The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-27
THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
Reported Abandonment of Restora-
ton Home News from Abroad.

WASHINGrOx, Jan. l5.-Chairman
MrCreary uf the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs aud Representa-.
tive Holman Of Indiana conferred
this morning as to a proposition
which would be submitted to Con.
yress for the solution of the Hawai-.
ian problem.
After the talk McCreary said:
The solution to the question will
undoubtedly be ready to submit To
the House before January 18th"
Holman said: IL will not present
my Hawaiian resolution, for the
members Of the Foreign Affairs
Committee are acting very fairly in
trying to solve the problem. One
thing is certain, the question OF re.
storing Liliuokalani to- the throne
for all time is abandoned, not only
III executive but Congressional cir.
cles. II never will he heard Of
again.
OPINION OF THE THrNpERER.
The London Times, in a leading
| article. praises Cleveland for his
firm attitude in the Hawaiian mat
ter and continues: what the ulti.
mate issue will be. it is not easy to
-ay. but in the face Of Willis des-
patch il is satisfactory to know there
is a naval force available sufficient
Ia protect the lives aud property of
the British inhabitants. Ii is prob.
| able the risk Of a violent attempt on
the cx Queens life is not serious,
but it is both ludicrous and siguif.
cant to find that the American Min.
ister relies upon telephone from
| the ex Queens house to his room for
her protection. Although Liliuoka.
lani is no doubt we'll advised IN as.
seuting 10 President Cleveland's
| terms, IL cannot he denied the ob.
j"ctions she originally urged agains,
them have a deal Of force. In the
dramatic conversation reported by
! Willis. she exhibited acuteness Of
understanding as well as qucenly
dignity of a really striking kind"
rRnM rue EXAMINER MAS.
! l.. II. Irvine. the special CORES
pondemt OF the Examiner in Homo.
/
paper OF the 10Th. He represents
Minister Willis's demand for with.
drawal of the correspondence be.
tween him aud President Dole ~
being au attempt To have cxpunged
I from the records Dule's reply and
everything els. pertaining to the
subject aud to maintain absolute
secrecy about the whole transaction.
Mr. Irvine cites tn. turuouts at
ia" concert. 10y tn. T. q. and the
National bands a. indicative of
wh"r" the hearts of the natives are.
On the question Of a republic he
! give, the following Information:
Several experimental drafts OF
| constitutions Tor u utopian republic
have been submitted Ia the Govern.
mrnt by various meMl'ers, but they
have not been made public. They
contain such restrictions OF the right
uf suffrage. however, as To resemble
a republic III name only. The main
features ar" along the line of the
present "ligarchy. The best inform.
"d Leaders admit that republic in
u true meaning of the word cannot
ID" had here now, or al any period near
al hand. without the practical loss
Of the power uf the PROFESSIONALS and
the entire American element. How.
ever, should Congress propose
comprnmIs. looking toward a repub.
lican form of government the lead.
"rS here would moi b" unprepared
Tor the experiment,
OF the fight Of ". q. Smith to get
into ia" Advisory Council Mr. Irvine
gives full history, including the
following statement:
However, the majority in the
councils desiring the friendship OF
the American League and Annexa.
ton Club did not dare to oppose the
candidacy Of Mr.. Smith directly, so
they worked upon the directors OF
the Star in diplomatic manner and
induced them To request Mr.. Smith
to Withdraw his name on the ground
that his acceptance Of a position in
the Council would be detrimental
to the interests Of the daily Star.
Sine" Mr.. Smith owns more stock
than any fourteen Stockholders Of
INV '''a'I ant 10 w poSltlDI, nv
reason Of his friendship for 5. NJ.
Damon, Bishop n Co. and Others, to
have his friends buy up stock to any
extent required, he declined to an.
swer the other directors. Instead Of
yielding to their request he submit.
ted the entire matter To his friends
IN the Annexation Club aud the Am
"ricau League. On Tuesday night
IA joint committee from the Annexa.
tion Club and the American League
was appointed To confer with the
directors OF the Star. They con.
ferred at noon yesterday, and after
much wraugling were unable to
agree.
kOYALIST RECRUITING IN CANADA.
NlcToRlA, lB c.. January 10. The
organization On Canadian soil Of
military force for the service Of
Queen Liliuokalan was to-day
brought TO the attention Of the Gov
ernment at Ottawa. Adjutant Gen
"ral Powell informed press CORES.
poudents that il the expendition is
fitted out il will he the Govern
lnent . duty to stop il. This action
had been anticipated by recruiting