Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-21
ROYALISTS' PLANS
Many Hawaiian Natives Will Now
Refuse to Vote.
ELECTION Times ON PHE ISLANDS
The UnwiIlingness to Recognize
the Political Future.
G r AND LUAU FE Asst
specia, Correspondents. of tn. Evening Star.

Special Correspondents Of The Evening Star.
HONOLULU, April 5. 1894.
Hawaii is just now in the midst of an
active stir of politics. An election for dele
gates to a convention for making a con-
stitution has been ordered for May 2. Reg
istration Of voters has been in progress for
week past. The sole qualifications for
voters are to be non-Asiatic, a years resi-
dence and to forswear monarchy and swear
support and allegiance to the provisional
government. 1t was expected that a con-
siderable proportion Of the former native
voters would decline to take that oath, but
that a large number would cheerfully do SO.
The danger of their doing so seems to have
been thought sufficient by the royalist lead
ers FOR them to publish what are not in
form, but in fact. stringent orders to the
native Hawaiians to take no part in regis
tering or voting.
1t is probable that this intimation of the
VIII OF the ex-quesn will be effectuaI in de-
terrihg the great majority OF her people
hron participating In the election. They
are generally greatly afraid of her. Presi-
dent Cleveland's interposition in her behalf
has for full year past instilled into their
minds an assurance that her loss of power
| has been only temporary. Nine Hawaiians
ool VI ten nave little doubt that Liliuoka-
lam Will soon resume her authority The
powerful President has formally SO de-
ciared He has not reversed his declaration.
he mas. 1t is true, waited in order to secure
from his Congress some necessary support.
mat they do not doubt, his immense au-
tnority will soon obtain. Minister Willis
toid the attorney general. on December 16,
president Cleveland is the government of
the United States He controls Congress"
Nhsn Mr.. Willis SO believed, It is not
strange that Hawaiian Kanakas should con-
! tinue to think that Cleveland's will Is GER
| tain to be executed
Ihls Is very serious and vital matter to
| these people. Liliuokalani is fully published
| as having expressed her intention to take
condign vengeance on her opponents. True.
| she promised amnesty to the whites, under
strung pressure. She has promised no am
10y 70 natives. Every native who has
sfoea with the revolution knows that he is
unoer sentence or severe punishment to be
executed whenever the queen is restored
" course, lew natives will now have the
courage 10 come out and abjure the mon
| archy, thus putting themselves on written
Iecoru as the enemies of Liliuokalani The
| truth is, that by the failure SO far. of any
ssHpleit declaration by Congress In any way
| ImisaVoWlns or nulnfying Willis demand in
| december, Lfifuokalani sits acknowledyed
as Gu ner way to resume her power at lea ct
IN every native Hawaiian's mind In this
ea tSuoh .hey are under duress from her au-
lnoIity, ana dare lot express their Will IL
| opposed to her. ~ "
sam Parker's Confidence.
II mas only Just come to my knowledge on
the best possible authority, that Sam Park
er, the late premier of the ex-oueen. a few
days since told Judge with his usual
| frank candor. that he was entirely ready 10
cooperate with the provisional government
IN FORMING a new constitution but have
seen positive adviees from Washington, of
uhooaoteu authority, that the queen will
very soon be restored and l must act with
ner; The authority quoted by Parker is
Wen known TO be notorious political hum
n mer, VINO has the ear and some pay of the
royalsts mere, and pretends to be In secret
confidence of Mr.. Gresham and President
cleveland. He is evidently able to work
much mischief with these confiding natives
ms rnhs government Is using every effort to
make the natives understand that they have
Iul opportunity 10 participate In the cleo
ton or delegates, and by their numbers to
exert great influence in the convention.
II Is well understood that In the new con-
stitution 1t will be sought to follow the
| forms and provisions of that of 1887 SO far
as consistent with republican government
as In that constitution there will doubtless
be very wide AID open suffrage for mem
bers OF the house of representatives but a
somewhat restricted suffrage for mobiles or
senator's as they will probably be called.
der that constitution that the natives were
deprived of the franchise which thew had
previously enjoyed. This was wholly nm
true. The native commoner had never at
any time enjoyed the privilege of voting
for mobiles. Those members of the upper
house had always been appointed by the
king, and so the people had no voice in
electing one-half the legislature BY the
constitution Of 1887 that power Of an
pointing the upper house was wrested from,
the king and given to all otherwise qualified
voters who had an annual income of 5000
This included the majority of the whites
and so gave them that control of legisla-
ton which had previously belonged to the
king. The real grievance of the natives
been diminished; they continued to exercise
all the voting power they ever had In
addition. some ten per cent of the native
voters possessed income enough to vote for
unknown to them before. Their franchise
had really been enlarged. Their real griev-
ance was entirely different. The controlling
power in government had been wrested from
their king. the native king, and bestowed
upon the foreigners who chose mobiles of
their own way of thinking These mobiles
with a minority Of the representatives. con-
stituted majority of the legislature; they
sat together in one chamber, as one house
This was unquestionably felt by the great
body Of the natives as profoundly
little about ruling himself. He wants his
king to rule, ne loves to be ruled by his
own king, he hates to have the wiser and
stronger foreigner dominate him. The
Polynesian Ia an Asiatic. He originated in
farther India. He has all the tribal in
stincts of the Sfamese and Burmans and
Javanese He loves to be the abject and
subservient slave of a royal prince. He
Graves an absolute ruler. The Kanaka has
no longing for liberty and popular govern
ment. AL his native Instincts are for alb
solute monarchy. The missionaries taught
the royal Hawaiian chiefs to set their
serfs free. to endow them with homestead
lands, and to give them votes ard a voice
in legislation. For forty-five years they
have enjoyed these privileges. But for
exercising legislative power they really
care very little. They liked to be officials
Of the crown. and to get together and vote
just rs the king ordered them. Nine-tenths
Of the people today would make no resist
ance to a native sovereign assuming abb
solute power. They would enjoy prostrat-
ing themselves on the ground before him.
Just as the aged people still living always
did.
Opposed to the FOreigner.
But they do not want the foreigner to
control the government. That is their
grievance. They are not content to give
the foreigner a share. especially a leading
share. What they desire is to have a
native sovereign. paramount and supreme
ruler, with all his or her caprices, ignor-
ance and incapacity. Their theory is that
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