, 1873-03-30

ANOTHER MAS1FE5To
| had been issued by Chief named Ka1aknua, q
| rival candidate for the Throne. It Was some-
! what iufamnlatory; appealed to the respect of
| tho people for tho le:caGel King. complaining
| that the tabns of !" tho sleeping great ono' had
| been broken (by the ancient customs, no impor-
| tant h1tsitesh could be transacted between the
death and burial Of King, and calling upon
them to wait until nfEcr the funeral In the
same document, Kalakaua announced himself as
candidate, and set forth platform Of govern
| ment. He promised to repeal all the personal
| taxes, to put native Hawaiians into government
Offices, md to amend the Constitution Of 1864.
'Beware' eaid he, "of the Constitution Of
| 1852, and the false teachings of the foreigners
! who are now graspinG to obtain tho direction OF
the Government, if W. G. Luualilo ascends the
| Throne"
This appeal, plausible as it was. seemed to
| have little effect upon tho people. They had
! SET TuE1n HEART UpoS LUSAL1Lo
| as their King, and Lunalilo thoy would have.
| ka}akaua had personal fricnds; so had othel
| candidates, among whom was an accoulpN5hca
native Hawaiian lady, tho WHO OF Ar. b!anop,
| the Honolulu banker. ,,,.,,
| But the personal popularity OF fIInce VIII
ian; the confidence he had shown IN tic people,
| in submitting his claims to popular vote,--a
| thing before ,u,hoard OF IN the history OF Tue
country,-togcther with the general impression
that ue was tho coming 1nap, oil con.plrod, not
| only to mako the vote cast nearly unanimous,
| but to bring out
4 VERY rUtI VOTE.
Tn Honolulu J.Qi9 votes were cast, all for the
Prince. This MAS within 600 or 500 OF the cntire
number of yotes in tho district. Tie vote OF
other districts aiuliler,-a fow scattering
votes being reported in favor Of kalakaua.
day or two afterwards the Prince was watt
cd upon by
in body; which WIS looked upon as rocogni-
toa Of bis rights to the Throne, in Difference to
the popular will. The Cabinet, when full, con-
sists Of four members: Minister Of the 1ute-
rior, Minister of Finance, Minister Of Foreign
Affairs, and At,orney-General. The office OF
Minister Of Foreign Affairs had becu vacant for
some time The late Cabinet consisted OF Mr.
Hutchinson, an Englshman, Minister Of the In
terror; Mr.. Sterling, q Scotchnan, Minister OF
WAS filed by Stephen Il. Phillips, j Boston law
yer Of fine education and good ability.
On the 8th Of January,
THE LEGISLATURE CONVENED,
for the PURPOSE Of filing the vacant Throne by
election. Notwithstanding the great nnanlE1ity
with which tho people had voted for Lunalllo,
there were many lumors that members Of tho
Legislature contemplated the choice OF some
other person. Tie members were instructed,
and in some cases, where they we're mistrusted,
we're threatened A large and enthusiastic
meeting Of the people was held at Honolulu iu-
strctng the delegates unanimously. Similar
meetings were held in other places.
There we're no riotous proceedings, but there
was deep and quiet feeling Of determination,
and very many we're tho weapons Of various
kinds which "cro q'nctly pfepa-eo ano Hep'
ready for an emergency.
When, at last, tho Legislature met, go great
the ofds hd+ and sae
bcre, although they privately desired to adjourn
till tho next day ont Of respect to the late King,
thought best to defer to the "1enes OF tno Peo~
pie, and proceeded a. once TO elect nls successor
motion was maze, anu cali1oa, thouHh ,is mHs
write bus name on MS pa11ot. men, WIZ 'ne
t eyes OF the people upon them, anu tne mooe OF
detection established,
EVERY MEMBER ,,,
while cheer upon c1eer arose from ,he masses
surrounding the couft-House. A. le.1 .s ano
kne" that tue Young Was mere hattei ol 191u1,
recording tue "lll OF tne people ~ ealloassa "
the Isl OF 'aauaIy: f1nu ~ huus, ,d la peash1;an,,
y, WAS great strloe toAen 'o""lo 1'ePaDne'1o
form OF government. ,y:..
On the 9th OIL january tno h!ng-e!eoS
Took THE OATH OF offlek ,.
Ut the nat1eo cnu1Gn, ~ tne pieeenie " ] ~ ~
concourse OF people, Mnne asse'ApleG 80 ;,
we're unable to gain aamttanee. nno u nll-
taf GuaFaed Oh eas e.ue eue "as ~ sno -
Until every one had oeon seA'eo LII 'no o'ao4 -
preference. h., -, +,,o r,h;pot
Two oil tue thfce mempers ~ sno .,s 1aoiao. tao
were dressed IN reGai!a: win sMora u tue nue
while Mr Sterling, nl!n'BteF OF f1nanee, appn:Aieo
IN citizens dress ne Ioleiell I at1
Consuls, Judges oi tno 2uplohlp auo hiaZ JsleA
Courts, members Of the Legislature, mobiles,
ano otne1 ulse1,6 utoueu l'o1s Aa, a
pous: "Ao.HeA enoNAoo " ~ " ~ f
enT; T,,a r;nauo,act xas n1,in1v Init hand
4A9 Gpbco :4;at, .;t u;t1, -
somely DRESSED ILL c..denh h;s 0ur. orso,, ",|A r,A
Iea SCAR lAssine 1oI ~ Ia .5 4;si,1a onI1' over
a:r n.a soai 30 o. 80 ~ b;a 1,ft hraast and m
hie seS a;d 1a''e a. ta 1snna1 ~ hs cont haayv
,1d e-aman+ .onnoth;nr }ke Tatch-chRin
fpu oinane ~ anlv 5ranp|nrs he vora annear
nese tro Teo suo contT,st WTith Tho rorcoous uu
.a,a n,s IL ~ ettuns ILL., sthoso srnnnd h;m
1olHs u eono -. 'no -; tha HsUs;;.n +onone thu
tel PaaE a. " onth irst in Hawaiian. then
n Fnriish to snnnort the Constitution OF this
ls.u ~ Insusni3 ~ ~ r. .ora-n thn conntrr in ar
hlngaom' t,1au;t ana - Ha then resd in both
ienc,ares frst m aaaress to tne nobles and
-anenaaonntnt;roa then to the Hawaiian Dcop!o
4hs atter h. refer1ed to the fact That he had
e1bn;tted @ h;s claims to their decision. thanked
tham foT tl,o he almost unanimous expression theT
va r,.da ~ he for2r and promised to eudeayor
40 r. % adrninistnr the Goyernment as to Justify
the confluence thew had reposed in him