Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-06

me still other opportunity Of forming
an elevated opinion of the present head
Of the Hawaiian government. The cor
diality with which we had been reeeiv-
ed by the present ruler and the former
queen interested Us more and more in
the present condition and the future
happiness Of the Sandwich Islands.
Hearing Both Sides on Hawaiian Affairs.
Aware of the different ways of look
ing at things and Of putting things, I
resolved to get the story of Hawaiian
affairs from opposite sides. We have
| always taken it for granted that and
| make 4, and yet 2 and 2 may be 50
placed as to make %. The figure 9 is
only the figure 6 turned upside down.
There are nsss many things like the
figure S-tne same whichever side is up.
The different accounts I here present
are reports from different standpoints
l had opportunity Of earnest and pro-
longed conversation with a royalist, edu-
uated, truthful, Of high moral charac-
ter, born in these islands, and of great
observation and experience. The fol-
lowing conversation took place between
US:
Question-Do you think the ex-queen
q 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
i'll her character. She has made mis-
takes, as all make them, but she is fully
up to the moral standard of the worlds
rulers. She is the impersonation of
kindness, and neither my wife nor my
self nor any one else has ever heard her
say a word against any one In that ex-
cellence she is pre-eminent. Ia proof Of
her good character I have to state the
fac5 that there is not household in
Honolulu that did not feel honored by
her presence If she had been such
corrupt character as some correspond
ents have represented her, I 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 We're
landed. A group of men, backed up by
the United States minister and troops,
formed q cabinet and chose a president
and sent Il committee to the palace and
told the queen to leave the place. It
was another case of Nahoth s vineyard.
The simple fact is that there were men
who wanted the palace, and iho offices,
and the salaries. From afnuent posi-
ton she was reduced in position until
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 she
was willing to correct them and in
public manifesto declared she was will
ing to retrace her steps III the matter of
the "new constitution. She had as
much right to her throne as any ruler
on earth has q right to q throne, but
by sharp practice when she was unsus-
pecting the United States troops drove
her from tic palace, took possession OF
tho armament and inauguratcd d new
government.
Ine Eoyalist View.
eff tlIa choice Of royalty or ar
neXatiCn were put to tie vote of the
people, what do you think would be the
decision?
A.-The queens restoration by q ma
jority of at least 10 to 1. We who
are royaliat.s are without exception in
favor of leaving these matters to the
ballot box In the United States the
M q lori tv CIV 1pC and tho ,,,niOrit v IF
the people of the Hawaiian Islands
ought to have the same privilege of gov
erning.
Q.-Aro the Hawaiians property
holders or Lolnads?
A.-They arc property holders. Thy
have their homes. They have a prac+i-
cal interest in public affairs. Moreove",
they are for the most part intelligent
You can hardly find q Hawaiian born
since 1910 who cannot read and write
Q.-What do you think is the most
provoking item in the coalition of your
country?
At is that a professed friendly
power has robbed us of our governments.
AL the nations of the earth consider
that your nation has done us a wrong
Q.-Taking conditions as they ns
are, what do you think had better De
done, Or is that a hemisphere conun-
drum?
Alt is hemisphere conundrun
Our queen is dethronea. and her pala g
and her military forces are in the pos