New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-21
HAWAII READY FOR NEW GOVERNMENT.
NATIVES DECIDE TO BE INDEPENDENT PoI.ITI-
CAII.Y-DETAILs OF TRANSFER OF
DEPARTMENTS.

San Francisco June a0.-The steamer Dortc brings
the following advices from Honolulu, under date
OF June u. The Hawaiians have met in convention
and have formed independent political party
They figure that by standing together they can
control both houses OF the Legislature and In adj
dition elect their delegate to Congress. They
have adopted platform which demands that
natives nc put equality with whites; ex-
presses the belief that the party should strive to
secure the consent of the Congress Of the United
States TO make a State Of Hawaii and pledges sup
pert of all good and equal provisions that either
party In the United States may enact; pledges sup
port either party that will work to make Hawaii
a State and opposes monopoltes.
The members of the convention called on the ex-
Queen who addressed them. urging the Importance
of doing our duty American citizens
Chicago June 2O.-A dispatch to The Record"
from Honolulu dated June q via San Francisco.
says that agents of the Postofice, the Custom
House and the Internal Revenue have everything
in readiness for the change of the government OF
the Hawaiian Islands which occurs tomorrow
at midnight At that hour the government of
the Republic of Hawaii passes away forever, and
the laws and customs of the United States take
its place
Bert NJ Thomas the representative Of the In
ternal Revenue Department, has In some respects
the hardest and in respects the easiest JOB
of the three. He has to introduce entirely new
system, starting it from the beginning. but he has
no old customs pretudces to encounter Every
package in the hands OF dealers containing 1qSuor
an internal revenue tax is Colectable throughout
il was in stock on June Il. Every dealer has 70
take a license and give bonds and open the
Department; The wholesale dealers are CO
thing in readiness BY midnight on June Is . 1,,.
One Of the last acts Of the Government Of aawa a
worth in the market about $50 900. This is opium
that had been captured in the hands OF smugglers
in the course Of several years. and had been kept
by taking It out three miles on the high seas,
opening the tins and throwing them into the ocean.
ing the Customs Department Their work is a
Hawaii customs service simple affair, There
were Just five schedules Of artIcles-those free by
II per cent ad valorem those dutiable at Is per
cent and those dutiable at % per cent
and Han are to start the new system. The
Hawaiian system was closely allied TO the Ameri-
that involve great difficulty. although there is
much detail to be looked after. Hawaiian stamps
before midnight OF June 49, but not If 1t is deposited
Cioyernor Dole has been busy the last few days
deciding his appointments, but none OF them
nave oecn 9 t5 nor w1a , fney De 1Ci June
nearly completed and they include an elaborate
The first Democratic Territorial convention ever
held in Hawaii assembled last night in ,he drill!
fiemocratic Convention at Kansas City. The dele
gates Prince David kawansnakoa. Charles T
Holt and John II WISE. Prince KaWananakoa IS
/ a nephew OF the late Queen Dowager kapiOlani
3HG Tn b es p9 &
wat!an Cons1l-General at San Francisco for sew.
Iiiu3kaani. John D. Holt is a part Hawaiian
who is at the head of a large business house.
qsP co Mss PsF wSsT . Of
newcomer in the islands and is at the head of the
the party was effected. with Colonel Charles j.
Mccarthy as chairman Of the Territorial Central
Committee and Charles l. Rhodes secretary.