The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-06-29
KkLAkAuA,s DILEMMA,
Why the King Canast GO 60 Paris
---Unableico 0btain Honey ,Poli-
ticians Getting Ready for the
Next Hawaiian Election.


Next Hawaiian Election.
mo, the King is not with u.s."
said Purser Keil of the steamer
Umatilla yesterday morning in re-
spouse to question of q Chronicle
reporter, who was anxious to meet
the ruler of the Hawaiian kingdom.
"But that is not the fault of his Ma
jesty, who would have been delight
ed to have come along if he could
have found the necessary coin with
which to defray his expenses. Ka-
lakaua is gay old King and 1T has
been his thought by day and his
dream by night, whenever he was
not engaged thinking Of poker, to
study how he was going to visit the
Paris Exposition. He has not for
gotten his former trip to the gayest
city in the universe, and he is ter
ribly disappointed to think that he
cannot go this time. 1t is hard on
Kalakaua, as he is not a mean man
by any means, but very intelligent
gentleman"
From the accounts of the passen-
gers it appears that the native is
landers, who, by the way, are very
proud of their ruler, are dissatisfied
that he should be so short of funds,
and they lay all the blame of the
affair on foreigners, who, while pre-
tending to advise the King and act
as his friends, have been lining their
own pockets as Government officials
and also by expert poker playing.
Of this scientific American game the
King is very fond, and the only
passport needed to reach his Ma
jesty is to inform him that man is
tirst-class player and the hospitality
of the palace is extended to the
visitor. Long-continued efforts on
the part of the King to learn this
game have depleted his private
purse TO such an extent that he has
had to dispense with the services of
some experienced hula-hula dancers.
Many of the girls have been favor
ties of the King, and it was great
hardship on him to be compelled to
let them GO. Besides this it was an
affront to the native population, who
think that if the King is compelled
to retrench, foreigners should suffer
and not the representatives of their
own race.
In spite of all his economy the
King could not succeed in getting
any more money from his creditors,
and he has about made up his mind
10 stay at home.
/ The islanders are also growing at
Acknowledgement Ashford and Min
lister of the Interior Thurston, and
their complaint is shared in by a
great many Americans and other
foreigners who helped elect them.
They were the leaders of the reform
party organized abouttwo years ago,
the object of which at the time was
to have the islands annexed to the
United States. The leaders of that
party organized the Honolulu Rifles,
and they were a prominent factor in
Hawaiian politics. The Rifles were
Differed principally by Americans,
who entered heartily into the
scheme. They elected a Legislature
favorable to Thurston and Ashford,
but when these two worthless secured
office they forgot their pledges to
their former friends and entered
into a combination with the Planters
party, whose delegates were princi-
pally from the surrounding islands.
Colonel V. V. Ashford, Chief officer
of the Rifles and brother of the
Minister of the Interior, was to have
soft berth under the Government,
but he did not get it, and he is now
fighting the leaders of the Reform
party. The next election of dele
gates to the Legislature will take
place in February, and already COM
binations are being made and states
| formed. The opposition want to
have the Government run on an
economic basis and the present
officers, who have become rich, rele-
gated to private life.
The new Constitution adopted
about two years ago makes the King
powcrless in matters of state, and he
is compelled to take the place of an
ordinary spectator in Government
affairs. Everybody likes Kalakaua
and all are sorry that he cannot take
his pleasure trip; but before he
spends any more his creditors would
like to see him pay old bills or the
interest thereon.-TS. F. Chronicle,
June 10th.