The sun., 1895-05-20
OUTSIDE views OF uAwAII.
A, Interesting glimpse OF Aa,ssrs IN the
New PnciHc Republic
From she Sprfn cfeid Republicans

| TfOri the Sprt0dUffu hcpNOtou'b
| UoyoIutU April 2.-Of my nineteen days
IN Honolulu. the flrst four were spent under mar
| tial law, To a stranger there was nothing to
| mark the transition to the peaceful RUE
of civil law The trial Of the political prisoners,
| with sentences Of death, their communication py
| President Dole TO fine, imprisonment, or banish-
| puent, practically ended the drama OF insurrec-
| tion which threatened to be terrible tragedy.
| Dole's leniency, which shows the conscious
| courage and strength of the republic. meets al
most universal approval. l attended the last
sessions of the Executive and Advisory Councils
and heard tho discussions OF the Important bills
adopted in which nearly every member shared.
| They were short. earnest, and to the point. Not
| one showed any flourish of rhetoric. These
| nineteen men have all served without pay.
Nearly all Joined the volunteers and bore arms
| during the rebellion. They arc evidently gen.
uine patriots.
| A visit to the State prison showed that the
rebels there confined have been trSassd %i ~
Guiiak and Major seward Who j made 3 no no com; !, N
70 SEQ one VINO lives only eight miles from his
old home in Guilford. Conn. Tho rebellion has
f Ing It's friends and revealing and defeating its
enemies. The native Hawaiians were not the
republic and knew well that the men in power
| had for years been the true friends OF the M
tlNeS Inc lenuCfS tnO llSuTTcCblOn NCrc uio.
reputable whites and demagogues like Seward
| and Gulick, and other favortes OF the dissolute
| Queen. That now Is the belief OF nearly oil
That the republic has come to stay is now the
| belief OF nearly all classes. What contrast ,,
whom less than three years ago she plotted to
change the Constitution; restore her ola pa prerog,
| population and secure n lucrative lottery bill
although she was r, already sauanddering d ' over
pure government, intent on promoting the high
est good OF all classes. The whites cheerfully
pay seven.eiEhths Of the I taxes Eysrything Is
President Dole is now making new efforts to to
give every native q chance to own a home Of his
Own, no matter , how poor he = may ,,; 9e; The The
make small farming profitable by the natives.
In the two nurseries now established there have
1900 ls trees, While there are 70 on hand i 900
trees, including, 10000 fruit trees Of sixteen
and logwood and the Kona coffee. The
have sS ] pecently % BEEN sold By theGovernment for
coffee planting and a,3!5 acres are already so
and who have
143,000 coffee trees, The small farmers are
speca to this work
pounds to my family. in Connecticut. by parcel
post, which cost. including postage !l2 cents a
eeS To See
Homestead act and small holdings the Govern
new fibre plants, especially the promising sisal
plant.
President Dole cordially welcomes my sugges-
tion for an arbor day for economic purposes
and al, arbor % day in. in schools Tho next LeEisa-
and that the shall issue
annual proclamation in favor OF devoting slcn
day tc tree planting on the extensive barrens,
as we'll as on the farms, and also In favor of
listing school children In this work. and it viii
also PFSvdh that the
republic; The, Government has selected 200
Of free nursery This large tract viii be
planted as soon as the work for its irriEation is
the surface. Visitors to Honolulu who are in
s in hana in tSs.e ss
small and therefore overcrowded as yet, mere
beginning. but sure to expand and lead to broad
missioner Of Agriculture. and Mr.. Rhodes,
SUPERINTENDENT OF the nurseries. are enthusiasts
Several interviews with President Dole and
with prominent officials OF the Government i'm
Of l for
with the Hawaians and all classes OF foreign
eepon i In tn. praises OF M
as unassuming. accessible, especially to tho
natives. wise. saCacious. and patriotic. Minister
Willis without reserve expressed to me his
hearty respect for him and idd added: II have
many eeeys Sst
believes to be for the best good Of the Ha-
waiians.'" He is his own chaplain at the open
tion will bear the closest scrutiny and will COM
niHd, mnnd the approval of the world the more
The attractions of Honolulu far exceeded my
cxpectatlons Though there are several beauti-
in the centre Of the territory occupied BY the
chinese japanese; Portnguese and Hawaiians-,
e@ a
needed breathing place for them and their
faf sar tsa T atser Ts en for eyd.n{Ey as
With With favor. Where eIse tn the world i
nSv knys snsh y1rOgS been
Of the size OF Honolulu; has 20 large an amount
Of money been expended for their benefit by tho
sides the public schools. which, Judging from
thoseI inspected, are liberally supported and
ance. the Americans here contribute generously
Ior kihdergartens, missions. hospitals, and
so practee and SO thoroush sFe rscosntoS
OF the brotherhood of the human family.
II, The a;ar surest way to eonciate aud harmonic
To name n single family Of benefnctors OF
Hawaians. the, recent erection OF the Ka-
mehameha 6 iris, school, at u cost of over $780,
0o0 by Charlie r. Bishop. and his previous ex-
penditure Of threefold more for the various
adjacent campus. together with the unique and
ntn%Gaualls,d t% LED, poiynesisn museum; and the mag
900 for the maintenance ana enlargement OF
these INSTITUTIONS. are monuments of liberalty
tho world can nowhere else show in behalf OF So
small n race.
The great reduction of this race from 100 900
to 40. 800 during the last seventy years has been
falsely attributed to the missionaries. On the
contrary. they have saved the race from de-
struction Their efforts to repress drunkenness
ana ana liccnftiousness were violently opposed by
and thonsands of debascd sailors of the whale
ships. The cheap liquors and foreign dis
eases thus imported. and the corrupt ex-
ample OF series of most openly frof-
ligate rulers have combined to destroy the
race. W hen Gen. Armstrong returned from his
last visit to Honolulu lie said to me: ",rhe de-
m,oralizlng influence OF the present King is ter
liquor TO the natives has frightfully increased
inteiInLeranfe and vice. II no missionaries had
worked on these Islands the natives would have
been swept away by vice" How unjust that
ne missionaries and their sons, who have bsen
the best friends the Hswaiians have ever had.
the race. " 0N
The new Constitution OF the republic was duly
proclaimed July i. 1894, and that f. likely 10 h.
Ter0gi"rd as its natal day. The grcnt mass OF
la l