The record-union., 1896-01-27

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MON and Rev. Hyde, DID,, who has
charge of the mission school in this city
for the training of preachers. The con-
troverSy between the priest and Dr.
Hyde waxed warm, and Mr.. Stevenson
espoused the cause of the Catholic
priest. He threw his whole soul into the
conflict, and for while it seemed as if
we were likely to have religious war.
DR.. Hyde, able, sharp and cutting,
answered him from the pulpit and
through the press until the contest be-
came personally bitter.
Mr.. Stevenson had ND to the time Of
this controversy, it seems, entertained
high regard for DR.. Hyde, but as the
wordy war grew bitter. he fancied he
discovered in him d dual nature At
times he thought the doctor the very
perfection of a gentleman, a scholar and
Christian; at others he seemed a very
demon. This idea seemed to grow with
his morbid fancy, and he conceived
from it his wonderful novel"
l was anxious to meet DR.. Hyde, the
man who so strangely inspired the won
derful novel, and when I did meet him
was impressed that lie was more Jekyll
than Hyde He is a, tall, finely formed,
highly cultured gentleman, with a fine
scholarly appearance. He is Secretary
of the Social Science Club, a meeting of
which / had the pleasure of attending,
and at which place 1 met him.
This club. by the way, is composed of
the most scholarly men on the island
President Dole is a member, and at
tends the meetings regularly In addi-
tion to myself there We're other Ameri-
can guests present, the most prominent
of whom were United States Minister
Willis and the Captain of the warship
Bennington. AT this meeting DIR. Rodg-
ers, Secretary of the Labor Bureau,
read an able paper on the labor prob
lem, which was thoroughly discussed
and commented upon. One cannot but
realize the force of Anericanism in the
club. Chief Justice Judd of the Su-
preme Court and Professor Alexander,
the historian, are members of the club
and were born on the islands. yet they,
with the others, argued the question
from an American standpoint
The meeting was at the residence of
DR.. Hyde and, although / studied him
closely all evening, 1 discovered none
of the 'incarnate fiend,'' which Steven
son represents Mr.. Hyde to be in his
novel.
1t was while living at Sans Souci
| that Robert Louis Stevenson conceived
| and wrought out his wonderful book
and l decided to visit the famous re-
sort. To reach Sans Souci / had only
TO take the Waikiki street car, go to
| the end of the line, and walk the rest
of the way. The ride is pleasant one,
and well worth the time and ten cents
| it costs to make it. 1t was about 2
o'clock in the afternoon when boarded
/ the car driven by a. native and went
rolling along the street past the Gov
ernment grounds and buildings, past
pretty houses half hidden by graceful
| swaying palms, ferns and the rich
trcpican foliage, past banana planta-
tions and groves of tall cocoanuts, for
long stretches, with the sea beach on
one side and a delightful grove on the
other.
! The manager of the famous resort
showed me the, room which had been
occupied by Jules Verne and Robert
Louis Stevenson, also the tables at
which they wrote and narrated some
anecdotes about them. Their rooms
fronted on the beach. After a sea bath
l
1 joined by Thomas E. Evans, a gentle
man who is stopping at Sans Souci.
| Mr.. Evans, who is Royalist
of the most pronounced type, is
a Canadian by birth He was promi-
nent in pushing the lottery scheme to
which the missionaries objected so
strongly. Mr.. Evans claims that it was
no worse to have lottery on the islands
! hor for dc nf dpIl ~
of the country every year to lotteries
! of other countries. AT the time of the
overthrow of the Queen he was in Chi
| cago closing up the contract with a
company of capitalists for the lottery
| He says that the Chicago people were
tc pay the Government $500,000 a year
for twenty-five years for the franchise
OF this sum 100000 a year was to be
expended for cable to San Francisco
| 100000 year for the Oahu Railroad
| $4,000 for the encouragement of tour
| ist travel, $4,000 for Improvement of
roads and bridges, and $125000 for the
| opening of Pearl Harbor. Mr.. Evans did
/ not state what was to be done with the
| other $4,000, though it was probably
to be used as pin money for the Queen.
| The rosy-hued visions of Mr.. Evans,
pated by the sudden revolt of the mis-
| sionary element, and the subsequent
overthrow of the Queen.
The Royalists are still very bitter
against the republic. They always refer
to it contemptuously as the Provisional
Government, and the adherents of it are
styled p. G.'s But they all have great
respect for President Dole. have met
more than one who says the country is
safe in his hands. The natives all re-
spect him, but they want him to be de-
clared King. 1t is not the man they OBJ
/ ject to, so much as the republican form
of government.
/ All of the more intelligent Royalists
| however, admit that the republic has
come to stay, and even the Queen has
| lost all hope of being restored to the
throne, unless Great Britain or some
| European Power espouses her cause
which even she admits is not probable
l have been informed that Charles
Wilson, the agent and trusted friend of
/ the ex-Queen, has declared that he is
willing to shoulder his musket to sup
pert the republic. He was the ex-
/ Queens bravest friend in her hour of
| trouble. He advised her against the
PRONUNCIATION of the Constitution which
brought about her overthrow. but when
he found she was determined, he de-
clared he would stand or fall with her
When the uprising came, he was the
only one of her followers willing to
fight the revolutionists. The average
Kanaka doesn't care a fig about any
sort Of Government. His mind is taken
up with luaus. hulas and fishing. To
him life presents no serious problems
He devotes more energy to a fishing