The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-11-20
SITUATION IN HAWAII.
No Information Will Be Given to the
Public on the Matter.

No Information Will Be Given to the
Public on the Matter.
WAsHINGToN, Nov. 3.-The Presi-
dent did not send the Hawaiian cor
respondence to Congress before
adjournment, and nothing will be
given to the public regarding the
policy of the Administration or the
instructions to Minister Willis until
Congress reconvenes, when the whole
matter will be laid before the Senate
and House, supplemented by large
amount of information which Mr..
Willis will in the meantime gather
and forward to the State Depart
ment.
Evidence is cropping out daily to
show that Minister Blount's mission
as special commissioner was not al
together successful or satisfactory
TO the Administration, and that
much later data will be required be-
fore the President can send any re-
Communications to Congress for
action on this important question.
1t is possible that intimation will
be given the Provisional Govern
ment by Minister Willis that the
| President will not authorize nego
tiations of friendship p and commerce
with the Government de facto until
that Government shall have been
ratified by popular election.
The question of annexation is
practically out of the way, and even
the members of the Provisional Gov
ernment appear to realize the fact
and are striving for the strongest
kind of a protectorate.
Minister Willis is instructed to
follow the general principle of non
Interference, unless it may be neces-
sary to take action to prevent for
eign intervention. In this matter,
as in all others, he has been granted
the fullest discretion.-S. #. Chrom-
Gle, Nor. /.
MATTERS IN CONGRESS.
All business before the Banking
and Currency Committee of the
House has been postponed to De-
cember s.
The McCreary substitute for the
Geary Chinese restriction law pass
ed the Senate at late hour Nov. 2
1t passed exactly as it came from the
I. House. All of the amendments that
} the Pacific Coast people succeeded
, in attaching to the bill in the lower
branch slipped through without any
great amount of friction.
: The resolution for final adjourn,
lnent at 3 o'clock the following day
passed the House by vote of l34 tc
: 80 on Nov. =.
= Wilson, chairman of the Ways and
, Means Committee, asked unanimous
) consent for consideration of reso
t luton to permit the committee tC
i, sit during adjournment and file
t with reports any bills, and provid
y ing if filed such bills and report.
shall be mailed to each member.
, Reed objected, explaining that tn,
minority should have fair anC
/ decent opportunity to examine ant
: prepare a minority report on a bill
y of such Importance as tariff bill
+ before its presentation.
After further discussion, in which
= Wilson invited every Republican
e member of the committee to COM
s was going on, a vote was taken
The Republicans refused to answe
to their names and there was not
quorum, the yeas being l67 ant
nays |.
r Wilson next moved a call of tn
House, which carried with instruc
tions to the Sergeant-at-Arms to al
/ rest absentees. After wait Of sey
IL eral hours for absentees, at IA
J. Wilson moved to dispense wit
= further proceedings under the cal
y The vote resulted 9 to $50, an
Z upon the announcement Reed aros
e offered compromise. He offered
y counter proposition to amend tn
II resolution so as to permit the chail
e man to file the tariff bill with tn
l. understanding that reports thereo
o shall be filed not later than te
L days. This proposition Wilson a,
I; r; cepted, provided the word tariff
q before "bill" be changed to "rev,
" nue." Thus the controversy wa
Is amicably settled.
r. At 3:l5 Executive Clerk Prude
le announced the Presidents approx;
4 VI VIC Noii'oi ItoPoai JILL
4 Senator Stewart came prompt
~ to the front on the I'd inst. with
> bill for the free coinage of silve
n thus confirming his statement mad
II in the Senate that the fight fc
Le silver is TO be continued. The b
prescribes the weight of silver coin
n which are to be issued upon tn
q basis of a ratio of Ii to |. Unde
J. the provisions Of the bill the holder
J. Of silver bullion can deposit it q
n the Mint and receive in exchang
y silver dollars or treasury notes, thes
ss notes to be redeemable in silver col
re only, which is a change from th
- usual form that required their r,
demption in either silver or gold,
x AClfIC COAST ITEMS.
Is A street car at Portland, Oregon
ie went through an open drawbridg'
X Six bodies have been recovered an