The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-03
THE MONARCHY BECOMES A
THING OF THE PAST.
The New Executive Building is
Refufbished and Allotted For
the Work of the State.

day, had hardly time to settle
themselves in shape in their per-
manent abode in the basement of
the new executive building, before
the exodus from the former govern
ment building to that place began.
Early yesterday morning the
doors of the executive building
were thrown open and details of
workmen were made for storing
the necessary furniture in the Wal
kiki suite of rooms upstairs. The
entire ground floor and the suite of
rooms on the Eva side of the
building upstairs are set aside for
the use of the executive council.
An ADVERTISER reporter was shown
through the building yesterday af-
ternoon. At the time of the visit
the big safes of the finance depart
ment were being taken into the
main entrance on King street pre-
paratory to placing them in the fl
nance Office on the ground floor.
The minister of finance will oc-
cupy the blue room, which has
been stripped of its belongings and
now looks like staid and austere
banking establishment. The great
safes were taken in on temporary
floors, and the encouragement
stated that it was likely a new
vault would soon be built for the
further accommodation of the new
state.
The minister of the interior will
make himself at home in the large
dining room on the Eva side,
which has also been put in shape
to be made useful to the taxpayers.
| With the exception of the old
| throne room this is the only one
large enough to accommodate the
interior department.
The minister of foreign affairs
and president of the executive will
climb the grand staircase and take
possession of the two rooms on the
Eva side, formerly occupied as the
bed chamber and library of the
last king of Hawaii. The rooms
were in happy state of confusion
Yesterday when visited, and the
workmen were busy removing and
arranging books and tables for the
new occupants.
The attorney-general's depart
| ment will be situated in the large
bed chamber in front of the for
eign office, but the business and
law Office Of the department will
be situated in the court house (old
government building) across the
way in the room now occupied by
Judges Whiting and Cooper.
The old throne room was being
arranged for the council chamber,
and the executive and advisory
councils will hold their sessions
there hereafter. The fine room
will be well furnished and when
ever the occasion arises will be
used for public receptions, audi
ences, etc.
In the basement of the building
the regular troops are domiciled.
The kitchens were in full blast
when the ADVERTISER reporter
visited the new quarters yester-
day, and the long tables were
being laid for the approaching
meal in the wide hall. The men
not on duty were taking it easy in
their cosy apartments on each
side of the main hallway. In the
Eva end of the basement is the
military headquarters. Colonel
Soper was found at his table in the
mauka room. Paymaster Mcleod
was busy at a long table paying
off the men, and everything seemed
to be running like clock-work.
The most of the furniture in the
bungalow has been removed, and it
is now being prepared for a head
quarters for the staff offices of the
volunteer forces, but will need a
general cleaning up before it is fit
for occupancy.
The old carved table upon which
the bodies of the Kamehamehas
were laid out after death was seen
standing in the walk on the Eva
side of the building. 1t was tabu
to the natives around the premises,
and none of them would 60 near it
or touch it. They did not seem to
have the same fear of the tabu
lately laid upon "the ex-queen's
palace" by the kahunas to keep
the haoles out, and after the mill
tary had taken formal possession
of it forty-eight hours ago, showed
no hesitancy in going to work any
where in the building where a job
could be secured.
The entire upper floor of the
courthouse, or old government
building, will be used for the law
departments and the courts. The
supreme court departments will not
be changed. Judges Whiting and
Cooper will occupy the old foreign
offices. The present council cham
Der will be used for chamber work
and jury trials on special occasions.
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