Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-08
Ex-cUEEN LILIUoKALANI.

EX-QUEEN LILIUOKALANI
fortunes seem III nowise to have sad
dened her. She spoke freely of the
brightness of life to any one disposed to
meet all obligations, and at my suggos-
ton thHt we found in life chiefly what
we look for, and if we look for flowers
we find flowers, and if we look for
thorns we find thorns, she remarked;
II have found III the path of life chiefly
flowers do not see how any one sur
rounded by as many blessings as many
Of us possess could be so ungrateful as
to complain. She said it was some
thing to be remembered thankfully that
for 90 years there was no revolution i'll
the islands. She has full faith that the
provisional government is only tenn
porary affair, and that she will again
occupy the throne.
Sho asked her servant to show me, as
something had not seen before, a royal
adornment made up from the small bird
with large namc---the Melithreptes pa
cifica This bird, lad read, had under
its wing single feather of very exqui-
site color The queen corrected my in
formation by saying that it was not
single feather, but tuft of feathers
from under the wing Of the bird from
which the adornment was fashioned in
to chain of beauty for the neck She
spoke of her visit to New York, but said
that prolonged illness hindered her from
seeing much of the city. She talked
freely and intelligently on many sub
jects pertaining to the present and the
future.
| was delighted with her appearance
and manner and do not believe one word
Of the wretched stuff that has been writ
ten concerning her immoralities. Def
amation is so easy, and there Is so
much cynicism abroad, which would
rather believe evil than good, that it is
not to be thought strange that this
queen, like all the other rulers of the
earth, has been beaten with storms of
obloquy and Misrepresentation. George
Washington was called by Tom Paine a
lying impostor. Thomas Jefferson was
styled an infdel, and since those times
we are said to have had in the United
States presidency bloodthirsty man,
a drunkard and at least two hbertines,
and if anybody in prominent place and
effective work has escaped 'let him
speak, for him have offended" After
an exchange of autographs on that day
in Honolulu we parted.
President Dole Greets His Guest.
At O'Clock Chief Justice Judd came
to the hotel with his carriage to take us
to the mansion of President Dole. 1t
was only minute after our entrance
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ed and brilliant lady appeared, with a
cordiality of welcome that made us feel
much at home. The president is a pro-
nounced Christian man, deeply interest
ed in all religious affairs as we'll as secu-
lar his private life beyond criticism,
honored by both political parties, tai
ented, urbane, attractive, strong and fit
for any position where conscientiousness
and culture and downright earnestness
are requisites.
Il was to me matter of surprise that
at time when pohtics are redhot in
the Hawaiian Islands, and President
Dole is very positive in his opinions on
all snbjects, / heard not one word of
bitterness spoken against him. Hawai-
ians and foreigners are alike his eulo-
gists When l referred TO the tremen-
dous questions he and his associates
had On hand, he said it was remarkable
how many Of the busy men Of these is
LANDS were willing to give so much Of
their time, free of all charge, TO the
buElness of the new government and
from what he believed to be patriotic
dld christian motives. The president
Is . graduate Of Williams college, Mas
saehusetts, and when / asked him if
his opinion of President Hopkins of
that college was as elevated as that of
President Garfield he replied: "Yes. !
think, as Garfield did, that to sit on one
end OF log. with President Hopkins
on the other, and talk with him on liter
AIRY matters would be something like a
liberal education.
The presidents wife is a charm Of
fsyeliness and is an artist withal. Her
walls are pagt.y decorated with her pen
rll And, though under her protest, as
Ibough the room was unworthy Of a
Fisit. Chief Justice Judd took me 70 her
eIudio. where she passes much Of her