Show A mass meeting in honolulu against a constitutional convention probable formation of a new party registration proceeds very slowly honolulu april 11 per diamond via san francisco april mass meeting of royalists wa held on monday evening at which 2000 were present the was called for the purpose of protesting against the action of the government in holding the constitutional convention the following resolutions were unanimously adopted whereas the provisional government of the hawaiian islands has called a convention for the purpose of and for these ie langsand land sand harln of calling lucli convention provided that the same ceball consist of thirty seven members to include nineteen self appointed and members of the executive and of said and eighteen members to be elected and whereas the said act provides that the voters for delegates to such convention and each delegates ahall first take an oath to bear true allegiance to the said provisional government and to oppose the re establishment of the monarchy in the hawaiian islands thereby unreasonably restricting the people and such convention in their choice of u permanent form of government and no provision for the of the constitution which shall be so prepared to a vota of the people and whereas there Is pending and unadjusted beaole the government of the united elates of america a protest of the constitutional tut ional government of hawaii against the action ot those byvron by wron the constitutional of hawaii was deposed on the ath of january 1803 now therefore be it by us loyal people of honolulu in fain i meeting assembled asem bled on the evening of ilie ath of april 1894 that we will and du decline to take said oath or to register or vote for delegate to such convention AS ulo repaid and we further decline lo 10 participate or co operate in any project of ial to iho hawaiian constitution of 1887 or to adopt a form of government other than that by wild constitution a definite and final reply to eaid constitutional government of H wall shall have been received irom the government of the said united that we regard be said act bawd government nod especially the provision thereof which the members of said councils also convention thereby as enrina a majority of representative non members therein being calculated and intended to prevent a faill and fair representation sen tation of the people in such convention and we regard the oath thereby pre as a practical of the hawaiian people and all of remain loyal to the form of govern exi tang froin time immemorial hei alved that we appeal to our corn patriot 1 and sympathizer throughout the land to tand airm to their refusal to take said laih or register or vote for delegates to that the chairman and secretary hereby instructed to forward a ropy of these resolutions to his excellency the minister plenipotentiary ot the united states in hawaii the hat cewill forward the fame to his government although mich a large crowd was present very little wae manifested the ex queen was opp to the meeting and it was held r her protest it was given out today that meeting was only a preliminary to the formation of a new party composed of sonn royalist and a few former annexationists who are opposed to the action of the government in the matter of holding a constitutional tut ional convention in the manner proposed the registration proceeds very slowly many prominent americana not take the oath of they fear they will lose likht to vote in the united states only voters have |