Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
SHE WAS DRUNK.
Lieut.. Young Tells Stories on the Ex
Queen of Hawaii.

Lieut.. Young Tells Stories on the Ex-
Queen of Hawaii.
One Of the chapters in the Hawaiian tes-
tmony is the description. by Lieut.. Lucien
Young, of the last days of the monarchy.
Lieut.. Young was an officer of the Boston.
and attended the closing ceremonies OF the
Hawaiian parliament in full uniform and in
an official capacity at the request OF Capt.
Wiltse. He was accompanied by Consul
General Severance. Lieut. Young, in de-
scribing the scene, said:
crowd around the rear end of the building,
and two or three leading Americans, and
Judge Hartwell, who was one OF the lead
ing lawyers of the place, and minister un-
der Kalakaua, Informed me that the queen
contemplated the PRONUNCIATION Of a new
constitution Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the legislature. and asked me II
would not go on board ship and inform
Capt. Wiltse. / went In to speak Of IL to
Consul General Severance, and he laughed
and said: I do not believe a word Of it, /
went in, and was shown the seat assign
ed me in the legislative hall, a little to the
left and in front of the rostrum, where the
speaker used to sit, and which the queen
used when she read her proclamation. AZ
ter waiting some little time they commenc-
ed, and believe II was about the funniest
affair ever saw in my life-a circus.
THE procession was headed by two or
three lackeys and then followed the gov
ernor OF Oahu, father to the heiress ap-
parent, dressed in q gaudy uniform covered
with gold and orders: the chamberlain, with
attendants all dressed up in uniform. and
then came her majesty, with a long train
and four lackeys in knee brooches carrying
the train, and then the two royal prin-
cesses, ladies in waiting. a staff, the four
minister's and other attendants. 1t was
very amusing scene. Afterward, the procla-
nation was handed to her in a portfolio.
when she stepped to the front of the ros-
trum and began reading. first in English
and then in kanaka. do not believe there
were more than one or two white members
Kanakas and every one We're decorated
with the various orders Of Kamehameha I
and Kalakaua, consisting Of great big stars
stretched out on the breast. After the leg
!slature was prorogued the queen passed
into her reception room"
Did you follow her?" asked the chair
man.
Yes" replied Lieut.. Young. 81 passed
he was going back to the Office. / told him
I was there in an official capacity, and /
felt it by duty to go through with it."
Senator Gray-fou wanted to see the
sights Of the side circus?
Mr.. Young-Yes: the governor Of Oahu.
Mr.. Cleghorn. stopped me at the door and
talked to me in nervous strain as though
to retain me. I passed in and bowed to the
queen and her ministers standing on the
right and her aids, and passed on through
the door. The queen looked at me rather
savagely, and did not return my salutation
with any cordality at all. / noticed that
she acted in a peculiar way. First, when
she was reading her proclamation thought
she had a little stage fright, but in the re-
ception room l saw that she was under the
influence Of a stimulant; in fact, she was
drunk. There is no question in my mind
about 1t at ALL Then / passed out into the
yard and started to go over into the palace
and L was advised not to go. Then I was
told again on the outside that as soon as
the queen came over to the palace she was
going to promulgate the new constitution
l was also Informed that at the palace the
night before, there had been placed four or
proaches TO the palace, and that the queen
household was said to be under arms /
thought that affairs looked very serious,
and that 1t was my duty to go Immediately
on board ship and inform my Commanding
officer which did.