St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
ON TO WASHINGTON.
The Hawaiian Commissioners
Nearing the Capital Of
the Nation.
They Say 1t Is Not Yet Time
to Make Their Plans
Public.
Every Man Of Them an An
nexationist Pure and
Simple.
Sppeekels' House Said to Be
Cool Toward the Move -
ment.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Directly in line
with the speed and smoothness of action
which has from the outset characterized
the revolution in Hawaii was the pass
age through Chicago Of the commission
ers from the provisional government en-
route to Washington today. This was
rendered necessary in part by the fact
that the Chicago & Northwestern train
on which they arrived was three hours
late. There are five commissioners,
Lorrin Nj. ThurstOn, chairman; William
c. Wilder, William Il. Castle, Joseph
Marsden, Charles l.. Carter. These,
with Secretary Peterson and Miss Mabel
Andrews, cousin of Mr.. Thurston,
make up the party. During the hurry
and hustle of getting the commission
from one train to the other, Mr.. Thurs
ton had time to say few words to a
reporter.
"The great trouble was" said he.
'that the queen did not wish to resign
constitutionally, but sided with that
element whose cry had for years, 'Ha-
wall for the HawaIians.' The Amer
leans and Europeans, who have by far
The Largest Interests
there, are not willing to let the natives
spend the money which they have Ia
bored so hard to make. AS to your
question of how we expect to be an
nexed to the United States, l will sim
ply say that it is not yet time to make
public our plans. but it is probable that
we shall ask to be admitted as a terri
tory. with resident of Honolulu as
governor"
The causes Of the revolution were
more fully explained by Mr.. Castle.
"When KaIakaua came to the throne in
1871 he said, "he began to usurp pow
ers that were not strictly his. He en-
couraged the native feeling, and pushed
things to such an extreme that revolu-
ton in 1887 curtailed many Of his pre-
rogatives. Under this electors were
confined to Americans, Europeans and
those of Hawaiian birth. Since that
time the natives have been trying to re-
store the native Hawaiian rule. This
feeling reached crisis when Queen
Liluokalani attempted coup on Jan. IA.
Her new constitution provided that the
queen should appoint the mobiles, and
the electors should be of Hawaiian birth
or parentage. There were
Otner Important CnanGes
(which would have aided in taking all
voice from the foreigners resident
there. On Jan. II the queens govern
ment was overthrown, provisional
government established, and the rest
you know The foreign element ap-
proves the course taken. There are
some Englishmen who would like
Princess Kaiulani to take the throne,
but this would encourage a loyalist
influence too much. The HawailanS
cannot govern themselves. The de-
velopment of the country is due
to foreign enterprise. Foreigners
practically pay all the taxes. Yes, the
attempt to introduce lottery was one
of the main causes of discomfort. When
the queen signed the bill the alarm was
general. The English are in favor of
annexation, the only people opposed to
it being the opium ring and the lottery
ring, and, of course, the native Hawaii
ans. These latter, however. are less
than half the entire population. The
sugar planters have had nothing to do
with the overthrow of the government.
Up to the time of our departure no pro-
test against the action of the command
er of the Boston hrd been tiled.''
NO Policy Formulated.
Commissioner Castle said that the
commissioners had so far formulated no
policy, preferring to wait until the ex-
ecutlve branch of the United States
government had expressed itself
SEvery man of u.s." said Mr.. Castle. sis
an annexationist pure and simple. We
want annexation if it can possibly be
procured If not, then we must be
satisfied with protectorate, if that is
obtainable. We have no plans regard
ing our return home"
The suggestion that Claus Sprecklse
was at the bottom of the revolution,
with the view Of bringing about annex