The herald., 1893-01-29


lie peace is hereby estabiished, 10 exist
until terms of union with the United
States of America have been negotiated
and agreed upon.
ssThird-Such provisional government
shall consist of an executive council OF
four members, who are hereby declared
to be-: s. B. Dole, j. A. King, P. @.
Jones and w. 0. Smith, who shall adj
minister the executive departments OF
the government, the first named acting
as president and chairman of such coun-
Gil and administering the department OF
foreign affairs, and the others severally
administering the departments OF in
terror, finance and attorney-general,
respectively, in the order in which
enumerated, according to existing Haw-
allan law as far as may be consistent
with this proclamation, and also of an
advisory council which shall consist Of
IA members who are hereby declared to
be 8. M. Damon, L. A. Thurston. J. EN-
meluth, ]. A. McCandless, F. w. Nc
Chesney, W. R. Castle, w. G. Wilder,
A. Brown. J. F. Morgan, HI. Water
house, E. d. Tenney. F. Wilhelm, WIG.
Ashley, @. Bolte- Such advisory coun-
Gil shall aleo have general legislative
authority. Such executive and advisory
council shall, acting jointly, have power
to remove any member of either council
and to fill such or any other vacancy"
VOLUNTEERS CALLED FOR.
The new government then called for
volunteers, who assembled armed, to the
number OF 800. The old government
surrendered without striking blow,
although it had about 400 men under
I'D q hot nf( (Io NO
The new government then notified the
foreign representatives of the change in
government and asked recognition. 1t
was at once granted by all the powers
hut England. The provisional govern
ment promised peace and requested all
parties to continue in the government
service except the following: Queen
Lilioukolani, Charles B. Wilson, mar
ehal; Samuel Parker, minister of for
eign affairs; w. H. Cornwell, minister
of finance; John F. Colburn, minister
of the interior; Arthur P. Peterson, at
torney general.
The new government has assumed
formal control of the palace and bar
Yacks.
THE QUEENS RETIREMENT.
The ex-queen has retired to her priv
obo IobiucuCo NJ W VncAiAStoA piScos ahu
the government has granted her an
honorary guard of 16 men. The house
hold guards were paid off to February
LIST and disbanded.
A strong force of volunteers took pos
session and is now in charge of the pal
ace, barr acks, police headquarters and
other government buildings. At head
quarters the work of military organiza-
ton was rapidly pushed forward, and
volunteers continued to pour steadily in
from all quarters. 1t is not expected
that any difficulty will arise upon the
other islands.
The provisional government spent the
day and large part OF the night in per-
fecting organization and adjusting the
wheels of government to the changed
order. Meantime the ordinary routine
of government work is going ahead with
but little break.
THE GOVERNING IDEA.
The governing idea of the provisional
government is to maintain peace and
carry on the business of the government
until a treaty Of annexation to the
United States can be negotiated.
The Hawaiian steamer Claudine was
chartered and left Honolulu on the
morning Of Wednesday,, january. 1esil,
with five commissioners aboard instruct
ed to proceed to Washington and nego-
missioners are Lorrin A. Thurston,
William @. Wilder, William r. CASTLE,
Charles, L. Garter and Joseph Marsden.
The Claudine also brought up repre-
sentatives of the deposed queen.