Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-26

agement of tourists travel, seventy-flvt
thousand for improvement Of roads ant
bridges, and one hundred and twenty
five thousand fer the opening of Pear
Harbor. Mr.. Evans did not state wha'
was to be done with the other seventy
five thousand dollars, though it was
probably to be used as pin money fol
the Queen. The rosy-hued visions o.
Mr.. Evans with other Royalists were
all dissipated by the sudden revolt oi
the missionary element and the subse
qucnt overthrow of the Qdeen.
The Royalists are still very bite,
against the Republic. They always re-
fer to it contemptuously as the Provis
ional Government, and the ndherents
of it are styled p. G.'S. But they all
have great respect for President Dole.
1 have met more than one who. says the
country is safe in his hands. THE ma
tives all respect him, but they want
him to be declared King. 1t is not the
man they object to, SC, much as the Re
publcon 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
some European power espouses her
cause; which even she admits is not
proba BILE
/ have been informed that Mr.
Charles Wilson, the agent and trusted
friend of the ex-Queen, has declared
that he is willing to shoulder his musk
ct to support the Republic. He was
the ex-Queen's bravest friend in her
hour of trouble. He advised her
against the PRONUNCIATION of the con-
stitution which brought about her
overthrow, but when he found she was
determined, he declared he would
stand or fall with her. When the up
rising came, he was the only one of her
followers willing to fight the revolu-
tionists. The average Kanalsa doesn't
care fig about any sort Of govern
ment. His mind is taken up with
luans, hulas, and fishing. To him life
presents no serious problems. He de-
votes more energy to fishing party
than to political matters.
The next day in company with Mr..
Timmons l visited the government
building proper. 1t is a large building
two stories in height, with lofty cell.
ings, and a broad stairway. There is
a large hall below, ornamented with
handsome life-size portraits of Kane
hameha l. and his wife, Kamehameha
H., Ill, and ~ and their wives, and
Kamehameha V. These comprise all
the Kamehameha dynasty, the first
great ruler of the nation. The upper
hall is decorated with fine portraits in
oil, most of them life-size. There is
fine portrait of Queen Emma, the grand
daughter of John Young, the mate of
an American ship who was the trusted
adviser and general of Kamehameha l.
There is full life-size portrait of King
David Kalakaua, one of eN-Queen Liliu-
okalani, or Mrs Dominus as she is now
called, and her deceased husband, John
o. Dorninus. There is also fine life
size portrait in oil of Admirable Farra-
gut, who was very much admired by
King KalalIaua, Legislative halls, COM
mittee rooms, and council chambers,
with the various rooms of the ca binets,
are in this building. The building be-
fore the revolution which overthrew
monarchy, was known as the Palace,
and is even yet so called bv some
though monarchy is rapidly passing
away, and the spunky little republic is
every day becoming more firmly seated
in the saddle.
The government buildings and all the
departments are guarded by soldiers.
The standing army, composed exclus-
lively of white men, numbers about two
hundred regular soldiers. The Nation
al army and the Citizens Guard swell
this number to about two thousand
fighting men. They have two Gatling
guns, two Hotchkiss rapid firing guns
two brass six Founders, and some iron
field pieces. Their force is sufficient to
protect the island from internal troub-
les and from fillbusters.
Their greatest dread is of Japan.
The Japanese, flushed with their late
victory oyer China, have given utter
ance to some pretentous threats against
the Hawaiian Islands for discriminat-
ing against them. With a feet of gun
boats, few heavy guns, and two or
three warships the Hawaiians could
easily defend themselves against the
Japanese. Their harbors are in ex-
cellent condition for fortification.
Pearl Harbor and the Harbor of Homo
lulu have promontories, such as Koko
Head and Diamond Head, which, if
fortified, would be impregnable bar
riers against warships
JOHN r. MURIcK.
A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress to make the Fourth of July a
national holiday. Most people will be
surprised to learn that this important
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