Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-10
A HAWAIIAN COLONY.
The Members Are Thrifty and Prospe
in Utah.

The Members Are Thrifty and Prosperous
in Utah.
W. A. Kinney Of Salt Lake City accompanied
the commissioners from that place to Washing
ton. merely as a friend, however, he being in no
wise connected with them
Mr. Kinney is native Of Hawaii, born of
American parents, his father occupying an
oficial position. He has resided for the past
few years in Salt Lake, where he is engaged in
business. In discussing the situation he gave
some interesting information to The STAR rep
resentative concerning the Hawaiians and .
colony Of Hawaiians near Salt Lake City.
HAWAIIAN COLONY.
There are about eighty men. women and
children in the colony" he said, (which is
situated on the west side of the lake, about
seventy miles from Salt Lake. They do not
practice poygamy. They were brought over
from time to time by the Mormons and are
under their direction. They live In the COM
munity style and their settlement is one Of the
most interesting in the territory. There is also
quite colony of Hawaiians on Pudget sound
engaged in the lumber trade There are many
scattered throughout California. The natives
make splendid sailors. and during the war of
the rebellion many enlisted and served in our
navy.
EDUCATED, QUIET AND coNTENTED.
"In the Utah colony they take the Honolulu
newspapers, are educated, quiet and contented.
In fact. the proportion of illiteracy among
Hawailans is very small and / never met but
very few who could not read. In the Utah
colony they take out naturalization papers. are
very desirous of becoming American citizens
and nave often said to me that they regretted
that they could not vote. l am not a lawyer
ana am not posted as to the reasons. but when
they applied for the privilege to vote at Salt
Lake the court denied their application, holding
that they were not citizens and could not vote.
They are all much interested in the annex.
alton question and for it as a unit One of
them wanted to come over and urge their side
before President Harrison.
"Ihe natives have been coming to Utah from
time to time for about fifteen years. Some
time ago discomfort sprang up among a few and
they petitioned the Hawaiian government to
send for them. The petition was forwarded,
acted upon promptly and the money sent to
me to pay their fares. 1 bought their tickets,
but they then refused to return. They like it
there very much, living contentedly. |.
WORK OF NATIVE DEMAGoGUEs.
"The dissatisfaction among the natives at the
islands is caused by few native demagogues
and INSCRIPTIONS whites. The interests of the
whites and the natives are inseparable and inter
woven, but these demagogues have mixed
them up that they are confused. Hawaiian
of Hawaiians is absurd and impossi-
bic. Their course as race was run twenty
years ago. The project of the queen to estab-
llsh such may be compared to the Indian ghost
dance, which is to reproduce the bison and
Indian domination. Assuming that it was
successful it would inure to the bene-
fit of the royal family and their ia
vorites, and the natives as body
would be crushed greater than ever. The
monarchy could not support them. for their
sustenance is derived from the whites and
American capital. The fall of the white man
works the destruction of the native Where
one native went to the docks upon the arrival
of ships and steamers ten go now, and the
monarchy wouldn't give them work.
They are law-abiding people. Inever heard
OF a native even so much as insulting a white
woman, but, on the contrary, their respect for
white women is very great and if one should
be belated on journey she would call native
to her aid as quickly a white man.
ARE THRIFTY AND PROSPEROUS.
"Out in Utah they farm. are thrifty and
prosperous use the irrigation system and some
recently took up lead mining claims. They
celebrated Mormon holiday recently, and
some of my friends who visited them told me
that they were doing we'll. In all the time
they have been there they have not once COM
mltteu an cnense against the law. They stand
well with the people of the territory.
''As for England wanting the islands to COM
plete her Gordon around the United States, that
is true, but she wants them for greater pur-
pose-to complete her chain around the world,
for it would be the last link needed. Here it is:
England. Gibraltar. Malta. Cyprus, Suez,
Alden. India, Singapore, Hong Kong. Australia,
New Zealand, Fiji (Hawaii), Esquimault, Hall
fax. Bermuda and Liverpool again They
would be the key of the Pacific. as
Bermuda is OF the Atlantic. especially with
cable from Esquimault Fleets may rendezvous
at Bermuda and by cable from the English
admiralty Office, cover every port On the At
lantic shore of this country and advised of the
movements of the United States war vessels.
With cable to Honolulu the same telegraphic
key would control the Pacific fleets"