Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-29

are vast tracts of lava strewn noun.
tain land not worth one dollar for five
hundred acres.
Among the many American emf
grants to the islands were shrewed
business men, who procured long leases
on sugar lands and bought large tracts
from the king. British influence was
brought to bear upon King Kalakaua.
he was told to be "a real king and
have great army and navy" Public
improvements were neglected, roads
became almost impossible, while the
king secured large loan from Eng
land and squandered vast sums of
the revenue in loans and on Hula dan.
cling girls.
, Kalakaua was not a bad man. He
was weak, vain man, and easily in
tiuenoed by bad surroundings. He was
constantly in need of money, tho his
annuity was greater than the salary of
the President of the United States. He
found himself hampered by the consti.
tuition which limited his power, and
declared his intention of giving the
people another constitution which was
in reality return to absolute mon
archy.
Great excitement prevailed, and
revolution was threatened by the people
whose liberties were endangered, until,
bowling to the popular will, Kalakoua
permitted the constitution to stand.
1t is said that at this time the kings
sister, Princess Liliuokalani, was in
England, a guest of Queen Victoria,
studying royal life. She was very in.
dignant at her brother yielding to the
wishes of the American Hawaiians.
and on her return to Honolulu a revo.
luton was precipitated by some of her
friends to depose the king and place
her on the throne. The AMERICAN set
tiers on the islands went to the rescue
of the king, and the rebellion was put
down.
King Kalakaua died January 20, 1891,
and was succeeded by his sister, Liliuo-
kalani, as queen. The queen was thor
oughly English in Education and SYM
pathy. From the first she displayed in
tense hatred for the American mission.
aries. Left alone she might have made
an excellent monarch, for those who
know her say she possesses many good
qualities; even her political enemies
deny the ISLANDERS against her personal
character. But the queen was i'll ad-
vised. Her race prejudices were reused
by interested persons. The American
missionary was held up in the light of
moral pirate, who had left his con.
science at Cape Horn, and come to rob
and plunder the natives as the Span.
iards had done in America, and all
under the guise of religion.
In various ways she kept her sub
jects alarmed by threats to deprive
them of their constitutional liberties.
Tho her salary and income from crown
lands exceeded the salary of the Presi-
dent of the United States bv nearly
twenty thousand dollars, she was not
satisfied. She was advised to be
queen in spelndor as we'll as name. A
crowd of evil designing friends were
constantly about her advising her to
do what they should Lave known
would be her ruin. There were nearly
two thousand Americans and over one
thousand Germans, as we'll as many
English, at this time living on the
islands, who did not believe in the di-
vine rights of kings. Many of these
had, by thrift and houesttoil, accumu-
lated property amounting to millions.
With them it was business PROPOSE
ton. Should they, in order to main
tain a tradition born in the dark days
of barbarian, and Graded in ignorance
and superstition, yield up the hard
earnings of their lifetimes?
Among the other schemes to replen-
ish the depleted treasury of the queen
was what is known as the lottery. The
origin ator of this was Thomas E.
Evans whose wife was a maid of honor
to the queen, and who had held some
offices under the kings.
q After the Louisiana Lottery had been
driven out of the United States, it's
hackers and supporters began to look
about for some place convenient to
America where the gigantic swindle
might be resuscitated. The Hawaiian
Islands were regarded as the most con-
venient place. Mr.. Evans went TO
Chicago, where he met the capitalists
willing to engage in the enterprise. An
arrangement was made whereby the
Chicago capitalists, providing the fran
chise was granted, were to pay the Ha-
waiian government the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars per annum
for the term of twenty five years. At
the time the lottery bill was being agi-
tated in the legislature, another bill,
fully as odious to all decency and
morals, known as the "Opium Bill, :"
was brought up.
The queen g cabinet was composed of
men who inspired confidence in the
minds of the people, hut they did not
prove sufficient to check their head.
strong ruler. The legislature. like the
Long Parliament in Cromwsll's time,
was in session until the more respecta.
BILE members were compelled to leave
for their homes to attend to their bust :