The record-union., 1894-02-12

| Postoffice Department. This announce
ment was greeted with loud applause by
the members.
Girvin was Hawaiian Consul at San
| Diego and came here at the instance of
the Attorney General, of whom he is a
friend and protege, to accept the post
| Office job now held by a royalist. The
political clubs above named protested
strongly against importing outsiders to
| fill Government positions, and Mr.. Cir
vim goes back to San Diego in conse-
quence.
| According to Minister Damon's finance
report, on February lst, the available
cash resources of the Government was
S349, 900, after paying the salaries and eX-
penses OF the Government tor January,
| which amounted to 100000. A year ago,
or two weeks after Liliuokalanps de-
| thronement, the Government had only
some S65, ,OOeat its command.
After conversation with many royal
| lists it is believed that they have given up
the fight against the anneXationiSts.
The American League has adopted
resolutions defining its position and ex-
planning the present situation on the
| islands.
The steamer C. r. Bishop ran ashore
| about three miles from Nawiliwili on the
island of Kauai on the 3lst, and is re-
ported to be total wreck. The Bishop
was built at Port Blakeley, Puget Sound.
by Hall Brothers. in August, 1850, and
/ brought here by Captain Melander now
of the schooner Tulenkun. She has been
continually in use and has had several
thousand dollars spent on her lately for
repairs and general overhauling. Last
| year she was sent in search of the
wrecked Lady Lampson, and had a
cruise TO Fannings and LaysanS islands.
HAwAII's FUTURE.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Minister Lor-
rim ThurstOn addressed large audience
here tonight in the Foundry Methodist
Church on HawaiPs future. and was
greeted with great applause when he re-
terred indirectly TO annexation. He said,
in beginning his address, that he was in
| vited 10 come here, if only 10 show him.
self, as one of the Hawaiians in danger of
| having their heads cut oil. Hawaii" he
/ continued, 'iS not so lar from civilization
as many people imagine. AS matter of
| fact, IL is nearer the geographical center
of the United States than Washington is.
| The Aleutian Islands extend out in the
Pacific Ocean 1000 miles east OF Hawaii,
making San Francisco the geographical
center OF this country, SO that Honolulu
| is l 900 miles nearer the Golden Gate than
Washington. Hawaii is the child of the
United states, ii any country was the
child of another.
The Americans found the islands in
habited by people one step advanced
from barbarism, formulated and framed
their language, introduced and arranged
laws modelled alter 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 natives
than there is from the natives in Wash
ington. The danger is from the foreign
clement, who are a sort of ward politi-
clans from England and America, and
who make the poor natives pull chest
nuts out of the fire for their use.''
In reply to question, "What are we
going to do?" the speaker said: I'VE are
going to cross each bridge when we get
to it. We do not propose to allow the
country, after seventy years of develop
ment, to lapse again into despotic
heathenism. We will endeavor to hold
the country to the best of our ability,
meeting each problem with the help of
Almighty God and the American people,
and l believe we Shall succeed in keep
ing Hawaii as the gem of the ocean. the
brightest and best land of liberty in the
Pacific Ocean,"