The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-03
HAWAIIAN NOTES.
Extracts From a Letter From the
Sandwich Islands.

NnA"iNh
From a letter from Honolulu the follow
ing items OF news are taken:
/ paid visit to the rooms of the
Annexation Club and gathered some
interesting statistics in relation to its
mem bership. There are about 620O
names on the roll at present. with more
coming in every steamer from the other ISL
andS, especially from Hawaii. An analysis
of the first 6000names on the roll shows the
following natiOnalities: Portuguese 40
per cent, English 8, German 6. American
%, Hawaiian 90 scattering s. Out of Is. 600
votes registered at the last election $500
were Portuguese; of these 2200 are MEM
bers OF the Annexation Club The Amer
lean membership Is 90 per cent of the total
American vote here. The Citizens Re-
serve Is an offSh0Ot OF the Annexation
Club. and it was the organization of this
society that led a foolish correspondent
into getting up the murder society" fake
1t now has a mem DerShip of 600 fully
armed citizens not members of any other
military organization, aud its aim is to as
siSt the Government when the necessity
arises and 10 protect the lives and prop
erty of its members in case OF a counter
revolution. Under the plan OF organiZa.
ton no meeting is GeceSSary-the mem Der
does not even know who his fellow-mem-
beTs are. He simply reports to the captain
of his district. who sees that he is sworn in
furnishes the necessary arms, and those
received by the last steamer are Deiug uril-
lied in this way. The Citizens Reserve
now Gutnumbers the volunteer forces. and
TO the Government. and yet no one knows
whether his best friend belongs to the or
ganiZatiOn or not, and probably never will
know unless trouble occurs.
The kuakOa, a native annexation
paper, prints a piece of news of
I'll E-1T
ton: Just before Minister Blount sailed
from Honolulu be called on LiliuokaIanl
and told her emphatieally that it was en-
tirely useless for her to entertain any hope
that the United States would aid in her
restoration; they would on no account do
ANYTHING Of the kind"
Learning that this information came
from high quarters Investigated the matter
and found the report was true. Mr.. Blount
gave her late Majesty 10 understand with
out reserve that restoration at the hands
OF his Government was out Of the question
altogether.
Naturally" said the high official who
was interviewed on the matter, Il DO not
want TO have my name mentioned, but you
may say that when Mr.. Biount came here
he was preJudiced in favor of the mon
archy and its claims, but the longer he
stayed here and the more he croSS-QueS-
toned the Royalist leaders and acquainted
Will luG hCkcI Vi IUOSe W no
are in and back of the present Government
the more he was Impressed by the idea
that the revolution Of January II was
necessity of the times. That he called
upon Liliuokalani and told her that she
had no case with the United States Gov
eminent does not admit OF doubt. That Is
precisely what he aid"
Minister Damon's weekly financial state
ment was encouraging. howing a total
treasury balance ON current account of
S120. 103 on. Cash on hand in Postal Saw
ings Bank S2l, 542 49, Expenses of Pro-
vislonal Government S114.010 SO. Minister
Damon also read a statement showing the
public works now being carried ON and
the estimated expenditures thereon,
amounting TO about $500 for the balance
OF 1893. the principal items being: Dredger
$500 per month, Volcano road $1,000 per
month, plumbing plant addition to Homo
lulu Water Works $4,000; steel bridge at
Wailua, Kauai, $1,000; bridge at Hilo,
Hawaii. $4,000; improvements to Pacific
Mail wharf at Hon oluu, $1,000, and many
smaller items. The Judiciary Committee
reported an act defining the duties of the
Vice-President in case of the absence or
disability of the President. This bill regu-
lates the succession to the presidency
through the Cabinet and the members of
the Council and is modelled on the present
United States law.
Editor Arthur tombstone of the Adver-
tiser and Antoine Clogs, the writer of a
letter exposing the Guatemalan labor
schemes of Captain Ferguson of ''black- |
birding" fame, have both been held to
answer TO the Circuit Court for criminal |
libel, with bail fixed at 500 in each in |
stance.
There was an explosion of cartridges in |
the basement of the executive building on /
Saturday morning last. which shook the |
building perceptibly. 1t was caused by |
the carelessness of the armorer OF Com |
pany E. which is Quartered there. No one
was hurt except the armorer, who had his
hand lacerated.