Jere Krischel at 08:52, 11 February 2006

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Ken Conklin at 21:35, 10 February 2006

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1124 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Ninth. There shall be two (2) commissioners appointed by the Queen
with the approval of the cabinet, who shall hold office during the pleasure
of the Queen and cabinet. The duties of said commissioners shall
be to preside at all Lottery drawings and to superintend the same and
secure perfect fairness in the allotment of prizes in each scheme. The
salary of said commissioners shall be six thousand ($0,000) dollars per
annum each, payable out of the treasury of the corporation in quarterly
installments. The said commissioners shall not own or be interested
in the capital stock of the said corporation, nor purchase nor own any
ticket or tickets, devices, certificates, or fractional parts thereof.
Tenth. All drawings of lotteries under this act shall be made public,
admission free, and it shall be compulsory upon said company to hold
annually twelve (12) regular drawings, and as many additional special
drawings as the directors of said company may designate;
Eleventh. The stockholders of the capital stock of the corporation
shall be liable to the creditors of said corporation to the amount of the
shares by them respectively held.
Twelfth. The corporation shall present a full and accurate account
or exhibit of the state of its affairs to the minister of the interior, on
the first day of January of each and every year.
Thirteenth. At the expiration of this franchise, three (3) commissioners
shall be elected by the stockholders, whose duty it shall be to
liquidate its affairs on such terms and in such manner as shall be
determined by a majority vote as set forth in subdivision eight of section
6 (six) of this act.
SECTION 7. Any person selling, offering or exposing for sale after
the 31st day of December, 1892, any lottery or policy, or combination
ticket or tickets, or devices or certificates or fractional parts thereof,
except as authorized by this act, or in violation of this act, or in violation
of the rights and privileges herein granted, shall be liable, upon
conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five thousand ($5,000) dollars,
nor less than five hundred ($500) dollars for each and every
offence, and all police and district courts of this Kingdom shall have
jurisdiction in such cases.
SECTION 8. The grantees of this franchise and their successors and
assigns, shall have the right during the whole term of said franchise,
to dispose of by lottery or a series of lotteries, any land, improved or
unimproved, which said corporation may become possessed of by purchase
or otherwise in the Hawaiian Islands, but such lands shall be
disposed of by special drawings only, which shall be advertised as
drawings for property.
SECTION 9. The grantees of this franchise and their successors and
assigns, are hereby given the right of uninterrupted passage through
the mails of the Hawaiian postal system, of all written and printed
matter relating to or connected with the business of said lottery upon
paying current rates of postage therefor.
SECTION 10. This act shall take effect from and after its approval,
and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the same are hereby
repealed.
Senator FRYE. Do you think that the Provisional Government would
have succeeded in accomplishing its purpose of overthrowing the
Queen and taking possession of the Government buildings if there had
been no United States troops there1?
Mr. HOES. I have not the slightest doubt they would have done so.
If they had not, others would have done it for them. But these are
among the strongest men in the community, and in the whole country.
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Senator FRYE. The Provisional Government was formed on the 17th
of January, and you left the next March?
Mr. HOES. Yes.
Senator FRYE. What was the condition of affairs in the Hawaiian
Islands after the Provisional Government was formed?
Mr. HOES. Absolute quietness.
Senator FRYE. Any apparent unrest on the part of the opponents
of i t!
Mr. HOES. None, except what was expressed in the Eoyalist paper,
the Bulletin. The city was just as quiet as any country town in
New England.
Senator FRYE. IS that Government qualified to maintain itself?
Mr. HOES. I am quite sure of it.
Senator FRYE. Are you acquainted with the members of the committee
of safety ?
Mr. HOES. Most of them. Of the 14 whose names are attached
to the proclamation establishing the Provisional Government I am
personally acquainted with all but 1.
Senator FRYE. What is the character of these men!
Mr. HOES. I believe they represent in every respect the best element
in the country.
Senator FRYE. Eeliable men!
Mr. HOES. I believe them all to be.
Senator FRYE. DO you know Sam Parker, Colburn, and Cornwell?
Mr. HOES. I know Sam Parker and 1 know Cornwell.
Senator FRYE. Did you know our minister, Mr. Stevens?
Mr. HOES. Very intimately.
Senator FRYE. What was your estimate of him!
Mr. HOES. 1 always regarded him as a remarkable man.
Senator FRYE. AS an honest man ?
Mr. HOES. AS a conservative, honest, conscientious man; a man who
never, under any circumstances, lost his head; a man who never acted
under impulse. I sustained confidential relations with Mr. Stevens.
I think I had his implicit confidence, and I know that he had mine.
Senator FRYE. Did you ever learn from Mr. Stevens that he intended
to interfere with the government of the Queen or the Provisional Government!
Mr. HOES. I never learned it from him, and I flatter myself if he
had told any of his associates of the fact he would have told me,
because we often conversed confidentially about Hawaiian matters.
Senator FRYE. In your opinion was the request made by the minister
upon Capt. Wiltse to land the troops on Monday wise and discreet?
Mr. HOES. I think it was.
Senator FRYE. Were you there when Mr. Blount was there?
Mr. HOES. No.
Senator FRYE. YOU understand the purpose of this committee is to
obtain whatever information it can, especially in reference to what
took place after the revolution and the establishment of the Provisional
Government. Can you think of anything you wish to say that
will be information to the committee?
Mr. HOES. I do not recall anything in particular.
Senator GRAY. Where are you from, what State?
Mr. HOES. New York.
Senator GRAY. AS I understand, you are a chaplain in the Navy
Mr. HOES. In the U. S. Navy.

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