Democratic messenger., 1894-09-29
The differep, accounts 1 here prcscn,

The different accounts 1 here present
are reports from different standpoints.
had opportunity of earnest and pro-
longed conversation with royalist, edu-
Gated. truthful. of high moral charac.
ter, born in these islands. and of great
observation and experience. The fol-
lowing conversation took place between
Us:
Qucstion-Do you think TIE cx-queen
O good woman:
Answer have seen the queen very
often. have been one of her advisers,
and my wife has been with her much OF
the time from childhood and has seen
her morning. noon and night and under
all circumstances, and neither of us has
ever witnessed anything compromising
III her character. She has made mis-
takes, rs all make them, but she is fully
up TO tho moral standard of the world S
rulers. She is the impersonation of
kindness. and neither my wife nor my
self nor any one else has ever heard her
say word against any one In that ex-
cellencc she is eminent In proof of
her good character have to state the
fact that there is not a household in
Honolulu that did not feel honorcd by
her presence. If she had been such 4
corrupt character as some correspond
ents have represented her. l do not
think that the best men and women of
the Hawaiian Islands would have sought
her for guest and associate.
Q.-Do You think she has been un-
justly treated?
Al do. She has been most infa-
mously treated. While our island was
at peace and with no excuse for inter-
ference the United States troops were
landed A group of men, backed up by
the United States minister and troops,
formed cabinet and chose president
and sent committee TO the palace and
told the queen to leave the place. 1t
was another case of Naboth's vineyard
The simple fact is that there were men
who wanted the palace, and the Offices,
and the salaries From affiuent posi-
she had to mortgage the little left TO
her to pay commissioners to go to WASH
ington and present her side of the case
AS said, she made mistakes, but sho
was willing TO correct them and in a
public manifesto declared she was will
ing to retracc her steps in the matter of
the "new constitution. She had rs
much right to her throne as any ruler
on earth has n right to q throne, but
by sharp practice when she was unsus-
pecting the United States troops drove
her from the palace, took possession of
tho armament and inaugurated n new
government.
The Royalist View.
OFF the choice of royalty or an
nexation were put to the vote Of the
people. what do you think would be the
decision?
A.-The queens restoration by n ma
jority of Mt least 10 to /. We who
are royalists are without exception in
favor Of leaving these matters to the
ballot box. In the United States the
majority governs, and the majority of
the people OF the Hawaiian Islands
ought to have the same privilege of gov
erning.
Q.-Are the Hawaiians property
holders or nomads?
A-They are property holders. They
have their homes. They have practi-
cal interest in public affairs. Moreover,
they are for the most part intelligent
You can hardly find Hawaiian born
since 1910 who cannot read and write.
Q.-What do you think is the most
provoking item in the condition of your
country?
Alt is that professed friendly
power has robbed US of our government.
All the nations cf the earth consider
that your nation has done us wrong
Q.-Taking conditions as they now
are, what do you think had better DO
done, or is that n hemisphere conun-
drum?
Alt is o hemisphere conundrum.
Our queen is dethroned, and her palace
and her military forces are in the pos