The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-08
NOT ALL SMOOTH sAILING.
Chinese at Hawaii Are Demanding
Their Rights.

Washington, March THE president,
today, sent to Congress the latest cor
respondence in relation to Hawaii, be-
ing three letters with an enclosure from
Minister Wits, covering the period
from February 10 to February Is in
elusive.
An important feature of the CORE
spondence is the statement that steps
have been taken to provide for new
constitution and new form of govern
ment for Hawaii. Dole VIII prepare a
new constitution and says a, spirited
contest is now in progress looking to
the Introduction of the representative
system into the councils of the pro-
Visional government. In this connec-
ton, he mentions a resolution passed
at mass meeting on February IS,
fayoring the enactment of law in
creasing the membership of the adj
visory council from fourteen to twenty
four, the new members to be selected
by the suffrages of loyal citizens in a
manner to be hereafter provided The
reasons for the demand are that the
council is not now representative; that
the Legislative department is too COM
pact and small; that it has been made
Objectionable by the action of retiring
members in practically selecting their
own successors; that the personnel has
been changed and in these changes the
mass of the supporters of the proviS-
ional government have had no voice.
The last letter, dated Honolulu, Feb
ruary 10, is as follows:
AT a regular meeting this afternoon
of the government councils, Hon. F. NJ.
Hatch read the report of the judiciary
committee on petition for an enlarge
ment of the advisory council. recon-
mending, as reported in the newspapers,
that there be chosen delegates to fill
up the councils and prepare a constitu-
ton for permanent form of govern
ment" The report was adopted, and a
committee appointed by the president
to prepare an act for holding a consti-
tutional convention. At the same meet
ing Hatch was elected and took his
seat as minister of foreign affairs.
THE mass meeting of Chinese last
night was very largely attended The
newspapers report the attendance at
5000. Vigorous resolutions against the
proposed legislation by the government
were passed. 1 send newspaper clip
pings in regard to the above subjects
! The clippings referred to show the
cabinet propose to make answer to the
resolution adopted at the Annex club
mass meeting, looking to the enlarge
ment Of the council, believing, as
Smith said. they contained an intima-
eiVl Nu0L Lit SOiSIHHlSul WAS HOT
favorable to annexation. In describing
the Chinese mass meeting, the news
papers say its tenor may be judged
by the fact that use of q man-of-war is
more than limited at. The statement
| is also made that the Chinese paid more
taxes than any other class; that but
for them Honolulu's trade would die
and they had only to unite and stand
firm to gain their ends.
!
! 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 re-
quire the Chinese to take out a special
license as a prerequisite of conducting
! business in Hawaii