Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 17, 20 January 1894 — THE LATEST GOOD NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE LATEST GOOD NEWS.

Tlie followiug is tiie l.«test ;<<*tnai uews rali«t>ng t» tke Ha- j vr;iii m situ ition »t \\ asliirgton. Presit]ent Civvel i fl is_vetstiivii g to npbold A«nēiic:i's goo<l n :me. \\ SHIXGToX JaX. 12. — Ii*TE I.AST XIOHT IT WAS I.F.AB\ED IX WaSH!SOTOS THAT jHK ohiep ExECTTIVE \\TLL STILL 1XSIST THAT THF. HESTOnATloX OP THE Ql HEX I> THE KIOHT THIXG T0 1K), BUT HE ; WILL LE.WE THE QUESTIOS WlTH COKGREHS. HabbisOK’h cliances for a Presiileiitial uominulion by tlie llepublican party, are ‘ bnsted.’ | Newspai>er Commexts. The New York Evenin(j Post says: To tlay’s Hawaiian news leaves j onr annexationists witb tbeir tbirst for bloo<l still unslaketl. Miuister \\ illis’ quiet“Gootl tlay, 1 gentleineu,’’ at tlie t;lose of bis conferenco witb tbe Provisional Government was nn imlescribably base betrayel of thoso who bad their gory hea<lliues and thcir articlcs of impeachment a11 ready. If tho decision whieh he coiumuuicated to tho Provisional I (iovernment on Doc. 19 could liave been made on 3Iarch 19 or even Apiil or May 19 there is no j doubt it wouM have been speodily at*quiesced in, as nt that timo the attitu<le of all parties in Hawaii was that of awaiting the fimling of the President of the ; United States as arbitrator, but the laj»se of time necessary for : the President’s full and patient 1 investigation left an opportunity for the Provisional Governrnent j to slrengthen itsolf so that ;t is not snrprising that it should now decline to relinquisb power. Democracy is in the saddle again at Washingtou. Fillibust«*ring bas been suppressed and the final vote ou tho Wilson bill has beeu ort!ered for the ‘29th of! this inoulh. The sufi’ering business iutorests of the country will breathe a of roliof at the prosj»ect of hu early end of the suspense that has been j»rolonging their distress aml the Hawa- • iian j»eoplo will soou reaj» tho beuefit of their patieut waiting. Maxy people are said to resent the actiou of Minister Willis in attempting to carry out a discredited aud abanduned policy. The feeling is uatural, but uujust. Mr. Willis is not to hlame. He j hassiinj»ly exocuted bis instructions. There is no eahlo to iuforui him of the daily progress of events at home, and if there wore he would have no right to pay : any atteution to auythiug but bis express orders from his superiors. Thoso oi\lors wero explicit. He was to notify liiliuokalaui that j nuless she agreed to graud amnesty to the mcmlK»rs of the Provisional Governmont and to eoullnu their acts tho Uuited States would cease iutervention iu her behaif. lf she couseuted to these terms he was to inform the Previsional Gjvernment tbat the Uuited Statos exj>ected it to ab\licate. If it declined todo so, he was to report for further in struotious. fhis programme tpt*ears to havo heen followed to the Ietter. io blame Mr. \\ illis is an in- ! justice that ought uol to be couateuanced- So far as we eau judge Mr. V* illis has shown more eommon sens« than anv other mau tbat has had aQvihiiig to do witb our Uawaiian reiatious for a numbor of years. He has not ‘'aloppod over.“

The Nen York Tiin*> s tyft ; Ai.t!ientic iufurnntion sbows tbat tbe A«lministn»tion b«s puniueil a coiisistent iintl prnJeai conrse and bas discbarged its own responsibility in a firra and nnhesitating manner. Probabh Mr. Willi» ’eaa not in the least sorprise<l. and as vtbat happened was wbat evenbody expected would bappen if negotiations w»-re camed so far, there vras notbing in it to aggravate the s’tnation or cau.se esciternent. Tl*e n (ter is uow in tbe ban<ls ,,f Cougr. s.v. Tbe Execntive Dcj ait i ent of tbe Govern!nent hi'> g ue to the extent of its ai.t; i iih in endeavoring to rarry out a j*olicy tliat iighiand jns t i'i' dem uded. lt has disi cburged its iv.~ ons:bility, and . e in do no more \vithont aotbor it\ from the leg sl»«t ve power. Its real pnrpose donbtless was to • aeeepl tbe neen s first refnsal as tbe limit of its proeeeding ns tbe matter was alreudy before Cougress.