Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-03-28
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The people of the Sandwich Islands
have lust had an election Or King
and the election was followed by
riot. The Sandwich Islands Govern
ment is a singular compound. The
Governments is monarchy The
House of Mobiles consists of forty
persons, more or less, who are all ma
tives. For the other House, which
consists of twenty-five members, all
citizens of native or foreign birth are
eligible. For many years the minis
Try has been composed exclusively
of persons of foreign birth, and near
" all of them Americans. A citizen
of this State, the Hon. David L.
Gregg, went there as Commissioner
in 1858 and remained there, beeom-
ing one of the Ministers of State.
Mr.. Gregg died there a few years
ago. The late King died on the Sd
Of February, 1874, and the Ministry
then consisted of Charles r. Bishop,
Minister of Foreign Affairs; Edwin
D. Hall, of the Interior; Robert Ster-
ling, of Finance; and \. +. Judd,
Attorney General.
Capt. Cook included the Sandwich
islands among his discoveries, and
was killed there in 1879. At that
time each of the seven or eight Is
lands had a King, but they were all
soon after reduced under one Gov
ernment by King Kamehameha, who
reigned until his death, in 1919. He
was succeeded by his SOB, Kane
hameha H., under who, the country
was Christianized. This King and
his wife visited Europe, and both
died in London in 1924. Kamehame-
ha HI, brother of his predecessor,
reigned until hie death, in 1854, and
during that time many ohanges had
been made in the form OF the Gov
trnment, which had passed under
the control of Americans. Kane
hameha w., son of the predecessor,
was born in 1884, became King IN
1854, and died in 1868. In 1856, he
married lady named Emma Rocker,
a daughter of an English physician,
by whom he had one son, who died
in 1862. Kamehameha v, brother
of the preceding King, reigned from
1868 to January, 1873. Leaving nc
son, the Council of State submitted
the choice of a monarch to the peO.
pie. Prince Lunalilo, who had led d
vagabond sort of life for many
years, was the nearest relative, of the
deceased King, and was chosen by q
nearly unanimous vote. Queen En-
ma, the widow of Kamehameha ".
made an appeal, but got very few
votes. Lunalilo, or King Bill, as he
was irreverently styled, died Feb. 8
1874, childless, and the choice wa:
submitted to the Council of Mobiles
and Legislative Assembly. This
time Queen Emma and Prince DaviC
Kalakaua were the contestants. The
Prince was chosen, and, when he re
suit was announced, the followers o.
Queen Emma attacked the Council
House, beat the members. and were
so violent that the Am, rican anC
English vessels in the port of Hon
olulu had TO interfere to quell the ri
OF The King elect is only related
to the late royal family very distant
|; ;Iy. He was one of the House of No
bleS. and possibly is the best maj
left of a race that is rapidly degen
Grating and passing away. The an
nual election for members of the rep
resentative body took place JUS
about the time of the late King
death, and the national prejndic,
against foreigners was SO strong tina
in Honolulu all the 'sforeign" candi
dates were rejected, though it is con
eeded that the natives are wnolly
unfit for the duty of Legislation. Th,
population of the kingdomffty year
ago was 10000 and now it hardly
exceeds $4,000. ofa el ta .ea