The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-13
HAWAIIAN POLITICS..

Hawaii is beginning to have politics Of
its own. The provisional government has
now been In existence a little more than
a year, and factional lines are beginning
to develop. At first there were but two
parties-the royalist and annexation. The
first was wholly devoted to the restoration
OF the ex-Queen, and the second had no
other idea than that Of annexation to the
United States. Now there is some division
in both parties. The bloodthirsty declara-
ton of the ex-Queen in regard p the be-
heading of her enemies has driven many
of her former adherents from her and given
rise to a faction which favors restoring the
monarchy and placing her niece, Kaiulanl,
on the throne. At the head of this faction
is Mr.. Davies. Kaiulanfs guardian, a man
of wealth and culture. but of ultra-British
and monarchist principles. Kaiulani has
been educated in England, and all her
sympathies are English. Davies's plan is
to put her on the throne, marry her to his
son, and govern her through her husband.
He is supported by the younger element Of
the royalist party and by the diplomatic
cunning of the British minister. These
have abandoned all idea of restoring the
ex-Queen and are rallying around her
niece. They have no hope of restoring the
monarchy by force and almost none at all
of foreign intervention. Their hope is that
the annexation party will break up into
contending factions, and that, taking adj
vantage of the confusion that would fol-
low, the royalists may gain their end.
This IS a slender hope. 1t is true there is
some fractional friction among the support
ers of the provisional government, but
they are a unit in opposition to ~restora-
ton OF the monarchy under any form
whatever. There is some difference of
opinion as to the proper policy of the pro-
visional government, but there Is none
whatever on the point that the monarchy
must not and shall not be restored. The
outcome is likely to be a new republican
government. The provisional government
was only designed for temporary purposes.
and can hardly expect to continue much
longer without some kind of an appeal to
the people. This may not occur immediate
ly, but it probably will within a few months.
For the present the provisional government
is master of the situation. and President
Dole is not making any mistakes. The
Honolulu correspondent Of the New York
Sun, writing under date of Feb. 8, says:
1 talked with President Dole about it
to-day. He Is in all things a statesman
of the best type, honest, brave, sagacious,
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1t Is his duty to grapple. His temperament
is conservative, but his Judgment is so
evenly balanced that he can weigh a rad
zeal proposition on its merits and reach
conclusions which are respected by all
parties contending upon any given issue of
state. policy.
Il hope" said he, that pressure will not
be brought TO bear upon the councils TO in
dGce hasty action about a permanent form
adopt that form, but 1t should be our eff
fort to invest a republican experiment here
with attributes which even the American
people will regard as having advantage
over their own system. This will take
time and require much thought. For one
ident, and the enactment of a law render
ing him ineligible to reelection except
after the lapse of the next incumbency.
Such a system would make him a chief
magistrate rather than a wire-puller. There
are many other matters of similar detail of
which l will not now speak. but which
tend toward Improvement. and the purif-
cation of administrative methods and func-
tons. 1t Is a magnificent opportunity we
have to take advance steps, but we must
take them with elaboration
This is the man who is now shaping the
destinies of Hawaii. Messrs. Cleveland and
Gresham say he is a dariS-lantern con-
sp~irator. but all his public acts and utter
ances give the lie to this charge. 1t is
inside Of a year, and tina. Mr.. Dole will be
by the choice of the people it's first Presi-
dent.