Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-23

Had No Fear That His Mission Would
Not De AccompIIShed--Ironw WIN BE Put
on the Free List.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Thc officers of
the state department fully believe that the
queen has by this time been restored to the
throne. While they do not Fix any precise
time as to when the reinstatement took
place, they believe that force was not neces-
sary. 1t seems, however, that while actual
force may not have been authorized there
was to be such a show Of force as would
make the provisional government believe
that the United States would use all the
power at its command to bring about the
restoration. The statement was also made
that if Mr.. Dole refused to accede to the
demands of Mr.. Willis he would be thrust
aside and the queen restored, even II the
administration should have to so to con-
gress for authority.
At the same time it wds claimed that
there would be no necessity for any such
action, as the information from the islands
was to the effect that every thingwas work
ing precisely as expected
One reason for the belief In some quar-
ters that the restoration Lad taken place
Tuesday was because of the assertion often
made that unless the restoration took place
before the arrival of the first steamer from
the United States since the attitude of this
| administration had been made public, it
would not be made at all, because the SEN
timent of the United States and the report
Of Minister Thurston to the provisional
government would have a tendency to sus-
| tain them and cause them to resist Minis
ter Willis efforts at restoration.
willis Was Confident.
This phase of the case was suggested to
the state department, and reply was re-
ceiyed that it made no difference whether
Mr.. Thurston had been able to communi-
cate with the provisional government or
not, even if that government would offer
any resistance, the restoration would go on
Just the same
1t was claimed that not only the infor-
nation furnished by Mr.. Blount, but the
reports received since Minister Willis ar
rived at Honolulu, was to the effect that
the provisional government was sustained
on the supposition that the United States
man of-war WAS in the harbor tor that pur.
pose, and thaS as soon as it was known
that the United States would not only not
sustain the provisional government, but
was determined to undo what had been
done by the revolutiouists and by the al
legged assistance of Minister Stevens, the
public would Immediately compel the
restoration of the queen, and the provisions
al government would fall, and its MEM
bers would hasten to take advantage of
the amnesty which Minister Willis would
insist that the queen should grant upon
being restored to power.
The Alameda is expected to arrive to-
day. At the department there is not much
expectation of any important news being
received by her, although such a thing is
barely possible. Yet it is the general i'm
preston that nothing transpired between
the time when the Australia sailed and the
departure of the Alameda.
1t was not possible at the time the Ala
media sailed for information to reach the
islands concerning what had happened in
the United States, or that the intention of
the administration to restore the queen
had been determined upon, if Minister
Willis had pursued the same course since
the departure of the Australia that he pur-
sued up to that time, so that the people of
Hawaii, outside of a very few, would be
unaware of his intention, and he would be
allowed to pursue his plans without much
interruption.
Thurston Is Ignored.
At the White House it was stated that
Minister Thurston would not be given his
passports, the reason being that it would
be only a short time before he would be
but a private citizen. II was also indi-
Gated that it was but by courtesy that Mr.
Thurston was considered the Hawaiian
minister, as the letter of Secretary Gresh-
am indicated very plainly that the pro-
visional government was at an end as soon
as the annexation proposition was rejected
The statement that Tuesday was the day
on which Liliuokalani was to be put back
on her throne found publicity through the
same medium as the first intimation of the
purpose of the administration to restore
her. II that is the correct date, the steam.
er to arrive today will bring no word of the
restoration. After that there is no steamer
scheduled to arrive from Honolulu until
Dec. IL, two weeks from next Monday
The people of the country must wait until
that time for news from Hawaii unless the
state department shall decide to give ex-
plicit information as to the proposed course
20 be pursued.
The basis of the belief that Liliuokalani
was restored Tuesday is supposed to be the
dispatch which was received by the Aus
tralia from Minister Willis. 1t is said this
reported Minister Willis confident expeo-
tation that there would be no interruption
to tho progress of carrying out his instruc-
tons, and all the preliminaries had been
successfully attended to.
1t Is asserted that the progress reported
by Minister Willis has been so satisfactory
that 1t has not been considered necessary
to send him anything further since he re-
ceived his original instructions.
Officials in the state department assert
that the statement issued by Minister
Thurston yesterday would furnish album
dant ground for giving him his passports if
this government felt inclined to send them
to him. In the present state Of the public
mind, however, it is thought that this
might seem like depriving a man of the
right to state his side Of the case and would
prove unpopular.
Iron Ore VIII BE Free.
Nov The iron pr.a
men have been defeated, and the men who
have combated so valiantly to keep this
article off the free list were informally no
titled by members of the ways and means