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992 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Senator GRAY. When was that?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. That was probably the middle of February. I
can not say the date.
The CHAIRMAN. Who was the marshal?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. George Ashley. He was appointed and removed
afterwards.
The CHAIRMAN. Was any force used to put down that riot?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Oh, no; that was allowed just to quietly subside.
The CHAIRMAN. Was there any occasion since the establishment of
the Provisional Government when there were any riots which rendered
it necessary, or it appeared to be necessary, to put them down?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. No.
The CHAIRMAN. The country has been in a peaceful state under the
Provisional Government?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes; there was only one thing they were afraid of,
and that was incendiarism. Of course, we heard of that constantly—
heard of it from the men it came from.
The CHAIRMAN. Threats of burnings?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Threats of burnings.
The CHAIRMAN. After you had organized your force under Col. Soper
on Tuesday the 17th, did you have any apprehension that Queen Liliuokalani
could marshal a military force or armed citizens' force of sufficient
magnitude and strength to reinstate her in her possession of the
Government?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. NO ; but we did not take any chances on that—
we continued to perfect our organization and to extend it so as to be
ready for anything of that kind.
The CHAIRMAN. Taking all you know about the Hawaiian Islands
and the native population and the warmth of the men who were engaged
in and are now carrying on this Provisional Government, is it your
opinion that Liliuokalani has any chance toward reinstating herself
without the intervention of some foreign government?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. None whatever. She has not had from the first.
The CHAIRMAN. Did you regard the movement from the time it was
inaugurated as one determined and resolute, or one that might give way
to some counter movement on the Queen's part—some concessions on
her part ?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. There never was any such idea prevailed there
that I know of. It was one of strict determination. We sent the commissioners
to San Francisco. When we found that annexation had not
taken place under Mr. Harrison's administration we felt that our
interests were in just as good hands under President Cleveland. We
did not see how the dial could be turned backward.
The CHAIRMAN. YOU say that annexation was the ultimate result of
this revolution—that such was the belief of those who were engaged
in it?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes. You could not have gotten the men to take
up arms otherwise. The whole object was annexation.
The CHAIRMAN. YOU spoke of that being the case the year before.
Mr. MCCANDLESS. That was only a stepping-stone—the annexation
movement in '87.
The CHAIRMAN. Do you know whether the Kanaka population, the
native population, sympathize in that sentiment?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. In '87 they did. Nearly the whole native population
was on our side—sympathized with the movement. Of course
tli ere were none of them taken into the organization.
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The CHAIRMAN. Was that distinctively an annexation movement
in'87?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Oh, yes.
The CHAIRMAN. What change, if any, has occurred since that time?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. The natives were completely captured with the
idea of the lottery being there, and that there would be no further
trouble about having all the money they needed if they could get the
lottery. They were carried away with that idea. The native is like
an Indian; he will spend all the money he can get to gamble.
The CHAIRMAN. They are gamblers ?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes.
Senator GRAY. What is their principal game, cards?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. They do not care for cards. They have a Chinese
game there called " Paka Pia " and che-fah. There Mfere as high
as fifteen to twenty games running in the city at a time. That consisted
of going in and buying the tickets, guessing a number or a word.
It was a Chinese game, and they were very fond of it. It was a very
common report that the marshal's office was receiving $500 a week to
allow that game to continue—receiving the money from these different
banks. The Chinese cook that I had at my place told me of it. The
Chinese do not think anything of bribing, and the games are controlled
by the Chinese. He said that the marshal got $500 a week and the
deputy marshal so much, and the others still less, making about a
thousand dollars a week that was paid.
The CHAIRMAN. This Hawaiian sympathy. Had that died out
before the revolution?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. I think it had.
The CHAIRMAN. Among Kanakas.
Mr. MCCANDLESS. I think so, although the annexation question had
not been discussed publicly until the last two or three years. It was
discussed then publicly through the press and openly.
The CHAIRMAN. And that sentiment died out because they thought
they could get the money under a separate government through lottery
schemes and such like?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes. I know the leaders of the last Legislature,
among the natives, would pat their pockets, right in the legislative
chamber, and say, "Here is what we are here for." It had gotten to
that condition. I have seen that myself, right in the legislative hall.
The CHAIRMAN. By the members of the Legislature?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. By the members of the Legislature.
Senator GRAY. The white members?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. The half-whites. It had gotten to that pass that
it was just about as corrupt as it could be.
The CHAIRMAN. What time did you leave the islands to come over
here?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. The 1st day of June.
The CHAIRMAN. Did you leave to come here to give your testimony?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. NO. I have larger interests in the State of Washington
than I have in the Hawaiian Islands. Like many people there,
I come to the States to invest my money. I went to the State of Washington
in 18S6. My partner stayed there, and has been there ever
since, and as I accumulate money I take it to the State of Washington.
The CHAIRMAN. Your visit to the United States is merely on' business
?
Mr. MCCANDLESS. Yes. I would not have come over except that I
promised my family to come to the Fair.
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