The record-union., 1894-03-16

Correspondence of the Associated Press.l
HoNoLULU, March 8, 1S94-A rumor
was afioat Sunday night to the effect that
martial law was to be declared on Mon
day, but as yet nothing has come OF 1t.
The Marshal was seen and denied the
rumor. but nevertheless it is believed
that there is some truth in it, and that the
Government mad such an intention. 1t
is known that some fears are felt by the
Government that if news of nature un-
favorable to the ex-Queen's cause should
arrive the Royalists would make a last
desperate attempt to restore the Queen.
For this reason the plan of declaring
martial law was proposed, and the Gov
ernment was ready to take steps to pre-
vent trouble. A prominent Government
official said as much TO your correspond
ent this morning. and also that it was
only at the last moment that the idea was
abandoned.
The news of the report of the Senate
Committee was received with great
demonstrations of joy by the Annexation
party. They claim that 1t is the precursor
of annexation, and the more sanguine
announce that this end Will be attained
during Cleveland's Administration. The
news seems to have affected the Royalists
more seriously than any they have yet
received. The Bulletin, the ex-Queen's s
organ, says that the result of the COM
mittee's investigation was obtained "by
lies and can't" and is bitterly severe
upon the action. News condemnatory of
Stevens action was confidently expected,
and the report was a great dlsappOlnt-
ment.
The question of plantation labor is still
q most important one, and one that Will
cause much trouble for the Government
if it is not satisfactorily settled. The two
factions of the new Union party are max
ing it cause for dispute, and the outlook
now is that serious breach will be et-
fected. The planters claim that they can
not afford TO hire white labor at the pres
ent price of sugar while the radical ele-
men insist that no more AsiaticS be adj
mitted r. w. Irwin, the Hawaiian
Minister Resident at Toxic, Japan, left
for Japan on the Oceanic for the purpose
of negotiating for the shipment of 800
Japanese.
The plantations were never before in
such straits for labor. They are nearly
all short-handed and the contracts Of sew
eral thousand coolies will expire in a
very few months. Two agents leave to-
day for the United States to sign Portu-
guese for plantation service. 1t is said
fornia who would be willing to come
here on contract.
The barkentine Hilo, which went
ashore on the Hawaiian coast, is still on
the rocks and will be a total wreck. 1t is
not expected that any OF her cargo can be
saved.
Al meeting of the council, held this
afternoon, bill was presented providing
for the calling of convention. The bill
provides that the convention shall be
held at.the call of the President, and shall
consist of the Executive and Advisory
Councils and eighteen elected delegates
from the several islands. Every male
resident of the Island of Hawaii, Ameri
can or European parentage, who has
taken the oath provided by the Act, and
who is not disfranchised, is entitled by
the bill to vote for the delegates. Regis
tration is required, and the enrolment of
voters is to be posted and published
previous to the election. The form of
oath required is as follows:
Il do solemnly swear in the presence
of Almighty God that / will support
and bear true allegiance to the Pro-
visional Government of the Hawaiian
Islands, and will oppose any attempt to
restore Liliuokalani TO the throne or to
establish monarchy in any form in the
Hawiian Islands,
The election of delegates will take
place in May, and as soon as constitution
is adopted a republic will be proclaimed.
The new constitution is already drawn
up by the Executive Council, but its con-
tents will be guarded until after the
meeting of the convention.
The election of new members OF the
Advisory Council took place at the meet
ing of the council this afternoon. Il. d.
Smith, candidate of the American League,
who was defeated at the last meeting, was
again nominated and elected on his state
ment that he has withdrawn his oath to
TO the American League, and goes into
the council bound to no secret organiza-
ton. 1t was only on these grounds that
he could have been elected