The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-12
New YORK Feb. II.

NEW YORK Feb, II.
~ PECIAL Hawaiian correspondence
w to the Sun. under date of Feb. !,
0M says The usws that the TX
W queen had 50 far relapSed into
the ancient savagery of her race as to
demand tine heads Of her political enc
mics caused great excitement here, but
after the first shock it WAS remembered
that her grandfather was the first man
hanged for murder in the Hawaiian
Islands, the crime being that of poison
ing his wife, the imperial jOintreSs' OF
the roval house Then to. IL was rec Illed
that when the priuee VINO used to stand
in the way of Liliuokalani's h7irShip to
the throne fell i'll her cOvetous haud
was more than suspected Of having
FASTENED his demise. As the story goes,
the prince was conyalesciug after
long illness, aud the doctor said he
would get we'll Il WAS then that his
sister appeared at the bedside carrying
a bowl Of poi, the native tavorits dish.
BY her royal command all the attend
ants Of the prince left the sick room
and the doors were locked.
Some Of the poi was eaten, and in
four hours the heir to Kalakaua's
crown was putfsi and staring corpse
in whose body some "leperous disdl.
ment" had wrought the mortal change.
They had no corouers in Hawaii then
who could lay hands on the Lords
annointed, but the physicians who saw
the holy knew ths cause af death.
ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENT
Once more in after years the Polyne.
sian blood of the future patron of the
axe and block showed itself through
the thin rouge of civilization with
which she chose to cover her real
nature, Liliuokalani was in London
then, distinguished guest at Queen
Victoria's jubilee. During the
festivities the news of the uprising
here which forced Kalakaua to accept
aiberal constitution was carried to her.
"Did my brother yieldg's she said, All, if
| had been there the streets of Homo -
lulu would have run with blood before
| should have let him give way an
inch." In these phrases spoke the i'm
placable savage of the ancient Poly.
nesisn type. "a chiefess as the Ha
waiian title goes-who could have
stood by and seen the heads OF white
haired missionaries fail into the basket
with the same leer of barbarous con-
tent on her face with which she
watched livs pigs roast on the hot
crust OF Kilanea's crater. when she
made her pagan sacrifice, not many
years ago, to the tabled goddess Of the
burning lake
Knowing the "sI-queen az they did,
the annexation party was not surprised
at her demand for blood, but the royal.
lists were thrown into = state of poiti-
cal excitement and despair. They knew
the nature of their mistress we'll
enough, but they thought that she
had the cunning to dlsssmble un-
til she had been restored 10
power. Their intelligence told them
that the United States would never
seat her on the Hawaiian throns
after such display Of bloodthistinesi
as she had made. On all sides the word
was passed that Liliuokolani had
ceased to be factor in the political
equation. The thought common among
the monarchist leaders was what next
Naturally Guardian Davies had a sug
gestion to make. 1t waa Laiulani. IL
letter to a royalist journal he ex
pressed adherence on the conduct o.
the ex-queen, and went so far as to SAY
that previous acts of hers, of much les:
savage purport, had absolyed her fol
lowers from the duty of allegiance t.
her.
KAIULANIS SUPPORTERS PLOT
Privately among the royalists he be
gan a Kaiulani propogands and, al
though the name Of the princess has moi
hitherto been one TO couture with II
the Hawaiin Islands he has managed II
give her cause a standing which it had
never before been able to obtain. 4
may now he said that Hawaii has a
Kaiulani party, small, but capable o.
growing larger. Davies Ia a man o
wealth and culture, but OF ultra Britisl
monarchist principles. For five year
and he has had charge of the ptincsss n
her guardian, and helhas moulded he
youthful mind with skillful touch un
til she is now, in all but blood an
color, an English gsntlewomun. r,
put her on the throne, to marry her t
his son, to govern her through he
husband and through the Scotchmal
(Cleghorn) who calls himself he
father, and to secure for his further
reward the post of Hawaiian minister
to the court of st. James, are the fonu
ambitions for which Davies work
early and late.
Kaiulani will have behind her tn
strength and prestige Of Davies infu
enee and wealth; the help of part c
the younger native element in tn
Royalist party; the diplomatic Gun
ming Of British minister resident, an
the sympathy Of the English-Hawaii
ans generally Still, this will avai
her nothing. unless the Royal
lists revolt and succeed in a
effort to overthrow the existin
government doubt if their MOI
sanguine supporters think this can b
done in the ordinary course of events
Their hope undoubtedly is that the AL
nexation party will break up into col
tending factions, and that, taking ad
vantage OF the confusion which ma
follow, the Monarchists will gain thei
end.
1t is proper to say that many of II
published stories about the mental
hanlth of President Dole are the raaul