The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-02-27

addresseda a large audience at Wash
ington the 18th in the Methodist
Church on Hawaii and its Future, y
and was greeted with great applause
when he referred indirectly 10 annex
alton. He said, beginning his ad-
dress, that he was invited TO come
here, if only 10 show himself as one
of those Hawaiians having their heads
cut off. Hawaii" he continued, sis
not so far away from civilization as
many people imagine. As matter
of fact ii is nearer the geographical
center of the United States than
Washington is.n The Aleutian
Islands extend out in the Pacific
Ocean 1000 miles west OF Hawaii,
making San Francisco the geograph-
ical center OF this country, so that
Honolulu is 1000 miles nearer the
Golden Gate than Washington. Ha-
waii is the child of the United States
if ever any country was the child OF
another. The Americans found the
islands inhabited by people but one
step advanced from barbarism, formu-
lated and framed q language, intro
duced and arranged laws modelled
after those Of the United States. The
recent trouble has been caused by
foreigners stirring up race prejudice.
To this day there is no more danger
OF an uprising among the Hawaiian
natives than there is from natives in
Washington. The danger is from the
foreign element, who are sort Of
ward politicians from England and
America, and who make the poor ma
tives pull their ChestnutS out of the
fire for their use. In reply 70 the
question "What are we going 10 dO?"
the speaker said: 1--WE are going 10
cross each bridge when We get 70 it.
We do not propose 10 allow the coul-
Try after seventy years of develop
meut 10 lapse again into despotic
heathenism. We will endeavor 10
hold the country to the hest of our
ability, meeting each problem with
the help OF Almighty God and the
American people, and / believe we
shall succeed in keeping Hawaii as a
gem of the sea, the brightest and best
land of liberty in the Pacific ocean"
HAWAII IN CONGRESS.
On the 18th inst. dispatch was re-
ceived from Washington stating that
hereafter the Administration would
endeavor 70 let the Hawaiian matter
drop out Of sight. The Administra-
ton. now that it has succeeded in
having the lower house plaster thin
coat of whitewash over its mistakes
in dealing with this matter, is doing
all in its power 70 gain the same end
in the Senate. Its efforts in this di-
rection may now meet with success
on account of the fact that more
weighty questions affecting this coun-
try's interests will be before the Sem
ate for weeks to come. The Republi-
cans can gain nothing for Hawaii by
continuing their fight in the Senate.
They have made nearly all the poll
teal capital out of the Presidents en-
Iors that can be made. II the Chief
Executive and his Secretary of State
quit meddling with the affairs of the
Hawaiian Provisional Government
the Administration will not be crowd
ed much further in the Senate, and
diplomats seem to think that Presi-
dent Cleveland has had enough Of this
contest TO last him until he has spent
his last day in the White House.
The following dispatch from Wash
ington is dated the 18th: THE Presi-
dent late this afternoon transmitted
10 Congress additional Hawaiian cor
respondenee. The Presidential mes
sage is as follows:
"FTo THE CONGRESS: l transmit
herewith two dispatches received a
few days ago from our Minister st
Hawaii and 4 reply to one of them
from the Secretary of State, in which
= eorrsct version Is given of the inter-
view which occurred Nov. Il, 1898, be-
tween the Secretary Of State and
Thurston, representing the Hawaiian
Provisional Government at Washing
ton. GROVER CLEVELAND
The first Of the correspondence sub
mitted is letter from Willis to
Gresham dated Jan. 18th, reciting the
formers action in declining To recOg-
nize or participate in the celebration
of the first anniversary Of the Provis-
ional Government In the second
letter of the same date Willis cites the
interview between Thurston and
Gresham which hiss ready been pub
lished in the ADVERTISER
Willis continues: Il do not know
whether Thurston made this state
ment public in the United States at
that time, but l do know that the first
intimation this community had upon
the subject is contained in Dole's let
ter of the 1lth inst. Had your state
ment to Thurston stating that blood
shed would be avoided) been made
public here at the time (November
24th) when it was received the excite
ment resulting from the wsrlike prep
arations of the Provisional Govern
meut would have been allayed and
critical and dangerous conditions
avoided Replying TO this letter
Gresham writes to Willis February
7th, substantially corroborating
Thurston's version of the interviews
of November l4th, except that he did
not say in either interview that he
was not at liberty TO answer Thurs
tons question, but did say, ~ cannot
be more explicit at this time"
On the 18th some time was devoted
10 the Hawaiian matter in the Senate,
GRAY defending the Presidents policy.
The speech Of Gray was devoted prin-
cipslly TO an attempt TO prove the
completely of Minister Stevens with
the reyoIutionists, the Senator citing
the evidence Of the members Of the
D-,--isfopaI Coraruru m ShOU that