The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-03
TELLS HIS STORY
l. ". WHITEH0USF, A RESIDENT OF
HAWAII, TALKS

| He Claims that the Residents of the Islands
| were Fooled by the Missionaries, Who
Led Them Not by Force but by Soft
Words and Sweet Smiles into q Trap
Whereby They Lost Not Only Their
Land and Homes, but Their Government
as WeIl-He Says in the Old Days All
were Educated-Ihey Loved Music.
L. NJ. Whitehouse, the advance agent
| of the Royal Hawaiian band, was in the
city yesterday and was engaged in con-
| versation by a representative Of the
| Eagle.
Mr.. Whitehouse has spent thirty
years on the island. having been taken
there in his infancy by his parents; and
although an ardent supporter Of Queen
Liliuokalani and her administration
was able to throw much light upon the
habits of the residents Of the Hawa-
ian country, but it will be noticed
throughout that his views are all from
a royalists standpoint.
I'm the good old days under Kane
hameka ", the days that the people in
power at the present time, are pleased
to term the days when barbarism and
Ignorance reigned supreme, in those
good old days there was law, which
compelled all natives to keep their chill
dren in school until they had finished
the public school course, nearly the
equivalent of a high school education
in this country. Providing the parents
could not afford the necessary expense
attached 70 the schooling, or in case
the children were refractory and could
rot be kept at their studies. the govern
ment took charge of them and they
were placed in a kind of reforma tory
until they became of age. In this gov
eminent school most of the members of
the Royal Hawaiian band received their
education.
I'm 1865 the king decided to have
military band attached to the royal
household. With this need in view he
secured the services of Northcot, the
act as musical director at the govern
ment school. When the philharmonic
natives of Hawaii heard of the kings
intention they were delighted and all
took keen interest in the future of
this as yet unorganized band. Under
Northcot's proficient instruction the
boys rapidly acquired a fair knowledge
Of music. In 1869 thirty of the most
promising pupils were taken from the
school and stationed at the barracks
and throughout the kingdom they were
known as The Royal Hawaiian Mill
tary Band" Northcot, of course, was
the musical director
Shortly after the organization Of the
band Northcot was recalled to Europe
and Frank Madina, an American music
ian of note, was engaged to lead the
band. By continuous schooling Ma
dina carried on the work that had been
so ably commenced by his predecessor,
and at the end Of year he returned to
the United States, leaving the band in
much better condition than ii was at
the time of his arrival. The king then
sent to the German conservatory of mu-
sic for a leader and secured the services
of Professor Berger, the eminent musi-
clan and composer
I'm 1883 the band had acquired such
an excellent reputation abroad that the
king, at the earnest solicitation of the
Knights Templars and citizens of San
Francisco, granted permission for the
musicians to attend the Knights Tenn
plarS triennal conclave, held at San
Francisco, in the summer of that year.
During their short stay in California
the Hawaiians played and sang their
way directly TO the hearts of the people
winning golden opinions from the press.
and by popular vote of the multitude Of
visitors and citizens of San Francisco
vorite band in attendance at the con-
clave"
In speaking Of the present and also
of the great revolution when Queen Lii
liuokalani was overthrown Mr.. White
house had the following to say:
The present conditions in Hawaii
are directly due TO the missionaries.
These people come to the island about
seventy years ago and have grown fat
from the bounty of the Hawaiian chiefs
The Hawaiians, Kanakas, as they are
called, live only for today, letting the
morrow take care Of itself, and when a
missionary came along with the pleas
ing suggestion that he would loan
few dollars upon a choice piece of land
the simple native gladly accepted the
proffered favor and signed to him in
paper, thinking the kind
was the most generous per-
son.
''The natives would think no more Of
of the matter. but not so the schemine
savior of souls. for when the day OF
reckoning came the native was ousted
and the voraciouS foreigner camped
On the land.
''As an example I might incidentally
mention the case of S. y. Castle who
came TO the island in the early days
and after laboring in the vineyard
over fifty years died few months ago,
leavin $3.50, 900 TO his heirs TO fight over
the result Of half a century of "self-de- |
NAL among the hea thens."
During the reign of Kamehameha |
V, the foreigners secured the passage
of a bill which prohibited the importa- |
ton of arms. giving as the reason for I
this move that the kanakas would kill !
themselves in the use Of such a strange |
The next move was during |
King kalakama's reign, when they ran J
a bin through the legislature reducing |
the kings body guard from 300 men TO 1
80. saying il was too big an expense to /
keep W such large body of useless |
men. All this time a resident church. |
man, E. o. Hall. a hardware dealer. |
was laying in arms by the wholesale.
When their plot was ripe for exc |
cution they promulgated a new consti- |
tuition which said that no native would /
be allowed to vote unless he had a CAPT. |
tai OF $4,000 or was in receipts OF $500 /
per year. This disfranchised nine /
tenths Of the voters.
The king was forced TO sign this |
as the missionaries were
all armed TO the teeth. and the natives
lad only a weak body guard OF sixty
men. unskilled in the use OF firearms, /
10 fall back upon.
This was known as the revolution Of
SS1. When Queen Lihuokalsni as
,ended the throne she took n firm stand
and was going TO restore the constitu-
hon OF kamehameha, bue before she
Sould do so the overthrow came
The official reports say that the
United States marines were landed TO
protect American interests as a riot
was taking place on shore, but as a
matter Of fact. II was one OF the quietest
iayS in Honolulu. and furthermore II
The troops were going 10 protect Ameri-
an interests they would have naturally |
20 the American part OF the !
,ity. but they marched directly 10 the
government building.
''One part OF the new government