Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-08-19
WHAT WE AY FOR ROYALTY

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WHAT WE AY FOR ROYALTY.
Tho long talked u oo,onal,n pageant Ia 10
take place In February bert, und II Is fumofed
that tho Legislature 10 10 ha convened In
houof n the oeoasiob The legislative repre-.
seDtatyoa at their neat sessiyu viii receive
exactly double Tho compensation thut ihey
havo heretofore been pnid, which viii amouut
IN about $4,000 fof ihe session flis addfd
a. Ito Incidental expenses ~ so Legislature,
will form q total ofnJoot g30,0t0. Then We
have 10000 Tor ihe coronation, trxsiuslye ~
sir thousand dollars already expended Tins
tho coat II the ceremony viii uot be lees lhan
forty thousand dollars. and " tho .um of
twenty Thousand more, appropdated tor ihe
reception of foreign offciM gueais," bs
expended % 10 contemplated, no gHud total
of sixty lhousaud dplian vNl My8 been
rosohod 10 poy for 0be " the gfoatest shaurdi-
ties that has ever been enacted in the annals
Of tho country 30 shameful piece NJ extra
yaganeo ns Ia hero contemplated must utterly
fail of is object. " th5i be Nv odd dignity w
importance to tho lIawniisn Throne, fyf dig.
nifty aud Importance do not aaaoeiute them
aolyea with nbsurdily and oztfavagunoe This
one ceremony would moro than pay tho culifo
civil list u either of tho Knmehamehoe.
II tho expenses u royalty ufe u bo SLOWED
10 augment In amount ai ration correspond.
ing with what has been thu ooee since tho
election of King K0laksua, ID viii not take
many years before tho largest part of the
revenues will be devoted 70 tho immediate use
Of the Crown. IL VII not DO out of place
herewith TO compare tho uhpfoieniions oiyil
lists Of tho fourth aud hlih Kamehamshas
with that Of tho cIstng reign ~ passed. by
the last Legislature.
IN 1852 tho last Appropriation Bill passed
under tho reign Of Knnehamebn ". coBtaincd
a OWL list amounting 10 "A total u $40 900,
as follows II 81 Priyy Purse aid Royal
State $3j, 900; II II. H. the Prince Of Hawaji
(son Of the King) $4,000 IIer Majesty, he
Queen $4,000 We find no settlement for
either the Kings brother, sister, or father.
although all wero then living and the King's
Secretary was paid from his own purse. IN
the last Appropriation Bill passed under tho
reign Of Kamehameha Y. wo find n ciyii list
comprising but two items, tho Kings salary
OF $4,000. aud that Of his Chamberlain Of
10000, making total Of $50 900. The last
Appropriation Bill passed under tho present
reign, presents n civil list amounting 10 Sl4e,-
500, with items as follows His Maiegty'e
Privy Purse ond Royal siate $50 600 Hor
No la. II ii a.
Heir Presumptive $4,000; Princess Like
like $4,000 Princess Kuinlani, (niece to
His Majesty $4,000; The Chamberlain ~ 900;
Household Expenses Of His NJ ijesty $40 600;
His Majesly'B cxpensos around tho world
s22, 500. And how many more items t1uy
still be added, it would be impossible to
conceive should the present Cabinet remain
In Office for any lengthy period, as their
ability TO pander to royal fOlies, soems 10
be tho tenure by which they are maintained
in office
Tho increased prosperity Of this country
as witnessed by tho increase Of it's revenues,
is an answer altogether insufficient TO justify
the vast difference Of the appr priationg for
the sustenauce Of royalty nov iuposcd, aud
those Of former years and II should not bc
forgotten that the income from own Lands
has fully IrebIed since tho reign ol lilo Ku-
meliamehss, and amounts now, according to
TO tho estimates of those competent to Judge,
to nearly $4,000 pr aHiuDt PreviOnsly
there were no expenses incidental la royalty
excepting the Kings SALARY, modest allow
unce for the Queen. and inr ihc Hair mar
ent; but now we have allowances extended
to the third degree Of consangulnily, and more
indirectly incidental threrelo, for coronation,
entertainment of foreign Official que, ts pur-
chase OF decorations, etc. But the facts arc
too gIaring to need further comment, and any
one possessed Of ordinary intelligence canno,
fail to sec the consequences that must attend