The morning call., 1893-03-17
presses it, 'to quiet Kaiulanrs claim to

expresses 1t, TO quiet haiulanls claim 10
the throne"
Just look at it yourself" said John F.
Colburu, half-caste and the eX-QueeD's
ex-Minister of State, one of the leaders in
the anti-annexation movement. IF the
United States recognizes that Kaiulani has
any claim at all, do they suppose S150,000
would even begin to represent it. It's very
reasonable to assume that Kaiulani has a
| good chance of coming to the throne within
say ten years She would then be about 30
| years old. Say she may be expected to
! reign twenty to twenty-five years. She
would have during that time an income of
| between $4,000 and $4,000 year. Does
| the United States Government for a moment
! imagine we would consider S150,000 down an
equivalent for that? 1t is greatly mis-
| taken"
"But the country does not want Kaiulani
yet." contin ued Mr. Colburn. The Ha-
waiian people are not going TO stultify
themselves by allowing any one to be put on
the throne in the event of a protectoTate
except LiliuokalanL We look upon her as
the patriot She lost her throne while en-
deavoring to carry out the wishes of her
people, and if they have anything at all to
say about il her people will see to it that
she comes to her rights again. There will
be time enough, a dozen years from now,
for Kaiulani to reign, but LIliuokalani is
| the Queen and the patriot"
Colburn, 1t will be remembered, was
member of the ex-Queen's Cabinet when
the revolution took place, and was very
largely responsible. it is generally believed.
for the trouble the latter precipitated upon
the Government. He was deposed by the
Provisional Government, and barely es-
capped being brought to book on a charge of
malleaSance when certain transactions of
his were brought to light by the committee
appointed to look into them. lie is leader
in the Citizens Civil Rights League, which
just now represents the ant-American
movement and is strongly opposed to annex
alton.
Colonel A. S. Cleghorn Is. naturally
enough, another to whom annexation will
prove bitter pill. Like the majority of
the rOyalsts, lie is strong in the belief that
annexation viii not go through.
do the anuexati0nisls suppose" " he said,
that the United States is going to fmperil
its own Interests and admit our horde Of
contract laboreTs for the sake of gaining
this little kingdom?
Il am more than ever convinced that
there will be no annexation. There is only
one thing that the United States can do.
! That is. TO put kaiulani on the throne and
establish an American protectorate Moth
ing else will be satisfactory to this country.
1t is ridiculous to talk of Sl5O,OGO to Kau-
lani; many times that amount would not
compensate her for what she would be
robbed of.
mo, do not think 1t was mistake to
send her 10 England. She is get ing good
education. conducted with entire reference
| to her position. She has lived there very
| quietly and has to- day as strong sympa-
| thies with the Americans as with the
| English"
just how Kaiulani acquired these strong
| American sympathies the Ex-Governor did
| not say. There is probably not another
man in the islands with as weak grasp
! upon the real situation as Cleghorn. He
seems to have but one Observation-Disclosures
| to believe that by divine right all things
must eventually come her way. He has
all along expressed his conviction that
annexation would not go through, and con-
| idently expects yet to see Like-Like's
| daughter on the throne ana himself ele-
waited to a high official position in the Gov
ernment he has so long and successfully
MIXED.
mo" said President Dole, zone could
hardly say S150.Oo0 was enough 10 compen-
safe kaulanI for her loss, if one were recog-
| nlZng her claim as an actual one. She has.
| however, no claim save a sentimental one.
Such as it is, it is a stronger one than that
| of LiliuOkalani, who by her revolutionary
conduct forfeited any claim she might have
upon the Government. When a monarch
loses his throne by any revolutionary meas
ure, 1t is not customary TO offer him any
Indemnity. That the new Government is
inclined to do so is due entirely 10 sentimen-
tai considerations. ksiulani is innocent
and suffers as an innocent party from the
guilty act of another. She cannot be
said, though. to have any real claim TO the
throne; there really is no longer any throne.
and were there, any claim wouh be sub-
ject 10 the will of the people. The amount
mentioned is a generous one that would
yield very liberal income. She has re-
ceived an excellent education at the expense
of the Government. and that is always a
good thing. On the ", w,iole. in the light Of
the present state of affairs, think the
amount su ff1cient one."
II do not think" said McChesney, a
member of the Advisory Council of the
Provisional Government, that there Is any
precedent by which LiliuokaianI could de-
mand as her right that this Government
should make provision for her. She over
threw the throne herself by disregardng
the constitution she had sworn to uphold
and she does not deserve that anything
| should be done for her. At the same time
| 1 am strongly in favor Of doing something
for her and l think the treaty provision Is a
very liberal one.
''As TO the enormous income Kaiulani
would have had as Queen the greater part
Of it would have been swallowed up every
year in enormous expenses required in
| keeping up the royal state. | doubt If
| either Kalakaua or Liluokalani found the
| income more than enough to meet expenses
and the ex-Queen was very close. She
rarely entertained and never incurred
any great expense if she could help it,
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars is a
very comfortable sum for any private citi-
zen to possess and Kaiulani is really nothing
more now, and never will bs anything
more. This country will never see an
other monarchy. We are done with thrones
forever"
~ don't think S15O,0O0 is any compensa-
ton for the loss of a throne" said e. c..
Maefarlane, ''but as I was one of those who
led the effort to wlths tand the high handed
actions of the Provisional Government and
| got worsted l am hardly in a position to
express any opinion Of value. was one of
| the frmest friends Liliuokalani had in the
kingdom before she brought this trouble on
the PEOPLE. but don't believs that even If
prOtectorate is established she will ever
be on the throne again. The people are
soured on her; they've had trouble enough
through her. No one believes she had any
such petition from the natives as she claims
to have had. She wanted the new constitu-
tion herself. and she got it,"
The next one seen was ex-Attorney- Cen
eral A. p. Peterson. There are enough ex-
attorney-generals in Honolulu to form a
standing army. II they could all agree on
any one point TO meet for, mass meeting
OF attorney generals could be summoned in
an hour by written notice tackled upon
| the town pump. Mr.. Peterson WAS of the