Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-21

tains have been washed down to such ex-
| tent and the lava fields much disintegrated
that there is a rich covering of soil SO produc-
tive that Kauai bears the name of the "Garden
| Island
SUGAR rs KING
now in the islands and everything runs to its
production. with q slight diversion in the
direction of rice. Coffee Of the best quality
is raised here, and ii is in great request in our
eastern cities especially in Philadelphia but
ii has been affected by some sort Of blight in a
| way TO rather discourage its production. The
oranges produced here are. to my taste. with
| the exception of the Florida oranges, the
finest in the world. but they are not cultivated
| to any great extent. The native bananas are
| also excellent. rich and sweet, but they do not
bear transportion as well the coarser and
more tasteless Chinese variety, which is gener-
ally cultivated on the islands for shipment to
the United States. One has to go TO tropical
countries to get tropical fruits in perfection.
Those we import are necessarily of the coarser
varieties and are plucked when green.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLANDS
is a constitutional monarchy. There is leg
islature, composed of the house of mobiles and
the house of representatives. The two houses
sit together, acting a single body and hold
| ing their proceedings jointly. The English
| and Hawaiian languages are used. The mobiles
were formerly appointed by the crown, but are
now elective, as are the representatives. The
mobiles get no pay; the representatives have a
salary of 500 per year. There are four cabi-
| net ministers-of the interior. finance. foreign
| affairs and the attorney general There is a
supreme court, with a chief justice. four asso-
ciate justices, circuit judges district judges
| good police department, &c. The courts
| have always maintained a high standing for
| capacity and integrity.
KING KALAKAUA AND HIS COURT.
The royal court is pretty top-heavy affair
| for population about one-third that Of the
District of Columbia. 1t consists of:
His majesty Kalakaua, elected in 1874.
Her majesty Queen Kapiolani.
Her royal highness Princess Liliuokalani and
heir apparent, sister OF the king and wife of
| Hon. John Owen Dominis.
Her royal highness the Princess Victoria
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lunalilo Kalaninuiahila-
| palapa Cor Princess kaiulani for short).
Her royal highness Virginia Kapooloku
Poomaikelani, sister to Queen Kapiolani.
His highness Prince David Kawananakoa.
His bighness Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalani-
anaole.
His majesty's chamberlain, Col G. W. Mac
| farlane.
His majesty's vice chamberlain, James W..
Robertson.
Then there is his majesty's staff, composed of
| seven members, and the privy council of state,
of fOrty-five members.
The salary of the king is S25. 900 q year. and
through appropriations for household expenses,
private purse. rents from crown lands, &c. he
has an annual income of about s60, 600. 1t is
understood that his private income is now de-
voted to paying off or reducing his big personal
Indebtedness. He has no control over the pub
lie moneys and the Hawaiian public finances
are in very good condition. kalakaua is o sort
of
PoLYSEsIAN FRINGE OF WALES,
genial, tactful. a free liver, a bad poker player,
extravagant in his expenditures and always
hard up for money. The worst that is said of
him is that he is apt to give a somewhat ready
ear to the INSCRIPTIONS money raising schemes
of the gang of seedy adventures, opium SNUG
glers. gamblers and soldiers of fortune from
all quarters that infest Honolulu. He is edu-
Gated, intelligent and with considerable scholar
ship. A hobby of his is the attempt to trace the
source of the Hawaiian people from the Aryan
race, instead of the Malayan family, as attrib-
uted.
He has agreeable manners and is an adroit
politician. Thus he has managed to keep in
with all parties and, though pretty badly i'm
plicated in what is called the opium scandal,
has evaded all efforts to displace him.
KALAKAUAs ROUGH EXPERIENCES
He was elected king in 1874 by the legisla-
tive assembly, over the late Queen Emma widow
of the late King Lunalilo. 1t was charged that
his election was due to foreign inf uence and a
riot followed the announcement of the result
The committee appointed to inform Kalakaua
of his election were savagey assailed as they
attempted to enter Their carriage and driven
back to the hall terribly bruised and crippled
The mob then tore the carriage to pieces bat
tered in the doors and windows of the assembly
building. dubbed nearly TO death nine of the
representatives who were known to have voted
for kalakaua. threw chairs tables and
valuable documents out of the windows
and then went for kerosene to fire the building
A general scene of lire and blOodshed was GER
tain had not the ministers sent an urgent re-
quest for aid to the American and British ships
of war IN the harbor. which was responded to
by landing a force of marines that dispersed
the rioters. This naval force restored order
and held possession of the government build
ings while kalakaua took the oath of office in
private. and the representatives, or such of
them were not too badly injured, returned
to their chamber and were liberated from their
duties by the king. At the end of ten days
kalakaua had the reins fully in hand and the
joint American and British protectorate was
withdrawn.
THE GIBSON REGIME.
King Kalakaua had no serious trouble in his
reign thenceforward until he fell under the in
fuence of plausible adventurer by the name
Of Gibson. who, as prime minister, speedily got
the government involved in such crooked
schemes of extravaganza and folly that the sub
stantlal elements of the community were
obliged to unite and interfere for the protection
| of their own interests.
The king was compelled to turn out the Glib
son cabinet and to sign new constitution,
| under which his powers Of appointment to Of
| fee and in the expenditure of money were
greatly reduced. Kalakaua had the tact to ac-
cept the situation gracefully. but it is under
| stood that he is now seeking restoration of
| his kingly powers. and it is charged that he was
in collision with Wilcox in the revolutionary
| attempt of July, 1889. If so. he was adroit
| enough to avoid direct implication with the
| plot when it collapsed.
The Hawaiians of high or low degree are not
| a fruitful race and Kalakaua has no children
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