Show AFFAIRS IW HAWAII the news from hawaii la not at all reassuring to the people of alio united states alio rejoiced at the overthrow of the monarchy and hoped for tho speedy annexation of hawaiian territory by our government but it is fully ne favorable aa wo had any right to expect in the face of the criminal blundering blan dering of cleveland and his man friday the renegade republican secretary of state we have heretofore shown that cleveland had no moral or legal right and that there waa no precedent for sending blount to hawaii aa a per onal representative clothed with paramount authority and empowered to supersede the legally authorized minister 81 blounte Blo unta protectorate 1 charlea looks as though the administration at washington had been tho means of securing the services of that tool of the new york herald to go to hawaii and write down the an vexation scheme ofEe utter unreliability as a correspondent is well known and was most prominently brought out before and during the southern california boom this sentiment contained in tho in to mr blount namely that the annexationists could not depend upon help from the united in case the royalists roy aliste attempted to reinstate the queen is worthy of a cleveland and ehgurs an utter lack of patriotic feeling on the part of the person responsible for it it is a direct invitation to the disaffected of all classes to side with the corrupt ex queen and her native and foreign adherents and attempt to the monarchy could not be done it at all bave through abo loss of life and the of valuable property tho only reason why the invitation hag not been accepted probably lies in the fact that the would be restorers rest orera of monarchy doubt their ability to copo with tho annexationists and their failure to act upon covert suggestion to engage in a conflict is evidence that the are in a large majority and embrace the respectable element of the population 0 the islands we rejoice to believe that the provisional makes no idle boast when it claims to bo able to leold the position it necessary until a change of administration in the united slates the american portion of alio zionists no doubt feel confident of the sympathy and substantial assistance of their brethren in the united states which has been denied them by the present unpatriotic democratic president and they are right too they do not underestimate the feeling of sympathy which exists liere to assist by moral and physical force it necessary the men of american blood and descent in their determination not to surrender the ment which lias been organized in place of that royalty which had proved itself as worthless as it was mischievous it goes without saying that men of the american race will defend their rights whatever the odds against them and however basely abandoned they may be by that authority should have felt it a duty to extend over americans every where alie shield of the power of the republic if bloodshed and massacre and european interference are the results of the withdrawing of the treaty and the hauling down of the american Amei ican flag in hawaii the people of the united states will have no difficulty in placing the re where it belongs namely upon the head of tho present executive of the united states THE of believers in original sin and infant damnation who have been in session in washington city have concluded their labors so far as they relate to the trial of dr briggs on the charge of heresy and by a vote have sustained abo appeal from the decision of the kew york presbytery declared the doctor innocent the proceedings of this body of investigators were anything but harmonious and will not serve to enhance the good opinion which outsiders may have felt for the cause of religion in some respects the proceedings proe edings reminded one ot an old fashioned democratic convention in a border state there was plenty of zeal and a visible display of acrimony and a woeful lack of that christian sympathy and brotherly love which one lias a right to look for among a body of men professing pro lessing to be followers of the meek and lowly nazarine if finally it shall bo decided that dr briggs is really a disbeliever in what many intelligent tell igent people regard as aytha and fictitious legends and that ho ii in disagreement will the teachings of the society on essential doctrinal points lie will again be tried for heresy and probably be excommunicated salt lake daily stock and mining journal alie only daily mining publication li between denver and san francisco says a very significant statement in connection with the closing of the carson mint is that there ia no gold to coin of course there is not europe has been draining this country of gold having within the year taken no less than for alie shipment 0 alie national treasury acted as the chief transfer agent ilo wonder there is no gold to coin and this ie all the greater reason why the mints should be stamping ng silver dollars the people have great need for them just now day in the district court in salt alie leading attorneys at that bar approached mr kawlins and remarked well joe which will you retain your seat or your belf respect you cannot keep both |