Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-03-16
FIGHT FOR LII.
Too Many Importations of Men at
Honolulu Who Have No Visible
Means of Support.
Provisional Government Beginning
to Believe They May Have Been
Brought by Royalists.

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Those Who Land Hereafter Must
Have Some Business or Some
Means of Subsistence.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. - The
steamer Australia, which has arrived
here, six and ole-half days from Homo
lulu, brought the following Hawaiian
advices, dated March 8:
Every steamer that has arrived here
during the last two months has brought
a number of Storage passengers who
have seemed to have no visible means of
support, and no good reason for coming
to the islands. This has occurred so
often, and Honolulu is becoming SO
overrun with these strangers that the
idea has become prevalent that they
have come in the interest of the ex-
queen. It has been reported to the gov
eminent, and on seemingly good author
ity, that agents Of the ex-queen
Have Been Recruiting Men
in both the United States and British
Columbia, principally the latter. For
some time: the government refused to
believe such rumors, but of late suspi-
cion has been aroused, and active steps
have been taken to nip in the bud any
plot that the Royalists have of restoring
the queen by force. 1t is claimed
that a number Of these men have en-
listed in the army, and are ready at the
first sign of any trouble to join the Roy
alists in an attack upon the government.
A bill was passed by the councils on
Thursday last that will stop the coming
of any more people of this class. It is
to the effect that any alien who lands
here must furnish good evidence that he
comes with
No Intention of Hostility
to the government, and that he must be
able to show that he has means Of sup
porting himself while here. Another
bill that was passed the same day pro-
vides for the deportation of all persons
now in the island in relation to whom
there is probable cause to believe chat
he entertains any unlawful intentions
contrary to the established system of
government. Such persons may be ar
rested, and if found guilty be banished
from the country for a space of six
years, or may be imprisoned at hard
labor for one year. A prominent gov
eminent official said that it was the in.
tention of the government to vigorously
enforce this law, and to stop the arrival
of any possible help for the Royalists.
1t is estimated that over $50 of these
suspects have arrived since the first
of the year.
Annexation Club Disbanded.
The annexation club, which was
formed at the time of the revolution in
January, 1898, has been %disbanded, and
a new organization, called the Union
party, has been formed to take it's place.
This was done as the old club was grow
ing too large to be satisfactorily man.
aged. A platform has been adopted
that is favorable to the support of the
annexation cause, and the provisional
government, but is opposed to the
Asiatic immigration bill now before the
councils. The bill, which has already
passed the second reading, provides for
the admission of 5000 more Chinese
plantation laborers, and one plank in
the new party's platform strongly favors
the importation of Portuguese labor in
the place of Chinese.
The Labor Question +
is assuming serious proportions, and is
the white elephant on the hands of the
government. The Chinese recently held
an immense mass meeting at which
speeches were made and resolutions
passed that protested strongly against
the restrictions to be placed on their
c%ountrymen who will come to the
islands if the bill now under
consideration should become a law.
These restrictions are very severe and
require registration even more strict
than that provided by the Geary act.
Some of the leading Chinese merchants
have openly announced their intention
of calling on their government for aid
in the event of the passage of the law,
and have more than limited that a man
of-war would be sent to enforce
their demands. They have already
declared a boycott against a prominent
local merchant, a member of the ad-
visory council, claiming that he is
working against their interests. They
threaten other boycotts against all the
white merchants, and as many Of the
firms r largely dependent on Chinese
custom, this would entail a considerable
loss. The Portuguese have also held a
mass meeting and protested vigorously
against the introduction Of any more
Asiatic labor. They openly asserted
that they intend to fight to defend them
selves against being driven out of the
country BY the Chinese. Some Of their
leaders have advised them to be ready
to take arms against the Chinese at any
time. The Portuguese leaders show
extreme friendliness towards the provi-
sional government, and many Of the
Portuguese are joining the annexation
organizations.
Former Minnesotan Dead.
RATION, N. M, March 12.-John M.
Waldron died from inflammation of the
bowels at Katskill, N. M. MI. Waldron
was one Of the early pioneers Of Mime
sofa and was for a number Of years
state senator of that state, and for some