The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Excitement Over the japanese
Situation Seems to Have
Subsided.
A New Commissioner to Washington.
Government Issue of God and
Silver Notes.

claim that they have not been accorded
that consideration from the Government
In the matter of appointments to vacan-
cies In the various departments to which
their services entitle them. They claim,
ana with some show of justice, that
whenever vacancy occurred it was given
to memb ber of the Citizens Guard,
Mounted Reserve or Sharpshooters. Or
CARNATIONS which are not uniformed and
have no regular drill.
The volun teers claim that fifty-two
nights drill in the year, besides turning
out for reviews, parades and battalion
maneuvers entitie them to first considera-
ton.
A conference between eight of the most
prominent officers and the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs was agreed on for last Fri
day, and the officers called at the ap-
pointed time. After cooling their heels in
the anteroom for some fifteen minutes
they were curtly told by one of the clerks
that the Minister would see tGem on Mon
day. They left in high dudgeon, know
ing that the Minister had seen them
waiting through the open door between
the anteroom and his private office. The
Advertiser of the next morning contained
a long story OF the snubbing they had re-
ceived, and expressions of their opinions
on the matter.
Minister Cooper afterward called on the
officers personally, and said that he had
previously ordered the clerk to notify
them that he wished the interview post
poned until Monday. and supposed that
when they visited the Office they we're
aware OF the fact. They told him in re-
turn that they had not been notified, and
that even if they were he might have in
ouired what they wanted when they
| called.
However, it was agreed that they should
| call matters square and make an official
call at the time agreed on Monday. They
| did so, and were received by the President
alone, the interview lasting over TWO
| hours. During this time the President
was plainly given TO understand that the
volunteer portion of the National Guard
would go to pieces if it did not receive
more consideration from the Govern ment
| IN the future than i. had in the past; that
| the officers were generally disguised at
| the lack of interest the men under their
| com mand took in military affairs, and re-
cited the difficulties they had in getting
| the men to attend drill. They suggested
that hereafter the Citizens Guard should
| be limited to men over the age of 40
which would leave more material for en-
rollment in the military.
During the interview one of the office RS
N.
and even went SO far as TO assert that some
OF the employees in one of the departments
! were paying to hold their Jobs, giving
names, dates and amounts.
1t is understood that this has reference
to the Public Works Department, of which
one OF the overseers is accused of levy
ing monthly assessments on some of the
| laborers.
The President said in reply that it would
appear that the volunteers certainly had
some grievances, but they had hitherto
| not reached his ears. He would promise
that everything complained OF should be
| thoroughly investigated and redressed
This is one side OF the case.
| The other side is that the men are SIM
ply tired and have lost their interest
from too much drill. 1t is claimed that
the necessity for military organization
in this country no longer exists, as the
| Citizens Guard can be called on in case
of riots. etc. To offset this Colonel Fisher
is advocating the erection of fine armory
building to cost about $50, 900, which is to
be provided with everything to make the
life OF National Guardsman happy and
contented. He is at the head of a COM
mittee appointed to raise tn g money Tor
the purpose, the Government donating
the land and possibly a conside rabIe sum
| toward the building.
1t is said that all of the officers who
called on the President went with their
| designations in hand TO be used if the in
terview did not terminate satisfactorily.
By the last Australia the customs Of
ficials received word of another cargo of
opium destined for these islands, together
| with information of the place and a sug-
gestion of the date when an attempt would
be made TO land it. The little Inter
Island Company's steamer Kaena was
chartered, and on Saturday night left port
| with picked crew, under the command
OF Captain Macnuley, one of the harbor
pilots, and force of customs guards and
police under Marshal Brown. The party
took provisions for twenty days and the
vessel was supplied with all the coal she
could carry. Nothing has yet been hea rd
from the expedition, which is supposed
to be cruising around the island of Maui.
The Kaena was selected on account OF her
| light draught, from which it is suppos ed
Captain Macauley knows where he is
going.
All excitement over Japanese immi-
! grants has died ont, but another lot of 500
is expected to arrive any day. There has
been no rioting OF any kind among the
| japanese, nor any suspicion of any, as has
| been re ported.
The Occidental and Oriental STEAMSHIP d
Coptic arrived this afternoon, after quick
trip of six days one hour and twelve min
utes. The departure of the Australia was
postponed one hour to give an oppor-
tu1ity to answer mail received by the
Copric.
w. A. Kinney, another special com mis-.
sioner Of he Hawaiian Government, leaves
by The Australia to- day for Washington.
The new gold and silver notes author
lied to be printed to replace the present
issue by the late Legislature have been re-
ceived. Thew are of tie denomination of
So, $40. $40. $50 and $l00. There are no SIS
notes in the present issue and mercha 1 s
are already clamoring for the new ones
to be placed in circulation, but at the
| Finance Office it is said it will take Regis
trar Ashley several weeks to sign them.
! The gold notes. or certificates, are de-
signed TO keep the yellow metal in the
country and prevent the constant drain
of gold which. is now going on.
| Matters at the headquarters of the An
nexation Club are very quiet, the annexa.
tiop fight having been transferred from
this city to Washington, where several of
Hawaii's leading citizens are now to be
! found.
Letters received by the Coptics mail
state that annexation prospects at WASH
| ington are more encouraging than ever
Ex-Minister Thurston writes that Min
lister Hatch and Attorney General Smith
had been given an interview by President
Mckinley, which lasted twenty minutes,