The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-08
GOSSIP OF HONOLULU.
Nf. Willis Says Mean Things
About the Patriots
MUCH TURMOIL. Ne SAYS.


wAsxrSsros CrrY, March THE prsss-
dent today sent to congress the latest cor
respoudence in relation 70 Hawaii, being
three letters with m Enclosure from Minis
ter Willis, covering the period from Feb
rusry 10 20 February IS. inclusive The
important feature OF the correspondence 10
statement that steps have besn taken TO
provide for . new constitution and new
form of government for Hawaii Minister
Willis mentions changes in the executive
council. reports that Dole will prepare .
new constitution, and says . spirited con-
test is nov in progress, looking 70 the
introduction of the representative system
into the councils Of the provisional
government In this connection
he mentions . resolution passed At mass-
meeting February IL. favoring the enact
of the advisory council from fourteen to
twenry-four, the new members to "be
selected by the SURFACES Of the loyal citi-
Gems In . manner to be hereafter provided. !"
The reasons for the demand are that the
council is not now representative; that the
legislative department II too compact and
small; that il has been made Objectionable
BY the action of the retiring members in
practically selecting their own successors;
tina. the personnel has been changed and
in these changes the mass Of the support
ers Of the provisional government had no
voice. The .ast letter 10 dated Honolulu,
February Is. It Is - follows:
AT n regular meeting this afternoon Of
the government council, Hon +. NJ Hatch
read the report Of the judiciary commit
tee on petition for enlargement Of the
Adw ys H4n midi
ported in the newspapers. that there be
chosen delegates to fill up tho council and
prepare q constitution for q permanent
form Of government. The report was
adopted and a committee appointed by
the president TO prepare an &C, for hold
ing . constitutional convention. At the
same meeting Hatch 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 an attendance Of 5000.
Vigorous resolutions against the proposed
legislation of the government were passed.
| send newspaper clippings in regard to
the above subjects. The clippings referred
to show that the cabinet proposes to make
Annexation Club mass meeting, looking
to enlargement of the council. believing.
- Smith said, that they contained an init
nation that the provisional government
was not favorable 70 annexation"
In decribing the Chinese mass meeting
tho newspapers say its tenor may be
judged by the fact that the use Of . man.
of war was more than limited at. A state
ment was also made that the Chinese paid
more taxes than any other class; that but
for them Hono,ulu's trade would die, and
they had only to unite and stand firm to
gain their ends. The first speaker recon-
mended that II the council would not
listen to Chinese the latter should in
struct the Chinese minister AZ Washing
ton City to write to the home government
about their troubles. The proposed act 10
denounced ~ worse than the Geary act
The act complained Of is one proposing to
require Chinese to take out q special IL
eense ~ prerequisite to conducting busi-
ness in Hawaii.