Hawaii — page 130: what you’re looking at

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LILIUOKALANI AND THE REVOLUTION. 121 we examine the Government building and see if the provis- ional government was in actual possession, formally rec- ognized the Provisional Government as the de facto Gov- ernment of the country. In regard to this resolution, Mr. Stevens says: “When Captain Wiltse and myself on the “Boston” arrived in the harbor of Honolulu on the forenoon of Jan. 14, I was completely taken by surprise at what the Queen, the palace associates, and the lottery gang had accomplished in ten days. ‘The remonstrances of the Chamber of Commerce of the numerous petitions of some of the best people of the island, both whites and natives, and the earnest pleadings of those who had pre- viously adhered to the monarchy, had been defiantly dis- regarded. I found the city in great excitement, and learned that for many hours there had been an anxious desire for the return of the “Boston,” and this desire was strong among the thoughtful supporters of the monarchy as well as among the great body of the responsible cit1- zens. ~The surging, irresistible tide of revolution was then obvious to all persons not willfully blind. Without sleep for two days and nights on the “Boston,” without stopping to change dress, as soon as possible I sought to co-operate with the English Minister to get access to the Queen and to try by friendly advice to avert the revo- lution. It was too late; the mob of royal retainers were already gathering at the palace to aid the Queen to carry out her plan of overturning the constitution.” Sanford B. Dole, the President of the Provisional Gov- comicbooks (eo)