St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21
THUKSTON'o JAW.
1t Is Working ALI Along the Line
to Washington.

ALTOONA, Pa. Jan. 2O.-Minister
Thurston, from Hawai-, talked quite
freely today while en- ronte to Washing
ton on the Pennsylvania limited express.
He was met at PittsDurg by repre-
sentative Of the Associate Press. who
rode with him 125 miles. Concerning the
news from Hawaii, published this morn
ing, he said that while the news brought
by the Monowai was later than any
thing he had, the dispatches contained
nothing OF Importance. He knew moth
ing of the demand alleged to have been
made by Minister Willis on President
Dole for the return of all the corre-
spondence OH the subject of restoration,
and preferred not to comment on the
rumor.
of your government looking to re.
organization?" asked the reporter.
''For the immediate present, said he,
the provisional government will take
no action towards recognizing the form
of government. until congress has indi-
catedswhat course it proposes to take.
What will then be done depends upon
circumstances at the time. Whatever
is done Will be in subordination 10 and
furtherance of the originally de-
clared object of the revolu-
ton, viz: Union with the
United States in some form or
other. The methods and conditions are a
matter of minor consideration. The
reasons are the same that existed at the
time of
THE REVOLUTION.
"They are that the royal family has
shown itself devoid of honor and un-
worthy of confidence.
''The promises of Kalakaua and Liliu-
| okalani fill to the letter the definition OF
the word of prince: Something made
| to be broken"
Even if the queen had agreed to the
| amnesty proposition. she would, without
hesitation, have vacated it at any time
| she thought she had the power to do so.
| AS matter of fact, she finally agreed to
| it only when advised that her signature
| would not be binding, as the constitu-
ton provides that no pardon can be
| granted except with the consent of the
cabinet and advisory council, and that
the queens order Is void unless counter
signed by member of the cabinet.
! NtllIl0I tllC CdUluCG llOl lllC plltN
| Gil were a party to the proposition.
"a second reason is, and this is
| fundamental to the consideration of
| the Hawaiian question, no independent
government, monarchy, provisional, or
republic, can exist in Hawaii without a
supporting army. While the provis-
onal government is amply strong
to hold itself in power for
a long time to come, its
members and supporters have no desire
to do So They do not dare to hold or
| control the government otherwise than
upon purely republican principles.
| The only reason that they do so now is
| that when they have undertaken task
they are not the kind to give it up until
| they have obtained some
| RELIABLE ASSURANCE
| that they Will not have TO be obliged to
repeat the experience. Independent
| government means continued, unre-
stricted uncertainty, depressing bust
ness, retarding development and injury
to the country i'm every way, while
with the stability of government which
would come with union with the United
States. there would be no more
| thought of revolution than there is in
California. and the development of the
| country would be immense. The inter-
eSts of Americans are so great in Ha-
waii that some solution of the present
situation be speedily found. The pro-
| visional government will act in no cap
| tious spirit, but will cordially cooperate
| with the American government towards
| this end.
.'One thing should like to say is that
column and half interview with
myself. published in Chicago paper
yesterday, in which / am made to talk a
| lot of puSillanimouS tWaQdle is q Dure
fake My interview with the
reporter consisted in telling him that |
have been to Honolulu, was going to
Washington, and was unable to answer
the direct question put to me. TO the
honor of American journalism, this is
the first time in about years some
what intimate relation with the press
representatives. that l have come across
what seemed to me an intentional mis-
representations
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Hon. Lorrin