The morning call., 1894-03-08
WILLIS BUDGET.
Three Hawaiian Letters
Transmitted.
NEW CONSTITUTION WANTED.
A Representative System to Be
introduced.
AN INCREASE IN THE COUNCILS.
Even the Little Brown Men of the
Islands Protest Against the
Proposed Licenses.
NEW CONSTITUTION WANTED.
AN INCREASE IN THE COUNCILS.

WASHINGTON. March THE President
today sent TO Congress the latest corre-
spOndence in relation to Hawaii, being
three letters with inclosure from Minister
Willis, covering a period from February 10
10 February 10 inclusive. An important
feature of the correspondence is a state
ment that steps have been taken to provide
for new constitution and new form of
Government for Hawaii. Minister Willis
mentions the changes in the executive
council. He reports that Dole will pre-
pare new constitution, and says a spirit
ed contest is now in progress looking to
the introduction OF representative sys-
TEN" into the councils of the Provisional
Government.
In this connection he mentions resoiu-
ton passed al a NJ mass-meeting on February
13 favoTing the enactment of a law in
creaspg the membership of the Advisory
Council from fourteen to twenty-fOur, the
new members to 'be selected by the suf-
frages OF loyal citizens in a manner to be
hereafter provided" The reasons of the
demand are: The Council is not now rep
resentative; that the legislative depart
ment is too compact and small; that it has
been made Objectionable by the action of
the retiring members in pract tically select
inS their own successors; that the person
mel has been changed, and in these changes
the mass of the supporters OF the Pro-
Visional Government had no voice.
The last letter is dated Honolulu, Feb
ruary 10. It is as follows: 'At the regular
meeting this afternoon of the Government
councils Hon. f. M. Hatch read the report
of the Judiciary Committee on the petition
for an enlargement of the Advisory Coun-
Gil. commanding. as reported in the news
papers. that there be chosen delegates to
I'll up the council and prepare constitu-
tiOn for perm anent form of government
''Ths report as adopted and commit
tee appointed by the President to prepare
an act for holding a constitutional con-
vention. At the same meeting Ha'ch was
elected and took his seat as Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
"a mass-meeting of Chinese last night
was very largely ATTENDED The news
papers report tie attendance 800. Vigor-
Gus resolutions against the proposed legis-
lation OF the Government were passed. |
send newspaper clippings in regard to the
above subjects"
The clippings referred to show the Cab
met proposes to make an answer TO the
resolution adopted at the Annexation Club
mass-meeting, Hooking to the enlargement
of The Council. believing, as Smith said,
they contained an intimation that the Pro-
visional Government is not favorable to
annexation. In describing the Chinese
mass-meetng the newspapers say its tenor
may be judged by the fact that the use of a
man-ot-war was more than limited at. A
statement was also made that the Chinese
paid more taxes than any other class; that
but fer them Honolulu's trade would die
and they had only to unite and stand firm
to gain their ends.
The first speaker recommended that If
the Councils would not listen to the
Chinese they should instruct the Chinese
Minister at Washington to write to the
home Government about their troubles.
The proposed act was denounced as worse
than the Geary act. The act complained
Of is one proposing TO require Chinese to
take out special license as a prerequisite
to conducting business in Hawaii.