The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-02-06

length along; a vote of want of conf
dence removed the Cabinet, and two
newly appointed cabinets wer,
promptly treated in the same way
Finally one was accepted; such a stall
warJ combination that public conf
drnce Immediately went up. W,
could hardly believe that we hear
! Alright, and hopeful souls thought bet
ter coun~elS had at last prevailed
aud now she would start fresh. But
alas, il soon became manifest that, a,
/ Or. Beecher once said of the temper
ance people, she had "only let 20 e
/ spit on her hands,
THE NEW JUDGES.
/ Two new judges were to be appoin.
| ted and must have the approval of the
: Cabinet. Among the names suggested
were two upon which the Cabine;
agreed; but, while the queen was will
/ ing TO accept one, she wished to sub
I StItute for the other one who was en-
! tiTely unworthy and Incompetent.
/ Remonstrance was OF no avail. and all
except the Minister of Finance gave
~ in despair. He reasoned patiently
and prevailed, and both commissions
received the royal signature. Before
he could reach the legislative hall a
messenger from the queen had sum
moned Mr.. Dreier. of the House of
Mobiles, 10 the royal presence, and he
was asked TO vote against the Cabinet
when vote of want of confidence
should be called. He refused, giving
her some sound advice, which was, of
course, wholly wasted.
The lottery bill had been apparently
dropped. Several members of the
Legislature went home, as their own
private business affairs demanded
their presence. The United States
steamer Boston left port for trip TO
Hilo and the Volcano, having on
hoard rs guests United States Minister
J. L. Stevens, his daughter, and the
wife of one of the naval officers.
Everything seemed as calm rs morn
in June in Honolulu, but it was the
calm that precedes 4 storm. The
opium bill passed its third reading
and was sent to the queen for sigma
ture. \ committee of five ladies
waited on the queen TO beg her not TO
sign it. Mrs. Cooke, the old teacher
of the chiefs, and Mrs. Rice, another
missionary lady, and Mrs. Mary
Clement Leavitt, were on this COM
mittee. They were cordially received,
and the three ladies mentioned ad-
dressed the queen on the bill.
AGAIN SHE wEEPs.
She actually wept, tears rolled down
her cheeks ami she wiped them away
with her handkerchief. She said she
was always glad to receive advice;
that often il was hard to tell what was
right and what was wrong, She asked
the ladies to pray for her, and also
asked, through them, the prayers of
the church. She had always made
great pretense Of affection for Mrs.
Cooke and Mrs. Rice. but as the COM
mittee withdrew she ieered at them as
missionaries said she had TO shed
few crocodile tears and mimicked
the feeble steps OF Mrs. Cooke.
Events followed rapidly now. The |
Cabinet was ouSted and replaced by
an appalling combination the lot
terry bill, supposed TO be dead, came |
To life and was rushed through the |
now depleted Assembly, and Saturday |
the last day of Hawaii's |
Long Parliament dawned. When |
he few remaining members Assem- !
1led the new Attorney General, a. 2. |
Peterson, announced that the queen |
lad signed the lottery and opium
pills.
Do you wonder that, in the face of
.uch dUyliclty, people felt that the /
queen had 10 word OF honor? That
afternoon she struck her final blow;
a ., - @,fH !, .
rash.
Just here there are Two OF three
POINTS 10 be emphasized. 1t was
Tot the lottery bill nor the
opium bill, nor both combined, 1
hat overthrow the queen, but her
WI revolutionary act. She may have
bought that the Court would test the
of the lottery bill,
nj her new constitution would set
lie that point, so she threw the bomb
nd it recoiled on herself.
MR.. NORDHoFF'S INEFFECTIVE
POINTS.
Mr.. Nordhoff made much of the
act that there were annexationists
rhO had favored the lottery; il was q
cah kOlul- SuO"iUS HOW HdIu Y MI |
Iordhoff was for sound logic. The
,ttery bill was only one item which
ent 10 prove the utter untrustworthi-
eSs of the queen. 1t doubtless added
.rength to the convictions of some,
ut no one claims that il overthrow
De queen except Mr.. Nordhoft.
There is a single familiar fact in ,
istory I would like To lsy before Mr..
-orihoff and his followers. Not all !
Re Democrats in the late American .
vii war were rebels, but all the :
.bels were Democrats. Not all the !
len who fought for the Union were :
.ints-there was large majority of
nners: but saints and sinners stood
de by side, determined and united
one thing, however much they
light differ elsewhere They fought
ith will for the preservation of the \
ar old Union, and today it stands !
anti monument TO those who lived |
ID died for it. Was the cause less Il
,ly because in all things all did not c
ink alikeS :