoria and that ought to be enough for or him the revolution of 0 thought would be ba followed b by a revolution of arms as it i always UP bad if ou our r reasonable requests were not granted strong and bitter denunciations we were r 0 indulged in by all the speaker a respecting ct the recent conduct of the king and tho the almost continued applause app lindu irom the multitude evinced plainly that they were wera unanimous in sentiment during the entire meeting the honolulu rifles wore were drawn up in a una line outside for the purpose it was vas sal said d of resisting any attempt by the authority of 0 the king to disperse the the speeches were so 10 inflame it ory some be being ng delivered in hawaiian that about natives rushed out flew dew down tile the street surrounded Gib gibbons gibsons sons dwelling and declared they would liang him ile ho sent a request to col ashford le rd at the armory to detail some of tile ins men to protect him gibson gibeon Is now a p prisoner prisoner of the iho insurgents and under 1 guard r d in ills own house with instructions qa n that it if he be attempts an bac escape ape 11 he to will bo be shot down n all the government go eminent buildings aarein are in the possession of the dominant party law and order are suspended per lifted and a re reign align of terror apparently about to begin this morning the 11 RI 11 steamer from A australia australla us came into port with stand of arms for the government but they were immediately seized and coave conveyed Y d to tile the armory which is under strong the she natives native sare anra dl divided iv aided many being undecided and not able to understand exactly low how matters stand talking with a native this morning lie told me that as soon as the first gun was fired they should burn tho the city this 0 f courso course would be a great calamity and fall alt almost antl entirely rely on an the whites this will bo be about abou t the only retaliation that the native fr friends ends of kalakaua Kala kaun will make most of them being unarmed arid and unacquainted un it ith tho the use 0 of weapons of war the mall mail steamer for san bin franciso francisco r leaves this p n in so I 1 cannot give you more on this subject in this letter we sincerely hope that whoever takes tile reigns os at government here will secure to us it the liberty of conscience that we lave hate so 10 long n g eoj enjoyed ove d un under i r king kal k kana who wh ath although h an unwise n w I 1 ruler I 1 in many respects has bet an example in this respect at least worthy of imitation by his more enlightened brethren the tha health of the elders from utah is good aldo that of the tha kubite sisters ans and their children J JF F GATES HONOLULU june 30 1887 |