Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-04
HAWAIIAN DELEGATION
The Commissioners to Meet
Secretary Foster To-day.
A FORMAL CONFERENCE MONDAY

Provisional Government, and VIII Act
With the Delegates.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The commits
sioners from the provisional government
of Hawaii will make an informal call on
Secretary of State Foster this afternoon,
and an appointment will then be made
for their formal reception on Monday +,
when the discussion Of the question of
Hawaiian annexation will be begun in
earnest.
Beyond the arrival of the commission
ers there are very few, If any, develop
| ments in this momentous and interesting
subject.
The commissioners reached Washing
| ton last evening
They made the trip across the CONT.
| nent in fairly good time, and arrived
| somewhat fatigued from the stress Of
| their long journey.
They were met at the station by DR..
| Mott Smith, who had just received the
commission of President Dole, of the pro-
visional government, appointing him the
| representative of Hawaii at Washington
under the new regime. The gentlemen
| were driven at once to their hotel, where
| they spent the entire evening.
The commissioners received a number
| of representatives of the press at their
rooms, and talked freely and frankly of
| their errand.
They brought with them copies Of the
| Hawaiian papers of Wednesday, Jan. IL,
which contained full accounts of the pro-
ceedings in connection with the revolu-
| ton, which was accomplished on the
previous day-.the 17th-and the particu-
| lars of which have already been made
public through interviews given by the
! gentlemen at San Francisco and at vari-
Gus points en- route to Washington.
The personnel of the committee is as
follows:
Lorrin A. Thurston. Chairman, was
| Premier of the first revolutionary Cabi-
net of Hawaii in 1885, and is the leading
lawyer in Honolulu. He was born in
Hawaii, his parents being American mis-
sionaries. He has been connected with
the government in some capacity for
years.
William c. Wilder is the head of the
Wilder Steamship company, which does
transportation business among the
islands. He has not held political posi-
ton until recently, when he became a
member of the Legislature.
| William R. Castle is a lawyer largely
Interested in real estate in the islands
and one of the principal owners of the
| Oahu railroad, which runs down to Pearl
| river harbor. He is native.
Joseph Marsden is a sugar planter. He
is an Fnglishman. He has lived in
Hawaii about Is years.
Charles L. Carter is the son of the
former Hawaiian Minister to Washington,
II. A. F. Carter. He is n lawyer, was
| born on the island and is 25 years old.
William A. Kinney, is now a lawyer in
| Salt Lake City, but former resident OF
the Sandwich islands and one of the lead
ing participants in the revolution of 1887.
He met the members OF the committee at
Ogden for the purpose of renewing OLD
| acquaintance, but was induced to &C
| company the body to Washington in an
unoff1cicl capacity as legal adviser.
The evening mail from San Francisco
brought to DR.. Mott Smith, the Hawaiian
t Envoy of Queen Liliuokalani, a most i'm
2 portant document. 1t was nothing les!
: than his appointment and commission a.
representative and Minister of the provis
ional Hawaiian government to the United
| States.
The document is a most imposing one
and is signed by Sanford B. Dole, as Min
| lister of Foreign Affairs. Mr.. Dole, who
is president of the provisional govern
| ment, is also the Minister of Foreign
J., Affairs, because there are but four mem
4 beers of the High Council of Rule.
The commission of Dr. Mott Smith wa!
made out on the day after the revolution
/
| the circumstances of the abrogation Of
the constitution and the dethronement o
the Queen. 1t further states that tn,
| provisional government had appointed
commission of five to proceed to the Uni
ted States and ask for annexation.
1t names the commissioners and thel
commissions the new minister to unit
and act with them in their negotiation
with the President of the United State
and his Secretary of State
The appointment was despatched t.
President Dole by the Annexation Com
mission on the Claudian, and as soon a
the commissioners landed in San Fran
Il cisco they mailed it to DR.. Mott Smith
| The commissioners tarried "a hours i
II San Francisco, but the commission cam
l. direct, and that is why it got here ahea
of the commissioners.
Ie This, of course, settles the status of Dl
Mott Smith in the negotiations, as tn
N minister has accepted the appointment
, and will act with the commissioners.
l. The despatch from London announcing
7 the reply of Sir Edward Gray, Parlis
tie mentary Secretary of the Home Office
~ to an inquiry in the House of Common
as to Great Britain's intention in tn
D. Hawaiian matter, that the government
had made no protest and did not inten
to- believing that the lives and propert
of British subjects in Hawaii were sal
under American protection, has cause
decidedly friendly feeling for Englan
among the radical anneXationists he re.
H. L. Brown of Minneapolis, who cam
in on the same train with the commi
sioners, and who had conversed with til
distinguished gentlemen in the Hawaiia
party, said to a reporter:
"These gentlemen know their ow
III interests are at stake and want a pul
~ annexation with the United States. Fro
what learned think the Queen is onl
holding out for what Americans woul
ask. She is opposed to the encroachmen
of foreigners, and wants the island to b
long to native born Hawaiians or at lea
to those who have some native blood
their veins"
Chairman Thurston said to the inform
ant that the greatest objection to the ru
of the present nominal Queen, is that
her influence the lottery company w
promised n foothold. The kingdom
badly in debt, and the revenues from II
lottery were relied upon to pay all of I'll
expenses of the Government Mr.. THU
ton claims that all of the white resden
resented the proposed scheme and are d
termined to Illustrate it.