The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-06
THE RULERS OF HAWAII.
Their Efforts to Restore Despotism Have
Met With Failure.


waiian annexation question as brought
out by discussions locally among visitors
to or residents of the islands. These
points are:
First-That the deposed queen and her
following desire that the whites. of what
ever nationality, clear out, and leave the
islands to the biooded descendants of the
original inhabitants.
Second--That the natives are totally un-
able to govern themselves according to
modern ideas OF civilization, and therefore
need a governing power.
+. TLird--That the established and con-
trolling business interests OF the islands
demand that the United States govern
ment shall make wards of some kind Of
the islanders.
1t is generally conceded that the natives
constitute doomed and dying race. Civ
iiization has done less for the kanaka
than might be expected with extraordi-
nary precaution in attempting to domes-
ticate or transplant wild flower. Civili-
cation. as il is, has blighted and benefited
the kanaka just about as it has the North
American Indian. Impartially viewed
from what is learned from all sides.
it is half a dozen one way and six the
other as regards the Indian and the Kan
aka. In the one case the sailor, and the
frontier soldier in the other, have exer-
cised an equally baneful influence 1t is
insisted that the whites are on the islands
TO stay, therefore the kanaka must as
simulate or assign his right to q place on
earth. just as the Indian has found it
necessary to do.
John Dyer, who has resided on the ISL
ands for a number of years, and w. Z.
Simpson, who has recently made an ex-
tended visit there, agreed in saying the
kanaka, with the deposed queen in the
lead would be quite well satisfied to be left
alone. But the $500 or &c, 900 of them,
constituting fragment of population Of
200,0 or more reported at the beginning
of this century, are of the class that 'tol-
low the crowd" and can be relied on to
leisurely swing into line, whatever is the
outcome of the present revolt against the
queens scheme to return in measure to
a kanaka home rule policy.
About 100 years ago chieftain of
prodigious size conquered all the lesser
island chieftains. He was called Kane
hamaha. slgnifying 1.-The lonely one."
Kamehamaha was six feet six inches tall.
He held sway until 1909 and was the first
| recognized king. After HIM followed
Kamehamaha the second, third and
fourth, kamehamaha III. writing the
constitution OF the islands.
After the last of the Kamehamahas the
| people elected a sovereign, choosing Luni-
| lila, which name Mr. simpson vouches for
| as meaning 1.-THE best of them al, )" or 1.-The
| very best" When he came to die he
named his sister. Mrs. Burma Pauhan
| Bishop, wife of wealthy resident but
| she declined to be queen, and then the
| people elected the late ruler Kalakaua.
| Next came Queen "Lil, or Liliuokalani.
| Orig inaiiy the ruler used to appoint the
mobiles. who compose one-half the men,
| bers of the legislative representation. In
| 1857 the whites, or rather the enterpris-
| ing people who had settled on the islands,
and had invested, and therefore upon
/ whom the burden OF taxation rested as
serted themselves and secured a new con-
stitution, with mobiles elected by the peo-
| pie the same as the balance of the legisla-
| tive body.
This incident is what ia talked about as
1.-THE first revolution" No one was killed,
| but Kalakaua was baked badly. He had
sent out a number Of picked men TO learn
trades, to become SIX He'd in military laws
| and usages. to mas ter mechanics; in fact
| he had set about TO develop the
| best brains possible to carry out
| great scheme which was the c0nQuering
and subjugation of the islands OF the south
seas, ali of them. kalakaua was to be the
| king of the island empire. The plan was
| frustrated by he new blood among his
| people and when the taxpayers took hold
of the government they refused to support
all of kaiakaua's proteges in the schools
! ags ha 4 all
| returning from the Austrian army, another
from Italy. and two from the Risdon Iron
WORKS. the latter having come under Mr.
Overs observation.
kalakaua's young man who was to mas
ter the art OF war planned the so-cailed
revolution of 1889 His name is T. W
Wilcox. In that instance. as in the case
OF Queen ILL., the ruler was TO sign new
constitution. Leaving his guards IN the
palace square. they refused 10 give way to
! WjlCox's forces. and they were killed
| In the meantime kaakGua lost heart
and hed aboard all American man-of-war r.
Thus the revolution collapsed. The new
constitution provided fer the naming OF
the mobiles by kalakaua, which would. to-
: Cether with his cabinet. give HIM q major
ity in the iaw-Ipakins body.
/ Qneen Lii sought 10 do Just what KaIa-
kama did. The legislature Was p5orogue,i
on Saturday few minutes after she had
| named her personal cabinet. which,, it must
be remembered, the legislature had p-e-
! vious.y rejected. With her own cabinet
and Der own fayorIies as nob.es. Queen
lii would re prepared 10 secure native
home rule regard ess of what the great ma.
Jority OF the industrial power might ask
! Tor.
During the past s.x months there has
been continued NSht between the queen
ana the gs.aiye body, growing on: Of
her desire ior cabinet composed Of her
favorites. II was a scheme on her par; 10
! name her cabinet this time. when ihe
/ legislature hat been prorosued Tor two
! years 50 that she couid have her own wav.
Her ca5lne, wou.d not sign her new con-
situation, and the men representing the
foremost ana controlling commercial and
/ business interests OF the islands estat-
lished the present provisional government.