The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-01-12
ton and answer you as soon as they
are ready.
Mr.. Willis-Yes, sir, gentlemen,
good day."
DOLE'S REPLY BRIEF BUT FIRM

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DOLE's REPLY BRIEF BUT FIRM.
The reply of the provisional govern
ment was drafted by President Dole
and contains between 500 and 600
words. It stated the case of Hawaii
in no pleading form. One of the
strong points of the reply is that the
ex-queen's point of amnesty is not
touched. The president and govern
ment, being prepared for resistance,
are of the opinion that side issues can
not be justly raised by either Mr..
Cleveland or the monarchy.
L. A. Thurston, Hawaiian minister
to the United States, will take with
him to Washington copy of the reply
which has been refused to the press
because it is deemed bad diplomacy to
make it public before it has been
placed in the hands of President
Cleveland. Should the president of
the United States delay the delivery
of this document, it will at once be
made public on the arrival of Minister
Thurston by the steamer Pekin.
Prior to the demand of Minister
Willis, the correspondence took place
between President Dole as minister of
foreign affairs and Minister Willis
relative tie Secretary Gresham's letter
to President Cleveland Mr.. Dole
first inquired November % as to the
tenor and intent of the letter. To
this Mr.. Willis replied that the letter
did not know the intentions of the
president at that time. December Is
Mr.. Dole asked Mr.. Willis as to the
report that he was in correspondence
with the ex-queen looking to her
restoration. To this Mr.. Willis re-
piled that he desired the interview
the result of which was given above.
THE PROVISIONAL DEFIANT.
The news received here to date has
received various comment. Royalists
still assert that they believe the
restoration will be accomplished by
Mr.. Cleveland and the annexationists
are confidently declaring no restora-
ton shall take place The situation
has, in fact, settled into one of de-
fance, in which the Royalists them
selves admit that they would have no
show unless aided by the forces of the
United States.
The proposition for the establish
ment of a republic here, said to have
been brought by Minister Thurston
and Mr.. H. n. Castle of the Adver-
tiser, is absolutely denied by both
these gentlemen. Mr.. ThurSton said:
''Such an idea never entered our
heads. Why should it? We are now
an established government; we have
been recognized by both the United
States and Russia, and to establish
republic would be to renounce the
recognized nation we now have This
we do not propose to do. Deny it ab-
solutely and give it the widest pub
licity."
Mr. Castle took much the same view,
saying: "You can see what my views
are in the columns of the Advertiser.
While, like Thurston, am a Hawa-
iian born American, l am not here to
COMPROMISE unless our national moth
er, America, goes completely back on
US, which l do not believe American
patriots would tolerate"
As far as the financial condition of
the government can be determined, it
is one of increasing security. Taxes
are flowing in and the determined
stand taken has caused the deposits
in the Postal Savings bank to largely
increase during the past month.
Minister Damon is hopeful that if no
adverse action is taken by congress,
a permanent semi-American form of
government can ultimately be estab-
lished here which will be the forerun-
ner of stable government