Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-29

bers of the provisional government were
college mates of mine / have known many
OF the families of the original missionaries
ana Ior twenty years past L have taken
great interest in the development and
civilization of the Hawaiian Islands for |
believe In their future. Lately / have been
in receipt of many letters from my friends
on the islands urging upon me the necessity
for some action on the part of the Congress
of the United States.
My desire has been to get a vote of
course. upon this subject. but failing that
to draw out Senators who oppose the reso-
luton, and in this I have succeeded. An
that we want is some words, IL not some
action, that will go to show the people of
Hawaii that there is 10 real sentiment in
the Senate in favor of the forcibe interyen-
ton against the provisional government in
the islands. This morning / succeeded in
getting several Senators to give utterance
to this sentiment on the floor and gradu-
ally ii is coming out that there is no one
who really at heart upholds the policy of
the administration in any idea of interven-
ing in behalf of the deposed queen. 1t is
strange that such action and expression
should be necessary now, after all that has
been said in the United States on the sub
ject, but have received word from the is
lands that convinces me that the royaiists
have been using every possible argument
and fiction TO persuade the natives that the
President is going to take active measures
to place the queen back on the throne.
Work of the Royalists.
One of my friends. one of the most up
right men in the islands, writes me that
during a recent business trip to the Island
of Hawaii, the largest of the group, he
found the royalists busily engaged in cir
culating a letter in the native language
among the Kanakas. assuring them that
the United States would soon forcibly re-
crown the queen, and warning them to
keep away from the polls.
1t was broadly intimated that any person
who voted with the provisional government
at the forthcoming election or who regis
tered should be noted secretly. and when the
queen returned to power, as. according to
these prophets. she surely would come, all
these individuals would be properly pun
ished. In short. those poor, deluded people
were made to believe that a black list was
to be prepared and that all whose names
went upon IL were to be visited with terrible
consequences. OF course. we here know that
this is untrue, for We realize the impossi-
bility of the restoration of the monarchy,
but there is no way of letting those people
know II unless we could secure action by
the Senate on some sort OF resolution. i am
gratified at the size of the vote this morn
ing. / think ii Is now merely question of
time when the Senate will pass some strong
non-interference resolution"
To Come Up Again Thursday.
The Senate win not be in session tomor-
row, so nothing further will be done with
the matter until Thursday. Senator Kyle
will still persist in calling up his resolution
at the conclusion of the routine business.
He has but about fifteen minutes each
morning for this purpose, and the few op-
ponents could, IL they desired, flibuster and
kill the resolution by sheer talking. But he
thinks that IL the compromise resolution
cannot go through without objection in the
morning he can secure permission by unani-
nous consent to set aside an hour or two of
some day and finally dispose of it Ger
tainly his persistence and zeal in the matter
has caused steady dwindling In the ranks
of the opposition and he has brought out
nearly everybody upon this subject.