Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16
WASHINGTON.
Hawaiian Correspondence Sent
to the Senate.
CHINESE MAKE TROUBLE.
Steps Have Been Taken to ProV'ue
for a New Constitution ana new
Form of Government TOT
Hawah-Mr. Hatch Electeo
Foreign Minister

Tho p,e-ident sent TO Congress the latest
correspondence in relation TO Hawaii oe'ns
through letters, with enclosures, from MID
lister Willis, covering period from feDiu-
,rv 10 10 February IS inclusive.
The important feature Of the corr espono-
onca "a statement that steps have been
taken TO provide for new constitution anu
new form Of government for Hawaii. Inc
frat letter is merely an acknowledgement OF
the receipt OF the dispatches. The seconu'
under date of H )nolulu, February IA, de-
scribes the situation in Hawaii during inc
past month as having been unusually quiet
Minister Willis mentions the changes IN
the executive council which have already
been noted he reports that Mr. Dole Will
prepare a new constitution and says tnat
sp.rIted contest is now in progress looAing
IN the introduction OF the representatives
svstem" into the councils OF the ProVlsion"i
Government In this connection he NEIL
tions resolution passed at mass M eting
on February lS favoring the enactment o'
law increasing the membership OF the ad-
visory council from IA TO "a, the new mem
hers 10 "be selected ly the suffrage oil ioyai
citizens in manner 10 be hereafter pro-
yiled."
The REASONS for the demand are that the
council is now representative mat tne ies's
lative department is too compact ana sH"li
chat II bss been made Objectionable by the
&C ion OF retiring members In prac'ic"'v
oalectino their own successors; that the per
sonnel has been changed and that 10 tnese
changes the mass of the supporters ol 'ne
pr,visional Government have had no voice.
The letter closes with statement 'nal ln0
g IN, Sc question has given rise TO eonsider-
able discu sion in the press and In the couu'
cils
The third and last letter is dated Homo
lulu. February IS. 1t is as follows
cat the regular meeting this afternoon OF
tba Government councils Hon. F. NJ. Hatcn
read the report OF the judiciary committee
and the petition for the enlargement OF Inc
advisory council recommending, IS reporeu
in the newspapers. that there e chosen ueie-
gates 10 sit with the councils and to prepare
a constitution for O permanent form OF
government. The report was adopte l. and
a committee appointed by the President 10
nrenore an act for the holding OF the consti-
tutiopal convention. At the same meeting
Mr. Hatch was elected and took his seat a.
| minister of foreign affairs"
In de scribing the Chinese mass-meetne
the newspapers say its tenor may oe Juo9eu
nv tbe fact that the use OF q man-oI-war "a'
more than hn.ed at The statement was AIS
made that the Chinese pay more taxes tna'
, any other class that but forthem Honolulu
trade would die, ana that they bad only
= mite and stand firm to gain their ends. In
first speaker recommended that II the coun
ellis would not listen to the Chinese tte
should instruct the Chinese minister
! Washington to write TO the home govern
= ment about their troubles.
o Another charge that II was the purpose
Il tbe government to place Chinese under u
n han. and favor the Portuguese. The pr'
. posed act was denounced as worse than IL
; Geary act ltappearsthatth the act comp'a'ne
$ of is one proposing to require Cn'nSse
/ take out u special license as prer'qui
1 to conducting business in Hawaii