The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-09-18
MINISTER TO HAWAII.
Cleveland Appoints the New
..G Man.
His Plans for Government In the Island
Country.
In the Form Of PrOtectorate- Naval
Vessels for Honolulu.
Especial despatch to the Chronicle.l


WASHINGTON, September S.-To-
day President Cleveland named A. |
S. Willis of Kentucky as Minister
to Hawaii. The appointment is re-
garded as official notice that the
islands will not be annexed. A re-
preventative of the annexationists is
here, with whom treaty could be
made direct without sending man
to the islands for that purpose.
New York, September 8.-Albert
S. Willis of Louisville, the new Min
mister to Hawaii, was born in Shelby
county, KY, January %, ls43. His
early education was received in the
common schools and he graduated
at the Louisville Male High School
in 1860. He taught school for four
years and then studied law and
graduated at the Louisville Law
School in 1866. He was elected at
torney for jefferson county in 1870
and reelected in 1874. His Con-
gressional career began with the
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in four succeeding Congresses, hold
ing high place in the party's coun-
ellis.
Mr.. Willis will go to Hawaii under
somewhat different circumstances
than his immediate predecessor.
Mr.. Blount went out as special
commissioner to investigate and fur
nish material for the future course
of the administration, and subse-
quently by the resignation of Mr..
Stevens, was forced to take the mis-
sion while pursuing the investiga-
ton. Mr.. Willis goes as Minister
Plenipotentiary, pure and simple,
and in that capacity will conduct
such negotiations for future rela-
tions between the islands and the
United States as may be directed.
These instructions formed the
basis at to-day's Cabinet meeting,
, and later in the afternoon we're the
subject of conference between
Secretary Gresham, Mr.. Blount and
Mr.. Mills, who accompanied Mr..
Blount to Hawaii.
incidentally, too, the question of
t the Presidents message to Congress
5 was discussed at the Cabinet meet
, ing, for one has a bearing on the
: other. When the new Minister sails
: for Hawaii he naturally must know
the attitude of the President. This
he already knows, in a general way,
and when he sails he will carry with
him details for the information of
the Provisional Government.
The Herald's Washington CORE
D ! ,ho ho follou,incr
on the Hawaiian situation: Notwith-
o standing the embargo placed upon
r the Hawaiian subject generally, l
! am able to give some reliable inform
k alton regarding the program as the
J.. result of the discussion which has
thus far taken place in the Cabinet.
A protectorate, mild in it's terms as
! to internal affairs but very rigid
S against outside interference, is the
;, scheme in brief, with permanent
5 government established by the vote
a of the Hawaiians. The United States
will even go further and guarantee
it against overthrow by revolution.
\ Pending the elections to bring
i about permanency of the new form
of Government the United States
> will stand by the Provisional Gov
= eminent to the extent OF guarantee
s. ing it protection until the result
a of the elections are announced and
r until the permanent form of Gov
/. eminent is established. In return
: for the protection guaranteed the
a administration will expect exclusive
q and unreserved right to Pearl Harbor
as a coaling station, and such other
. IL ,toTr hA tclo n
3 may be desired In short the ad-
& ministration favors the maximum
% control as far as foreign supremacy
5, in Hawaii is concerned at the mini
n mum expense.
4 1t does not wish to interfere with
n the internal affairs of the islands
because it is believed that they are
capable of self-government when
r protected from outside influence.
~ With certain restrictions as to the
n class of voters, the administration
h. officials, including Mr.. Blount, an
,e assured are confident that perma
or nent government capable of taking
in care OF itself financially and politi
call can be established.
In anticipation of the election thi
~ autumn the Navy Department, it il
q, said, is contemplating the augmen
~ tation Of the naval forces in Hawai-
. ian waters. The Charleston, York
-, town and Boston, when overhauled
d. and the Mohican and Ranger viii
~ be available for the purpose, ant
these, with the Philadelphia, now 81
>; route, and the Adams, already a
" Honolulu, will make fleet Of seve
~ vessels, The moral effect of tn
y, presence of these vessels, togethe
~ with the avowed purpose of tn
-. United States to protect the ne'
.aii Government when formally estat
IA lished, will, it is believed be suti
10 cient to guarantee a peaceful an