Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-24

lice ol HeT cause. Sne tnlnRS IL nef Quty
to exercise severity upon the en- emies of the
monarchy and to make thorough work with
them. She regards herself as posse ssing
certain sacredness as queen. She also con-
the native Hawaiians and Of their rights,
which are paramount to all others. All
the noble American civilization Of the
country is as nothing to her IL it irnpairs
her rfghtful control as the sovereign OF the
natfve -Hawaiians. In this respect she is a
good deal of fanatic.
Some Things to Her Credit.
Mrs. Dominis is fairly to be credited with
what seemed to be a sincerely earnest CO.
operation with the benevolent efforts made
to elevate Hawaiian girls by education in
framing schools. She contributed consider
able sums toward the education of such
girls, and manifested very earnest interest
In their progress In the leading school Of
that class in Honolulu she held a very in
huential status as their royal patroness.
AT the same time her influence was more or
less felt to be deeterious upon the girls nv
castng over their minds the gamor of the
very dlSsolute court, and tending to make
the sort of lives conducted by the deha sed
habitues Of that court an object Of attrac-
ton to the girls
Inc ex,queen continues to live in good
style at her private residence, long known
as Washington Place, which was built for
ty-fve or fifty years ago by her husbands
father. Her property is now heavily mort
Z
her arrogant intentions expressed toward
her political foes she could even now Sc
cure terms from them which would relieve
her pecunary straits. So far known her
health Is not seriously impaired although
she is approaching sixty. Probably her
mulatto blood has given her greater vital
| ity than Is usual to Hawaians Notwith-
standing his long and severe excuses, that
| blood enabled Kalakaua to survive to the
| age of fifty-five.
/ Mrs. Dominis undoubtedly feels keeniy
! the separation now created between her and
/ her former white friends. Last Sunday
| she came and sat in her front veranda
! in order to listen 60 the rich voice of the
! artistic, Annis Montague, who was singing
In the church across the street, with
| choir composed of early schoomates of
| herself. The artistic was a daughter Of the
eX-queens early teacher, still living. Mrs.
| Juliette Montague Cooke and Mrs. DOM
| inis had always held certain intimacy
/ with the family, now interrupted The
/ aged Mrs. Cooke was one of committee
! of three ladies who shortly before the revo-
| luton carried to the queen an earnest pc
/ tition to veto the lottery bill 1t was the
! queens own pet measure, as was then
known to the public. She received the
/ committee with simulated emotion, but de-
! rided them behind their backs, mimicking
| the feeble steps of her old teacher.
| Mrs. Dominis Is curious mixture of CIV
| iliZed culture and heather debasement.
| She was taken under very highly refining
| Influences in tender years Her parents
home was one Of gross heathenism, her
mother open dissolute woman. The
+ influences of that heather home seem to
have largely infected her character. In
personal intercourse she is peculiarly win
ning-not. intellectual, but with an I'M
usual degree OF feminine grace and tact.
1t Is impossible to estimate her merits or
dement's by ordinary standards Of judy
/ ment.
organizing Representative Govern
ment.
AS already reported to you, the provis-
tonal government has begun active work
in organizing representative government.
The special committee for that purpose
will report to the councils this afternoon
an act fer electing delegates to a consd-
tutional convention. 1t is hoped that such
election may be held in few weeks, and
a republican constitution speedily adopted
Various correspondents have anticipated
expected details as TO the convention and
the constitution, and l will defer discussing
those topics to a later day, when more
certainty can be attained. 1t Is enough TO
say that the prospect seems fair for the es-
tabiShment of what viii be a stable form
of government of liberal character.
Some uncasincss has existed for a num-
Der OF weeks by reason OF dissensionS in
the ranks of the supporters OF the govern
ment These difficulties appear to be In
fair way of being substantially healed. As
everywhere so-called radical and conserNa-
tive elements tend to collision. and party
of such tendencies to gain political infiu-
ence. The agitation here has been based
mainly upon protest against endeaVors or
the planting interest to renew the former
importation of Chinese contract laborers.
Not only the radicals, but also a large pro-
portion of the more conservative classes,
are anxious to make Hawaii a home for
whites and not Asiatics. They desire to
reduce rather than to increase the num-
Der of Chinese. SO strong is the pressure
in this direction that hardly any necessi-
ties of the planters will be likely to avail
in overcoming il. On this Issue there is
really no ground for factious agitation, as
the great body of the white citizens are
of one mind on the subject. The royalists
have become somewhat excited over our
differences, and have predicted general
break up to inure to their benefit There
is little in 1t. All the difficulties are being
harmonized and the supporters of the gov
eminent seem certain to pun together TO
place it upon firm basis.
The statement has been sent abroad that
the police have aScertalned that con-
siderable body of men enlisted for the
queens service by one Sansome at Van
couver have made their way here quietly
and are actually residing in Honolulu. pre-
pared to join in insurrection against the
government. Many still are incredulouS as
to the fact and the evidence certainly does
not appear to ordinary observation. The
police are undoubtedly correct. We are
probably secure against any actual attempt
of these men, who are experienced military
veterans because the police have been on
the alert, having been thoroughly warned
from Vancouver and Puget's sound. Sixty
of the men are well marked down. The
whole number is quite we'll known to ex-
coed 100.
Did Davies Furnish the Money!
1t rs interesting question, who has
advanced the money to move and subsist
such a force? All reports from Vancouver
have attributed it to Theophius H. Davies
the British guardian of the Princess Kaiu-
lani. He has explicitly denied all knowl-
edge of the business. Nj. Davies sails to-
day on the Mariposa. He will probably
take Washington in his way home to Eng
land, IN order again to discuss the
Hawaiian question with the President, who
seems to have leaned much to Mr.. Davies
views. Possibly the newspapers may find
1T profitable to interview him.
Mr.. Davies Is much given to writing
open letters to people, and when they
neglect to reply he writes other letters at
them. The Davies literature on Hawaii is
becoming copous. He disavows any pur-
suit of the Hawaiian throne for his ward,
kaiulani. His efforts to gain the rickety
seat for her are, however transparent. In
all his labors he has been foiled, as well
as Minister Willis, with whom he arrived
here four months ago The American peo-
pie have stood square in the way of the
efforts Of these two gentlemen to rebuild
Humpty Dumpty. They have done the
great service of demonstrating the i'm
possibility of such reconstruction of de-
molished eggs, already fetidly demoralized
They have also done the excellent service
IL.