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There was little doubt that
members of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations were anxious to
forestall any attempt by a
European Power to secure some
means of control over Hawaii• The
cession of Pearl Harbor as a naval
station would definitely place the
United states in a position of
dominance in the islands, and this
very fact accounted for the
reluctance of the Hawaiian
Government to make a favorable
response to this Senate
suggestion. 102/
This concern in the United States
about foreign influence was
exacerbated in late 1886 by rumors
that Hawaii was going to float a $2
million loan, negotiated in England,
that would "pledge the public revenues
of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a
collateral security for that loan."
103/ The United States felt this
would interfere with their preferred
rights gained under the 1875 Treaty.
This situation, along with hints
received of attempts to negotiate a
treaty between Hawaii and Canada, wa3
enough for the United States Senate to
approve a new treaty of reciprocity
with Hawaii on January 10, 1887. The
king quickly approved it after the
reformists' revolt.
Cas.i uet Government and Attempts to
Regain Powers of the Monarchy,
1887 to 1891 104/
The remaining years prior to the
establishment of a Provisional
Government in 1893 were marked with
sporadic attempts by the native
Hawaiians to regain some measure of
their power:
The men who carried through the
Revolution of 1887 thought they
had, in the constitution of
that year, formulated the
conditions under which monarchy
could continue to exist in the
Hawaiian islands...But the
Hawaiian monarchy did not
willingly accept the role assigned
to it by the Constitution of 1887.
It wanted the sovereign to be not
merely a glamorous symbol of the
power of the nation but the actual
repository and wielder of that
power as he had been in earlier
years. The conflict between these
two concepts of government is the
most important feature of the
history of the remaining years of
the kingdom. 105/
Under Article 80 of the new
constitution of 1887, elections were
required to be held within ninety days
for nobles and representatives. A
campaign preceded the election, which
was to be held on September 12, 1887.
Meetings were held by the opposition
in which objections were raised to the
suffrage provisions of the constitution
(Articles 59 and 62), which
excluded all persons of Asiatic birth
from the privilege of voting. A
Hawaiian lawyer, J. M. Poepoe, a
leader of the native Hawaiians, also
objected to the suffrage provisions
and suggested a petition to the king.
106/
Resolutions were adopted a short
time later by the opposition (that
is, the natives) requesting that "the
new Constitution be abrogated, and the
old one reestablished; that all volunteer
companies be forthwith disbanded
and that all the arms and ammunition
in possession of citizens be taken
away from them." 107/ In response to
these resolutions, the king replied:
"the new constitution (his constitution)
was better than the old and that
it enlarged rather than curtailed the
civil rights of the people." 108/ The
king was later reported to have made
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 This situation, along with hints
 received of attempts to negotiate a
-treaty between Hawaii and Canada, wa3
+treaty between Hawaii and Canada, was
 enough for the United States Senate to
 approve a new treaty of reciprocity

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-There was little doubt that
+:There was little doubt that members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations were anxious to forestall any attempt by a European Power to secure some means of control over Hawaii• The cession of Pearl Harbor as a naval station would definitely place the United states in a position of dominance in the islands, and this very fact accounted for the reluctance of the Hawaiian Government to make a favorable response to this Senate suggestion. <u>102</u>/
 members of the Senate Committee on
 This concern in the United States
 about foreign influence was
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 of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a
 collateral security for that loan."
-/ The United States felt this
+<u>103</u>/ The United States felt this
 would interfere with their preferred
 rights gained under the 1875 Treaty.
@@ Line 33: / Line 20: @@
 king quickly approved it after the
 reformists' revolt.
-Cas.i uet Government and Attempts to
-Regain Powers of the Monarchy,
+===<u>Cabinet Government and Attempts to Regain Powers of the Monarchy, 1887 to 1891</u> <u>104</u>/===
 to 1891 104/
 The remaining years prior to the
 establishment of a Provisional
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 Hawaiians to regain some measure of
 their power:
 The men who carried through the
-Revolution of 1887 thought they
+:The men who carried through the Revolution of 1887 thought they had, in the constitution of that year, formulated the conditions under which monarchy could continue to exist in the Hawaiian islands...But the Hawaiian monarchy did not willingly accept the role assigned to it by the Constitution of 1887. It wanted the sovereign to be not merely a glamorous symbol of the power of the nation but the actual repository and wielder of that power as he had been in earlier years. The conflict between these two concepts of government is the most important feature of the history of the remaining years of the kingdom. <u>105</u>/
 had, in the constitution of
 Under Article 80 of the new
 constitution of 1887, elections were
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 objected to the suffrage provisions
 and suggested a petition to the king.
-/
+<u>106</u>/
 Resolutions were adopted a short
 time later by the opposition (that
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 and that all the arms and ammunition
 in possession of citizens be taken
-away from them." 107/ In response to
+away from them." <u>107</u>/ In response to
 these resolutions, the king replied:
 "the new constitution (his constitution)
 was better than the old and that
 it enlarged rather than curtailed the
-civil rights of the people." 108/ The
+civil rights of the people." <u>108</u>/ The
 king was later reported to have made
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