Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
Auction of the Pl5s ST and Brio-arBrao
Of Hawaii qg Monarohs.
Observation-Disclosures PENSION
Ex-Minister ThuIston Out of Office
and Busy at Law.
THE OPIUM QUESTION
special Correspondence of 1ne Evening Star.

special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
HONOLULU, March 10, 1896.
An interesting event fortnight ago was
the sale at auction, on account of the gov
eminent, Of a large assortment Of the old
palace table ware and some other articles
Of royal use, but not the private property
Of the late monarchs. There was an urgent
demand by the public for the possession of
these articles as curios and souvenirs Of
the monarchy. A large proportion Of the
table ware and cut glass had the royal
mcnograms of different sovereigns, chiefly
those Of Kalakaua. For these there was
great competition, and exorbitant prices
were paid. Some sets of the table ware had
been made in Europe for the palace.
choice set of Sevres ware presented by Ma
poleon Ill was entirely damaged, but the
fractured pieces Of the set brought high
prices. All the pieces were sold singly.
The highest price. $3.50, was paid by The
ophilus Davies Of Kaiulani fame. for solid
silver centerpiece. Miss Kate Field tri-
umphantly secured an Austrian helmet of
Kalakaua for SIT. A choice selection of ar
ticles was reserved as curios for the
Bishop Museum.
Mr.. Davies Is hero paying his annual
business visit; or rather he is now on
Hawaii, inspecting his valuable plantations
in the Hamakua district. His Oldest son
Give came with him, expecting to remain
here in connection with his fathers large
mercantile and other business. Mr.. Davies
Is no longer the guardian of the Princess
Kaiulani, whose father, A. S. Cleghorn. is
now with her, at Mentone, Italy. believe:
The item for $1,000 pension for kaiulani
NEE is with no opposition in the legislature
known, Mr.. Davies attitude of protest
against our republic has subsidized into one
of submission to the inevitable AS guar
dian Of Kaiulani, it may he conceded that
he did no more than his duty in exerting
himself to the utmost to secure the re-
version of the throne for her. We felt
some animosty toward him in the latter
part of 1888 when he was dropping intima-
tons on the way out here that our fate
was sealed at Washington, and President
Cleveland was about to put an end to the
provisional government But now we feel
as peaceable toward our old and esteemed
friend Davies as we do toward the very
estimable Minister Willis. We are in
kindly and forgiving temper to everybody
who will behave well in future.
Mr.. Thurxton Busy.
Our former minister at Washington, Lor-
rim A. Thurston, Is at present quite out of
politics, and doing a flushing law business
in partnership with Gen. A. S. Hartwel.
Who has long been the leader of the Homo
lulu bar. The late Secretary Gresham's
private secretary, I-aldis was entirely out
(probably misled. by the mendactous Hayne)
non srata with his own government. as
well at Washington. Foreign Minister
cooper, in his recent report to the legiSla-
tire, paid the highest tribute to Mr.. Thurs
tens character and services, and warmest
testimony of the governments regard for
him. Thurston has withdrawn from public
office solely from the necessity to recoup
his finances by legal work His damaging
reply in The Washington Star and Chicago
Times-Herald to Mr.. Gresham's accusa-
tons had been previously withheld on ac-
count of the eminent Secretary's death.
Upon the revival of, the obnoxious accusa-
ton in the Presidents December message,
Thurston felt 1t NECESSARY to issue his re-
joinder Some of the facts there given had
previously appeared in President Dole's
noted letter of specifications of January,
1894.
Julian d. Hayne, above alluded to. is a
person who first appeared here thirty
months ago. OF his previous record not
hint has yet transpired here. For nine
months past he has been issuing a monthly
magazine called the Hawaiian, of neat eX-
terror and pTettily illustrated. 1t is de-
voted entirely to roasting the government
and the "mssionaries'' in reckless and
scurrlous manner. which is not unprece-
dented in this longitude, but not previously
found in any periodical OF such taking ex
terrier. After few issues he travelled east
and hou1ished considerably on the credit of
his good-lOoking magazine, inSomuch that
the Associated Press lent to him and
last September published as important
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about Hawaiian affairs. including the alb
surd item that Thurston had auarreled with
Dole, and was now championipg kaiuani
for the throne! Mr. Lands may have been
mised By this. Returning here, Hayne pre-
pared January number of his magazine,
which, after it had gone to the binder, the
printers discovered to he of such char
acter that they burned the whole edition
on account Of its being, as they made pub
lie statement, immoral and Indecent"
Licensing Opium.
Cecil Brown introduced into the senate
in the first week of the session his bill for
licensing the sale of opium. This measure
is excessively obnoxious to the mission
ary" element in tie community, and at
once encountered vehement denunciatio in
the senate. 1t has, however, gone into the
hands of q committee. The struggle over
it is likely to be severe, as nearly half the
senate are believed to have been persuaded
to favor it. It's advocates claim that the
present prohihitory law is wholly ineffec
tual-that large quantities of the drug are
smuggled in, and that consumers easily OBJ
tain all they want, so that the wise and
proper system is for the government to
derive from its consumption revenue esti-
mated at over $1HDo00. The bill proposes
to permit four opium dives with benches
and hunks to he provided by the licensees
in Honolulu; also dives in various country
towns. No opium is to be permitted on any
person outside Of said licensed dives.
Inc opposition MAINTAIN that the present
prohibitory system renders. the obtaining
of opium dangerous and difficult, and pre-
vents the extension Of its use to others
than Chinese who had contracted the habit
before coming here They especially depre-
cate the extersion Of the habit to the ma
tive Hawaiians. Past experience of opium
licensing shows that it is extremely fatal
to the natives, who are prone to excess in
the use CT anything intoxicating. At pres
ent no natives are found using it. The fire.
quent arrests of consumers are almost en-
tirely confined to Chinese. Another reason,
affecting the sugar planters, is that the use
o: opium is extremely demoralizing TO their
laborers. who are incapable of work after
an opium debauch.
Effect of 1t.
The opposition, headed by the mission
ary" or religious element, are most strenu-
Gus in their antagonism to opium licensing
They point out the notorious fact that the
queens support of an opium, as well as
lottery bill in 1892, was a large factor in
DESTROYING the Loyalty Of the missionary
party to the monarchy. Her support Of the
lottery, no doubt. was more decisive in it's
effect, but the opium question was i large
element 1t is urged that licensing opium
will discredit our sincerity before the
American public. The following paragraph
has for ten days paytsbeen kept by the Ad-