The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-08
THAT HAWAIIAN LORE.
PREPARING 10 COMPLY WIN THE
HOAR BESOLUTIOY.
VIII the President Deem It. CompatibIs
With Public Interest to Give out
the Willis Instructions?

WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec. 7-FTom
the fact that The department clerks have
been set TO work making copies OF all
Hawaiian documents not already in type,
il is inferred that the President has
given Instructions to comply with the
Hoar resolution adopted by the Senate
yesterday Indeed. an authoritative state
ment to the effect is made. An immense
amount OF work is entailed in complying
with the request. Many Of the documents
are in the possession o. the Navy Depart
ment. and these, too. will bc sent in. It
IS understood that everything bearing on
the subject Of the difficulties between the
United States and Hawaii since the pres
ent government was established, iuclud-
ing the Instructions 10 Minister Wills,
viii he furnished 10 che Senate Depart
neut officials say a very strong showing
viii be de hv the papers 20 be made
public.
win be Bulky Document.
The correspondence win cover over
twelve years and the result VIII probably
be one OF the bulkest executive documents
on record. The reports. correspondence
and afiidavits incidental 90 Commissioner
Blounts special report, as printed for
semi-private circulation on the long folio
sheets affected by the state Department,
cover 522 pages many OF them I'm very
close type. As rearIanged and reprinted
in the shape in which documents are
usually sent TO the Congress. tie number
of pages VIII be- doubled. Then, as inti-
mated by ex-President Harrison, IN an
interview soon after Mr. Greshams letter
to President Cleveland. Of .c date Ccto-
ber 18th last was made pubic tnrfe
is much correspondence on Hawaiian
matters which took place before the close
Of the Harrison administration, when
has not yet seen the light OF day ana
which the eX-President in that interview,
said ne earnestly desired should be, viii
not be made public. Added to these im-
portant documents All others that have
gone before. since 1881, which, OF course
will include the facts I'm relation 10 the
two previous revolutions referred 10 by
Minister Thurst0n I'm his argument ID
Commissioner Blount and n will be seen
that the reply TO Senator Hoar's resolu-
ton must necessarily be somewhat stu-
pendous in bulk.
VIII tho willis Instructions be GIVEN
Rut after all. the main interest VIII CEN
ter round this point: VIII the Fresi-
dent deem IL compatible with the pun
lie interest to include In his fe7foN7e ''
this time the luSlNflluiln NAAni''t'+f e'+'
en- TO Minister Willis. and any suDse-
ouent correspondence that may have lea
TO the modification of these Instructions
if such has been the course takent
At the executive session Of the SEN
ate this afternoon an informal discus
sion was precipitated by reference 20
the recent premature pun of Biouni 8
report as 10 the responsibility of senator's
in such matters, the assertion having
been made that the document got into
the papers through that channel II was
agreed that the documents sent TO sem
ators as individuals. which are marked
confidential, are not among the archives
and senators We're not amenable 10 the
rules of the Senate. however dcrelict they
have been I'm the matter.
Minister Thurston, the representative
in Washington of the provisional govern
ment OF Hawaii. saw Secretary Gresham
at the State Department this morning.
Afterward Thurston said he did not care
to speak Of the result Of his interview
with Mr.. Gresham, but his answers 10
questions indicated that ne had learned
nothing new concerning the Hawaiian
situation.