Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-10-06


a personal friend of his.
Mr.. Gilman has proven that,
we we're wrong, by sending as a
couple Of clippings from Boston
papers, which show. that he de
Tended the Queen against her
slanderers and stood up for her
like a man. We publish his ar
ticles below:
LIEUT.. YoUNG's CHARGES.
To the Editor of he Herald
The charges that is made by
Lieut.. Young that Queen Liliuo-
kalani was drunk on the day she
prorogued the Legislature, and
attempted to abrogate the old
constitution and proclaim new
one certainly reads very strange
ly to those conversant with Ha-
waiian affairs and the high pere
sonages of state.
It certainly ~ the first time
that such a charge has been pub
licly made. Not in all the he t
of the discussions at the Islands
during the past year, when the
ex-Queen's character has been
so publicly assailed, has the
charge of intemperance in drink
been made against her.
Whatever other sins or short
comings she may have to answer
for in her political course we
know not. but it does not appear
well founded to charge her with
drunkenness at such time.
This fact NAV be confidently
stated of her habits when she
visited Boston with Queen Kapi-
olani n few yers ago. Wine was
always on their tables or at com :
mand, bnt not a single glass was
drunk by either of the royal
ladies in public or private. and
the personal conduct of these
notable guests during their stay
was as commendable and unob-
jectionable as any guests the city
ever entertained. The ex Queen
may have changed in this respect,
but there Is every reason to doubt
Lieut.. 1oungs statement, and to
believe that he must have been
mistaken. G ID. G.
Boston Herald March J, 1854
he following is the beginning
OF an article from Mr.. Gilman to
the Boston Transcript in which
he criticizes Captain Palmer's
book on Hawaiian affairs:
To The Editor of the Transcript:
Your readers have been interested
and entertained, and to a good de
gree instructed by a series ofartic-
les rencently contributed to the
Transcript by Captain Julius A.
Palmer, Jr. The selecting of
CAPTAIN Palmer as your special
correspondent afforded him an
opportunity of revisiting the Ha-
waiiah Islands, renewing old &C.
quaintances and reviving associ
ations whichto him, as TO a larger
majority of others who have ever
visited the islands, is always a
source Of qualification and plea
sure.
The first instances that NAV be
mentioned in the line of criticism
is that of the causes which led to
the revolution of January, 1898.
There can be but little doubt.
but that the student of history
who in the future shall write this
page of Hawaiian political life
will state the fact that the pro-
dncing cause was the action of
the queen herselft however sin
cere she may have been as acting
Tor her people. With regard 10 !
her private character, these
columns are not the place for any
severe criticisms upon il 1t Is
TO be regretted that such terms
have been used in the public
prints TO describe the alleged !
aud her shortcomings.
Ii Is questionable whether all the /
serious charges which have been |
SO freely banded about could be |
sustained by any satisfactory |
proof. That she has been ali |
that her friends could wish and /
had s right to expect, is not
to for her, but her special
md peculiar environment. the /
'emains OF heredity. and the an
'ient customs Of her people.
which are not @ntlived or forgot
en-. have undoubtedly had large
Measure OF influence IN determin-
ne her personal character.