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644 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
ers, and a mass of sworn evidence was collected, but never used
against them. The leader, Eobert Wilcox, was allowed to go to California,
where he remained about a year, biding his time."
Mr. ALEXANDER. The story was that those conspirators cornered
the King in a room in the tower of the palace and tried to compel him
to abdicate then and there, and Thurston, who was at the head of the
Cabinet, stopped it.
. The CHAIRMAN. DO you speak of stories, or do you speak of the
current belief?
Mr. ALEXANDER. In regard to that Mr. Thurston gave me more
especial evidence. He had the conspirators examined one by one, took
down their statements, and he has them locked up.
The CHAIRMAN. In what capacity was he acting at the time?
Mr. ALEXANDER. He was minister of the interior, and virtually
premier; leading member of the Cabinet.
The CHAIRMAN. Of Kalakaua's Cabinet?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. What year was that?
Mr. ALEXANDER. I think about the beginning of 1888.
The CHAIRMAN. Then you take up the insurrection of 1889?
" Meanwhile a secret organization was being formed throughout the
islands, and when some progress has been made, Mr. Wilcox returned
to Honolulu in April, 1889, formed a rifle club, and began to prepare
for another revolution."
Mr. ALEXANDER. The object was to make him abdicate in favor of
the Princess Liliuokalani.
The CHAIRMAN. " The meetings of the league were held in a house
belonging to the Princess Liliuokalani.
"At the subsequent trial it was proved by the defense, that the King
had latterly come to an understanding with the conspirators, whose
object was to restore his autocratic power."
Where was the trial held ?
Mr. ALEXANDER. In her room.
The CHAIRMAN. Was it a judicial investigation?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. In what court?
Mr. ALEXANDER. The supreme court. I think I speak of that afterward.
The CHAIRMAN. "Before light, on the morning of July 30, 1889,
Eobert Wilcox with about one hundred and fifty armed followers, occupied
the Government buildings and the palace yard. No declaration
of any kind was made, as they expected the King, who was at the seaside,
to come up and proclaim the old constitution of 1864."
Senator GRAY. IS that the same Wilcox who was in the cabinet?
Mr. ALEXANDER. NO; that was a white man; this was a half white,
who was sent to Europe to be educated—sent to school. He went to
Italy and became a second lieutenant in the artillery.
The CHAIRMAN. What relation is he to the Wilcox who was in the
cabinet ?
Mr. ALEXANDER. No relation. His father was a white man and his
mother was a native.
The CHAIRMAN. " The household troops in the barracks remained
neutral, and the palace was held against the insurgents by Eobert
Parker, with 30 men, by the King's orders."
Is that the same Parker who was in the cabinet?
Mr. ALEXANDER. A brother of his.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 645
The CHAIRMAN. a The King, who distrusted the conspirators, had
retired to his boathouse in the harbor to await results."
The harbor of Honolulu?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Honolulu.
The CHAIRMAN. "The volunteer riflemen promptly turned out, and
many of the citizens took up arms for the Government."
I will ask you whether amongst those citizens there was the missionary
party?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Some of them.
The CHAIRMAN. Did you go into the company?
Mr. ALEXANDER. TWO of my sons were members of the rifle company.
I went down to the station house and offered my services.
The CHAIRMAN. That was in support of the Kalakaua Government?
Mr. ALEXANDER. It was Kalakaua's Government putting down the
rebellion against him, although it was believed the King connived at
it. You see the conspiracy was planned in Liliuokalani's house, one
of her houses, and before daylight in the morning they started from
her house. Nobody has any doubt that she was at the bottom of it.
The CHAIRMAN. And her purpose was to dethrone Kalakaua?
Mr. ALEXANDER. It was thought later that they came to an understanding;
they were not strong enough to carry that out.
Senator GRAY. What year was that?
Mr. ALEXANDER. July 30,1889. Kalakaua acted in such a way that,
whichever way the affair went, whether success or failure, he would be
safe. If they had succeeded he would have gone up and proclaimed the
old constitution; as they failed, he denied that he was connected with
the movement.
The CHAIRMAN. " At the request of the United States minister, Mr.
Merrill, a body of marines was landed, and marched up to the legation,
where they remained during the day."
Mr. ALEXANDER. The legation was on the hotel premises, quite near
to the palace.
The CHAIRMAN. "This had a great moral effect. The insurgents
were surrounded and isolated from the populace outside."
Where were the insurgents assembled?
Mr. ALEXANDER. In the palace yard. The rifles formed a cordon.
The CHAIRMAN. Full-armed?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; they established patrols before daylight.
The CHAIRMAN. The military of the two parties were in hostile array?
Mr. ALEXANDER. The insurgents went to the barracks, got cannon
and ammunition, and the troops in the barracks were ordered by the
Queen to remain neutral. But they allowed the insurgents to go there
and help themselves to ammunition and cannon. There was a duel
took place between our artillerymen and the cavalry.
The CHAIRMAN. " The ministry drew up a written summons to them
to surrender, which was served on them by Hon. S. M. Damon, but
they refused to receive it, and immediately afterwards the conflict commenced
between their three fieldpieces and the sharpshooters in the
Opera House and other buildings commanding the palace yard. The
result was that their guns were soon silenced and they were driven
into a wooden building on the palace grounds, where they were besieged
during the afternoon. Towards night a heavy rifle fire was
opened upon them and the roof of the building burst in by dynamite
bombs, which forced them to surrender."
Mr. ALEXANDER. About the dynamite. The palace was surrounded
by a stone Avail 8 feet high, and the dynamite bombs were thrown from

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-ers, and a mass of sworn evidence was collected, but never used
-against them. The leader, Eobert Wilcox, was allowed to go to California,
+and a mass of sworn evidence was collected, but never used against them. The leader, Robert Wilcox, was allowed to go to California, where he remained about a year, biding his time."
 where he remained about a year, biding his time."
-Mr. ALEXANDER. The story was that those conspirators cornered
+Mr. ALEXANDER. The story was that those conspirators cornered the King in a room in the tower of the palace and tried to compel him to abdicate then and there, and Thurston, who was at the head of the Cabinet, stopped it.
 the King in a room in the tower of the palace and tried to compel him
-to abdicate then and there, and Thurston, who was at the head of the
+The CHAIRMAN. Do you speak of stories, or do you speak of the current belief?
 Cabinet, stopped it.
-. The CHAIRMAN. DO you speak of stories, or do you speak of the
+Mr. ALEXANDER. In regard to that Mr. Thurston gave me more especial evidence. He had the conspirators examined one by one, took down their statements, and he has them locked up.
 current belief?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. In regard to that Mr. Thurston gave me more
+The CHAIRMAN. In what capacity was he acting at the time?
 especial evidence. He had the conspirators examined one by one, took
-down their statements, and he has them locked up.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. He was minister of the interior, and virtually premier; leading member of the Cabinet.
 The CHAIRMAN. In what capacity was he acting at the time?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. He was minister of the interior, and virtually
+The CHAIRMAN. Of Kalakaua's Cabinet?
 premier; leading member of the Cabinet.
-The CHAIRMAN. Of Kalakaua's Cabinet?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
 The CHAIRMAN. What year was that?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. I think about the beginning of 1888.
-The CHAIRMAN. Then you take up the insurrection of 1889?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. I think about the beginning of 1888.
 " Meanwhile a secret organization was being formed throughout the
-islands, and when some progress has been made, Mr. Wilcox returned
+The CHAIRMAN. Then you take up the insurrection of 1889?
 to Honolulu in April, 1889, formed a rifle club, and began to prepare
-for another revolution."
+"Meanwhile a secret organization was being formed throughout the islands, and when some progress has been made, Mr. Wilcox returned to Honolulu in April, 1889, formed a rifle club, and began to prepare for another revolution."
 Mr. ALEXANDER. The object was to make him abdicate in favor of
-the Princess Liliuokalani.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. The object was to make him abdicate in favor of the Princess Liliuokalani.
 The CHAIRMAN. " The meetings of the league were held in a house
-belonging to the Princess Liliuokalani.
+The CHAIRMAN. "The meetings of the league were held in a house belonging to the Princess Liliuokalani.
 "At the subsequent trial it was proved by the defense, that the King
-had latterly come to an understanding with the conspirators, whose
+"At the subsequent trial it was proved by the defense, that the King had latterly come to an understanding with the conspirators, whose object was to restore his autocratic power."
 object was to restore his autocratic power."
-Where was the trial held ?
+Where was the trial held?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. In her room.
-The CHAIRMAN. Was it a judicial investigation?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. In her room.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN. In what court?
+The CHAIRMAN. Was it a judicial investigation?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. The supreme court. I think I speak of that afterward.
-The CHAIRMAN. "Before light, on the morning of July 30, 1889,
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes.
-Eobert Wilcox with about one hundred and fifty armed followers, occupied
-the Government buildings and the palace yard. No declaration
+The CHAIRMAN. In what court?
 of any kind was made, as they expected the King, who was at the seaside,
-to come up and proclaim the old constitution of 1864."
+Mr. ALEXANDER. The supreme court. I think I speak of that afterward.
-Senator GRAY. IS that the same Wilcox who was in the cabinet?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. NO; that was a white man; this was a half white,
+The CHAIRMAN. "Before light, on the morning of July 30, 1889, Robert Wilcox with about one hundred and fifty armed followers, occupied the Government buildings and the palace yard. No declaration of any kind was made, as they expected the King, who was at the seaside, to come up and proclaim the old constitution of 1864."
 who was sent to Europe to be educated—sent to school. He went to
-Italy and became a second lieutenant in the artillery.
+Senator GRAY. Is that the same Wilcox who was in the cabinet?
 The CHAIRMAN. What relation is he to the Wilcox who was in the
-cabinet ?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. No; that was a white man; this was a half white, who was sent to Europe to be educated—sent to school. He went to Italy and became a second lieutenant in the artillery.
 Mr. ALEXANDER. No relation. His father was a white man and his
-mother was a native.
+The CHAIRMAN. What relation is he to the Wilcox who was in the cabinet?
 The CHAIRMAN. " The household troops in the barracks remained
-neutral, and the palace was held against the insurgents by Eobert
+Mr. ALEXANDER. No relation. His father was a white man and his mother was a native.
 Parker, with 30 men, by the King's orders."
-Is that the same Parker who was in the cabinet?
+The CHAIRMAN. "The household troops in the barracks remained neutral, and the palace was held against the insurgents by Robert Parker, with 30 men, by the King's orders."
 Mr. ALEXANDER. A brother of his.
-HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 645
+Is that the same Parker who was in the cabinet?
-The CHAIRMAN. a The King, who distrusted the conspirators, had
-retired to his boathouse in the harbor to await results."
+Mr. ALEXANDER. A brother of his.
 The harbor of Honolulu?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. Honolulu.
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 The CHAIRMAN. "The volunteer riflemen promptly turned out, and
-many of the citizens took up arms for the Government."
+The CHAIRMAN. "The King, who distrusted the conspirators, had retired to his boathouse in the harbor to await results."
 I will ask you whether amongst those citizens there was the missionary
-party?
+The harbor of Honolulu?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. Some of them.
-The CHAIRMAN. Did you go into the company?
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Honolulu.
-Mr. ALEXANDER. TWO of my sons were members of the rifle company.
-I went down to the station house and offered my services.
+The CHAIRMAN. "The volunteer riflemen promptly turned out, and many of the citizens took up arms for the Government."
 The CHAIRMAN. That was in support of the Kalakaua Government?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. It was Kalakaua's Government putting down the
+I will ask you whether amongst those citizens there was the missionary party?
 rebellion against him, although it was believed the King connived at
-it. You see the conspiracy was planned in Liliuokalani's house, one
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Some of them.
 of her houses, and before daylight in the morning they started from
-her house. Nobody has any doubt that she was at the bottom of it.
+The CHAIRMAN. Did you go into the company?
 The CHAIRMAN. And her purpose was to dethrone Kalakaua?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. It was thought later that they came to an understanding;
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Two of my sons were members of the rifle company. I went down to the station house and offered my services.
 they were not strong enough to carry that out.
-Senator GRAY. What year was that?
+The CHAIRMAN. That was in support of the Kalakaua Government?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. July 30,1889. Kalakaua acted in such a way that,
-whichever way the affair went, whether success or failure, he would be
+Mr. ALEXANDER. It was Kalakaua's Government putting down the rebellion against him, although it was believed the King connived at it. You see the conspiracy was planned in Liliuokalani's house, one of her houses, and before daylight in the morning they started from her house. Nobody has any doubt that she was at the bottom of it.
 safe. If they had succeeded he would have gone up and proclaimed the
-old constitution; as they failed, he denied that he was connected with
+The CHAIRMAN. And her purpose was to dethrone Kalakaua?
 the movement.
-The CHAIRMAN. " At the request of the United States minister, Mr.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. It was thought later that they came to an understanding; they were not strong enough to carry that out.
 Merrill, a body of marines was landed, and marched up to the legation,
-where they remained during the day."
+Senator GRAY. What year was that?
 Mr. ALEXANDER. The legation was on the hotel premises, quite near
-to the palace.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. July 30,1889. Kalakaua acted in such a way that, whichever way the affair went, whether success or failure, he would be safe. If they had succeeded he would have gone up and proclaimed the old constitution; as they failed, he denied that he was connected with the movement.
 The CHAIRMAN. "This had a great moral effect. The insurgents
-were surrounded and isolated from the populace outside."
+The CHAIRMAN. "At the request of the United States minister, Mr. Merrill, a body of marines was landed, and marched up to the legation, where they remained during the day."
 Where were the insurgents assembled?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. In the palace yard. The rifles formed a cordon.
+Mr. ALEXANDER. The legation was on the hotel premises, quite near to the palace.
 The CHAIRMAN. Full-armed?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; they established patrols before daylight.
+The CHAIRMAN. "This had a great moral effect. The insurgents were surrounded and isolated from the populace outside."
 The CHAIRMAN. The military of the two parties were in hostile array?
-Mr. ALEXANDER. The insurgents went to the barracks, got cannon
+Where were the insurgents assembled?
 and ammunition, and the troops in the barracks were ordered by the
-Queen to remain neutral. But they allowed the insurgents to go there
+Mr. ALEXANDER. In the palace yard. The rifles formed a cordon.
 and help themselves to ammunition and cannon. There was a duel
-took place between our artillerymen and the cavalry.
+The CHAIRMAN. Full-armed?
 The CHAIRMAN. " The ministry drew up a written summons to them
-to surrender, which was served on them by Hon. S. M. Damon, but
+Mr. ALEXANDER. Yes; they established patrols before daylight.
 they refused to receive it, and immediately afterwards the conflict commenced
-between their three fieldpieces and the sharpshooters in the
+The CHAIRMAN. The military of the two parties were in hostile array?
 Opera House and other buildings commanding the palace yard. The
-result was that their guns were soon silenced and they were driven
+Mr. ALEXANDER. The insurgents went to the barracks, got cannon and ammunition, and the troops in the barracks were ordered by the Queen to remain neutral. But they allowed the insurgents to go there and help themselves to ammunition and cannon. There was a duel took place between our artillerymen and the cavalry.
 into a wooden building on the palace grounds, where they were besieged
-during the afternoon. Towards night a heavy rifle fire was
+The CHAIRMAN. "The ministry drew up a written summons to them to surrender, which was served on them by Hon. S. M. Damon, but they refused to receive it, and immediately afterwards the conflict commenced between their three fieldpieces and the sharpshooters in the Opera House and other buildings commanding the palace yard. The result was that their guns were soon silenced and they were driven into a wooden building on the palace grounds, where they were besieged during the afternoon. Towards night a heavy rifle fire was opened upon them and the roof of the building burst in by dynamite bombs, which forced them to surrender."
 opened upon them and the roof of the building burst in by dynamite
-bombs, which forced them to surrender."
+Mr. ALEXANDER. About the dynamite. The palace was surrounded by a stone wall 8 feet high, and the dynamite bombs were thrown from