Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-17
HONOLULU NEWS.
The AnneNationists Were First
Very Happy
AND THEN VERY GLUM INDEED.
The RoYallsls Twlued Then on Inc Delay In
Action Ny tho American Senate Tho
Black Flag Followers Is What Annex.
ors Call The Opposition Grover

San Fraucisco. CAL March 1O. Cor.
rtHuunuuupC Associated lrUNHi
Honolulu, March o. Tho Friends Of
HptpNuuou Wwo rlntod on receipt ol
The nrWs brought hy steamships on the
2Oth Rud 22d Ot fpbrnrA uhd WprO rul-
r,sppLHugD depressed when the llcluc
put into Honolulu unexpectedly on March,
y mud NJ WNt found the treaty vnnsun'
united hy Secretary fuslCf aud tho
Hawaiian commissioners hHd not reached
u vote iu tho United states senate.
The disappointment ul the American
party ON lhV islands was D fuurcc VI
much qualification 10 The rutuliHts, and
10 was not liiu iu the day before usavi-
lions were boldly made thut the trVniy
would never pass the senate; that annex
iuiOu was un mposshiiitS aud now cou-
gross would rNrN out ne policy 81 uppo.
sitiun 10 acquiring foreign territory aud
would rucuNnlav tile autonomy Of Hawaii,
ut lrnat to the extent ui agreeing to tho
accession OF kniuluui, hvircse nppiunt,
SUPPORTED, possibly, hy The American
prOlnrioratr The published ietior uf
secretary Fosior 10 Minister stevens
ffOm their point ut view sustained tho
ndhcrenta of mOunrcmnl rule VA hn 10
liCf the uuurc of Ma stevens aud Cnp
iniu WHO of tho cruiser Boston waA
not VOuniOuuucrd by ilir Washington
guNVrnmcnt II was subsequently, pointed
ont "a thcm that the flag of the United
states had not bren hauled down from
llH place over The government building
ua would have followed disnvownl uf
the Temporary prUtectofntr osiabllshud
under the pressure of the mununring
policy of the British minister
Minister Stevens when seen hy ana
Associated Press correspondent, express
cd himself perfectly satisfied with tho
cOntonts of Secretary Fosters letter.
Most Americans resident VA Honolulu
appear satisfied with the terms of The
iroutV ne Hpht tO The senntc hy M.
llnrison. though many are of the opin.
Ion TINT 10 viii NOT be- acted upon until
che Now administration comes INTO pow
An Associated Press correspondents
was present ut DE meeting ut whlrh
tim Hawaiian ClYil RIGHTS league wuNf0r
mnly drgnm1nd The meeting WAS
called no tlp house Of John Colburn.
the last minister of the interior undpr
Liliuokulnui Nud seventeen persons Wcfr
prescott Among them, Samuel Pnrken,
oA-qneen's pfemori a. H. Peterson.
her rccout nttornoysHonprW. Charles
NwRliOn cX.mnrnhnl, Chnrloa Wilson
aud q, w. Ashford, brother Of Colonel
Nnlnpy Ashford Ashford oXplninnd
tho object ~ the meeting was the formn.
tom of league to promote by all legal
means the love Of country aud free
representative government. ana ~ ci.
courage and PROMOTE such idOas ia tie
pnople uf Hawai- irrespective Of taeo,
nationality Or past political affiliations,
to the end that no lhbefnl or desnoic
schemes " government may be- imposed
upon lhe lnit by any foreign power aud
~ preserve 90 Hawaii ia her future 30,
litcnl career. whether under the Ia.
Wniinn or nnF 0tlior fAg, continuance
Of the privilege Of anlfFuyornmpnt,
such as aho has enjoyed for the last
half century,
Tho Advertiser learning of the meet
ing, printed d summary 0l the proceed
ngs next morning March 2, under tho
hllsta are AZ Work Again"
Following was nu article fpw DAYS
later DO which u n snid, IN y plain ns
a pikeein1 this civil rnhta league IL
nu unu-Amrficln organization undo ul
of mnl royallsts, contrlve1 10 delay
nunp1ntlpu, and NJ possible prevent Il
altogether II " Intended 10 serve hs n
nucleus for mnlcOntrnts aud an whd
symphfhl1o with d desire 10 replace The
present order by the former anarchy"
n. ~ Hitch, a lawyer Of Honolulu.
has hcnn appointed member OF Tie nd
ylsory council 20 succeed Henry ". Coop
or, who become circuit Judge.
The Hawaiian Patriotic League for,
wnrdud by the steamer Alameda the fols
lowing telegram 10 President Cleyolandi
"lionolulu,
"Merch 3. is03
president Cleveland, WaShington
Greeting,
"rlie Hawaiian Patriotic league unl0l
% OH native associations hope for jus
tien aud that IA ingestigatiOn Dc mRdt
here before decision a. % AnuexatlOn
(Sgned) J. CUMMINGS,
Honorary Pretideut
nos NAWAiii. President"