Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 19 January 1894 — Page 6

HA WAIFS REPLY, President Cleveland Sends Pres! dent Dole’s Response Demand o7 Minister Willis. To C*tber with Other lisnaUsn Corre- j •pondcuce, to Congress—IV11. Its’ latest Instructions. AJasiungtos, Jan. 14.—The presi 'dent sent in the Hawaiian correspond ence to congress just as soon a^. th< house met f t 11 o'clock yesiterdaj morning. As the steamer Mariposa «m>Teying the latest telegraphic in struct ions to Minister Willis, advising that he might now consider his “spe cial instructions fully complied with,’ and that further action must be die t&ted by congress, sailed from Sar Francisco at '.i a. m. .yesterday, their was no dangsr of those instructions Teaching Mr. Willis first through th«j newspapers,which is sAid to have bee* the chief motive for postponing th« message until , yesterday, nctwithf ■standing that this postponement de jprived the senate, which adjourned Friday till Monday, of the oppor of receiving the message at the -time as the house. tunity same

The Message. The president’s message of traijismit*4al was as follows: Executive MAXsiox.iJan. 13. ISO*. To the Coxchkss—1 transmit herewith coppice or all dispatches from our minister at Hawaii, relating in any way to political affairs in - that country, except such as have been heretofore laid before* congress. I also transmit a copy of th s last instructions sent to our minis--ter. dated January 12. 1891. being the only instructions to him tot already sent to the congress __ In tranmitting certain correspondened with 8 cay message dated December is, 180J. I withheld a dispatch from our minister numbered 3 dated Novem!>er 16. 1891. ami also t dls -patch from our former minister, numbered 7d. And dated Octotier 8. 18SM. Inasmuch as the contents of the dispatch of November 16, 189ii. are referred to in the dispatches of a more rerent date now sent to congress, and inas nuc.lt Asdhere seems no longer to be sufficient, rt asoh Cor witholding said dispatches, a copy of the is herewith submitted. The dispatch numbered 70 and dated October 8, 1892. a hove referred to'.- is still withheld for the reason that such a eourse still appears to be justiciable And proper. [Signed] Grover Cleveland. V-The most important features oi the correspondence was. of course, Mi Willis’ strong dispatch No. .8, oi November 18, 1893. which the ‘president l»ad previously withheld from publication. Next to that in interest was Mr. Dole's caustic re ply to Mr. Willis] demand for surrender, which, however, iiad previously been anticipated to i»omeextent in United Press dispatc hes. Between these two terminal points ;In the correspondence, Mr. Willis’ graphic history of current events, and his documents upon the character of the queen's advisers and,the kind of government she desired to manii.ain, if re-established, form a running-thread of absorbing intt rest. Mo. 3—Mr. Willis to Mr. Gveshaun. . JLecation of 1 he Unitf.d States. 1 Ho soeclu. Nov. 16. f Sib:—la the forenoon of Monday the 13th •Inst., by prearraus: ement. the queen, accompanied b)r the royal chamcerUln. Mr. Kebenson, called at the legation. No one was present at the hulf-hout interview' which followed. Iter chamberlain having been taken to another room, and Consul-General Mills, who bid invited her to couie. remaining in the front of the bouse, to prevent interruption. After a formal greeting, the queen is informed that the president of the United States had important communications to make to her. and she was asked whether she was willing to receive them alone and in conscience, assuring her that this was for her own interest and salty. She answe red in the afflmative. I then made known to her the president'ssn--eere regret that, through the unauthorised la- ■ terveation of the United States she ha l been obliged to surrender her sovereignty, and his hope that, with her consent and co-operation, the wrong done to her and to her people! might • be redressed. To this she bowed her acxuotlrl'edgements. I then said to her: ‘The prejsitSeni expects and believes that when y>u ti.ro reinstated you vritl show forgiveness aln.i magnanimity:that you will wish to be the queen «f ail the people, both native and foreign boi n; 'that you wili make haste to secure their love And loyalty and to establish peace, friendship And good government.” i To this she mac e no reply until after waiting -.^.moment I continued: “The president not «only tenders you his sympathy but wishes de help you. Before making fully knjown to you his purposes. I desire to know whe-tier you are willing to answer certain question^ which it is my duty to ask?” .She answered: “I am willing.” \ then assured her: “Should you be rjestoj "to tho throne, would you grant full amnest; to life and property to all those persons have been or who are now in the projrisii government, or who’have been insti the overthrow of your government?” She hesitated a moment, and then sl< calmly answered: “There are certaii - my gov:rument which I shall abide decisions must lie as the law diet at such persons she ll be beheaded and thqir property confiscated to the government.” ] I then said, lepeating very distinctly jher swords: “It Is vour feeling that these people should be beheaded and their property coiktls

.•She replied: It is." 1 then said to lier: “Do you fully understand ^he meaning of every word whitfh I hive paid -to you ami of every word which you have taid to nie, and if so, do yon still have tie same opinion.” Her answer was: “I have understood and mean all I have said, but I might leave tlie decision of this to my ministers.” To this I replied: .“Suppose it wa|s nbeesTBary to make a decision befora~you appointed any ministers, and that you were askec. to issue a royal proelamttiou of general amnes iy wiould you do it?” She answerer.: “I have no legal right to wile that, and I would not do it.” Pausing a moment she continued: "These people were the cause of the re volition and constitution of ,1887. There ; will never be any peace whila they are her|e. They must be sent out of the country and punished and their pronertv confiscated.” I then said: “I have no further communication to make tc you now. and will have none until I hear from my government, which will jprobably be three or four weeks.” Nothing was said for several minutes, when M asked her whether she was willing to give me -the names of lour of her most trusted friends, us I might, within a day or two. consider it my . «i»ty to hold a consultation with them in her itweseace. She assented. and gave these mimes: jLft Carter, John Richardson, Joseph Nawaki snd E. C. Mac! dr lane. I then inquired whether skc had any fears of l»er safety at her present residence, Washington Square. She replied that she did have •ome fears; that. while she had some ;rusty friends that guarded her house every night» they were armed with clubs oniy. and that med . shabbily dresse 1 had been often seen prowling about the adjoining premises—a schoolhouse writh a large yard. I informed her that I was muthorized by the president to offer her protection either on one of our war ships or at the legation, and desired her to accept the offer at amiU. She declined, saying she believed it was test for her at oresent to remain at her resi- -. dence. I the i said to her that at any moment. night or day. this o3sr of our government waa . open to her acceptance. The interview thereupon, after soms persona* was , brought to a close. Ciwn reflection. I concluded not to hold any consultation at present with the queens friends, as they have no official position, and. ^furthermore. because I feared, if known to so mauy her declarations might become public, to her great detriment, if not danger, and to the Interrupiion of the plans of our governj. q. Carter is a brotner of Mr. 13. A. P. -Carter, the former Hawaiian minuter So the ifiiited and is conceded to a man of High character, integrity and intelligence. He is about 55 years old. He has ao pvtbiic experience. Mr. MacVarlane, like Mr. Carter, is of white marentage is an unmarried loan, about 4-Tyears old and is engaged in the commission business. JohaKhehurdson is a young manof .-aaoot 35 years. He is a cousin of Isamuel Par

kervtbe half-caste* who was a member of the queen's cabinet at the time of the last revolution. lie is a resident Of Maui, beingdesignated in the directory of 1889 as ' attorney at law, . stock-raiser and proprietor Bismarck livery stable.” Richardson is “half-caste. ’• Joseph Knwakl is a fuli-biooded native, practices law, as be told me, in the native courts, and has a moderate English education. He has served twenty years in the legislature, out displays ‘ very little knowledge of the structure and philosophy of the government which be so long represented. He is »1 years old and president at the native Hawaiian political club. Upon being asked to name three of the most promthont native leaders, ho gave the name of John (E. Bifch. R. W. Wilcox and modestly added',"! am a leader.* John E. Bush is a man of considerable ability, but his reputation is ■ very bail. R. W. "Wilcox is the notorious half- , breed who engineered the revolution of 1*0. ' Qf aH these men. Carter and MacFariane are the only two men to whom the ministerial bureaus could be safely Intrusted. In tonver- * I s~.ticn with Sam Parker and also with Joseph • Nawakl, it was plainly evident that the queen's ■ condemnation of the constitution of 11187 was fully indorsed by them. ijFrom these and other facts which have been ’ developed, I feel satisfied that there will be a concerted movement in the event of restoration for the overthrow of that constitution, which would mean the overthrow of constitutional and limited government, and the absolute dominion of the queen. The law referred to by the queen in Chapter VI. Sec. 9, of the penal code, as follows: "Whoever shall iommil fee crime of treason, shall suffer the punishment of death: and all his property shill be confiscated to the goverai meat.” There, are under this law no degrees | of treason. Plotting alone carries with it the ' death sentence. 1 need hardly add. in conclusion, that the tension of feeling is so great that the promptest action is necessary to prevent disastrous consequences. I send a cipher telegram asking that Mr Blount's report be withheld for the present, and I send with it a telegram not in cipher as follows: "Views of first party so extreme as to require further instructions.” I am. etc.. Albert s. Willis. ,

Mr. Dole's Reply to minister Willis' D:- „__ mand lor Surrender. Department or Foreign Ayr airs. » HONOLCX.P. H. L. Dec. 33. 1893. f Sir: Your excellency's communication of December 19. announcing the conclusion which the president of the United States of Americs has tinally arrived at. respecting the applies lion of this government for a treaty of political nniotKwiih that country, and referring also to the domestic affairs of these islands, has had the consideration of the government. » While it is with deep disuppoinimioat that we learn that the impor'.ant proposition which we have submitted to the government of the United States, and which was at first favor ably considered by it. has at length been rejected, we have experienced a sense of relief that we are now favored with the first official information upon the subject that has teen received througu a period of over nine months. Accept the President's Decision Against Annexation. While we accent the decision of the president of the United States, declining further to consider the annexation proposition, as the final conclusion of the present administration, we do not feel incline to regard it as the last word of the American government upon this subject, for the history of the mutual relations of tne two countries, of American effort and iuttucnco in building up the Christian civilization which has so conspicuously aided in giving this country an honorable place among Independent nations, the geographical position of these islauds and the important*, and to both countries, profitable, reciprocal commerciuf interests, which have long existed. J together with our weakness as a sovereign-na-tion. all poiut with convincing force to political union between the two countries as- tht necessary logical result from the circum stances mentioned. Thi3 conviction is emphasized by the favorable expres sion of American statesmen over a Ion period in favor of annexation, conspicuous among whom are the names of W. L. Marry, William H. Seward, Hamilton Fish and James G. lilaiue. all former secretaries of state, and especially so by the action of your last ad- - ministration in negotiating a treaty of annexation with'this gave rumen t and sending it to the senate withavipw to its ratification. Will Appeal td Future Administrations. We shall, therefore, continue the project of political uniou with the United States as a conspicuous feature of our foreign policy, confidently hoping that sooner or later it will be crowned with success, to the lasting benefit ot both countries. The additional portion ot your communication referrii g to our domestic affairs with a view ot interfering therein, is a new departure in the relations of the two government*. Your information that the pre&deut ot the United Statesexpeets this government to. promptly relinquish to - her (meaning the ex-queen), her constitutional authority with the question: “Are you willing to- abide by the iesision of the president?” might well >e dismissed in a single word, but for the ci rcumstance that your communication contait s, as it appears to'nre. misstatements aad erroneous conclusions-baaedrthereon. that are so prejudicial to this government that I caacot permit them to pass unchallenged. Moreover, the importance and menacing character ot this proposition make it appropriate forme to discuss somewhat fully the questions raised by it. We do not recognize the right of the president of the United States to interferetu our domestic affairs. Such right could be conferred upon him by the act of this government. and by that alone; or £t could be aequi ed by conquest. This I understand to be he American doctrine conspicuously unnoun ed from time to time by the authorities of y >ur government. President Jackson said, in his message to congress in 1836: "The uniform policy ,nd practice of the United States is to avoid all interference in disputes whioh mostly relati to the internal government ot other nations and eventually to recognize the authority of the prevailing party with reference to the merits of original controversy.” This principle of international law has t een consistently recognized during the whole »st intercourse of the two countries, aad was recently reconfirmed in the instructions g ven by Secretary Gresham te Commissioner Blount of March U. 1393. and by the latter published in the newspapers in Honolulu n a letter of his own to the Hawaiian public. The words ot these instructions which I refer tc are as follows: The United States Had Ho Right tc In

“The United States claim no right to i aterfere iii the political or domestic affairs or in the internal conflicts of the Hawaiian islands other than as herein stated (referring tc the protection of American citizens), or for the purpose of nfliiataining any treaty or other rights which they possess.” The treaties between the two countries confer no right of interference. Upon what then. Mr. Minister, does the president or the United States base his right of interference? Your communication is without information upon this point, excepting such.as may be contained in the following brief and vague sentences: “She (the ex-queen), was advised and assured by her ministers and leaders of the movement for the overthrow of her government that if she surrenderered under protest, he? case would afterwards be fairly considered by the president of the United states. '•*he queen finally yielded to the irpied force of the United States, then quartered in; Honolulu, relying on the good faith and honor of the president when informed of whi t had occurred, to undo the action of the mi aister and reinstate her and the authority which she claims as the constitutional sovereign of Hawaiian islands.” Also. “It becomes my further duty to id vise you. sir. the executive of the provision »1 government. and your ministers, of the president's determination of the question which, your action and that of the queen devolved upon him. and that you are expected to f romps- ' iy relinquish to her constitutional authority." I understand that the first quotation is referred to in the fallowing words of the > econdi - “ Which your action and that of the qt een devolved noon him" (the president of the United States)., and that the president has arrived at his conclusions from Commissioner Blount s report We have hac as yet no opportunity of examining this document, but from extracts published in the pap: rs, and for reasons set forth hereafter, we are not disposed to submit the fate of Hawaii to it sstatements and conclusions As a matter of faet. no member of tfc t-execu-tive of the provisional government tas conferred with the ex-queen, either veni ally or. otherwise, from the time the new government was proclaimed till now. with the exc- ption of one or two notices which were sent to her by mysedf iq regard to her removal from the palace and relating to the guards which he government first allowed her, and perhaps others of a like nature. I infer that a conv ersation which Mr. Damon, a member of the .dvisory council, is reported by Mr. Blount to 1 are had with the ex-queen on January II. a» i which has been quoted in the newspapers, is he basis of this astounding claim of the pres Went of the United States of his authority tc adjudicate upon our right as a government to exist. Mr. Damon, on the occasion mentic ted. was allowed to accompany the cabinet oJ t he forforrner government, which had been in conference with us. What Dir. Damonsa.i l to the ex-queen he said on his individual a ithority, and did not report the matter to us. Mr. Blount s report of his remark on that ©chasten furnishes this government it t first information of the nature of those rewa -ks. Ad

* mil ing. for argument's sake, that the governme: t had authorize I stich assurance*. what wa.- "her case" that was afterwards fo "he fai l y considered by the president of the United Shu ,es?” Was it the question of her right to sul rert the Hawaiian constitution and to proe|ii m a new one herself, or was it her claim to be estored to the sovereignty, or was It her cla m against the United States for the alls. *d unwarrantable acts far Minister Steve i s, or was it all these in the alternative: t§: >can say? But if it had been all of these. ot liny of them, it could not have been mere ck »rty and finally decided by the president of th United States in favor of the provisional go ernment than when he recognized it withoti qnaliStation or received its twosoecefsiv lv accredited envoys extraordinary and m sister plenpoteatiary. the ex-quecn in the m antime being represented ia Washington by h .* agent. who had full access to the departu: nt of state. The whole business of the government with tit i president of the United States is set forth it the correspondence between the twogovernti> snts and the acts and statements of the n: mister of this government at Washington I ii d the annexation commissioners accredited ! t, it. |f we have submitted our right to exist j t>t the United States, the fact will appear in tie correspondence and the acts of our ministers and commissioners. Such agreement aiust be shertrn as the foundation of the right o; your government to interfere, for an arbitrator can be created only by the acts of the t iro parties. ! The ex-queen sent .her attorney to WasMngt ihi to plead her claim for reinstatement in j>iower. and falling in that, for a money allow- | moo or damages. This attorney was refused passage on the government dispatch loat I which was sent to San Francisco with the I : onexatton commissioners and their message. The departure of this vissel was less than two i ays after the new government was declared, md was made promptly upon receiving the reI • west therefor. Cither on the day the governaent was declared or qn the next. £he Question of Arbitration N veer Entertained by the Provisional Government.

ii an intention to sucmu tue or tne •einstatement of the ex-quieen bad existed, why should her attorney have been refused »as*»ge on this boat? The ex-queen's letter to Jlr. Harrison, dated January 18 two days after the new government was proclaimed. makes .10 allusion to any understanding between her and the government for arbitration. President Dole here quotes the exqueen’s letter, which has been heretofore published, lie then proceeds If any understanding had existed at that time between her and the government to submit the question of her restoration to- the United States, some reference to some such understanding would naturally have appeared in this letter, as every reason would huve existed for culling the attention of the president to the fact, and especially as she then knew that her attorney would be seriously delayed Ju reaching Washington. But there is not a word upon .which such an understanding can be predicated. The government sent its commissioners to Washington for the sole purpose of’ securing the continuation of the recognition by Minister Statens of the new government and to enter intonegotiations for political union with the Uni'eJ States. • The Queen’s Protest and Appeal. The protest of/the ersvquesn made on January 17 is equally, with the letter, devoid of evidence of any mutual understanding for a submission of her claim to> the- throne to the United States, It is very evidently a protest against the alleged action ol Miicaster Stevens as well as theyiew government and contains a notice of her appeal to the* United States. The document was received exactly as it would have been received if it had come through the mail. The indorsement of its-rei-aipt upon the paper was made at the request of the indiviibial who brought it. as evident* of its safe delivery. As to the ex-queen's notice of her appeal to the United States, it was a matter of indifference to us. Such an appeal could not have been prevented, as the mail service was in operaukm as usual. That such a notice and our receipt of it without com men 3 should be made » foundation of a claim; that wtr huve submitted our right to exist as a government to tbe United States had never occurred to us until suggested to us by your government. x - The protest of the ex-queen, already published, is here quoted, and Mr. Dole then proceeds: You may not be aware, but such is the fact, that at no time until the present noti Jcation of the elaimof the president of the United States of his right to interfere in the internal afTairs of this country, jby you on December 19. has this government been officially informed by the United States government that any su’ch course v.ae contemplated, and not xatil the publication of Mr. Gresham's letter to the pres i den tiof'Jie United States on the Hawaiian question ■ had we any intimation o:T such a policy. Royalists- Thlk of Interference Mot Regarded Seriously. The adherents of the ex-queen have,. indeed, claimed, from time to time, that such was the rase, but we have never been able t> attach serious importance to their rumors, feeling suie in our i present diplomatic operations in your country and, relying upon the friendship and fairness off a government wnose dealings with us have ever shown full recognition of aur inuependetree as a sovereign powe:t without any tendency to take advantage of the disparity of strength between the two eouirtries. If your eonCcBi'tion that I'resident C Sveland believes; that, this government and the exjueen have-submitted their respective claims to the ^overefc'iity of the country, to the adjudication of the United States is correct, then mriTi I ask. when and wbere has the president* held this court of arbitration? Phis government has had no notice of the sitting of such -c tribunal, and no opportianity of presenting evidence of its claims If Mr. Blount's Investigations were part of the proceedings of such a court the government did toot know.- st. and was never informed of it. indeed. ae I have mentioned above, we never knew uniefil the publication of Soifretary Gresham's letter to President Cleveland, a few weeks ago. that the American executive had a policy of intesfereuce under contemplation. Blount's Methods Denounced. Even if cw bad known that Mr. Blount was authoritatively acting as a commissioner to take evidence- upon the question of tba restoration of the ex-queen, the methois adapted by him in making his investigations were. I submit unsuitable* to such an examination or any examination-.upon which human interests were

j As I urn seliably informed. he seated his witnesses and examined them, in secret.' frequently using leading questions, git -«g no opportunity for eruss-examination, and often not pertnittiag the explanations by witnesses themselves- which they desired to make of evidence which he had drawn from them. It is hardly neressttry for me to suggest (that under such a mode some witnesses would, be almost | helpless in-the hands of an astute lawyer, and | might be drawn into saying things which would b >ooJy hi»if truths, and standing alone : would be-misleading or even false la effect. Is it likely that an i'nvestigajtk « conducted . In this manner could rest.lt in a fair, full and ; truthful statement of the case in paint. Surely j the destinies of a friendly government. admit?, ting by way of argument t hat the eight of aroin i t ration-exists, may not be disposed of upon an. ex-pc.ti.e and secret investigation!" without the knowledge of the government cr an opportu-? nity.by.it to bo heard or even lmow who tfcs • witnesses-were. Blount's Investigation <5riticised_ Blount came here as a stranger and at asge-j entered on his duties. He devoted himself t to, | the work of collecting information both by. the examinations of witnesses anditbe collection of statistics and other documentor* matter with , great energy sod indus try, goring up substantially his whole time to its prosecution. He was here but a few months, and dvrios that time was so occupied with this work .that he had. little opportunity -ipft for receiving those impressions of the stane of affairs, which could best have come ta> him inc^t»t&i$y through a wide social insercourse with, thepeople of the country andp. personal acqpai&tanee with its various communities and-indus-trial enterprises. He saw the country from his cottage in Honolulu mainly through the eyes cfrwttneeses whiten he examined.. Under these ciscumstaaces it is not probabh? that the west eacaest of men would be able ts»farm a statement that coadd safely be relied upon as the basis, of a decision upon the question of the steading form off a government. In view therefore o* ail these, facts, hi relation to the question *f the presitient-'s, authority to interfere and concerrrfng which the members of the executive council were actors and eyewitnesses. I am able tcassuce your excellency that by m action or this government on the seventeenth day of January last, or since that time, has the authority devolved upon the president of the United States to interfere in the internal affaais of this country through any conscious act or- expression at this government. The Correctness of the President's Conclusions Specifically and Emphatically Denied. You state in your communication that "after a patient examination of Mr. Blount s reports the president is satfeited that the movement against the queen, if not instigated, mis encouraged and supported hy the representative of this government at Honolulu: that he promised In advance to aid hfr enemies ip, an effort to overthrow the Hawaiian govocament and set up W form a now goverama^t Je, ns place;.

that te« kept this" promis**. causing .a detachment of troops to i>e landed from tho Boston on the 15th of January. I^l, and by recognizing • the pro visional government the next day -when it was too feeble t» defend Itself, and tho con-, stltutiooal government was able to successfully maintain its authority against any threatening force other than that of the United States already landed.’* | Without entering into a discussicc cfiiSe facts I beg to state in reply that I am unable to judge of the correctness of Mr. Blount*sl to- | port from which the president’s conclusions were drawn, as I had no opportunity cl exam- ! intng such report, but 1 desire to specifidally and emphatically deny the correctness of each and bvsry one of the allegations of fact .contained in the above quoted statement. Yet as the president has arrived at a positive opiiaion in hisi own mind in the matter I will refer ;to it from his standpoint. President Dole’s Position Briefly aai Forcibly Stated. My position is briefly this: If the American forces illegally assisted tUg* revolut ionists in the establishment or thepfnr j visional government, that government isi not responsible for their wrongdoing. It was purely a private matter for discipline between the United States government a:jd its officers. There is. I suppose, no jpreceient in international law for the theory that such action of the American troops has conferred upon the United Stat ts authority over the international affairs of this gorertment. Should it be true, a4 you have suggested, that the American government made itself responsible to the queen, who, it is alleged. lost her throne through ;such action, that is not a matter for me to discuss, except to submit that if such be the case it is a matter for the American government and her i to settle between themselves. , ! This government, a recognized sovereign ' power, equal in authority with the United J States government and enjoying diplomatic relations with it. cannot be destroyed by it for the sake of discharging its obligations t<|» the ex-queen. Upon these grounds. Mr/Min ister, in behalf of my government. I respectfully protest against the usurpation of its authority as | suggested by the language of your comma uica- .

It is IHfflcult for a stranger like youi sell , and much more lor the president of the United , States ■with his pressing responsibilities, i crowding cares, and his waat of familiarity i with th<* condition and history of this countrv | andtheinrser life of its people, to obtain afclear insight ^nt* the real state of affairs and to un- j Uerstaml the social currents, the race feelings I and the customs and traditions which all. con- ; tribute to the political outlook We whoi have grown up he:* or who have adopted thiscoun- ! try as onr home are conscious of she difficulty of maintaining a stable governmere hero A community which is made up of five traces, of whtch the Irnsrer part but dimly appreciates the significance and value of representative constitutions, oilers political problems which may well tax the wisdom of the most experi- ; enced statesman! hid pal fepreEHroffreuffon of the Monareflry. For Jong years 3 large and JnfluentlaS part of this community, including many foreigners and native Hawaiian.?. have dtoferved With deep regrt t the, retrogressive >ndencies of the Hawaiian monarchy. acdl have, honorably striven' against them, and) have . sought, through legislative work, the ! papers and by perscmai appeals and ind influence to support and emphasize the ' tentative features of a»e monarchy and jSh-cre-ate public sentimentVfeworablethereto, thereby i jto avert the eatastro>a*e that seemed iiievitu- } fble if such tendencies -were not restrained. These efforts have been met by the last tHro j sovereigns in a spirit pf" aggressive ho-iti -fcfcr. j The slwigglo became at length a well-defi-hed { issue between royal prerogative ard the right | .< representative gavernrae-jt. and mqst bit- i terly and: unscrupulously ha.* it been car.rnd e> in the interests or the-former. President Dole he-r» enters upon feta account of the events in Kalaku.ds j reig-n and proceed follows. T&e ®u«-en Did Not Owe Hot Ecwnfall tA Atnerican Interference. No-man can correctly my that the queerv otriJ her downfall to the iaterfereeceof Amcr -; icc»i finies. The revolution was urrie 1 through by the representatives, now largely j reinforced, of the same public seaiimenl which ; forced the monarchy tjt> its- Imees ijn ISHt. ; whitslisuppressed the insarrec£i$*s of »lw£>. and which for twenty years has been laboring for representative governmentf in this country. [ If the American forces had beea absent the revolutUn. would have taken plttee. for, the suflJiiepjB causes for it had EOthiag to do ivith . thei vpre.sence. I. therefoee. in aU friendship for she government of the United Stelesl. which j you (represent. and desiring ediBrish the good will of she great American peo jft.-. submit the I answerof mv government U^-youerproposition, ! and ask that you will transmit-: EAe same to ! the president of the United:Sfcttcs- for bis consideration. An Impregnable PositiSD. Throgh the provisional cov:turnout is far from .being a great powers sod could riot long | resisuthe forces of the United! Stales in a hostile attack, we deem <he position to lie im- j pregvmbte under legal precedents. ander the principles-of diplomatic iatereou-nse an 1 in the forum-of conscience. We have done your gov- , ernreenVno wrong: no charge of discourtesy is orcan.be brought against-nse i'Jbronly issue 1 with pour people has been the. to because we re- ; vered its institutions of civil liberty we have ; desired to have them extended t» our own j honor benettdistsoemd country, and because- we its f*g and deeming that: its cenVanaiauthoritative presence would be for the b»: interests of all our pspple. ire have stood ready to add to youxcoun iryva »;w star to itostlory and to consummate a union which we htdleveu would be as much foe tfae benefit of yvor eetmtry as for ours. If «his- fi» an offeui».1wpleuil guilty to it. I aiB’ineSructed to infoun yotiiiltr 31. inis ter, that* the provisional government of the HawaatG islands respectfully and unhesitatingly dectisia ro entertain the proposition of the prertdent «»f the United Spates that if; should sureendftrits authority ’* the exxjuee*.. ThdS-i answer is mad i. not only tipon the groanes- bereicfore set forth, hut, upon our sense of duty and loyalty to t5fc- fcifwe men whose commissions we hold, wte© have faithfully, steed bv us in tht- hour cdt trsliJ.' whose wL3 ia-uhe only earthly authorityvwe recognize. W£-camaet betray the sacred trust they have pitted ire our hands, a .rust which is thp cause ot i3hristsan ci vilizati-r. and the-interests of the wlmij- people of these islands. With assurance of tfc# highest, consideration, I haw., etc. ‘ “ LSign»wi.] Santo aaBt Ikju:. Mini ,«er of Foreign. Affairs. Tihhie- Excellency. Albert S. Wiiliis, United Stales Envoy Extraordinary.-and- Minister Bietiapotentiary. * . j 1

F1M Person Cremated ia.it»*rica. Tie-first white person. lawfully ere-j uratcd within the- presen fcxia*ih| of the United States, according- tan wishes and desires expressed by hisaael'f, was Col. . liensy I^aurens, one of tile revolutionary jmtriots. lie was born, ia Charles.-; S. C-, in thft year 1724, and died ons-,| his. plantation, near that place on De-s ce*al>er 8, 1792,: llis will* which be hatli | requested theaa to opt-a and read tl>>; Best day after his dentin was suppler ime-n’ted withuthe folio yang: “I solenvir ly enjoin it jpoa my son, as nn indirpensable duj$r, that, aa-saop as he eo»r veniently an after :*y decease, be cause my V^slty to be uMP&pped in twe#fce yards of tdfr elotb aad> Name-1 until it be entirely consumed^” The request was carrknl ont to tiSe- letter, and was the beginning’ of cremation in /.taeriea.—St. bonis Republic * .. V]» Tallsmaa id Happiness*: Tilers-are probably very few-people who know what true- happines^really is, foe aaost of 4« taste so little of it tha t wo hardly itnow its composition. Mai.\y of ns think, we are haspy when we s«* the most--wretched beings alive. Socafr are happy in the p*saest surroundings, bowed down by cares and g-raj-fe. that others would stagger under* anil one wonders how they /ret along with their burdens Inquiry and is** xestigatiorv will show a contented ! mind, perhaps. that Itoithcs. no better* j i b\i; that is contented—c,nd that word, _ “contentment,” contains the secret talisma* of pure hap/nness in this world.—Detroit Fre-a Fress —Hoax—“I hear Hamph at has just received a legacy of a million dollars” Jonh—‘“Yes and th^t mal-pee him at Oltce the richest and the poorest actor In the prof QssiQax'k-^h ladelphis Rec-.

tAflIFF AT THE SDUTH. *. -_ An IntwWew on tif Subj et with fiiuV. McKinley—Needs of the >1 it and $ew Sonth-The Industrial Me beds that An* s we red Thirty Tears Agh *TiIl Not Serv» Sow. anil Legislation is : e« ded to Meet New Conditions. Loitsviixe, Ky.. Jan. 1 .—The Louisville c Commercial, to-d ,y publishes the following interview rith Gov. McKinley, given a reporter who went to Columbns to ask the go' imors's views on the tariff question a affecting the sonth: “Gov. McKinley, wil you tell me wha^; the Wilson bill Means to the south?” asked the Conn eroial’s representative. “The Wilson bill,” sai thegovernor, “is the assertion of the po.icy of the old south, and an utte disregard of the policy of the new i >uth, itith its new conditions. It is re turning to what Buchanan left n . I dowfc believe any southerner wt its toigo* buck to that, do you? * “The same industrial methods Shat answered thirty years ag> will pot servi now, and just so he legislation of thirty years ago doe? not meet the requirements of the s uth of to-day. But,” said the goveri ir, with great earnestness, “this is i it a sectional question. It is not a qi ?stion of north and south; it is a ques ion of patriots ism, amd a question f enlightened* self-interest* of nationa and individual

prosperity. I he south needs protection just as the north n eds it, but It hr even more important to the south, justnow, than to any othir section, because of thenatural con itions existing there. Its natural res< urces are just beginning to be devel >ped, and need the encouragement of he same protective system that has stimulated the growth of ear northe n and eastern states. “The act of 1&90 w ,s just to the south. It war a recogi tion of the industrial activity of the preceding ten yearscin the south, and the results in this section under the < Deration of the protective tariff of this ret, have justified the hopes the J xuners of the bill. The southern sta es did not help to mako the majority ii congress that passed that biiH, but the protective system is founded u{ m a national policy arad the interests of the south were as carefully prote ted as those of any northern repwblica i state. “There were people t ho s-aid: ‘Let the Louisiana sugar inc sstry go.’ But vre said: ‘No; wc wil take off the duty, but we will give t iem a bounty that will be equivalent to the protection of the duty.’- Wt had to introducer, practically, a aen feature in our legislation, a bounty, a tf we did it for the protection of the su air industry of Louisiana and other-str .es*.” “Governor;” the repc -tev said, “tell me why you tftok the 1 iriff off sugar, and substituted the boc xtpT' “Because the sugar dut y was a revenue duty,”' was- t le prompt response; “and? in a re- enrae duty, the aoosnmer pays the A snail part af the sugar consumed n tfcia country was produced here; w< ware paying, :» the added cost of our sugar, $56,000,a year that we die not need 01 er mvenaes, and 'ye thcagut i& better to save this to the consi mers, give the* producer a bounty ofr'ni ie,. ba*, eleven a** twelve millions a^yer.*, anil realize a net sieving oi say?. $5- OOOfiMM* to our pan^e. “There are some- points,’ continued the governor, “that ha e beers covered time and agaku butt w ich, cannot be kept too prominently 1 jfore- the people now, when?theyai; all thinking w ith snch terrible- earn stnass on this vitoject of the* tariff. It •» claimed that the low tariff'peiod of 1846 to LS8©, was one of proape ity. It is only naeessary to kfcep the fac ta in mind. Show the artificial atic ulun- to values yt War, famine abnoac and the dislowry of goMJ and then look at the MHirse of val ice- when normal conditions were restored undeir this same

isjbt tar in. “This is no Shne Isr t e lisc-nssion oi this question a ari&sam stand- . It is not n tiro * i&r- theories, but for work and wage s. The people af this country are- face io* face witlr : be-problem >1 pmserv is* their prop** wty, of ha viigvwa-k th t;\vilii farms * them the moans-od supp rb. “One phase*of the qut itaon is that<£ ihe interests.oi America -ilithor. “tAre the 'iborrag me: i a«f this cou ar. !sry too well paidJ? “•I do nothin** that t! t» condition af American labor-:s too h »'h;for the n *fcxral concision*, of tl s, country, I know it is a»fc ■^The better jpdd the fcbor, the ter our cisrHizatrkms. 1 ie best At *ertcan citiae*is.!jhe man, who is get ting a good day’s 'wages few a good city’s work; who- has the c* tiorts an l ;re* finemen v of 35fe. I d > not believe that tha-task results am to be obtained from starring lien, . “I dc^aott believe tEs t the wa jes of Ameri aan labor are too high, an J I am against* any policy whi h proposes to reduce theon. There is lothing -in. tho free-'xnde promise tha the hnreasedl impcvwetiMHt of foreign-! tade goods will; increase-the demand f r American la*bor ir give steadier emj loymeat-to ocppecple. Ton can’hbny broadband stilt malie the same articlt > in the samequantity at horrjfr, anc if you dett’tt nraite- them at hsame yo woait, emyipy l*Jlor at home. , , ’’The southern peopt hc««e the Sacts before them and they | re doing jsheu own thinking and wilt reach their ^nm conclusions." the Wwtjn Fair Boa tfioFControl. Washington, Jan. 1 .—Comptroller Bonier of the treas; cy department has rendered an opinia , in which he holcls that the secrets: r of the treasury has Anal discretio; i over expenditures of the World's, fe u* board of control ]n effect this j srmits the expenses of the commiss >a which is to assemble in April next to be met out of the appropriation t ’ congress. Ha al&c decides, where money has been wrongfully paid qnt ol one apprepriatioic which is properly chargeable to another, it can now be transferred4ud all natters righted -

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