The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-02-06

AAS1N "skS4AS s 4H 80 --'-''NAA ~
paper, Is one of the best that has
appeared on the Hawaiian situa-
ton. It is clear. concise, and
clean-cut, and gives some forcible
truths that cannot be refuteG. Ii
is from 4 well-known Honolulu
lady, and presents things as she
sees them from a feminine stand
point:
Honolulu, Dec. SIC the Editor:
The old adage, speech is silver, but
silence is golden,n still holds good,
but ii is equally certain that some
times silence is composed of much
baser metal. / claim 10 great amount
Of influence, but some personal eX-
periences with royalty may find a
small place in the history Of Hawaiian
affairs.
Having lived more than twenty five
years IN Honolulu, have witnessed
all the incidents of special historic
interest occurring in that time. All
the acceSsions. coronations and funer-
ais, and all the revolutions have been
accommodating enough TO occur when
versant with these things.
Mr. Blount, Mr. Nordhoff and Others
have asked why respectable people
accepted the queens Invitations if her
private character was so dreadful
The question is easily answered.
/ have no personal experiences
which prove the truth or falsehood of
these evil tales, having never been a
hanger-on of royalty. The most that
has been said has come from Hawai-
iaDs, as witness the speeches of Bush
and Wilcox In the last Legislature.
Their sources of Information are more
numerous than mine. | have only 10
do with our reasons for overlooking
the stories.
One of the first acts Of the queen on
coming 10 the throne was 10 send =
message to the WOman'S Board of
Missions expressing her interest in |
their work ana asking for the prayers !
of Christian women that she might be |
divinely guided in the duties of her |
responsible office. From the first she !
sought in many ways the society of |
good women and seemed to fluid pleas |
sure therein. Would the Christian |
women of Honolulu have had a right /
to be called Christian if they had |
turned away from her? They thought |
not.
THE CHARITABLE SPIRIT.
They shut their ears TO shameful
stories, and agreed to do all in their
power to uphold her. They felt it
would never do for women to turn
their backs on woman who was try
ing 10 do right, no matter what her
past record might be. Were they not
right? Does she mean it? Is she
SiuceTe.n were questions often asked, 4
but they felt they could only wait till
She should prove that point herself.
which she did with vengeance, as I
shall show. Not the least OF her sins
today is her outrageous hypocrisy.
When the lottery bill was intro
dlced into the Legislature, even the
women were aroused. \ large meeting
of women was held, at which 1t was
decided TO memorabilia the queen |
early, begging her, in case the bill
passed the House, 10 refuse her sigma
ture and thereby prevent its becoming
3 law.
The memorial was drawn up and pre-
scented TO a second meeting of more /
than 500 representative women, Ha- I
unanimous vote. II WAS translated
into Hawaiian and circulated among
all cksSes, until nearly 400 women's
names We're affixed. The following
account Of the presentation of the me- .
mortal is from sn eyewitness:
ave were a committee OF thirteen, J
who met 10 take the memorial TO tie
palace. We had heard that the bill /,
had the royal favor, and one lady was =
so positive that she said that If she ;
were given to betting she would wager
any moley that the queen would sign :
the bill unless il was killed IN the
House. 1t was not, therefore, with I :
very buOsnt step that We entered the !
royal presence, but rather with = n
theirs bit 10 do or die air.
The QUEEN wEEPS. d
I'VE were received most grsciously ,
and, aftel the usual formalities, the n
chairman read the memorial. She !
'ead il feeingly, for she was in dead
sld, had you been present,
7ou woulC certainly have said that
he queen vas deeply moved. Tears
illed her e.es and she gave every evil B
ience of st)oDg emotion. is
''She accepted the paper, thanked N
Is, and saidshe would lay the matter ri
before her Cabinet, sll OF which was b;
II course nln-eommittal; but when st
We thought she was through with Us, of
he suddenly added: i have given the III
natter much personal thought and, ! b,
sdies, mayssy with feeling, ! am IT
With you ii all you have ssid.' AT bl
his for one thought We had been mis- NJ
HORNED concerning her sentiments ca
on lotteries. We heard afterwari, f.
however, thai she declared vehement iu
" tht she w'ulu make every woman is
who sgued that paper smart for it,
''onSt for What? simply for begging ri.
her 10 Jsnd between her people and fr,
ruin. fo
at willie lsked if we are sure the tt
queen mad, ills threat. Ianswer that OF
the sequei lltfies US ia our belief that hi
II Is true; 3n this time on she en- n
ploEed one \. Francis VI. English 10 tn
write letters / favor Of tbs Io,r.rv -
Mr.. English aSbis frisnSs md 10 =,