The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-08

Louis Klopsch, 1S94.-The chamberlain,
come TO invite us to the residence Of
the ex-queen, had suggested IL o'clock
That morning as the best hour for our
visit We approached the wide open
doors through a yard Of palm trees and
bananas and cocoanut. and amid flowers
that dyed the yard with all the colors
that tropical sun can paint. We were
ushered into the royal lady's reception
room. where, surrounded by a group Of
distinguished persons, she arose to greet
us with a cordial grasp of the hand
The pictures Of her hardly convey an
accurate idea of her dignity Of bearing.
She has all the ease of one born to high
position. Her political misfortunes seem
i'm nowise TO have saddened her. She
spoke freely of the brightness Of life
to any one disposed TO meet all obliga-
tons, and at my suggestion that we
found in life chiefly what we look for,
and If we look for flowers we find
flowers, and if We look for thorns we find
thorns, she remarked: 4 have found in
the path of life chiefly flowers. 1 do not
see how any one surrounded by as many
blessings as many of us possess could
be 50 ungrateful as TO complain" She
said it was something to be remembered
thankfully that for fifty years there was
no revolution in the islands She has
full faith that the provisional govern
ment is only a temporary affair, and
that she will agin accupy the throne.
She asked her servant to show me,
as something I lad not seen before, a
royal adornment made up from the small
bird with a large name. the Melithreptes
pacifica. This bird. 1 had read. had
under its wing a single feather OF very
exquisite color. The queen corrected my
Information by saying that it was not 4
single feather. but tuft OF feathers
from under the wing of the bird from
which the ador ment was fashioned inJc
chain Of beauty for the neck. She
spoke Of her visit to New York. but said
thai prolonged illness hndered her from
seeing mucn IF the city. She talked
freely anu inteilisenuy on many sub.
jects pertaining TO the present and the
future
/ was delighted with her appearance
and manner and do not believe one -7oru
of the wretched stun that hts ueen writ
ten concerning her immOralitles. De
famation is SO easy. and there - 50 much
cynicism abroad which would rather he
lieve evil than good. that 10 is lot 90 he
AUDuENN strange lfltlt lili% AINetii inv HlA
the other rulers OF the earth, has been
beaten with storms uf oblOQuy and mis-
representation. George Washington was
called by Tom Paine a lying impoSter.
Thomas Jefferson was styled an infiGel.
and since those times we are sail %
have had in the t-nitad States prfsi-
dency a bloodthirstv man. a druni.ard
and at least two lberincs. ana If any
body In prominent place and effective
work has escaped. let him speak for
him have ] offended" After an exchange
OF autographs Oh that d3Y In Honolulu
we parted.
President DoIe GreetS His Guest.
At o'clock Chief Justice Judd came
to the hotel with his carriage 10 take as
20 the mansion OF President Dole 1t was
only a minute after our entrance when
the president and his accomplished aud
brilliant lady appeared. with cordality
Of welcome that made ms feel much &C
home. The president Is a pronounced
Christian man. deeply Interested In all
religious affairs a. well as secular. his
private lie beyond criticism, ho1ored by
both political parties. talented, urbane,
attractive, strong and nt for any position
where conscientiousness and culture and
downright earnestness arc requisites.
II was 10 me matter Of surprise that
al a time when politics are redhot In the
Hawaiian Islands. and President Dole is
very positive in his opinions on all sub
iects. [ heard not one word OF bitterness
spoken against him. Ti1waiians and for
eigners are alike his culOgists. When 7
referred 10 the tremendous questions he
and his associates had on hand, ne said
Il WAS remarkable how many OF the
busy men Of these islands We're willing
10 give so much OF their time. free Of all
charge TO the business Of the new gov
eminent and from what he believed TO
be patriotic and Christian motives. The
president Is a graduate of Williams COLI
lege, Massachusetts, and when ] asked
him n his opinion OF President Hopkins
of that college was as elevated as that
Of President Garfield he replied. Yes,
I think, as Garfield did, that TO sit on
one end OF a log, with President Hop
kins on the other, and talk with him on
literary matters would re something
like liberal education"
The presidents wife Is a charm OF
loveliness and Is an artist withal. Her
walls are partly decorated with her pen
Gil And though under her protest, as
though the room was unworthy or n
visit, Chief Justice Judd took me TO her
studio where she passes much OF her
time I'm slketching and painting. The ride
I took afterward with the president AMI
Chief Justice Judd allowed me stlll other
opinion OF the present head OF the Ha-
waiian government The cordiallty with
which we had been received by the pres
ent ruler and the former queen inter
ested us more and more In the present
conditions and the future happiness OF
the Sandwich islands.
Aware of the different ways of look
ing at things and Of putting things,
resolved TO get the story OF Hawaiian
affairs from opposite sides. We have
always taken It for granted that and
2 make a. and yet and may be SO
placed as TO make %. The figure 9 Is
only the figure turned INSIDE down.
There are not many things like the figure
S-the same whichever side u. The
different accounts / here present are
reports from different standpolnts.
had an opportunity OF earnest and
prolonged conversation with n royalist,
educated, truthful. OF high moral char
acter, born in these islands and OF great
observation and experience. The follow
ing conversation took place between us:
Questlon-Do you think the ex-queen
a 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 In
her character She has made mistakes.
as all make them, but she Is fully up TO
the moral standard OF the worlds rulers.
She Is the impersonation OF kindness. and
else has ever heard her say a word
against any one. In that excellence she
is pre-eminent. In proof of her good
chaia cter / have to state the fact that