Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
DELUSlyE DREAMS
Are Those Now Cherished by
Queen LII
QUOTH THE RAVEN NEyERMORE
Surrounded by Guards Appointed BY The Pro-
vsonal Government Order Reeslab-
ishad on the Lite lsland-The
Natives Are All Quiet.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Fob. 1, iS03-Mr3
D0minis, until recently Liiiuokalaui,
queen Of the Hawaiian islands. Is now
llfing Ia her cOmmOdiOus mansion 30
Honolulu. which goes 10y the name or
Washington Place IL is q stately white
house. surrounded by two story vcranda
and is located in the centre of spacious
grounds Ornamentcd with tropical vegc-
intiun Through the courtesy oi the pro-
ysiOnnl government She has around her
q guard Of score or lcss Of tile soldiers
from the military organization formerly
called the queens guard. Thus living
ami thus protected. BE- is generally snp-
posed that she ~ cugrosscd iu thoughts
concerning the instability Of Hawaiian
royalty and fondly dreaming Of her rec
storatiOn so power, either through some
native and priesty influence or the gra-
cinus cooperation Of the United States
when that power shall have become en-
liri tened according TO hnr own ideas
and have loss determined ones Of its
own n reference To- regal forms OF goy-
prumcut.
Meanwhile the provisional government,
under the presidency OF Sanford u. Dole,
whom cyory one hDnors. be- pursuing Che
even tenor of is ways. and 10y its cnu-
tious actions is rapidly gaining The cOuh-
dcnro Of the few disaiiectcd persons who
at first shook their heads aud uttered
murmurinrH Of discomfort Order rcigns
supreme i'm Honolulu and were it not
for The armed patrols That are seen In
the streets at night one might suppose
that no political uphcavel had occurred
except nm the imuginatious Of those who
crave exciting sensations. Even the
natives appear 90 have laid aside their
mlsHyiuga
At first they feared TINT ou awful
fate awaited thcm The uuicknu9s with
ALL u
the now one succeeded it naturally star
tlcl them. and for few days they could
not understand how 10 was possible for
nation tO exist apart from royalty but
thoy are rapidly becoming Wiser, aud
ns they are d1ily learning more and
more of what annexation 10 the United
States really means aud what II implies
dizzy appear 90 be- quito satisiiod The
feeling of the More Intelligent portion ot
the native ilnwuiinns - we'll expressed
Boo tho answer made 10 some Inquiries
which ! uddrcssed few days ago 90
Mr. H. w. Wicoy. who Is "son of
tlc soul" MIR. Wilcox was member
of the late legislature aud has figured
prominently m political life for iyuuy
years. lie said
VIEWS or "a sos or THE SOUL"
Queen Liliuokalani brought these evils
upon hcrgelf and uC country both ny
her personal corruption and that Of her
government She surrkuudcd herself with
bad advisers and seemed determined tO
drive the milton 10 destruction Good
people had no influence over her whatever
for she Indignantly refused to listen 60
hcu ! believe that " we can be annex.
cd To the United States the rights OF ull
our citizens, mud especially thusp of thc
native liHWuiluus, viii b' protected moro
carefully than they have ever been under
the monarchy
II believe I am doing good worl, hy
constantly couycrsing with my people uu
the subject, | have told ny couutrymcu
thnt thr monarchy n gone forever aud
when they ask me what IS the best thing
10 follow % ] tell them unucNatiou. aud
firmly believe that I'm very short
time every Hawaiian win be- In favor of
thnt step