Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 12, 30 September 1893 Edition 02 — THE NEW AMERICAN OFFICIAL IN HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

THE NEW AMERICAN OFFICIAL IN HAWAII.

-- 1 — — The Washington Post in mentioning different new appoiniments expresses itself as follows in regard to the appointments of Messxs Willia and Milla: We especially eall the attention o! Mr. Smith of the Star to the remarks oOnoernmg Mr. Mills “whom weare not to receive.” 0f tho foregoing nominations the great-at interest centered in that of Mr. Willia 4o be ministerto Hawaii. The newly-ap-pointed minister, Mr. Ellis Mills

r — ——— 7 **** * 1 »o iWLma, the aew eoneul general to Eawaii, and ox-Miniater Blpn|iJ; had a conference with Secretary Gres ham on Hawaiian affaire at the State Department - yesterday afterooon. Mr. Blount said subBeqnently that bis official eonneoiion wikh tbe Ooreroment had oeased; that tbe Hawaiian mat ter waa entirety out of his hands. and he did not now hold the poaHion, aa apme people anppoaed. of epeeial eommiaaionep to HawaiL While Mr. Bloant’s statement is techhioally trne; it is also a tact that he will contmne to take phtt in the counsels of the Preeident and Secretary Gzeebam on thP Hawaiian qoeetion. His offic»l iwport has been

made to the Secretary of State and with tho opinions of Secretary Gresbani is now before the President. A message to Congress on the snbject from the President may be expected in abont two weeks. Albert S. Willis, of Louisville, Kv., nominated for minister to Hawaii, was born in Shelby connty, Ky., January 22, 1843. His early edncation was received in the eommon schools, and he graduated at the Louisville Male High School in 1860. Afterward he taught scho.il for four years, then stndied law, and graduated at the LouisviIle Law Scbool in 1866. Since tbat time he has beeu continuously engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1872 he canvassed the State for the Democtratic electoral ticket. In 1870 be was elected attoruey for Jefferson county, aud was reelected in 1874. His Congressional career began in the Forty fifth Congress, and he served in the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh , Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses, holding a high plaee in the party eonneila and filling the infiuential position of chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. He was retired from Congress on accouut of the political fight over the Louisville post-office during Mr. Cleveland’s first term. Mr. Ellia Mills, the new eonsul general to Hawaii, was born iu England thirty-seven years ago, and eame to this conntry with his parents when a small boy. His father pnrchased a farm near Stannton, Va., and nntil 1879, when he eame to Washington. the new consnlar officer passed his time in working on the farm, and for the Valley Virginian and the Vindicator, two newspapers of Staunton. Mr. Mills heeame a reporter of debates in ihe United States Senate in 1879, and later was eonnected with various committees of the Honae of Representatives. In 1886 Mr. fiayard, ihen Secretary of State, made Mr. Mi!ls his private secretary, and he remain ed in this capacity unlil the incoming of the Harrison administration, when Mr. Elaioe transferred him to the consnlar bnrean as principai clerk of the corres- ; pondenee divisiou. ShortIy after tfae present admin istrat ion began, Mr. Milla was sent with Commis- ;

sioner Blonnt as secretary and disborsing officer of tbe Hawaiian commission. and had just returned from Honolulu. The appointment of Mr. Milla was made entirely on the basis of merit He was not a candidate ■ for the plaoe. and his name is supposed to have been snggested by Mr. Blount. Mr. Milla snc- 1 oeeds Mr. Severance, who has < been at Honolulu for many years. 1 Th«r offioe pays between 17.000 i and annually, i r‘.