The Legitimate Government in Hawaii Series: The Tampered KUE Petition - 1897
Reviewed by Anonymous Author and Amelia Gora (2025)
Did you know that the KUE Petition signatures obtained by Sellout Hawaiians gave the impression that they were helping Queen Liliuokalani but in actuality were helping the Republic of Hawaii?
How So? After the signatures were collected, the last page show the submission was made by officers of the Republic of Hawaii or the Sellout Hawaiians helping the invaders, usurpers of Queen Liliuokalani.
The cover documents were found by Kilikina Kekumano doing research at the Archives in Maryland.
Those pages were not with the KUE Petition signatures that was found previously by Researcher Noenoe Silva.
The KUE Petition signatures were found in another location of the Maryland archives!
Issues:
1) 40,000 signatures were spoken of by Queen Liliuokalani in her submission.
See:
2) Only 21,269 signatures were found separate and apart from the cover documents.
Meaning 18,731 signatures are missing.
3) The signatures were submitted with the Republic of Hawaii entered at the end of the document and not the Kingdom of Hawaii.
4) The Cover Pages were signed by Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii not the Republic of Hawaii.
5) The Cover Pages were filed in a location other than Hawaii, the Kingdom of Hawaii.
As I recall it was in the Japan records/ film Files....and it took years for Kilikina Kekumano to find it!
6) The True Intent of the Opposition to Annexation was Tampered with, those who signed were Not aware that the signatures would be used to support the Republic of Hawaii. The illegal created entity by the racists, white supremacists, white annexationists was supported by the U.S. military in their invasion against a neutral, friendly, non-violent nation with ongoing psyops activities engaged in.
7) Had the Cover Letters submitted by Queen Liliuokalani and the signatures found by another researcher were found together, the signatures would serve as evidence to the American people of the documented opposition to the United States activities in Hawaii.
8) To date, there remains 19,000 signatures missing that was delivered to Washington, D.C. supporting Queen Liliuokalani's Opposition to Annexation.
9) Sellout Hawaiians? or Innocent Kanaka Maoli who were unaware of the Republic of Hawaii usage on the signatures submitted.
The Kanaka Maoli who hand carried /submitted the Kue Petitions were the following:
"These petitions were hand-carried to Washington and delivered to the United States Senate by a commission of Native Hawaiian delegates consisting of James Keauiluna Kaulia (president of Hui Aloha ʻĀina), David Kalauokalani (president of Hui Kālaiʻāina), William Auld, and John Richardson.[4]"
James Keauiluna Kaulia - president of Hui Aloha Aina
see: https://www.kamakakoi.com/hawaiianpatriots/kaulia.html
David Kalauokalani - president of Hui Kalaiaina
William Auld - missionary descendant -
John Richardson - "
John Richardson was born on 15 Dec. 1853 in Waikapu, Maui and was raised by Maui Sheriff Thomas Everett and his wife. He was admitted to the Hawaiian bar at a young age and became a prominent attorney in the Maui courts. He served in both houses of the legislature.Jun 25, 2014 "
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Questionable Issues:
Queen Liliuokalani and her team filed her documents and entering it as the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Kaulia, Kalauokalani, Auld, and Richardson filed the KUE Petition which was signed for the "Republic of Hawaii" and NOT the
Kingdom of Hawaii.
In other words, Queen Liliuokalani's cover document was signed as representing the Kingdom of Hawaii
and the KUE Petition was turned in with the signatures of the Hawaiian people with a closing page defining
the Republic of Hawaii.
Conspirators submitted the peoples signatures under the cover of "Republic of Hawaii" and Queen Liliuokalani's
pages were submitted under the "Kingdom of Hawaii".
Conspiracy, questionnable intent is documented here!
The documents were located under different filings...............Noenoe Silva found the signatures in another
location, while it took Kilikina Kekumano a long time to find Queen Liliuokalani's letter of OPPOSITION to
Annexation! Plus there's additional signatures that were NOT FOUND yet!
Everyone interested in what truly happened to the evidence should be aware of these facts!
And know that Richardson, an attorney, had his Attorney son continue his career choice, became the named
character of the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Law and became a supporter of the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs supporting the State of Hawaii claims to the "ceded lands" issues, and "sovereignty".
Lastly, Williamson Chang the whistleblower of there being No Annexation in Hawaii became the Head of the Law
School at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Do you see the funny business going on ?
Sanford B. Dole and friends were paid off by the Secretary of State, U.S. Navy of the United States of
America for their part in the conspiracy against the Queen, the Kingdom of Hawaii.............
and further characters supporting the role of the usurpers includes the four characters including
the Judge Richardson supporting conspiracy, piracy, corruption, fraud, etc.
They are exposed for the records, the legal records and for all to see..........
Fraud vitiates all claims and all contracts. See the United States vs. Throckmorton case.
Reference:
Be it not be denied that the signatures of the Opposition to Annexation was entered with Fraudulent
intent on the part of the Richardson, et. als. group.
The people's intent was to Oppose Annexation and signed with the intent of supporting Queen Liliuokalani,
and Not the usurpers Republic of Hawaii claims.
This research is intended to maintain that the people of the Hawaiian Islands were aligned with
Queen Liliuokalani, and not those who were against her in 1897.
Cases precedence of the Kingdom of Hawaii, the 1850 Treaty Article XIV for piracy, etc., the U.S. Constitution violation of the Supremacy Clause, and international laws can also be applied to those who did wrong against Queen Liliuokalani, and the people of Hawaii who
signed the KUE Petition with intent to Oppose the Annexation to the United States in 1897.
Research incomplete.
aloha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkkRFW5hAuE&list=RDjkkRFW5hAuE&start_radio=1
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%AB%CA%BB%C4%93_Petitions
https://www.kamakakoi.com/hawaiianpatriots/kaulia.html
A DEDICATED HAWAIIAN PATRIOT
James Kaulia was part of a delegation that lobbied congress to oppose annexation. As a result, a treaty of annexation was never passed.
The Kaulia Speech: An Excerpt
Translation provided by Jacob Bryan Ka‘omakaokalā Aki and Dr. Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘opua
Online Resources
Printed Resources
"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kūʻē (Hawaiian: "opposition") Petitions of 1897 were a protest against the annexation of Hawaii by the United States.[1] Also referred to as the "monster petition".[2] It was organized by Hui Aloha ʻĀina.
History
[edit]The majority of the population of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the late 1890s was vociferously opposed to annexation. In a single weeklong petition drive in 1897, 21,269 signatures — representing well over half of the native adult population of Hawaii at the time[3] — were procured by horseback, boat and foot travel by members of Hui Aloha ʻĀina (Hawaiian Patriotic League). Names on the petition were from loyal subjects of the Hawaiian Kingdom many of which were Asian because of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that threatened the voting rights of the Asian population in the Hawaiian Kingdom. These petitions were hand-carried to Washington and delivered to the United States Senate by a commission of Native Hawaiian delegates consisting of James Keauiluna Kaulia (president of Hui Aloha ʻĀina), David Kalauokalani (president of Hui Kālaiʻāina), William Auld, and John Richardson.[4]
Text
[edit]The text of the petitions is as follows:
"To his Excellency WILLIAM McKINLEY, President, and the Senate, of the United States of America. Greeting - Whereas there has been submitted to the Senate of the United States of America a treaty for the Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the said United States of America, for consideration at its regular session in December A.D. 1897; therefore,
We the undersigned, native Hawaiian citizens and residents of the district of.............Island of.........who are members of the Women's Hawaiian Patriotic League of the Hawaiian Islands, and others who are in sympathy with the said league, earnestly protest against the annexation of the said Hawaiian Islands to the United States of America in any form or shape."
Effect
[edit]After receiving the petitions, the United States Senate in 1898 failed to approve the annexation treaty by the necessary two-thirds majority.[5] Annexation was then effected under the Newlands Resolution.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Minton, Nālani; Osorio, Jon Kamakawiwoʻole; Osorio, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani; Silva, Noenoe K. (2020). Kūʻē Petitions: A Mau Loa Aku Nō. Kaiao Press in partnerhsip with Friends of the Judiciary History Center.
References
[edit]- ^ Severns, Tara. "HWST 115 - Mo'okū'auhau: Hawaiian Genealogies: Home". Windward Community College (Hawaii). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Van Dyke, Jon M. (2008). Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawaiʻi?. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8248-6560-3. OCLC 257449971 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ Swanson, David. "A New Estimate of the Hawaiian Population for 1778, the Year of First European Contact" (PDF). University of California–Riverside.
- ^ "Anti-annexation petitions - Page 4". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ "The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii". National Archives. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- "Annexation of Hawaii | University of Hawaii at Manoa Library". libweb.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%AB%CA%BB%C4%93_Petitions
Hawaiʻi - Kūʻē Petitions Anti-Annexation
No ke kue mau loa ana aku...
"E hui a hooholo i Olelo Hooholo no ke kue mau loa ana aku i ka hoohui ia o Hawaii nei me Amerika" (Let’s gather and forward an address to forever protest Hawai‘i’s annexation to America) said James Keauiluna Kaulia, the President of the Hui Aloha ʻĀina, in an announcement for a mass protest meeting against annexation (Kaulia, 7).
At this meeting in Honolulu, Kānaka Maoli discussed what the annexation of Hawaiʻi would mean for them and what actions they could take against it. 1897 was a year of strong resistance against the colonial powers of the United States for the Hawaiian people. It was a cumulation of kūʻē against the continued injustices of an illegal overthrow of the monarchy and systematic attempts to silence the lāhui. The people of Hawaiʻi gathered together at the Palace Square, steadfast in their resistance. Prominent leaders like Queen Liliʻuokalani, James Kaulia, Joseph Nāwahīokalaniopuʻu, Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine Campbell, and many others prompted the people to take a stand. This story of Hawaiʻi’s annexation is not a silent one, but one of a battle fought long, hard, and justly with aloha from and for Kānaka Maoli.
In the years leading up to 1897, the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom and of the lāhui was in distress. In 1887, the Bayonet Constitution was forced onto King Kalākaua, which limited political power from the monarchy and restricted voting rights. Queen Liliʻuokalani was forcefully overthrown in 1893 and attempts to restore power by kānaka political leaders through rebellions were not successful. This inspired kānaka to form political groups of their own, such as the Hui Kālaiʻāina and the Hui Aloha ʻĀina to restore aliʻi and kānaka political power. Queen Liliʻuokalani, even though she was imprisoned in her own home and forced to abdicate the throne in 1895, never lost hope that she and the Hawaiian Kingdom would see justice. She writes in a letter sent July 1897 regarding annexation to the new U.S. president William McKinley, "[I] assure you of my unfaltering trust that the Almighty Ruler of the Universe may guide your councils into the ways of justice to all and peace to those most interested" (Liliuokalani, para 2). She trusted that if they fought annexation peacefully and democratically, following the rules of the western government, independence would be restored.
William McKinley at the time was open to the idea of annexing Hawaiʻi. In June 1897, he sent the annexation treaty that the Republic of Hawaiʻi leaders drafted and lobbied to the U.S. Senate. In turn "the Hui Aloha ʻĀina for Women, the Hui Aloha ʻĀina for Men, and the Hui Kālaiʻāina, along with the queen, formed a coalition to oppose the treaty" (Silva, 146). They organized mass meetings and mass petition drives to which hundreds of thousands of citizens attended. Their objective was to oppose the annexation using the same democratic means that the United States abides by. On September 6th in the mass meeting at the Palace Square, President Kaulia said, "'Aole loa kakou ka lahui e ae e hoohuiia ko kakou aina me Amerika a hiki i ke Aloha Aina hope loa' (We, the nation [lāhui] will never consent to the annexation of our land to America, down to the very last Aloha ʻĀina)" (Silva, 146). And so, they sailed. The men's branch, women's branch, and the Hui Kalaiʻāina voyaged to each island, organizing mass petition drives. A total of 38,000 signatures was collected, undeniable proof that the people of the Hawaiʻi did not consent to the annexation of their home.
Finally in December of 1897, ʻelele lāhui (national delegates) from the three hui arrived in Washington D.C. to present the petitions to the U.S. Senate. The Hui Kālaiʻāina’s petition was for the restoration of the monarchy, which numbered 17,000 signatures, while the Hui Aloha ʻĀina’s petition to protest the annexation numbered around 21,000 signatures. The delegates, in consultation with Queen Liliʻuokalani, agreed to submit the Hui Aloha ʻĀina’s petition in order to present a united front. They spent three months persuading and winning the empathy of senators and congressmen against annexation. The ‘elele lāhui left Washington D.C. in February 1898 with a sense of confidence. The U.S. Senate had only 46 votes for annexation; 60 was needed. The annexation treaty failed to get enough votes.
With pressure from the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Congress ignored the failed annexation treaty and international law. Using their own U.S. domestic law, they passed a joint resolution in July of 1898, the Newsland Resolution, to illegally annex Hawaiʻi into the United States. On August 12, 1898, the American flag was raised over ʻIolani palace. It is said cries echoed throughout the islands of Hawaiʻi.
Thanks to the effort of Nālani Minton and Dr. Noenoe Silva, we have access to the Hui Aloha ʻĀina’s petitions today; evidence that some 21,269 of our kūpuna were against America’s unlawful annexation of the pae ʻāina. It lay dormant in the U.S. National Archives before a complete copy was returned to Hawaiʻi in 1998. Those pages are no longer lost in history and their valor is not forgotten. These pages are evidence of the mana of our kūpuna and that mana is present in kānaka maoli today. Kānaka since then, have and will continue to protest the illegal seizure, occupation, and the abuse of Hawaiian lands in the same righteous manner of those ancestors who signed the petitions in 1897.
Works Cited
Kaulia, James Keauiluna. “He Halawai Makaainana Nui.” Ke Aloha Aina, 1897. Papakilo Database, OHA.
Liliuokalani to William McKinley (U.S. President), July 24, 1897. The Annexation of Hawaii: A Collection Of Documents. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library, https://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/protest/liliu6.php.
Osorio, Jonathan K. “Hoʻopiʻi i ka Lāhui” in Kūʻē Petitions A Mau Loa Aku. Kaiao Press, 2020. pp. 7-10.
Silva, Noenoe K. “The Annexation Struggle.” Aloha Betrayed, Duke University Press, 2004, pp. 123–163.
About this digital collection
It is with much aloha for the lāhui that the Hawaiian Collection at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa makes this new digital collection of the Kūʻē petitions available. This project would not be possible without our Native Hawaiian Student Services Kekaulike undergraduate intern who researched the Kūʻē petitions, wrote the introduction, and carefully sorted the 559 page pdf of the petitions into the places across this pae ʻāina that those signatures represent. The introduction into this digital collection, “No ke kue mau loa ana aku…” is a reminder of this history and of the everlasting mana and aloha ʻāina of our kūpuna who, through their signatures signed over 125 years ago, continue to protect the ea of this pae ʻāina. This legacy is our kūʻē mau loa, our lasting kūʻē to continue to fight for what we know is right. Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
This new digital collection of the Kūʻē petitions is an update to the original collection of black and white scans that the Hawaiian Collection created in the 2000s to provide unprecedented electronic access at the time. The color scans in this new collection were downloaded from the U.S. National Archives catalog where the Kūʻē petitions are available as a 559 page pdf. The individual petitions pages are grouped by the places written on them. When a place was not written, we grouped it with the petitions that preceded it. Links to historic survey and postal maps were added for each island to make it easier to see where these places are, the place names used, and how people moved from place to place at the turn of the 1900s. Because the places written on the petitions were sometimes district names, ahupuaʻa names or even specific place names, we added ahupuaʻa or district names when necessary to better organize the petitions by the places they represent and the places we saw on the historic maps.
This digital collection is designed to be a space of connection and to be a space to spark conversations about the Kūʻē petitions and what it means for us today as a lāhui past, present and future. The "Readings & Videos" page are a combination of key books, articles, videos and websites about the Kūʻē petitions. These resources were intentionally selected to highlight those that are freely available online as open access resources. The annotations are carefully written to highlight the importance of the resources and explain how each contribute to our understanding of this legacy of mana, aloha ʻāina, and kūʻē. We hope this collection speaks to you.
e mālama pono,
Kapena Shim
Hawaiian Collection Librarian
P.S. The video clip below provides a great overview of the Kūʻē petitions. This clip is from the hour-long program "Aloha Quest - Part One" that was co-produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina and Aloha First.
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