The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-28
HONOLULU.
An Interesting Letter From Resident.
There to an Austin Friend.

There to an Austin Friend.
Honolulu, Sandch Islands, Feb. 4.
Dear Friend:
The Mrs. J. o. Dominis will be ar
raigned for trial tomorrow for implication
in the recent royalist outbreak in which
Bartleman was killed. The result of the
trial is conundrum, but l think beyond
doubt that she will be found guilty and
probably banished, as the charge is not
sufficient to cause her to be executed.
and besides public sentiment is strongly
against this way of disposing of her.
But little sympathy is felt for her, how
ever, on the part of those interested in
| the provisional goernment, because she,
declared when first deposed that if ever
re-instated she would not grant amnesty
| to those directly interested in the pro-
motion of the provisional government.
| This attitude she has maintained to the
present time. Liliuokalani is no fool by:
any means; and coming from race
who have undergone the influence of civ
ilization for only 100 years she has all
most proven compeer to her adverse
ries 1t was not her fault that the Ha4,
waiian kingdom fell. Kalakua's II years.
reign of poker playing and cocktail drink
| ing threw him so deeply in debt that he.
was compelled to sign away his regal
power by adopting the constitution Of
1889. Since that date Hawaii has had
a ruler in name only. Liliuokalani saw
this power waning and as she was not
only ambitious to gain the throne but also
to restore the regal power of the Kama
hamehas, she set to work to overthrow
her brothers. government with view
to assuming the throne and abrogating
the constitution of 1889. Wilcox was
ripe for revenge anyway, because Kala-
kua had not given him military charge
of the Hawaiian forces after educating
him for that purpose in Italy. I4iliu0-
kalani saw in him the Instrument for
carrying out her plans. The two soon
gathered around them a SMALL hand of
followers; secret meetings We're. held
IN Palama at her summer residence, sailS
hnally an attack was made upon the
palace. Wilcox proved then, as he has
since, to be novice in the insurrection
business, and on account of his lack of
equipment was compelled to surrender MT
the end of the first day. He was allowed
to 90 free, however, and like the warm
adder that stings its preserver, COM
menced Immediately to perfect other Sc
ditous plans, and it is generally conceded
that Kalakua's opportune death saved
him more violent one. -
| Wilcox will probably be executed. as
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such to Kalakua, he is such to the pro-
vlslonal government-and the queens in
tercession will not save him this time
for it is well known that she has BEEN
as guilty in plans as he has in action.
You know, commercially speaking
Everything here depends upon sugar, and
as the American congress has been So
uncertain in its juggling with the tariff
on that staple we have experienced I'M
usually hard times out here. Some of
the plantations have not paid more than
so per cent per annum, whereas under
the old regime 80 to 115 per cent was the
average. Then, too, there has been a
great number of strangers attracted to.
the island by the notoriety our proyis-
Iional government middle has given us.
Times are good now, though, and if
Dole's land bill is made law 100000
acres of land formerly belonging to the
crown will be thrown open to settlement
upon no other conditions than residence,
and will probably attract emigration suf-
hcient to increase our population and inn
portance as commercial country. There.
IS but little doubt but that the bill will
become law. This will be a good
place for some of Americas small farm
ers. So much attention has heretofore
been paid to sugar and stockraising that
small farming has been entirely neglected.
" course the Chinaman raises vegeta-
pies, but only on a small scale. A for
tune could be made by the introduction of
forage plant that would thrive here.
As It is now, bale straw, shipped from
California, is about the only thing used,
and that is brought here by the ship load
and is very expensive. ~ j.. =, 80 80.
suppose yon hear great deal about
annexation. What Hawaii wants of the.
United States is simply protectors
kind of foster mother, as 1t were, in
consideration of Pearl harbor as a coal
ing station-but without administrative
power. If we had to come under Amer
lean laws it would be very detrimental to
the interest of sugar planters, MS thew
could not import cheap labor. and chean.
sugar machinery from Europe. And also.
the matter of appealing cases having
to be decided in the higher courts of the
United States is sufficient argument
against annexation. Besides, we do NOT.
want any. carpet baggers.
(Signed) -