The Portland daily press., 1893-12-13

and urgent demand of American citizens,
the provisional government has decided
to resist to the utmost extremity any at
tempt to overthrow them by United
States force without authority from
Congress. Leading citizens gener ally
have announced their intention to he
foremost in the defense. Twelve hum
ord volunteer rifemen are ready at call
with large Maxim and Gatling batteries.
Minister Willis has pledged himself to
the government to take no action before
the return of the Alameda, December 81.
His instructions are still concealed"
The annexationists held mass meeting
November 49, Probably 1000 persons
were at the meeting. F. M. Hatch, vice
president of the provisional government,
presided and appealed to Congress
against the Executive. He held that
Secretary Gresham does not know inter
national law. He claimed that the pro-
visional government never submitted its
right to exist to the United States.
W.R. Castle, one of the annexation
commissioners to Washinton, quoted re-
| cent American opinion that the revolu-
tion of 1776 was the work of a minority.
Hawaii, he said, was surely tending to-
wards the goal of union with its mother
country across the water. MIR. Castle adj
mitted that President CIveland and Mr..
Gresham were trying to execute justice
and do what is right. But he said the
enemies of annexation had stuffed their
ears with lies. The speaker claimed the
people of the United States were against
the Presidents Hawaiian policy. Mr..
Castle attacked Commissioner Blount,
charging him with twice inviting the
supporters of the Queen to revolt against
| the provisional government. He asserted
that the people of the country had estab-
lished the provisional government Mr..
| Castle moved the following resolutions
which were passed without dissent:
| Resolved, That we have read with sur.
| prise and regret the recommendation of
the Secretary of State of the United
States to the President to testore the
monarchy lately existing in Hawaii.
Resolved, That we condemn the as
sumption of the Secretary that the right
of the provisional government to exist
was terminated by the refusal to resub-
NIT to the Senate the treaty of union
| pending between the two countries, and
also his assumption that the provisional
| government, at that very time, SUBJ
mitted the question of its continued ex-
istence to the arbitration OF the Presi-
dent or any other power.
Resolved, That we will support to the
best of our ability the provisional gov
ernment and resist any attack upon it
which may be made, contrary to ths, usage
| of nations"
| AT Judd, Chief Justice, said that for
| twenty years he attended but one politi-
cal meeting before this. He was an
Hawaiian by birth, but an American in
blood and proud of his ancestry. He
| loved this country to which his father
devoted his life. Had the Queen taken
the advice of the justices of the Supreme
court she would not be where she was
now. The Chief Justice said Mr.. Blount
interviewed him when in Honolulu, but
never asked him it the revolution was
accomplished by the aid of Minister
Stevens and the troops of the Boston.
| He believed the mass meeting of the 10th
settled the question and the government
having lasted year had the right to
| exist
We. Smith, editor of the Star, appealed
| to the revolutionary spirit of '76, and
praised German, British and Portuguese
| filibusterers. He spoke of the "infamies"
of Gresham and advocated compelling
Cleveland to submit to the will of the
people"
This last was to be done by resisting
the progress of American troops with
| out firing on them.
PC. Jones said Cleveland should have
rounded his policy by ordering all four
members of the ex-council of the pro-
visional government shot on the day of
the restoration. Everybody should stick
| to the provisional government. He re-
ferred to the story that Cleveland won
his first election to the Presidency by
three RS, Rum, Romanism and Re-
bellion," and hoped Ethat he would be
| impeached now for another three "R's"
Restoration of Rotten Royalty"
| The American League is now an es-
tablished fact, with a charter from the
| government. 1t is a secret organization.
| it's object being to bear true allegiance
| to the United States, to advance the
| latter's interests and aid and protect the
membe of REORGANIZATION Eligibility to
mem bership is based on Citizenship of
| the United States. The league is strong
~ in favor of annexation and bending
all its efforts to accomplish that end.
The president of the league is L. B.
! Murray.
A general meeting of the executive and
advisory council was held Novem ber 80,
and Minister of Finance Damon read a
| letter he had written to gentleman in
| San Francisco In the letter Mr.. Damon,
says.
Willis may have had instructions to
deliver or withhold his letters of credence
to MIR. Dole as he might find circum-
stances warranted? Events show that
he did delay in the delivery and when he
did act, it was final. AS to Gresham's
| letter. all that it would be safe for me to
say is that the pu blic have answered and
President Cleveland reserves his opinion,
The provisional government has come to
stay, and in the meantime, is very in
terested observer of President Cleveland's s
opinion and the action of Congress-"
In his speech Mr.. Damon said:
II feel then when the American people
have taken the interest they have in us,
no act injurious to us will be allowed.
We are safe in the hands of the Ameri-
can repu bile today. You cannot touch a
spot on Hawaii but what is American.
The Attorney General stated the execu-
tive council had determined to resist any
attacks upon the government from what
ever source.
A petition, signed by leading Ameri-
cans of Honolulu, was presented to Min
lister Willis, December 2. After setting
forth that the petitioners are citizens Of
the United States and have made their
residences and homes and acquired
property in the islands, and reciting the
events which led up to the revolution Of
January last the petition concludes with
The statement that the treaty of annexa-
tion was negotiated with the provisional