The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-01
AEL AR0UT HAWAII
It's Political HlstoFy-How the Is
lands Have Been Governed,
RECKLESS REIGN Of E8LlKAVR
and the Stormy Administration OF
ousen LiitptaIant-A Description,
Of tho Life and Customs OF the PEG.
Plea Molly Population-Admiral
Browns Views.

Dla-A MOtly POOulatiOn-A0miFll
FoWHs views
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Wa,hinatoa Scr.
Tba Hawaiian Islands ware united
nS,o.on.
my AlnsuoHl cary " ~
century under kamehamehq l. After
this monarch ruled Kamehameha II,
Who d,ad In En.lond in 1898. Under
III i. on.;,, ~ tho
- Ehs ynseSst8 !,
kingdom was recognized by the United
States, England and France. Kams-
hameba III save hissubiects n constitu,
Z ,e,o - ~. so,,,sod and ox.
~ 4etv, Wni"p was Feflssu
tended in 1852, A nephew, kamehame-
ha Nv, a~ucceededlto the throne and af-
tay ,,Iad ,ha fo,,tb kine,s brother.
,oet ~
amenamenA Y, WAC, " 4eof' PFo
claimed a revised constitution.
Within death OF the fifth Kane.
hameha in 1872 the royal line which
had been in power since Captain Cook
discovered the islands, in l77S, became
extinct, Lunalila was elected king.
Kalakaua wantedto be king, but he re-
ceiyed NO votes. He reigned a year.
The Americans brought forth Kalakaua
as q candidate for the office and he was
elected, There was a lively contest.
The election was held In February, 1874.
Ak mob surrounded the legislative hall
md declared that they would not accent
Kalakaua al king II he were elected.
There were aiiew heads broken and the
insurrection was uuelled; but the king
was never popularwith the natives.
Kaiakaua was US entertaining, joviai
and careless q spendthrift as ever sat on
throne and made ducks and brakes OF
the finances Of his country.
In 1887 o halt was called. A new
constitution was forced upon the king.
That took pretty much all his power
from him. He couldn't handle the
finances, which was q great blow to
him. He almost lost his throne. There
was q movement in that direction, but
Il was not carried out He had pro-
claimed his sister regent, and o few en-.
ergentic splits like II, w. Wilcox want
ed him out Of the way and hia laister
placed on the throne. But 1t didn't
amount TO much.
The king liked to 60 calling on other
kings and he waa fond Of blooming to the
United States. He died in San Fran
cisco in January, 1891, and his body
was taken to Honolulu on the aagship
Charleston, ingreat state.
His sister, the regent, succeeded him
on the throne in February, 1891, as
Queen Liliukalani, pronounced Lillee-
w~oke-a-lany. Before that she was
known as Mrs. Dominis, the wife OF
John Owen Dominis, formerly OF Bos-
ton, who had prospered In business and
politics in Honolulu and who became
ii. r. H. the prince consort. The
queen hadIa residence much finer than
the white house in Washington and an
income OF $100000ayear. But she had.
astormy reign. The Americans in the
kingdom hold the balance Of power.
They have two great desires. One is to
get rich, and the other is to see the
MI nss;csns there have dreamed
for years Of annexingth the Islands to the
United States, The Islands were Of
900 and thare VOC mncb d;snnssion NJ
a%nnaxstion al The time. Bnt Il died
ont and the islands have BEEN eft pretty
much tothemselves until a wear or two
ago, when talk Of annexation was re.
vived. The native Hawaiians. Il ia
said don't want annexation and the
forelrn residents not American are Of
course opnbsed 10 Il.
Another fhinr which induces the
Americans 10 favor annexation IA the
ygretehed condition az ire national
finances. Hawaii'a finances are in bet-
far condition than durin0 the reion Of
KinS K%aIarana. INT thev are stiif had
enoneh. The national debt il 8 2.5OO000.
and the assessable yalue, 81 property in
iii thei Ii hdsi IL estimated Mt S400On00O,
or abont fJvo-thirds az its octnal vslne
The dsbt hears interest nj / per cent,
II a said That II annexation comes
abont real estate will ADVANCE nj least
"a ner eent.
AN ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION.
For mora than a ysar there have
It, ~
psen constant seorles ABOUT vriseS IN
steamer from Honolulu has brought