The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-31
HAWAII NOW RECOGNIZED.
MINISTER WILLIS ACKNOWLEDGES
 THE NEW REPUBLIC.

He Expresses the Hope That the Cordial
 Relations of the Past Win be Continued
 In the Future-Mr. Bouteiic Introduces .
 Resolution.
 Washington. July so.-The president to-day sent to congress the latest dis patches received from Minister Willis. The first, dated July 8, describes the customary Fourth of July celebration by Americans, in which the islanders participated, and the second dispatch, written the following day. relates to the new constitution, the proclamation of the republic and the minister's recogni- ton of the new order of affairs
 Minister Willis letter addressed to Francis W. Hatch. minister of foreign affairs, recognizing the republic Is as follows:
 Legation of the United States. July 5, '94. | Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of July. 1894. stating that "in pursuance to the will of the constitutional conven- ton lately convened in Honolulu, and of the enactment of the legislative and ad-
 visory councils of the provisional gov ernment of the Hawaiian Islands the re- public of Hawaii has been established and this day proclaimed, and having succeeded to the power and authority of said provisional government now constitutes the sole and supreme gov ernment of the Hawaiian Islands" You further state that Sanford Ballard Dole, in accordance with the choice of said convention as expressed in the con- stitution adopted by 1t has assumed the office of president and has appointed as his cabinet:
 James A. King, minister of the in- | terior; Samuel M. Damon, minister of finance; William o. Smith, attorney general; and yourself minister of for eign affairs.
 | You inclose for my information two copies of the constitution adopted by said convention and express the hope that "the good will which has for so many years characterized the relations of your government to the former gov ernmert of Hawaii may be extended to the republic"
 In reply to your note reciting the
 foregoing facts have the honor to in- form you that hereby, as far as have the right 30 to do, extend to the repub- tlic of Hawaii the recognition accorded | the provisional government of the Ha-
 waiian Islands. I do this in the belief that I represent the president of the United States to whom, as the execu- tive chief, my action in the premises will be promptly submitted for his ne cessary approval. Joining with you in the expressed hope that the cordial in ternational relations of the past will be |continued in the future, and with the assurances of high esteem, am. etc., l A. s. WILLIS. In the house to-day Mir Boutelle, rep. of Maine presented a resolution recog- 1 nizing the new republic of Hawaii on the part of congress of the United States, and supported 1t in brief speech. He offered 1t as question of privilege, but the speaker ruled that 1t was not such. and sent 1t to the com mittee on foreign affairs.
 The text of the resolution is as fol- lows:
 Resolved, By the senate and house of representatives in congress assem- bled:
 1. That the United States of America congratu1ates the people of the Ha- waiian Islands on their just and peace full assumption of the powers, duties and responsibilities of self-government as indicated by their recent adoption of republican form of government.
 2. That the republic of Hawaii IS en- titled to exercise and enjoy internation- al comity and the benefits of all rights, privileges and advantages under exist ing treaties that were concluded be- tween the United States of America and the late Kingdom of Hawaii. 3. That the republic of Hawaii is hereby recognized by the United States of America as free sovereign and in- QGpGIluGlll IcpupliSB aAAu IAC M CSluCllI of the United States shall give proper notice of the recognition of Hawaii.
 MT. Cookery made the point that the resolution was not privileged and should go to the committee on foreign affairs.
 MT. Boutelle said the resolution, save for the substitute of Hawaii for Brazil. was exactly the same as the resolution introduced by the chairman of the com mittee on foreign affairs recognizing the republic of Brazil. Under the pecu- liar conditions existing in the relations between the United States and Hawaii it seemed to him (Boutelle) that the resolution involved question of privi- lege. From all that had gone before the messages of the executive the general public understanding was that these relations had been referred to congress and the position of the executive de- partment was one of deference to the initiative by congress in this matter.
 It was a matter of common knowl- edge, he said, that the Hawaiian Is- lands had proclaimed republican form of government on July 4. accompanied by every manifestation of regard for the United States. It had always been the policy of the government to recognize and encourage movements for the for nation of free governments. This was an event that appealed to the United States with peculiar force. Last spring, when the islands celebrated the aniver- sary of the dethronement of the late queen, there was a remarkable and la mentable failure on the part of the