People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1894 — THE REPUBLIC OF HAWAII. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE REPUBLIC OF HAWAII.

Proclamation of the New Form of Gov erament Read by President Dole. San Francisco, July2B. -The Steamship Rio Janeiro which has just arrived from Orient brought the following news from Honolulu: Honolulu, July IS.— The provisional government is no more and the republic of Hawaii holds the reins of power. But it is only a change of name; the same people are in power, and the avowed purpose of the government ia the same—to obtain annexation to the United States. The new constitution* which was finished on the 3d, was promulgated on the 4th of July from the front steps of the former palace. A large crowd was present and when President Dole appeared he was greeted by a mighty cheer. While sur-

rounded by his cabinet, the military and the members of the late constitutional government, he read the proclamation of the new republic, as follows: “I. Sanford B. Dole, president of the provisional government of the Hawaiian islands, by virtue of the charge given me by the executive and advisory eounclls of the provisional government and by aat dated July 4. 1894. proclaim the republic of Hawaii as the sovereign authority over and throughout the Hawaiian islands from this time forth. And I declare the constitution framed and adopted by the constitutional convention of 1894 to be the constitution and the supreme law of the republic of Hawaii; and by virtue of this constitution I now assume the office and authority of president thereof. Long live the republic." Minister Willis in formally recognizing the republic said that he expected the cordial approval of President Cleveland. The republic lias been generally recognized by the various consuls.

SANFORD B. DOLE.