The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-23
THURSToN.s MISSION.
The Hawaiian Minister Going Homo 20
Take Action In the Establishment OF
Repuhllc-HIs Mind Made Up for ths
Boldest and Most Determinede Action
The Royslists Must be Stamped oat-
Plain Talk In n Conversation.

RepuhlIc-HIs Mind Made Up for the
Boldest and Most Determined Action
The Royalists Must be Stamped Out
Plain Talk In q Conversation.
OAKLASD, Cal, Dec. 1.-THE En-
quirer SAYS: Hawaiian Minister Thurs
ton sailed yesterday on the steamer
Alameda for Honolulu for n more i'm
portant purpose than to report mo
progress" Last Thursday Thurston
was visitor in Oakland, and spent
the evening at the house of q gentle
man who has heavy interests in the
Hawaiian islands There was assem-
bled to meet him quite a company OF
gentlemen, former residents of Hawaii,
and Thurston unbosomed himself,
speaking with perfect frankness about
his mission in going home. Perhaps
he thought that the time had come
when he no longer cared to make
secret of it. To put it in briefest
form, THurston is going to Honolulu
to assist in another revolution; that is
to say, he is going to aid in substitute
ing for the present provisional or tenn
pOrary government, a permanent gov
ernment with a written constitution
which shall make Hawaii republic
and free and independent nation OF
the earth. All idea of seeking annex
alton has been abandoned, for the pres
ent at least, and the republic OF Ha-
| waii is to be esta blished, thus ending
the uncertainty in the islands The
gist of the confidential information
which Minister Thurston carries back
to Honolulu, no doubt. is that nothing
is to be expected from the government
at Washington. and that, therefore, the
part of wisdom is for the provisional
government to secure its present
strength and to establish form of
government which shall be perma-
nency.
This might not be so easy TO do il de-
lay and uncertainty were allowed to
go on until dissensions creep in and
sap the strength of President Dole's
administration.
In the conversation on the occasion
referred to, Thurston showed that his
mind was made up for the boldest and
most determined action. He implied
that he was going, not to- discuss mat
ters, but to act He seemed to enter
tain no doubt whatever that President
Dole and the other members of the
provisional government would be with
him heart and soul.
As an illustration of his spirit,
Thurston said: Il don't know but
what it would be good thing if there
should be little fighting down there.
1t would unite the peopie-
BY this he was understood to mean
collisions between the United States
forces and the provisional government.
He was asked if the royalists would
come over and unite with the provision
alists if the government were made a
permanency, and to this replied: mo;
the royalists must be stamped out"
As to the details of the new consti-
tuition, or how it would be promul-
gated, Thurston said nothing, but he
admitted that the serious obstacle was
the suffrage question, the natives be-
ing friendly to their queen. He re-
ferred to the Portuguese settlers, of
whom there are 10000, who might be
voters, and said he thought they would
stand with the new government, and
that the Japanese, if admitted to suf-
frage, would do the same. lie seemed
to think that by the help OF these and
other foreign-born elements 1t might
be possible to hold the natives down.
One of the company present was a
prominent lawyer, and with him
Thurston had some interchange OF
views about the method of promul-
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both gentleneh lhurs'on nlnse,
is a iawyerl agree that the pro'iSionai
government niaae ciear cast, 'nat =.
was not only ue luclo goNern.,lens' nv
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