The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-23
ROYALIST ARGUMENTS.
Patting Biount Upon the Back for
What He Has Done.

Patting Biount Upon the Back for
What He Has Done.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The President
to-day transmitted to the House additional
Hawaiian papers from Willis. They an
nounce the retirement of Vice-Presidens
Hatch and the election of W. c. Wilder to
succeed him. The Executive Council has
been increased from four persons to five.
Minister of Foreign Affairs having been
added to relieve President Dole of part
of his labor.
The message of the President transmit
ting the additional Hawaiian correspond
ence is as follows:
To the Congress: transmit herewith copies
of dispatches received from our Minister In
Hawaii after the arrival Of those copies which
accompanied my message of the goth inst. L
also inclOse for The information OF Congress
reports and copy OF an order just received by
the Secretary Of the Navy from Rear-Admiral
Irwin, commanding our naval forces at Homo
luu. GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion. Jan. IL. 1894.
Following is the letter from Minister
Willis TO Secretary Gresham:
UNITED STATES LEGATION.
HONOLULU, IL. l., Jan. 8, 1894. !
Sir: / send herewith a petition of the Hui
Aloha Alma (Hawaiian Patriotic League), an
association which claims to represent over
5000 legal voters. The petition was brought
here last night by Hon. j. A CummIns, hon.
orafy president OF the association, aud A
Marques, a member Of It's executive council
who stated that they were committee for that
purpose. With high regards, etc.
ALBERT s. WILLIS.
The memorial Of the Hawaiian Patriotic
League says: I'm last January political
crime was committed, not only against the
legitimate sovereign of the Hawaiian
Kingdom. but also against the whole Ha-
waiian nation, a nation which, for the past
sixty years. had enjoyed free and happy
constitutional self-government This was
done by coup de main of United States
Minister Stevens in colluSion with a cabal
of conspiTat0Ts. mainly faithless sons of
missionaries and local politicians, angered
by continuous political defeat, who, in re-
venge for being hopeless minority in the
country, resolved to rule OF ruin through
foreign help"
Commenting on the landing of United
States troops. the memorial continues:
''The Queen and her Government, realiz-
ing tie situation, but unwilling to make
war with the United States forces and to
occasion useless bloodshed of innocent
Hawaiians. yielded under protest to the
superior force and moral power of the
United States. and while waiting the re-
suit of appeal 10 the President, with full
confidence in American honor, the Queen
requested all loyal subjects to remain alb
solutely quiet and passive and submit with
patience to all the insults that bad been
since heaped upon both the Queen and the
people by the usurping Government. The
necessity of this attitude of absolute in
activity on the part of the Hawa allan peo-
pie was further indorsed and emphasized
by Commissioner Blount, so that il the
Hawaiians have held their peace in man
ner that will vlndicate their character as
law-abiding citizens, yet it cannot and
must not be construed as evidence that
they are apathetic or Indifferent or ready
to acquiescence in the wrong and bow to
the usurDers. Had it not been for the re-
quest Of our sovereign there would doubt
less have been a tremendous uprising
throughout the Islands to crush the usurp-
ers; but il would have been a sad tale of
blood and destruction, which from the
first it was sought to avoid if possible.
1.-The advent of Blount as special COM
missioner was hailed with satisfaction bv
both contending factions. His course in
Hawaii was marked by dignity, courtesy
and discretion highly creditable to his
country. and gained for him the respect
and confidence of all classes. his report
to the President has been characterized by
great i'm partiality and absolute respect for
the truth, so that this patriotic league has
fully indorsed It, and can solemnly testify
to its veracity and reliability"
The memorialists claim that the case is a
question of right and equity. and that the
objection to republic restoring a mon
archy Is not well founded. The paper
closes as follows:
Therefore the Hawaians, as a nation,
appeal for justice and redress to the i'm
partiality of the American nation, in
whose honor. integrity and love of fair
play we have so long and 80 patiently
trusted. AS peaceful and lava bidiDg citi-
Zens, ever ready to submit to the constitu-
tional rule of the majority. we ask that,
in place of the present temporary usurpers,
who are hostile to the native race, our
own Government, in the person of Queen
Liliuokalani, be restored to us, with a new
constitution, more equitable to US than the
one wrested from the late King Kalakaua
in 1887 through force Of arms"
The Irwin papers have been given to the
press heretofore, and under date of Jan
uary 6 Willis notified Gresham of the
changes In the Provisional Government
already made public.