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962 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
buildings and palace, and securing possession of all the artillery
fortified the palace. The regular troops, by order of the King, refused
to assist the cabinet, who called upon the white militia and white
citizens for assistance. The call was promptly responded to. The
revolutionists were protected by an 8-foot stone wall around the palace,
and used artillery as well as rifles, while the cabinet supporters
were armed with rilies alone. The fighting opened at 9 o'clock in the
morning with less than 30 cabinet supporters in position in front of the
palace, which number was later increased to about 500. The royalist
revolutionists opened with a furious fire of both artillery and small
arms. Within half an hour they were driven from their guns. Seven
were killed and 12 wounded, and before dark all of them were dispersed
or captured, while not one of the Cabinet supporters was
injured.
" Such is the undisputed record of events upon two occasions when
the royalists and the organizers of the Provisional Government have
come into armed conflict when there has been no suggestion of support
to either side by any outside power. Under these circumstances I
submit that the burden of proof is upon those who claim that the leaders
of the Provisional Government are cowards, or that they are incompetent
to organize or successfully carry out a revolution against the
royalists in Hawaii.
" I t is unnecessary for me here to restate the details of the bitter constitutional
conflict which had been carried on between the Queen and
the Legislature during the seven months prior to January last, or
to speak of the intense indignation existing among all classes of
citizens by reason of the open and successful alliance of the Queen
with the opium and lottery rings. The political liberties of the people
had been trampled upon, and their moral sense shocked. It simply
needed the added provocation of the arbitrary attempt to abrogate the
constitution and disfranchise every white man in the country, to spontaneously
crystallize opposition into a force that was irresistible.
" I n reply to the sneer that the persons taking part in the movement
were 'aliens,' I would say that every man of them was, by the laws of
the country, a legal voter, whose right to the franchise was, by the
proposed constitution, to be abrogated; a large proportion of them
were born in the country, and almost without exception those who were
not born there had lived there for years, owned property there, and had
made it their home. They were the men who had built up the country
commercially, agriculturally, financially, and politically, and created
and made possible a civilized government therein. They were and are
such men as to-day are the leading citizens of the most progressive
communities of the United States, with interests as thoroughly identified
with the interests of Hawaii as are the interests of native and
foreign born citizens in similar communities in this country identified
with it?"
Adjourned until Monday, the 22d instant, at 10 o'clock a. m.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 963
WASHINGTON, D. C, Monday, January 22, 1894.
The subcommittee met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: The Chairman (Senator MORGAN), and Senators GRAY,
BUTLER and FRYE, and Senators DANIEL and DAVIS, of the full
committee.
SWORN STATEMENT OF JOHN A. McCANDLESS—Continued.
The CHAIRMAN. What connection had you with political movements
in Hawaii, and when did you first become associated with any political
movement in Hawaii?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. My first connection was in 1887. During the
winter of 1880 and 1887 there was organized, under the laws of the
Kingdom, an organization called the Honolulu Rifles, and it suddenly
became very popular with all the foreigners and whites of the islands.
I joined that military organization, and continued to be a member of
it until 1888, when I made a visit to the States.
The CHAIRMAN. Did you hold any office in that organization ?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. I was nothing but a private. I was one of a committee
of thirteen of the political organization.
The CHAIRMAN. At that time ?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes.
The CnAiRMAN. What was the nature of that organization ?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. That was an organization to compel the King to
grant a new constitution, or it was organized with the intention of
forming a republic, making a republic—that is, deposing the King,
making a republic with a view of annexing the islands to the United
States.
The CHAIRMAN. Then why was not that purpose persisted in, or was
it abandoned?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. It was persisted in that a great many people
thought we should give the King one last show to redress the wrongs
that he had committed, and take a great many of the prerogatives
away from him, and perhaps he would do better. That spirit prevailed
to such an extent that a mass meeting was called and strong resolutions
were drawn up. They were made so strong that they did not think
that any man of self-respect could accede to the demands of the resolutions,
and so soon as he should refuse they would start the revolution.
The CHAIRMAN. How was that mass meeting as to numbers?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. The mass meeting of 1887 was a mass meeting of
1,200 people.
The CHAIRMAN. Of what class of people was that mass meeting composed?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Of most of the white people of the Hawaiian
Islands.
Senator GRAY. Where did you go from to Hawaii?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. West Virginia.
Senator GRAY. Where were you born?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. In Pennsylvania. My father moved from Pennsylvania
when I was a boy. I went to California and stayed there a
year and a half, and went to the Hawaiian Islands in 1881.
The CHAIRMAN. Your business out there was sinking artesian wells ?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. Did the King make concessions that reconciled this

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 Mr. {{sc|McCandless.}} My first connection was in 1887. During the
-winter of 1880 and 1887 there was organized, under the laws of the
+winter of 1886 and 1887 there was organized, under the laws of the
 Kingdom, an organization called the Honolulu Rifles, and it suddenly
 became very popular with all the foreigners and whites of the islands.

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-HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
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 buildings and palace, and securing possession of all the artillery
 fortified the palace. The regular troops, by order of the King, refused
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 or captured, while not one of the Cabinet supporters was
 injured.
 " Such is the undisputed record of events upon two occasions when
 the royalists and the organizers of the Provisional Government have
 come into armed conflict when there has been no suggestion of support
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 to organize or successfully carry out a revolution against the
 royalists in Hawaii.
-" I t is unnecessary for me here to restate the details of the bitter constitutional
 conflict which had been carried on between the Queen and
 the Legislature during the seven months prior to January last, or
@@ Line 32: / Line 34: @@
 constitution and disfranchise every white man in the country, to spontaneously
 crystallize opposition into a force that was irresistible.
-" I n reply to the sneer that the persons taking part in the movement
 were 'aliens,' I would say that every man of them was, by the laws of
 the country, a legal voter, whose right to the franchise was, by the
@@ Line 46: / Line 49: @@
 foreign born citizens in similar communities in this country identified
 with it?"
 Adjourned until Monday, the 22d instant, at 10 o'clock a. m.
-HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 963
+{{p|963}}
-WASHINGTON, D. C, Monday, January 22, 1894.
+={{sc|Washington, D.C.,}} ''Monday, January 22, 1894.''=
 The subcommittee met pursuant to adjournment.
-Present: The Chairman (Senator MORGAN), and Senators GRAY,
-BUTLER and FRYE, and Senators DANIEL and DAVIS, of the full
+Present: The Chairman (Senator {{sc|Morgan}}), and Senators {{sc|Gray}},
 committee.
 SWORN STATEMENT OF JOHN A. McCANDLESS—Continued.
-The CHAIRMAN. What connection had you with political movements
+==SWORN STATEMENT OF JOHN A. McCANDLESS—Continued.==
 in Hawaii, and when did you first become associated with any political
 movement in Hawaii?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. My first connection was in 1887. During the
 winter of 1880 and 1887 there was organized, under the laws of the
 Kingdom, an organization called the Honolulu Rifles, and it suddenly
@@ Line 63: / Line 70: @@
 I joined that military organization, and continued to be a member of
 it until 1888, when I made a visit to the States.
-The CHAIRMAN. Did you hold any office in that organization ?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. I was nothing but a private. I was one of a committee
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} Did you hold any office in that organization?
 of thirteen of the political organization.
-The CHAIRMAN. At that time ?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes.
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} At that time?
-The CnAiRMAN. What was the nature of that organization ?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. That was an organization to compel the King to
+Mr. {{sc|McCandless.}} Yes.
 grant a new constitution, or it was organized with the intention of
 forming a republic, making a republic—that is, deposing the King,
 making a republic with a view of annexing the islands to the United
 States.
-The CHAIRMAN. Then why was not that purpose persisted in, or was
 it abandoned?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. It was persisted in that a great many people
 thought we should give the King one last show to redress the wrongs
 that he had committed, and take a great many of the prerogatives
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 that any man of self-respect could accede to the demands of the resolutions,
 and so soon as he should refuse they would start the revolution.
-The CHAIRMAN. How was that mass meeting as to numbers?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. The mass meeting of 1887 was a mass meeting of
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} How was that mass meeting as to numbers?
 ,200 people.
-The CHAIRMAN. Of what class of people was that mass meeting composed?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. Of most of the white people of the Hawaiian
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} Of what class of people was that mass meeting composed?
 Islands.
-Senator GRAY. Where did you go from to Hawaii?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. West Virginia.
+Senator {{sc|Gray.}} Where did you go from to Hawaii?
-Senator GRAY. Where were you born?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. In Pennsylvania. My father moved from Pennsylvania
+Mr. {{sc|McCandless.}} West Virginia.
 when I was a boy. I went to California and stayed there a
 year and a half, and went to the Hawaiian Islands in 1881.
-The CHAIRMAN. Your business out there was sinking artesian wells ?
-Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes.
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} Your business out there was sinking artesian wells?
-The CHAIRMAN. Did the King make concessions that reconciled this