The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-14
HAVE ALL THE PAPERS.
The President Sends All the Late
Hawaiian Documents 10
the House.
Willis Complimented on tho Way
He Has Discharged His
Onerous Duties.
Nothing of Startling Nature Has Occurred
on the Islands and Nothing Ex-
Pectsd to Occur.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-Ths president this
morning sent 10 the house the cor sspon-
dsncs asked for in the Hawaiian matter,
unaccompanisd by any special message
aside from tho letter of transmittnl. The
letter says; 81 transmit herewith copies Of
all dispatches from our minister 10 Hawaii.
rslstinR In any way TO the political affairs
in Hawaii. except such as has been horeto-
fore transmitted 10 congress. l also send
copies Of the instructions sent Jan. ~. 1894
being the only instruction to Willis that
have not been sent TO conRresf. Dispatch
No. 20. Of Oct. 8. 1895. is still withheld for
reasons that seem iustinabls aud . oper."
The last instructions 10 Willis and ths
only ones not heTstoforc sent 20 congress
were dated yesterday. They were sent bT
Telegraph TO W. A. Cooper dispatch agent
at San Francisco. to be forwarded to Willis
by the steamer Mariposa to-day. The dis
patch is as follows:
Your numbers II to Is. inclusive. show
that you have rightly Compounded the
scope OF your Instructions. and have. as far
a. In your power. discharged the onerous
task oonhded in you. The president sin
oerely regrets that the provisional govern
ment refuses 10 hcquiesce in the conclusion
which bis sense of right and duty and
due iegard for our national honor con-
strains him 20 reach ana submit as
measure OF justice 70 the people OF the
Hswaiin islands and their doposed SOW
eiRn.
The matter now being in the hands Of
congress the president will keep that body
fully advised OF the situation and will lay
before 10 from time TO time the reports re-
oeiVed from you, including your number
three heretofore Withheld, and all instTuc-
tions semi you. Meantime, while keeping
the department fully advised Of tue course
of events you will. until further notice.
consider your special instructions upon
this subject have been fully oomplisd
with. signed. GRESHAM"
The iasi dispatch from Minister Willis,
enclosing p. ssidsnt Dole's reply TO his de-
mand for ths retirement of the provisional
government, is as follows, under date Of
Dec. %;
President Dole has Just delivered in par
son al this hour. Midnight. the answer Of
the provisional Rovornment declining. for
the reasons therein stated. 40 aeoept the
decision Of the president of the United
Statss, a COPY of which ia herewith en-
closed The revenue cutter Corwin, under
sailing orders, will leave In few minutes
FOR san Francisco. Ihe captain has been
the harbor Of San fIaneisco a. night and
deliver in retson dispatches IA, 15. lG, IL,
Is and - 20 our dispatch agent al that
place. The object of this Is to enable the
president TO receive these official oommuni-
cations before any intimation Of their chat
acter can be telegraphed.
II will, Tuesday, acknowledge the receipt
Of the answer OF the provisional govern
msnt notifying him that the president of
tho United States will be informed thereof
and that no further steps will be taken By
me until have heard from him. shall
deliver similar communications TO
the queen. Very great sKeitemsnt 10 pre-
vailinQ here and the peculiar conditions
surrounding this people p,omst the above
course, which. trust, will meet ths appro-
baton OF the PRESIDENT and yourself.
think II y oper TO acknowledge in this pub
lie way the efficient services rendered the
government OF the Unitsd States by our
CO. sul general. Mills, sIncs my arrival al
this place. (signed).
"ALBERr S. WILLIE"
The remainder of tLe oorrespondsncs
consists of disT atchss from Minister Willis.
which, for the most part. nre Tspo.ts of
events IN Honolulu, o. which the public
has been already informed BY the Asso-
ciatsd press. The diapateh from Willis of
Nov. l6 withheld by the president till now.
gives an account of his inteTvisw with ths
queen on Nov. 13 Informed of the presi-
ldents Intentions. he asked her II she
would ant amnesty 20 those who we're
engaged In the revolution. she replied in
the negative, saying she believed them
worthy of being beheaded, but finally sig-
nitsi her Willingness to consent TO their
exile and the connscRtiou OF thsir property.
she was Uffe ed protection on n vaTsnip or
at the legation, but declined ~.