Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-02

luueed visit In Washington, Sew
YORK, Chicago, B1elon aud o.hyr
American o,tiec, ilnslly ruachius
Honolulu IN October or NOvotnJer Tor
her coming u age.
When the news reached mp by cable
OF the revolution ul Hawai-, ! wt1tU
to the minister, poiuliug out wla- up.
cared To me to be grave difficulties iu
the way ~ the carrying out ~ thu
commissioner Of the prOpJtal lOr an.
neXation. / stated that, IN my opiuiOn,
no amount Of reasoning anu n1nniount
OF bribe would ever gain thc lu,o
Hawaiian vote, And without that vote
annexation could be neither completed
nor carried cut hereafter. then
urged that convention vi uli CluHsOs
" voters shoulj be cailcd, carefully 8,
revise the constitution pfCsonlrd 10
them, that the queen should be Re-
guessed TO abdiratr AMI Princes kG.u'
lani should be proclaim queen, with
u council regency, Oi when Hdsgtst'
cd that Dole, now head % tue FRO.
yiaional government, should be rre,i.
dent. February ian | received this
caOlugram from washington;
"Islands transferred. Princes pro-
vided for"
Whether this cablugram was TO b.
considered an official communication
/ DO not know, but II Ia tue only COM
municatiOn that has reached ne Hud
absolutely mono have reached the
phucess. The next apparent fact about
THIS cablegram, next to the apparent
heartltssnOss, is the iHCt that its au.
curacy has not been confirmed by any
| telegfams tina. have been published Ia
| England. Why II was HOnt Ur who
Hent II | do not know, but Us loyal
| guardians and faithful friends there
was only one thing Tor us TO do-tO
stand hesiuo tue princess In inc pres
enco Of those representatives rom
Hawaii who would transfer her birth
right without civiliiy, humanity of0ne
NOTI TO her Of explanation or eve. Of
| Jympathy. We come here with no
Official status aud win no official in.
formation, tut win the conviction that
the government and people VI tho
uitvd sls te- Will not lend thelr cOuu.
tenance to hor disinherltsncr, for no
fault ~ alleged ngainst her OF her
nation. she Ii rOynl lady Who has
with singular grace and courage ca
doavOrod 10 III herself Tor her high slH'
tion anu HhTunk from neither duty nor
sacrifice In thc effort.
1 feel u good deal Of sympathy for
the commissioner, VINO must hnu
themselves la n position Of great em'
DATfassmUut. Several VI them were
concerned in the preparation OF the
Hawaiian constitution OF 1857, which
they compelled the king ~ accept anG
have since maintained. AT least four
vi tho commissioners have taken oath
10 the same constitution anu II has
been adopted 10y the nation. Mhea
LilluOkGisni assembled tue throne she
took the usual oath, and 10y that con.
stitution Princess KNuiani was pro-
claimed heite-s to the throne. lhe
queen appears ~ have violated The
constitutional oath aud 10 have laid
hers 10 open TO deposition, Tut That cin-
not affect the constitution Itself mol
this OAtls which the commissioner
took. There In no pteteDse that the
Hawaiian electorate even knew o.
lhe revolution Or the date Ol thu
COMMISSIONER departure on their
presen mt mission, anu II iB difficult 10 see
now they can sufficiently define lheii
present position, as 10 enable them g.
write TO the heitess apparent, aud an
nOunce ~ her the circumstances vi
their arrival. do not ior moment
believe any Of them would be guilty
Of Intentional cruelty or even die.
courtesy to the princeas. Tho treat
meut which their silence towards hot
betrayed them into must arisc from tn,
difficulty they iinu ia recOnciiing th,il
present attitude with the knowledge oi
their oaths to sustain the Hawaiian
constitution, which binds them to Ia,
succession VI the princess, unless TIT
nation itself releases thvm from tha
cath.
In short talk Davies said he wa
delighted to learn tue question Of TIA,
annexation OF Hawaii had taken 4
turn In the Senate and was Practical,
laid over for the confederation Of tn,
next administration.
awe do not mean to get hearing
with President Cleveland Ia any oil
cIal capacity" said he, "but simply IA
private individuals. The princess fol
that in the face OF the threatened an
nexation OF Hawaii by the UniteI
States she ought TO come here wher,
she could learn directly what was tn,
true sentiment OF the people. We vii
remain until after March 4.h. From
here we Will proceed ~ Washington
where We expect 10 see Mr.. Cleve
land"