Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 60, 27 November 1893 — The Meeting of the Revolutionists. [ARTICLE]

The Meeting of the Revolutionists.

AboutSeven Hundred Aliens of Different Nationa!itles Assemble in the Driil-Shed last Saturday. i _ P. C. Jones Impeaches President Clereland. (Foor Cleveland.) As advertised a meeting of the ! supporters of the r. G. was held last S.iturday in the drill-shed. About 700 peopie \vere present, mostlv men m the pa\' of tbegoverument. The nsaal braggadocio and insults agiiust the United States Government were indulged in, whieh it is boped will bave the etiect of intimidating President Cleveland—wheu Le reads whieh he undoubtedlv will. The tirst speaker wus Mr. F. i M. Hatch, an Attorney-at-law with a lncrative practice iu Honolulu. He spoke from the view of a lawyer and argued tho case for tho speci il benefit of Gresham — who will probably answer. The second speaker was the irrepressible W. R. Castle also an attorney-at-law. He is as we all kuow uot very eutortaiuiug as au orator, aud lost himself in ancient history besides whiniug, because “they wouldu’t believe him in Washingtou,’’ wheu he went there as a commissioner for the P. G. He made the usual P. G. state ment that Hawaii at preseut is blessed with a governmeut of tbe people, whieh we have no doubt will be fullly believed by the President of the United 8tates—when he reads it. Mr. Castle finished his address by presentiug the fol!owiiig resolution whieh is eo !ched in very meek and very vague language. Resolution. Resolved, that we have read with snrj>rise and regret the recommendation of the secretarv of state of the Uuited States to tne president, to restore tbe mouarchy lately existing iu Hawaīi: Hosolved, that we eomlemu the assumption of the secretarv th:it the right of the Provisional Government to exist was terminated by his refnsal to resubrnit to the senate the treaty of union peuding between the two countries; and also his as8«mption that tbe ProvisionaI Goverument had at that very time submitted the questionof i{scontiuoed existence to the arbitration of tlie president or of auy other power; Resolved, that we support to the best of our «bility the Provisional Government. in resisting any attack upon it whieh mav bc made eoutraiy to the usage of natious. Aflor t'ais resolution was dii gested aml adopted Col. Z. 8. Spalding went on tue smmp. Tuis geatleraan has hardl\ been in the countrv’ during our late unpleasantness. but he knew of course all abont it. He made a statemeut whieh was ratherclevtw in dodging the real issae referred to. He quoted Mr. Blouut as reporting to Gresham “that he

Bloaut' had not met a siugle annexitionist who was willing to subm;t the question of annexation to a vote of tbe |\e-p!e. Mr Spalding said that he had told Gresbam that , «fter a tre »tv of annex ition had been agreed upon between the P. G. nui fhe Unit«-d he wooM advocate that all n itives be given the right to vote at any snbscqneut election — if possess iug the uecessary qualificati«m (with such rt-stricti.ms «> the Unitcd St »tes would see fit to imposo) Mr. Spaldiug tiie annexatiunist >iuce lSt>8 is aeeonlinglv uot willin" to > bfnit the question of annexation whieh fnrtber ]>roves th:»t Mr. Blount was perfectly correct in his st<itement. After Oolonel Z. S. Spalding got througb, Mr. Hatch iutroduced Chjef Justice Judd with the remarkable statement that it perhaps woukl be well to reitorate the announeemenl that v • have no quarrel » ith the Hauaiian people, onr qn(irrel is mith ihe Hanaiian monarchy. Chief Justice Judd theu appeared “in connection with the above remarks of Mr. Hatch, but we were uot told if he was there representing the Hawaiian people with whom we have no quarrel or the Hawaiiau monarchy witb whieh he evidently has a quarrel. Mr. Judd—our political J udge—stated that the government had become a govermuei:t <Jt jnre because it had been recognized bv all the O • great powers as a govoruraent de facto. We are afruid t h a t M r. J u d d i s n o t very sound in his iaws on government or he wouldn’t make such an absurd statement. His fiaishing remark was a clincher thongh. He stated that he inteuds to suppnrt the Provisional Govermneut, heeaune he has SHorn to support it. May we ask if the learned judge ever swore to suppox’t another government in Hawaii, and yet broke hissolemn oatii? 3Ir. W. G. Smith of the Star made a speech in whieh he enconraged those in the audience —recently arrived in this country like himso!f—to sustain at all hazirds the goverumeut whieh tbey have fouuded aud the advantages they have won. And yet we were told that this is not a move of filibuster>. but a move of the people. He concluded by saying that of conrse we canuut fire on the American flag and American troops, (isu’t that kind ol Smith) b;xt we eau resist the progress of the American troops so thev eannol m.ike their way and capture the goveraraent. Mr. P. C. Jones finished the show. He praised tbe Provisioual Government in ioud' terms and ass:ired tuem that all wouhl help them with their bands, tbeir t»ngues (mostly!) and their prayers. (As Mr. J<>nes’ motto is “Libertv or Death" with a great deal preferenee for the fonuer, we presume th«t he is wii!iug to t «ke the prayers as the methol of his ■ snpport). The following remark of Mr. P. C. Joues wil! uudonbtedly strike terror into the heart of President CIerelanJ. He said, Grover CUvdand s(aruls to<Jay impeaehul hefrrt the Ameriean colon>j of Hawaii!! We were here going to add for the comfort of Cleveland that the Amenean colony in Hawaii doesn’t nomber

‘2000 soals, ami th.it not ail of t;iem s.iil in tho w;ike of P C. Jones. Bat vrhea Mr. Jones thero:tfter stat< ,1 whom his otber bjiokers are. «re gave np al! hopes of comforting the j>oor President who will feel crushed aml annibilatetl. Mr. J n s finis; etl by , telling the «mlienee that not alone the Araeric»n * colony in Htw tii contlemns the President. “bnt the si\tv millions of our c.mntn meu in oar , conutrv are l* toking us np atul be- , sitb--. tbe:n I believe that God Alm;ghty i- with ns. and iu His own time will let us ont into a , large plaee. Xothing was saiil al»ont the temperatnre e\pected in that *large piaee' and we also . not : C3 that n » roferences were mado to Buuker hi!l closo to Bcsting. r The raeeting was kept ulive with the osnal cheeriug and shouting doring the evening l>ut was asa wholeonlerly andsurprisinglv tame. As a bluti' it will hardly turn out a success.