Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23
THuRsToN'S MISSION.


Republic Ills Mind Made Up for t"o
Hoidsst and Most DetermiHedo Ae,'o"-
The Rnyaiists Must be Stamped ont-
Plain Talk ia u Conversation.
oAKLAxp. Cal, Dec. 1.-THE I'm
auirer SAYS: Hawaiian Minister Thurs
ton sailed yesterday on the steamer
Alameda for Honolulu for more I'M
portant purpose than 10 report n"
progress Last Thursday Thurston
was II visitor in Oakland, and spent
the evening at the house of gentle
man who has heavy interests III the
| Hawaiian islands. There was assem-.
blcd to meet him quite Il conpiny %
| gentlemen, former residentsof llawaii,
and Thulston unboso,ned himself,
speaking with perfect frankness aochs
his mission in going home, Perhaps
he thought that the time haa coihe
when be no longer cared to make .
secret of it. TO put it in briefes'
form, THurston is going to Honolulu
to assist in another revolution: that i
to say. he is going to aid in substitut
ing for the present provisional or tenn
porary government, perInanen' sos
ernment with II written CONSTITUTION
which shall make Hawaii repnbli
and a free and independent nation o
the earth. All idea Of seeking annex
alton has been abandoned, for the pres
ent at least, and the republic OF Ha
waii is to be established, thus endln
the uncertainty in the islands IN
rist Of the confidential informatio
which Minister Thurston carries oac
to Honolulu. no doubt, is that nothin
is to be expected from the goyernmer
at Washington, and that, therefore, u
part of wisdom is for the provision
Government to secure its prese
strength and to establish form
Government which shall be perm
nency.
o This might not be so easy to do II
'c Law and uncertainty were allowed
ie 90 on until dissensions creep IN a
d. sap the strength Of President Dol
administration.
'o In the conversation on the oecas
W. referred to. Thurston showed That
mind was made up for the boldest Z
most determined action. lie impl
m that he was going, not to discuss II
mt ters, but to act. lie seemed to en'
ed tain no doubt whatever that Preslo
oh Dole and the other members OF
'le' provisional government would be
Oh him heart and soul.
aht As an illustration OF MS SpI
hat Thurston said: II don't know
what it would be good thing II tt
aro should be little fighting down tn
hch 1t would unite the people.
oks Br this he was understood I" II
to collisions between the United ST
forces and the provisional governm
He was asked if the royalists W
,ars come over and unite with the provl'
II a alfsts if the government were ma
'out permanencv, and to this replied;
ded the rovalists must be stamped out
slN As to the details Of the new co
the tution. or how it would be pro
her. .,t,d ,rIrrston snid nothing. bll
the admitted that the serious obstacle
the suffrage question, the natives
ing friendly to their queen h'
TODD fetred to the Portuguese settler
was wi. ON there are IU.000. who mlgi
visit. voters and said he thought they y
the stand with the new government
i be- ihat tine Japanese. if admitted to
frore. would do the same. lie Sc
rate to thick that by the help OF these
l in other foreign born elements, 1t I
jail. be possible to hold the natives Il
'V 10 One of the company present
tdaV nrominent lawyer, and with
case Thurston had some intercilanI
views about the method of pr
the eating "a new constitution ana orr
,cked ing form of government which
/ the be of recognized by foreign poWe
light Both gentlemen (Thurston n
try is n lawverl agree that the provi
e Sc government made clear case
tport was not only de. facto govern
II So that it's power in the islands W
solute and undisputed; and cor
tn re- ton promulgated in its name an
tside, officer chosen under it would ha
lie on right to recognition under the
pies of.internationa law.
c Another interesting fact, whlc'
ont during the evening, was
,nsible Thurston wanted to take nack
'nvi''e him to the islands as many laW
or holders of property interests
coio islands. who We're trustworthy
'nville n,i1 no, ia eo
Of the W. r...,, ,rh, loft Ann
'o.:, ave., Mich, to accompany Thursto'
,. u'''n present. and not only coincide'
,>"i'N what Thurston said. but avowe
!, ''' ~ he would take part in setting
ID are no" W. ~ Gov ro other n,