The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-03

The following article, which has
already appeared in an Eastern
paper, is one of the best that has
appeared on the Hawaiian situa-
ton. It is clear, concise, and
clean-cut, and gives some forclble
truths that cannot be refuted. 1t
| is from a well-known Honolulu
lady, and presents things as she
gees them from a feminine stand
/ point:
| HONOLULU, Dec. 9.-TC the Editor:
The old adage, "Speech is silver, but
| silence is golden," still holds good,
| but it is equally certain that some
times silence is composed OF much
| baser metal. / claim no great amount
of influence, but some personai eX-
periences with royalty may hnd
small place in the history OF Hawallah
affairs.
Having lived more than twenty five
wears in Honolulu, I have witnessed
All the incidents of special historic
interest occurring in that time. All
the accessions, coronatlons ana 1uner-
| ais. and all the revolutions have been
accommodating enough to occur when
was at home, so am tolerably con-
versant with these things.
Mr.. Blount, Mr.. Nordhoff and others
have asked why respectable people
accepted the queens invitations II her
private character was so dreadful
THE question is easily answered.
I have no personal experiences
which grove the truth or falsehood OF
}. these evil tales, having never been
hanger-on of royalty. The most that
has been said has come from Hawai-
| ians, as witness the speecnes o, bush
and Wilcox in the last Legislature.
Their sources of information are more
| numerous than mine. ] have only to
| do with our reasons for overlooking
| the stories.
One of the first acts of the queen on
coming to the throne was to SEND 9
message to the WOman's Board ol
Missions expressing her interest III
their work and asking for the prayers
= of Christian women that she might ot
divinely guided in the duties of bel
responsible office. From the first she
sought in many ways the society o
good women and seemed to find pleas
sure therein. Would the Christian
women of Honolulu have had righ
to be called Christian If they ha'
;. turned away from her? They though
not.
49, THE CHARITABLE SPIRIT.
They shut their ears to shameful
stories. and agreed to do all in thel
power to uphold her They felt
= would never do for women to tur'
their backs on n woman who was try
ing to do right, no matter what he
past record might be. Were they nc
right? Does she mean it? ls sh
siScere -, were questions often asked
5 hut they felt they could only wait IL
she should prove that point hersel
which she did with u vengeance, as
shall show. Not the least of her SIN
, today is her outrageous hypocrisy.
~ When the lottery bill was intro
duced into the Legislature, even tn
women were aroused. a large meetin
.rr of women was held, at which 1t wa
decided to memorialize the quee
early, begging her, in case the bi
de passed the House, to refuse her sign'
tc ture and thereby prevent its eecomin
&c II law.
The memorial was drawn up aud pr'
sented to u second meeting of MOI
than 800 representative women, II;
waiian and foreign, and accepted by
unanimous vote. 1t was translate
into Hawaiian ana clTCulateu aiiOL
70 all classes. until nearly 400 women
O' names were affixed. The followin
account of the presentation OF the M
. mortal is from an eyewitness:
~ awe were n committee of thirteel
ne who met to take the memorial to Il
OF palace. We had heard that the bi
it, had the royal favor, and one lady w;
10 SO positive that she said that If ST
mo- were given to betting she would wag
hg any money that the queen would sig
rP, the bill unless it was killed In ii
Up House. IL was not, therefore, wit
ne very buoyant step that we entered I'll
ha royal presence, but rather with
Ter theirs but to do or die air.
he THE QUEEN wEEPs.
Gu 1--WE were received most gracious
VIC and, after the usual formaiities, q
chairman read the memorial. ~
= read it feeiingly, for she was in de'
earnest, and had you been preser
YOU would certainly have said tn
the queen was deeply moved. Tea
filled her eyes aud she gave every e'
dence of strong emotion.
- "She accepted the paper, thank
NV ~. and said She would lay the matt
- before her Cabinet, all of which W
W. of course non-committal; but WI
js we thought she was through with
she suddenly added: Il have given I