The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-11

! nrst occupied Queen Emma s grounds,
arresting several of the ringleaders
there, and afterwards guarded the
| palace and barracks. The other Gov
! ernment buildings, the prison, ETC.,
We're guarded by American troops
until the Goth.
INAUGURATIoN OF KALAKAUA.
The next DAY at noon Kalalzaua
/ was sworn in as King, under the
| protection of the United States troops.
| BY an irony of fate the late leader OF
| the anti-American agitation owed his
| life and his throne 10 American inter-
| yention, and for several years he de-
| pended upon the support Of the for
eign community. In these clrcum-
| stances he did not venture 20 proclaim
q new constitution las in biz inau-
gural speech he had said he intended
| to do, nor TO disregard public Opin-
| ion in his appointments. His first
| Minister of Foreign Affairs was the
late Hon w. L. Green, an English
| man, universally respected for his in
| tegrity and ability, who held this
| office for nearly three years, and car
| ried through the treaty Of reciprocity
| in the teeth of bitter opposition.
THE RECIPROCITY TREATY.
The following October Messrs. z.
| III. Allen and II. A. p. Carter were
sent TO Washington To negotiate
| treaty Of reciprocity.
The Government OF the United
| States having extended an Invitation
to the King, and placed the e. 8 8
Benieia at his disposal, he embarked
November Il, 1874, accompanied by
| Mr.. II. a. Pierce and several other
| gentlemen. They were most cordi-
fally received and treated as guests
the nation. After a tour through the
Northern States the royal party re-
turned TO Honolulu February Is.
1875, in the Il. S. :. Pensacola. The
treaty of reciprocity was concluded
January SO, 1875, and the notifications
were exchanged at Washington june
3, 1876.
The act necessary 10 carry it into
effect was not, however, passed by
the Hawaiian Legislature till July
2S, -lS7B, alter the most stubborn 0pro-
sition, chiefly from the English MEM
bers of the house and the partisans Of
Queen Emma, who denounced it as
step toward annexation. 1t finally
went into effect September 8, 1876.
THE ADVENT OF sPREcKE1s.
The first effect of the reciprocity
treaty was to cause q 'sboom'' in
sugar, which turned the heads of
some of our shrewdest men and near
ly caused a financial crash. Among
other enterprises the Haiku irriga-
ton ditch, twenty miles ia length,
which taps certain streams flowing
down the northern slopes of East
Maui and waters three plantations,
was planned and carried out by Mr.
s T. Alexander, in 1877. About that
time he pointed ont TO Col. Claus
Spreckels the fertile plain of Central
Maui, then lying waste, which only
needed irrigation to produce immense
crops. Accordingly, in 1878, Mr..
Spreckcls applied to the cabinet for a
lease of the surplus waters of che
streams on the northeast side OF Maud
as far as Honomanu. They flow
through a rugged district at present
almost uninhabited. The then Attor-
General, Judge Hartwell, and
the Minister of the Interior, J. Mott
Smith, refused to grant him perpe-
tual monopoly of this water, as they
state it. Up to this time the changes
in the cabinet had been caused by
disagreement between its members,
and no political significance.
In the meantime, Mr.. Gibson, after
many months of preparation, had
brought in before the Legislature a
motion of want OF confidence in the
ministry, which was defeated June "a
by a vote of 26 TO Is. On the night OF
July l Messrs. Claus Spreckels and
q. w. Macfarlane had long confer
ence with kaiakaua at the Hawaiian
Hotel on the subject of the water pri-
vIlege, and journed to the palsce
about midnight Ii III not necessary
TO give the details here, but the re-
suit was that letters were drawn np
and signed by the King, addressed to
each member of the cabinet, request
ing his resignation, without stating
any reason for his dismissal. These
letters were delivered by messen-
ger between / and 2 O'clock in the
morning. Such an arbitrary and des-
potic act was without precedent in
Hawaiian history.
The next day new cabinet was
appointed, consisting of S. O.. Wilder,
Minister of the Interior, T.. Preston,
Attorney General, Simon Kaai, Min
lister of Finance, and John Kapena.
Minister OF Foreign Affairs. The last
two positions were sinecures, but
kaai as a speaker and politician had
great influence with his countrymen.
The new cabinet granted Mr.. Spreck-
els the desired water privilege tor
thirty years at $500 per annun1. The
opium-license and free liquor bills
were killed. The actual premier, Mr..
was probably the abiest adj
that this country has
ever had. He infused new vigor into
every department OF the Government,
promoted immigration, carried oct
extensive public Improvements, and
at the legislative session OF 1880 was
able to show cash in the treasury SUI
icient TO pay off the existing nationel
iebt. But his determination to adj.
his own department in
accordance with business methods
lid not suit the King.
Meanwhile Gibson spared MO pains
o make himself conspicuous as the
oi-diisant champion Of the aboriginal
ace. He even tried TO capture the
missionaries, "experienced reli-