The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-09
WHAT THEY WANT
The Hawaiian Commissioners
Arrive II Washington.
4 KINGDOM IS AT STAKE,
Annexation Is Desired but Not Uni
versal Suffrage.

Envoy Castle Says Government Like
That of the District of Columbia Would
Suit the Islandcrs-Crooled work on
the Part Of the Queen, Free Opium and
the Lottery Schemers.
sioners of the provisional government
of Hawaii, who are charged with the
duty of presenting TO the government
Of the United States the prosition of
annexing the islands to this country,
have reached Washington. The COM
missioners received number of repre-.
sentatives of the press at their rooms
and talked freely and frankly of theil
errand. They brought with them copies
Of the Hawaiian papers of Wednesday,
Jan. 1S, which contained full accounts
of the proceedings in connection with
the revolution which was accomplished
on the previous day, the 18th, and the
particulars Of which have already been
made public through interviews given
by the gentlemen at San Francisco and
at various points en- route to Washing
ton. The personnel of the commission
is as follows:
Personnel OF the Commission.
Lorrin A. Thurston, chairman, was
premier of the first revolutionary cabi.
net Of Hawaii in 1888 and is the leading
lawyer in Honolulu. He was born in
Hawaii, his parents being American
missionaries. He has been connected
with the government in some capacity
for years.
William G. Wilder is the head Of the
Wilder Steamship company, which does
transportation business among the
islands,
William r. Castle is lawyer largely
interested in real estate in the islands
and one Of the principal owners of the
Cahe railroad, which runs down to Pearl
river harbor He is a native.
Joseph Marsden is sugar planter
He is an Euglishman. He has lived in
Hawaii about fifteen years.
Charles l.. Carter Is the son Of the
former Hawaiian minister to Washing
ton, II. a. ?. Carter. He is lawyer,
was born on the islands and is % years
old.
William A. Kinney, now lawyer in
Salt Lake City, but a former resident of
the Sandwich islands and one of the
leading participants i'll the revolution of
1887
a Strong Case VIII 30 Presented.
Mr.. Castle said to a reporter that the
desire of the commission was to secure
annexation with the United States.
"The proposal that we have to make, y
he said, us practically that set for tn in
! the proclamation of the provisional
government, issued on the 18th day Of
| january, in the following language:
we citizens and residents Of the Ha-
waiian islands, organized and acting for
| the public safety and common good,
| hereby proclaim a provisional govern
| ment for the control and management
| of public affairs and the protection Of
the public peace is hereby established to
exist until terms Of union with the
United States Of America have been
negotiated and agreed upon
| "The terms upon which the annexa~
| ton shall be made" continued Mr..
Castle, tive are perfectly willing to
leave to the United States government
to determine. There is one condition
| that we very much desire shall be con-
tanned in any agreement that they may
be determined upon, and that is the
| right Of suffrage shall be restricted
|
| islands. If tC accomplish this it is
| necessary to lose our own right to vote
we are perfectly willing te abandon
that. II we might be allowed to sug-
! gest, the form of government of the
| District OF Columbia seems to afford the
| most desirable one for the Sandwich
| islands. We don't want a territorial
| government in which there shall be n
legislature elected by the votes of all
| the people. However, as | said before,
we are perfectly willing that the United
States shall fix the conditions upon
which we shall be taken into fellow
ship. We are sincere and earnest il
this matter. Everything that we have
done so far has been done openly and
with the avQwed purpose Of uniting our
fortunes with those Of this country.
"At the time of the revelation, in
1897, in which all of the gentlemen who
are now with us, took an active part
i'll this matter Of annexation, was dis
| cHssed. Had it not been for the senti-
ment Of affection with which we natives
Of the island regarded the aborigenes it
would have been brought to focus at
that time. But we are satisfied now,
however, that it is impossible for the
| property Interests Of the island to de
pend in any way upon the natives for q
stable government and we feel that we
must seek this ut the hands Of a greater
power.
| a Lottery Scheme.
Speaking Of the causes that led to the
resolution, Mr.. Castle said that there
was, in his opinion, conspiracy to
which the queen was party and which
| included the passage of the bill TO
charter a lottery and providing for the
importation Of opium. By the former
I'M exclusive franchise for twenty-five
| years was given to a corporation which
was dCubtless the Louisiana Lottery
| company. The lnCorporators were
Davenport, Of st. Louis, and Clark, of
| Chicago, who, we have been insured
since our arrival, We're connected with
that concern. OF course, a lottery could
| not live upon Siawaiiau support alone.
II would have to feed upon the United
States, and the queen was given to under
stand that the passage Of such Il law
would be regarded by the United States
| as distinctly unfriendly act, but that
made no difference whatever. There is
| at present very strict law against the
importation Of opium into the islands.
| which is the preservation OF the native
| population. But the Hawaians passed
both these measures,
Envoy Thurston Talks,
The commissioners We're asked in