The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-14

BILE if such tendencies were not restrained.
These efforts have been met by the last
two soyereignS in spirit of aggressive
hostility. The struggle became al length
well-defined issue between royal preroga-
tive and the right of representative govern
meDt, and most bitterly and unscrupu-
lously has ii been carried on it the inter-
ests of the former. The Kings privilege of
importing goods for his own use without
paying the duties thereon was abused to
the extent Of admitting large quantities
of liquors with which to debauch the cleo
torate. He promoted the election of Gov
eminent officers. both executive and Judi
cial, to the Legislative Assembly, and
freely appointed to Office elected members
thereof. In the Legislature of 1856, of
which l was a member, the party sup
porting the Government was largely in
the majority, and nearly every member of
such majority held some appoin tment
from the Government, and some of them
as many as two or three, thereby effectu-
ally placing the legislative branch of the
Government under the personal and abso-
lutte control of the King. The constitu-
tional encroachments, lawless extrava-
gance and scandalous and open sales of
patronage and privilege to the highest
bidder by Kalakaua brought OF at length
the revolution of 1887, which had the full
sympathy and moral support Of all
the diplomatic representatives in
Honolulu. including Minister Mer-
rill, who was then at that time
President Cleveland's Minister here.
This revolution was not an annexa-
ton movement in any sense, but tended
foyu in n dan h,,tr h
it had the monarchy in It's power, con-
servative counsels prevailed and new
lease of life was allowed that institution
on condition of royal fidelity to the new
constitution which was then promulgated
and which greatly curtailed the powers of
the sovereign. Kalakaua was not faithful
to this compact and sought as far as pos
sible to eyade its stipulations. The insur-
rection of 1889 was connived at by him
and the household guards under his con-
troll were not allowed to take part in sup
pressing it. The Princess Liliuokolani was
in full sympathy with this movement,
being party to it. aud furnished her
suburban residence to the insurgents for
their meetings. The arrangements were
there made and the insurgents marched
thence for their attack upon the Govern
ment. The affair was suppressed in few
hours of fighting, with some loss OF life to
the insurgents by the party which carried
through the revolution of 1887.
The ex-Queen's rule was even more
reckless and retrogressive than her BROTH
er's. Less polite than he, and with less
knowledge of affairs, she had more de-
termination and was equally unreliable
and deficient in moral principle She, to
all appearances. unhesitatingly took the
oath of Office to govern according to the
constitution, and. evidently regarding 1t
merely as formal ceremony, began, ac-
cording to her own testimony to Mr..
Blount. to lay her plans to destroy the
constitution and replace it with one OF her
own creation. With like disregard OF its
sanctions. she made the most determined
efforts to control all of the appointments
to Office, both executive and judicial. The
ession of the Legislature of 1892 was the
longest that had ever occurred in our his