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"Are you opposed to any lurther annexa
tion of territory ?"
"No. Now, I'd tisht for Cuba. She's near
to us for one tiling. Besides we wouldn't b"»
wroneing a lot of peacefu 1 , intelligent native-."
"Ii Die natives petition, as they 3ay they in
tend to almost unanimously, will the adminis
tration lgnorp it ?"
"Ob, a Repubiican will do anything!"
I looted vp — one has to look far up to meet
Mi. Berry's eye — ami reminded ttie Kentucky
giant that this was Inquisition Point.
■•I don't care," he said. "Our Government
is to blame for Liliuokalani's dethronement — no
question about it. The least we can do is to in
demnify her; pension her and the next one in
line of succession.
"For annexation will come sure. A man of
•r Morgan's character, with tne reputation
ts for sincerity, will have a michty influ
ence in determining ihin;;s. A:.>i Morgan's as
devoted to ami x.i ion a-— as a Keniuckian is
to— to that which Kentuckians are said to be
fondest of."
I have not beer able to decide whether the
Hon. J. G. Cannon of Illinois luoks more like
the older, more respecttui prints of Uncle Bam
or like the poet Wnittier. His face is shrewd but
kindly. H- speaks deliberately — very deliber
ately — but gracefully, and he made by far the
best speeches on *he trip. He is an animate
< ongressional Record, with the immaterial
ihmgs left out and the material ones brightened
and made human by his quarter century of
Washington pubkc life and by his pnilosophical,
kindly temperament.
Mr. Cannon has talked to me about annexa
tion, ar.d be ib cue of the few men I have.niet
"whose judgment in the matter is unbiased, ori
c::;a. and far-seeing.
When Mr. Cannon and I met at Inquisition
P.;- t I asked h:m, in a purely formal spirit,
whether he was in favor of or opposed to annex
ation. 01 cour:-e, I knew, but I didn't know of
ficially.
Mr. Cannon looked thoughtful.
"It's a serious question," he began. "It in
volves an entire change ot the policy of our Gov
ernment."
"Yes, I know. But nre you in favor of or
Ojrpo'-ed 10 sucn a change? 1 '
Mr. C;inn n's rosy face, framed in his white,
shojt beard, became quizzical.
"This isjustthe opportunity," he said with
en gayety, *for me to tel! that story I prom
.-''■!. to tell you about the EJmunds bill. You
iiiuit know that Cannon of Utah — my namesake
but' no relative "
1' wnsn't annexation, but it was interesting,
and I listened till a boai put off fro:,, the Clau
dine, and we ail went ashore to look at planta
tions.
Mr. C.innon and I met at Inquisition Point,
and he there told me a deliphtf r.[ little romance
- boyhood amon? the Quakers. When the
s-tory was finished he noted regretfully that the
dinner-gong bud sjunded. Another time we
would talk iurther.
Wp did. Wo met again, and I heard about
the exciting -cene in the Home (Mr. Cannon
taiks learnedly of the "forty-ninth" or the
"nfty-third," and all one can do is tc look wise,)
•xtien Speaker Keed, who was not then Speaker,
came so near being taken into custody by the
Sergeant-at-Arins for resisting auhori;y in de
clining to resume his seat at the Speaker's
command.
I must have heard all the penis in the
repenoire of the chairman of the Appropriation
Committee before I realized thst crafty Mr.
Cannon was not going to talk for publication,
Jor very good reasons, which he explained to
me, also not for puolicaiion.
'■But, you know, Mr. Cannon," I protested
at last, "when you were delivering that speech
in the Australia's saloon that last night at sea
before we reached Honolulu, Senator Morgan
Bruited grimly as fa« /listened, watching you
closely, and he said, 'There go Cannon com
mitring himself to annexation.' "
I never should have told Mr. Cannon this
hna I anticipated the result; for it shattered all
my Jof'y, patriotic ideal?, it shocked r.iy sense
of the Congressional fitness of things, ami it ap
SPANISH
CABINET
RESIGNS
Azca.rra.ga. Requested to
Temporarily Hold
His Post.
SUMMONS TO SENOR
SAGASTA.
Believad the Libaral Leader
Will Ec Asked to Solve
the Crisis.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
TO-DAY.
Weyler's Recall and Cuban Auton
omy Talked Of— Woodford
and Tatuan.
. MADRID, Spain. Sept 29.— Tue Span
ish Ministry to-day tendered its resigna
tion which was accepted by the Queen,
but ber Majesty. asked <; t -!ieral .\zcarraga
10 con ti!>ue in cilice untii a solution of the
cri-is is found.
Her Majesty will summon the leaders
of the various parlies acd the presidents
of ih^ chambeis, to-morrow to consult a
to the situation, fc-enor Sagasta h»s been
telegraphed for, and it is believed th»t
the Liberal leader will be a;ked to form a
Cabinet.
The Ministry, whose resignation has
ju9t been announced, was constituted as
ioilows:
Prime Ministerand Minister for War, General
Mircello de Axcarrag'a.
.I) uister ior Foreign Affairs, the Duke o:
Te van.
Minister of Marine, Kear-Adinlrp.l Don Jose
M. i'.eranger.
Mi-uster of Finance, J. Y. Don Juan Navarre
Bevcrtor.
. Minsur of Commerce and Agriculture, Don
Auri-1 ano Liueres Rives.
Minister of the Colonies, Don Tomas Caa
tcllani.
Minuter for the Home Department, Don
Fernando Cosgayon.
Un«t«d States Minister WooUford, the
Duke o: Tetuan and the President oi the
Senaie, the Marquis Paso de Lamarrezed,
held a Ung conierence to-day and General
■Woodfoid presented to General Azcar
Mrs. Emma Nawahi, Secretary cf Hilo
Branch, Hawaii Women's Leagu:.
preci;. bly flattened mv bump of reverence.
The gentleman from Illinois sail not a
word in reply.
He winked. Miriam MiCHE'
LISTENED TO BUT
A SINGLE FACTION
How the Visiting Congressmen
Conducted Their Hawaiian
Investigation.
Provisional Government Officials Gave
Them no Opportunity to Feel
the Popular Pulse.
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 2^,— All is
quiet in Honolulu. There aro no exciting ele
ment* in poiin"c< or diplomacy to disturb th«
ca'.m leisure of our lives. We have quite a pow
erful fleet in the harbor— the Uniteil States
steem^iif'S Fen:iin;jt<>n and Philadelphia, U. M.
raa-. and the French cruiser Dv Guoy
Trou n— hut they take more interest in regattas
and pleasure than in politic--. So far the honors
stand easy between the Bennincion ana the
ra.a the members of the United States
legation.
Owing to the Cabinet crUis the Cuban
pour paries have been postponed.
It is said that Senor Sagasta is in favor
of superseding Captain- General Weyler
and of granting autonomy to Cuba Imme
diately
SenorGamozo will probably be Minister
of Foreign Aft airs in the new Cabinet.
BOLVTIO* OF JHE CRISIS.
Iteprndn Upon th« I'olicf TorenrA the
r., t,l Stot't.
LONDON, Eno., Sept. 30.— A dispatch
to toe Daily Mail from Madrid says: The
solution of the crisis depends upon the
policy toward the United States. Liberal
politician? declare that they will stoutly
resist America's pretensions.
Genera. Azcarrapa, in a long interview
with the Queen Regent to-day, explained
the situation. It is believed that he asked
her Majesty if she was ready to confirm
the Government in necessary powers in
view of '.he altitude of the United States?
In the interview he mi mm on ed the
Cabinet. The meting was attended by
Ser.or Reverter, the excommunicated
ter of F nance, and Senor Concavon,
Minister of the Interior, both of whom
tendered rheir resignations. Sijortly after
the Premier tendered the resignation of
the entire Cabinet
>O HVBPHISt. . H Abftl>Gl O.V.
The Important Incident JHteu»*ed in
II lit Hearing*.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 29 -The
news of the Spanish Cabinet crisis was
first brought to the attention of the offi
cials of the State Department and diplo
matic officials throu b the Associated
Press bulletin from Madrid, and up to a
late hour to-night from no other source
was any information on the subject forth
coming.
It is surmised that Miniser Woodford's
failure to cable the department wa^ at
tribntab:e to tho fact that it was after
Qightlatl in Madrid oefore the news be
■ ame known
It cannot be. said tha: the event caused
-urprise among the officials of the State
Department, or among the members of
Uie diplomatic corps in Washington.
A careful inspection ol the cablp news
foi the pa.-t few weeks had left the general
impression that the Cabinet erected in
i:aste after the assassination of Premier
Canovas could not be expected to survive
long.
T:iere were several reasons for this ex
pecUtioa, but perhaps the principal one
was the belief that tlie dissensions among
the supporter.- of the Government cause. i
by the personal encounter between the
Duke of Tetuan, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and one of the leaders of the
dissident Conservatives, had not been
h-aied, but had beet? bridged over only
temporarily.
The dissident Conservative* at the time
insisted upon the resignation of the Duke
as a condition of their further support of
the Government.
As '.he Government depended not upon
a homogeneous part7.bat ratner upon a
union of variout eerncnts generally op
posed t<- liberal ideas for its rxistence,
this was a tnreatenirig condition, am! a
crisis was averted only througii the stren
uous efforts of the Conservative leaders.
As to what is to follow the resignation
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1807.
Comas and to-riay the Fbiladelphias and Ben
ningtons try conclusions in a cuuer race.
It was intended to have had an international
roass-meeting last eveninc In opposition to an
nexation for the benefit of the Visiting Cong ess
men, but it was wisely decided to postpone it on
account of the numerous engagements the^e
Gentlemen had to fulfill. Senator Morgon and
ihev have ha 1 no leisure moments since their
arrival. It has been one succession of hasty in
spection of everything in sight from sugar and
rice plantations to public buildings, schools,
churclns and museum. They have seen every
thing there is to admire and everything that
shows up Hawaii's progress in its brightest
phases. But they have not seen the people nor
h.ive they had the opportunities of ascertaining
the undercurrent of oppositian. It ha* through
out been a one-sided inspection control ed by
Qovernmeni officials and the moneyed leaders of
the annexation party.
The most memorable events durincr their
sojourn here have been the handsome rec j ptioa
tendered to them by the ever-hospitable United
States Minister, and their visit yesterday to
I'eari Harbor and its neighborhood. The rec p
lion was not as largely attended as was antici
pated, and even the efforts of the Chief Justice
and Government officials tailed to induce the
Hawaiians to attend in any number. It was
not even spontaneous on the part of the annex
ationists, but it was undeniably a very pleasant
affair for our visitors, who. after discharging
their social dunes adjourned to a famous water
ing place to continue theirevening's en jovmeni.
It is unnecetsary to say that ttie visitors en
joyed themselvps immensely, and while they
were loud in their praises of i he country and all
that pertained to it, and extremely affable in
corrobora:ion, they were aiscreetly reticent in
regard to their personal convictions and future
action on the most interesting poir. ts at issue.
On their return in the evening from sundry
inspections and receptions a band concert and
dance were tendere l to them at the Hawaiian
Hotel, but they were tempted from tho-e lionors
to the more congenial delights of a genuine
Hawaiian Itian and a well-regulated hula kui at
the handsome residence of Hon. John A. Cum
in ings, ex-Minister of Foreign Aff&irs under the
monarchy, and ar Hawaiian gentleman famed
lor his princely hospitality in the good old days
when dollars ebbed away as rapidly as the
nplets of the signing Pacilic slip from the coral
sjihls at Waikiki.
Senator Morgan and Congressman Berry
haveestabli<he<i themseives a-; favorites in many
-vay3. The Senator carries his years becomingly
and pleasantly, ever. :o '.hose who disagree with
iiis outspoken advocacy of a closer union. It
was amusing, however, to note his zeal on Bun
day last, when in conjunction with some
"missionary" annexationists he visited the
fcunday-iicliool children of Kswaibao Church,
the oldest and principal church of the Hawaiians.
He earnestly poured forth to the wondering ears
ol the little dots ot Hawaiians the sterling :ni
v.mtaces of annexation to the United Stales.
They gaz'.-ii open-eyed at him, but failed to ap
preciate the value of this Sunday-school lesson.
Ttieir parents were duinfounded and astonisi.e d
at the political effusion on a Sabbath day, and
unfavorably compared the political Senator with
their ancient teachers who had taught ihrai to
honor and reverence the Lord's ay and keep it
holy to him. They at once summed up t he
Senator ;»•< an insincere Christian, and one, who
like a lawyer, is more Interested in his special
ca.-e in hand than the very strict rules of law
aud equity.
Congres-man Berry baa gained the hearts of
the Hawaiians, not merely on account of his
handsome and manly s;ature alone, but princi
pally because he openly admitted to the Ha
waiians at, Hilo that he was a nersonal friend
and warm poll. ical ndrnirer of President Cleve
land and a sterling Democrat. Now, it 1^ per
haps unfortunate that the political incidents of
the pa?' have made Giover Cleveland i iletn i-^od
to th<« Hawaiians and the Democratic party their
political party shou.d they ever be annexud and
ever be given a vote. It is this desire for a vote
that worries the Hawaiian. He lias been in
tru~te»i with it and he valu -s it, and he doe* not
wish to lose it. It, is not improbable that if he
were granted the right to vote on the quest
|
jof the Cabinet officials here are com
! pleiely in the dark. Secretary Sherman
does not believe that it will materially
affect the relations of Spain either
I toward the United Sates or to
i Cuba, which seems to indicate an ex
pectation on hia part that when the Cabi
net is reorganized it will be found to be
| still of a Conservative tendency.
On 'he other hand, hitrh officials in the
administration expect that the Liheral
j Cabinet, under the leadership of the
| veteran Sairasta, will be erected on the
ruins of the Azcarraga Cabinet. If this
should be the case, tne future is held to
be full of promise for Cuba. for
it is recalled that the Liberals have not
hesitated to expr«ss t heir opposition to
the great expenditure of human liie and
vast treasure in the effort to carry out the
i repressive Conservative programme for
the conduct of the war.
It is not believed that the Liberals are
prepared to go to the length of promising
Cuba frerdom, but from the expressions
of the leaders of the party it is hoped that
they are -willing to grant so liberal
a measure ot b»me rule and auton
omy to the island that of Span
| ish sovereignty nothing would remain
save a shred in the way of a few prefer
ential duties and, perhaps, the power of
. appointing some oftirials corresponding
to the Governor - General of Canada,
named by the British crown.
CVHAN FILIItU^TEIIS CAPTVHEIi.
twenty- Ktght nf Hi- far It/ Snid to Have
Item t Tee tiled.
NEW YORK, N. V., Sept. 29.— A special
from Havana, via Key West, says:
C;ip aia Jose Monasterio and a com-'
! pany of marine artillery embarked se
( cretly in the gunboat Nueva Espana some
j days ago and left Havana in the tight.
It was rumored that the authorities had
heard ot the destination of a filibustering
expedition and was quietly preparing to
sciz«! it. The greatest secrecy was ob
served. Tne tunboat waited quietly in
the Bay of Corrientes, Pinar del Rio.
It \a Impossible to ascertain how the ex
pedition was captured or the name of the
liiibuster, but the Ntieva Espana letitrned
to port Jast night, briiiLriiif: in one ilotch
kiss gun, UK) shells and cartridges, twelve
cases of Manser cartridge*, six cases ol
ammanition for tne Zilenski gun, 808
- of cartridges lor Remington and
Mauser rifles and four boats.
The (•fliei&is assert that the expedition
was only intercepted whe:i the cargo was
landed and that the ni n escaped. Ow
ing, however, to the evident knowledge of
the authorities some days belore the gun
boat whs dispatched and the unusual
official reticence concerning so great a
Spanish coup it is feared the whole expe
j dition was ma-sacred.
From reliable authority it was learned
las; night that tweniy-eisrht oi the party,
including several American artillerymen,
sent down with the cannon, were taken
prisoners and summarily executed. It is
impossible to verify the latter statement,
though many things combine to show
grounds for beiievnn: tije siory.
Hunt a Hrcwr for a Town.
CHATTANOOGA, Im., Sept. 29.— A
number of residents and propeny-owners
mad* application in Chancery Court here
to-day for ■ receiver for the town of
Lookout MouniHin. The applicants in a
sensational bill charge insolvency and
mismanagement an<l fraud on tne part of
the offic.als. No election for town oilicers
has been held in tight years.
Mrs. Nailima, Fre:?ident Hilo Branch
of Hawaiian Women's League.
annexation he would return the compliment by
voting aye if he could be cleariy convinced that
he would ba regarded, as lie was formerly and is
to an extent now, as the equal of the white man
socially and politically.
Congressman Cannon -has also won the re
spect of the Hawaiians, for they have an idea
that whatever may be h;3 personal convictions
he will act impartially an I straightforwardly
for the best interests of buii countries.
DOLE IS LOSING
HIS FOLLOWING
Gradual Falling-Off in the Num
ber of Voters Who Take the
Oath of Allegiance.
Proof That the Masses Will Never
Become Reconciled to the
Present Conditions.
HONOLULU, Hawaii. Sent. 22.— It is very
unfortunate thai an impartial judgment has
been prevented in regard to the annexation of
Hawaii through the mi<-s:atempnts of the news
papers and correspondents personally inter
ested in annexation. By beclouding facts and
harping on tho preat gain the union of Hawaii
will be to the United States thry have practically
ignored the true sentiments of the Hawaiian
EXPERTS IN A
BATTLE ROYAL
Fighting Over the Bone
Found in the Luet
gert Vat.
One Declares It Is That of a
Hog, Another That of a
Human.
Prosecuting Attorney Says He Will
Settle the Issue to the Jury's
Satisfaction.
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 29.— Hog or hu
man? That is the issue in the Laetgert
ca-e at present, and according to the view
of the case adopted by the jury is the f.ne
ot delendant like yto be. If bo:.-, he will,
in all probability, go free; if human, there
is no telling wnat will happen to him, or
rather what may nol happen to him. The
defense proved to- iay that the bone which
Dr. Pirsey, the osteologist oi the Colum
bian Museum, declared was the lemur of a
human bein^, of a woman and of
a woman of delicate physical struct
ure, as was Mri. Luetc-r', is noth
ing but the bone of a tie. It came
from a hop of deiicate organization, so
said the ex pen for the defense, but it was
nothing but a hop for all that. The femur
was rather small for the usual run of
hogs, but this was a small-bone i hoir, an l
there was no doubt of the origin of the
bone.
The witness who declared all this for
the defense was Dr. W. H. Allport, pro
fessor of descriptive and comjarative
anatomy in the Northwestern University.
He declared in the most positive mariner
hat the femur whs that of a bos and that
there w.-i-) no chance of his being mis
tat-n in the matter.
Dr. Dorsey. who proved for the State
th.it the femur was that of a woman, was
in the courtroom when Dr. Ailport was on
the stand, and bis f ice flushed when the
expert lor the delense declared that the
boiie came from a hog.
The declaration of Dr. Allpnrt clearly
defines an issue between himself and Pro
fessor 1) irsey. They ;'.r> sho respective
leading experts of tie defense and the
prosecution. Both pride hrn selves on
their reputations, and a battle royal will
be the result.
Dr. Allport drew pictures of what he
said represented a human femur and a
hog's femur, and explained to the jury
the difference between them. Tne differ
ence was principally in the socket of the
hip joint, nccording to the witness, lie
declared that the knob or joint end of the
lemur in evidence was much smaller than
that of the nverupe person, and that un
doubtedly the bone was the lemur of a
: mall-boned hog.
To-morrow Dr. Allport will be cross-ex
amined after he has testified lurther con
Horace Wright.
oerning metacarpal, sessamoid and tem
poral bones.
Previous to Dr. Allport's testimony
Professor .). A. Weisner cave evidence in
support ol Dr. Riese's testimony in con
nection with ihe experiments with human
bodie- made in the vat in the Luetgert
facory early in the j. resent montn. His
testimony was of a corroborative char
acter.
State's Attorney Deenen smilingly de
clared to-night that r.-ofes ? or Dorsey
woul ! settle t lie question as lo the iden
tity of the bones beyond a question when
nexi he appears on the witness-stand.
Lietgert and bis lawyers were well
sr>.; slied with the showing made, and ex-
Jii'ipe Vincent said he could not, see the
necessity of Luetgert'a noing on .the wit
ness-stand.
BAY i>lATc BtPUBUCANS.
Meet in Convention and Renominate
Their Lid State Ticket by
Acclamation.
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 29. — The Re
publican State Convention of Massachu
setts nominated candidates for State
ofß »a to-day. There was a large attend
ance of delegates, and the plans of the
State Committee lor the conduct of the
session as perfected at previous meetings
Were carried out.
The following nominations were made
by acclamation:
Governor — Roger Wnloott.
Lteutenaut-Gi.vernor— W. M. Crane,
(secretary— William Olin.
Treasurer— X. }'. Hnaw.
Auditor— \V. Kirn ball.
Attorney-General M. Knowlton.
Tne foregoing are all renominations.
I Colonel A H. Goetting of Spr.nc;f3el.l was
I the temporary chairman. In th •? perma-
I nent organization H. B. Hopkins of
Worcester wa made chairman.
Colonel Melvin O. Adam--, chairman of
I the committee on resolutions, pr rented
j the committee's report, which was
adopted.
The platform stands for a firm but mod
| crate iorei^n policy, an extension of the
merit system of civil service and more
stringent immigration and naturalization
laws. The declaration ot the financial
plank is by inference in favor of the told
standard an.i consists of a rhetorical ar
raignment 01 .Bryan, Pi-b< and Altgeld as
"exponents of free stiver.''
tin- ir% Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, Cau, Sept. 30.— Fire
robbed Sacramento of two of its big build
incs and about $17,000 worth of property
early this morning.
The lire started in Adam Bergman's
jickle factory on L street, near Seventh,
and within a few minutes the whole build
ing, a two-story frame structure, was in
names. So rapidly did it burn that Bus
man and his wife and child barely es
caped with their live.--.
Tnen it spread to M. P. Smith's brick
stable, and that was soon in ruins, with
'50 tons of hay bnt recently stored mere.
One hundred and fifty vehicles, all the
horses a-.id all the harness were saved,
however.
Bergman's loss will reach $7000, all of
which is rovered by two recently issued
policies. Smith lost nearly $10,000 and
had tio insurance.
The building was destroyed and the
flames licked up the factory stable in the
rear, with all the horses, two wagons and
a lot of harness and hay.
Th« loss ol this property drove Smith
0 : i f his niinu, and lie w:;s, taken to a
saloon nrar by where he bad to be put
under restraint
The tire started a few minutes after 1
o'clock. No one knows the cause. At 2
o'clock it was under control.
people, the majority ot the foreign element, as
well as the autiiorities. It ii not exactly just
that because Hawaii is an exceedingly tempting
morsel to be gobbled up by a superior power it
should be taken surreptitiously and without due
consideraiion of the rights, interests and senti
ments of its legitimate owners. Even an unfor
tunate mortgwgor bas an equity of redemption
of bis fee-simple.
It is as unjust, as it will prove to be unwise
in future considerations of the Hawaiian ques
tion, to accept a3 true the statements made by
the annexationists and their press that all
Americans in Hawaii, the majority of foreigners
and a very large proportion ot Hawaiians are
incorruptible and stalwart annexationists at
heart and that the only anti-annexationists are
a few foreigm-rs hungry for lost offices, influence
and patronngt' and an uninriuentul number of
ignorant and misguided natives misled by
mischief-makers and misinformation.
It is incorrect also to allege that all anti
annexationists are royalists scheming for the
restoration of the monarchy, for quite a num
ber of tuem are in favor of an independent re
pub ie on the basis of the American republic
until sueli times as the peope have boen edu
cated up to the value of a closer associuiun witti
the great republic.
Then. ag;:in, it must not be assumed by
those who desire to judge impartially, that the
fiat of the Government of Hawaii, as to-day con
stituted, represents anything approaching the
will of the English-speaking cosmopolitan popu
lation of Hawaii, in which is included the
Hawaiians tiit-ra^ive?, as well as the larger pro
portion of the Portuguese.
Itmustal-obe remembered by the impar
tial ihat as this is a one-sided fight of the enor
mously wealthy against the comparatively
powerless and poor, it is vary unwise to
accept the capital of Honolulu, with its central
ization of influence of Government patronage,
its political press leagues and clubs, as the mir
ror of the sentiment ot the nation.
By the census of 1890, taken in the late King
Kalukaua's reign, the population of the Hawaii"
an IsUiids was 59,0:0 and the regisiered voters
13,:<93. In 1894, with an increased population
and under the Provisional Government, at the
election for delegates to the constitutional con
vention tue registeied voters had decreased by
two-third a, amounting in the aggregate to only
4177, and why? Simply because only that num
ber of men qualified to vote would take the oath
to openly support the Government of the day, it
being regarded by the other 90w voters as being
a government bas d on fraud and established in
power by the i, legitimate acts of an American
diplomat and the power of naval forces of the
United State*.
Then cam.: the greater test vote in 1896 for the
general election and with a larerly increased
population. O.ie wou ! naturally suppose that
a government, under a republican form of con
stitution, modeled expressly for themselves and
the people of the country by men most inti
mateiy acquainted with the requirements of
their own peopie, would have a stili stronger
support than before, more especially as the con
stitution had created a special class of voters
who were practically the gun-carriers of the
infant republic, being specifically termed
"special service" men. But the result showed a
Still further decrease of supporters instead of an
increase, far upon this occasion only 3196 regis
tered, and of these only 2017 were eligible to
vote for Senators; or, in other words, be pos
sessed of unincumberei property of the value of
not less than $3000, or be in receipt of a money
income of not Its* tn an $1200 a year. And this
election, too, it must be borne in mind, was for
the express purpose of consummating annexa
tion, and the Legislature elected thereat passed
resolutions in favor of annexation and paved the
way for the reappearance of the treaty of annex
ation, and it was the Senate then elected that
the oiher day ratified it.
But what shall be said of the last registra
tion for the election for representatives, whici
will take place on the 29 h Inst? The property
qualification for a voter for a representative is
only unencumbered property of the value of
$1000 or a money income ol $600 a year, i. c., $50
a month, Jess lhan the pay of an average while
laborer. With a population of 109,000, and with
NO GOLD WAITING
AT ST. MICHAEL
Tug Holyoke Arrives at
Port Townsend From
the Yukon.
Brings Denial of the Report
That Much Bullion Came
Down the River.
Grave Fears for the Schooner W
J. Bryant. Lost by the Tug
During a Storm.
PORT TOtt NBBND, Wash , Bspt 29.—
The tug Holyoke arr.ved to-night from
St. Michaels, having left there on Septem
ber 11 with the sciiooner \V. J. Bryant in
tow.
On the 'Ail of the month, while off
Kndiac island, a heavy storm prevailed !
and the tag was forced to heave to for a
Deriod of twenty-eight hour*.
During the storm the hawser which
connected the schooner to the tug parted :
and the Boboonw went adrift, nor con d
those on the tag afterward see her.
While it is not thought the Lryant has
been lost, grave fears for her safety are
entertained. She carr.ed a crew of «even
men and two passengers, the latter two
bfinc Engineer Turner and wife of the
Eliza Anderson.
The reason given for the probable safety
of the Bryant is that she was known as
one oi the bpst sea boats of her tonnage in
the North Pacific waters.
She is of fifty-fire ions measurement
and for many ye:irs was u-ed as a pilo -
boat off Cape Flattery and the Coluaibia
R:ver bar.
Captain Ciinger of the Holyoke says the
Bryant may be expected lo sail up the
straits at any time.
Captain Thomas Powers of the Eliza
Anderson returned from Dutch Harbor
on the Holyoke. He indignantly denies
the report that the E.iza Anderson will
leave her bones where she now lies
but Bays the old craft will be on the Sound
and A aska run next season, and that a
scarcity of luel is a.l that prevented him
bringing her back to the Sound now.
He says the Anderson never leaked
enough water to drown a rat, and that all
the passengers who weDt north in her will
verify his story.
T!ie Holyoke people say that the report
that there are three tons of gold at
St. Michael awaiting shipment to tin
Sound in the steamer Portland
is untrnp; thnt unless ti>e e"!<l arrive I
Most Complexion Powders
have a vulgar glare, but Pozzoni's is a trua
beau t ifier , whose effects are lasting. ;
Mr. John Richardsor, Mat*?, H. I.
special efforts made, only 2887 votes were repis
tereil throughout the width and length of the
seven islands. So that it is perfectly legitimate
to assume that baring the two years o; the ad
ministration of the Government by President
Dole and his Cabinet, with the ii^hi in favor of
annexation waxinz hotter and :. otter each day
and apparently more nearly reaching its end,
the Government and the cause of annexation
had lost 500 supporters, or about one-sixth,
from their immediately previous registration,
ana 1790 votes, or about one-third; from the
Provisional Governrnt?nt registration of 1894.
But perhaps these figures, showing the
diminution of the BUpDOrt of the Government
as a Government, and more especially :;s the
"people's" champion for annexation, become
more remarkable and lurceful in their sugges
tion when it is staled that an oilicial of the
Annexation Club inform- :l me the other day
that there are upward of 6000 names on the rolls
of the Annexation Club, and ye' scarcely one
third of that number tound it sufficiently inter
esting or patriotic enough to register. A fair
analysis of the 2 ( >87 voters would be: Govern
meat officials, taK-.ng the oath of allegiance and
re^irieiinn as in duiy bound, 1200; tbe Govern*
nierft am.v, o"U; Annexation Club men, non
officials, 800, and the average voter desirous of
keeping his name on the register and careless
whether be vo:es or noi, tn<j other 387. The
Island of Oahu, including Honolulu, could ualy
raise 8;6 votes, so that a laige number ot Gov
ernment employes, military men and Annexa
tion Club members must have ne^n ,:<-r 1 el to
their duty. . Horace Wright
from Dawson after the tv: mailed very
littie will be brought down before me
river opens and the boats gut down next
June.
Travel from Pt. Michael up the Yukon
was still going on when the Holyoke left,
but the river was not. expected to re on am
open longer than between the Ist and loth
ol October.
People at St. Michael are well provided
with tue necessaries of life for winter add
many of them are engaged in building
boats which will be operated on the river
next si a on.
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