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The Government put down the Liberal
Party conspiracy by arresting many of
its leaders when the queen's marshal,
"Wilson learned of the secret Hawaiian
Patriotic League [and] succeeded in
infiltrating it with spies who
supplied him with information about
the doings of the conspirators." 172/
Kuykendall points out that, given
these events, it seemed "that the
United States naval force in Honolulu
Harbor was in fact affording
protection to the queen's government
against the menace of possible
revolutionary actions by the Liberal
faction." 173/
The second major development was
the formation of the Annexation Club.
According to Kuykendall, "The sole
source of information about the origin
and activities of the Annexation Club,
a secret one—is Lorrin A. Thurston."
174/ Thurston indicated that the date
of the Club's formation was January or
February 1892. The object of the club
"was not to promote annexation, but to
be ready to act quickly and
intelligently, should Liliuokalani
precipitate the necessity by some move
against the Constitution, tending to
revert to absolutism or anything of
the nature." 175/ The organization,
which kept no records, was small—
never more than seventeen members,
thirteen of whom were, on January 14,
1893, appointed to a Committee of
Safety that planned and directed the
overthrow of the monarchy. 176/ The
club members felt that they ought to
"know beforehand the probable attitude
of the United States Government toward
annexing Hawaii," 177/ and Thurston
visited Washington in order to get
that information. Of his trip,
Thurston wrote:
Or. Mott Smith [special emissary
of the Hawaiian Government sent to
Washington to negotiate a freetrade
treaty with the United States]
volunteered to introduce me to th<
principal authorities, and was
present when I met Senator Cushmai
K. Davis, Republican member of ttv
foreign relations committee of th
Republican Senate, and Representa
ative James H. Blount, Democratic
chairman of the like committee of
the Democratic House of Represent.
atives. My interview with
Mr. Blount took place in his
committee room at the Capitol, anc
lasted about a half-hour.
When I had finished my statement,
he said: I suppose that you
have come to me because you want
to know, in case action becomes
necessary in Honolulu, what the
attitude of the Democratic House
of Representatives may be, if the
matter comes up in Washington. I
replied that he had stated the cast
exactly. He went on: I do not
know very much about this subject,
but I can tell you this: if the
question does come up, it will be
treated here as a national one, and
not as a Democratic [one]. I
advise you to see Mr. Blaine,
secretary of state, and see what he
thinks. I explained that I
intended to see Mr. Blaine, but
that he was ill, and I had not seen
him, although I hoped to meet him
soon. All right, said Mr. Blount.
You do so, and let me know what he
says. I agreed.
A few days afterward, I called
at the State Department and
presented James G. Blaine a letter
of introduction from John L.
Stevens, United States minister to
Hawaii. I made a full explanation
to Mr. Blaine: we had no intention
of precipitating action in Honolulu
but conditions had gone so far that
we felt the maintenance of peace to
be impossible; we believed
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 infiltrating it with spies who
 supplied him with information about
-the doings of the conspirators." 172/
+the doings of the conspirators." <u>172</u>/
 Kuykendall points out that, given
 these events, it seemed "that the
@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 against the menace of possible
 revolutionary actions by the Liberal
-faction." 173/
+faction." <u>173</u>/
 The second major development was
 the formation of the Annexation Club.
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 and activities of the Annexation Club,
 a secret one—is Lorrin A. Thurston."
-/ Thurston indicated that the date
+<u>174</u>/ Thurston indicated that the date
 of the Club's formation was January or
 February 1892. The object of the club
@@ Line 30: / Line 31: @@
 against the Constitution, tending to
 revert to absolutism or anything of
-the nature." 175/ The organization,
+the nature." <u>175</u>/ The organization,
 which kept no records, was small—
 never more than seventeen members,
@@ Line 36: / Line 37: @@
 , appointed to a Committee of
 Safety that planned and directed the
-overthrow of the monarchy. 176/ The
+overthrow of the monarchy. <u>176</u>/ The
 club members felt that they ought to
 "know beforehand the probable attitude
 of the United States Government toward
-annexing Hawaii," 177/ and Thurston
+annexing Hawaii," <u>177</u>/ and Thurston
 visited Washington in order to get
 that information. Of his trip,
 Thurston wrote:
 Or. Mott Smith [special emissary
-of the Hawaiian Government sent to
+:Or. Mott Smith [special emissary of the Hawaiian Government sent to Washington to negotiate a freetrade treaty with the United States] volunteered to introduce me to the principal authorities, and was present when I met Senator Cushman K. Davis, Republican member of the foreign relations committee of the Republican Senate, and Representative James H. Blount, Democratic chairman of the like committee of the Democratic House of Representatives. My interview with Mr. Blount took place in his committee room at the Capitol, and lasted about a half-hour.
 Washington to negotiate a freetrade
-treaty with the United States]
+:When I had finished my statement, he said: I suppose that you have come to me because you want to know, in case action becomes necessary in Honolulu, what the attitude of the Democratic House of Representatives may be, if the matter comes up in Washington. I replied that he had stated the cast exactly. He went on: I do not know very much about this subject, but I can tell you this: if the question does come up, it will be treated here as a national one, and not as a Democratic [one]. I advise you to see Mr. Blaine, secretary of state, and see what he thinks. I explained that I intended to see Mr. Blaine, but that he was ill, and I had not seen him, although I hoped to meet him soon. All right, said Mr. Blount. You do so, and let me know what he says. I agreed.
-volunteered to introduce me to th<
-principal authorities, and was
+:A few days afterward, I called at the State Department and presented James G. Blaine a letter of introduction from John L. Stevens, United States minister to Hawaii. I made a full explanation to Mr. Blaine: we had no intention of precipitating action in Honolulu but conditions had gone so far that we felt the maintenance of peace to be impossible; we believed
-present when I met Senator Cushmai
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