Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-07

spofford undertake to deny that Mr.. Willis
stated any more or less than the precise
truth as to Liliuokalani insisting that her
political enemies should be ''beheaded?"
bd ner I interviewer makes much of
ner Doasted benevolence in maintaining
twenty girls at the Missionary Seminary,
ana as many more at various other
schoois Twenty pupils at $50 each would
cost $1,000. Liliuokalani did not do this
personally, but through an association of
women. TO whose funds she contributed no
doubt literally. Meantime two aged ladies
OF the mission. whose husbands. being lay
men and having engaged in business, had
left them wealth, were giving to the same
girls schools several thousand dollars
apiece every year. But Liluokalanis great
influence thus acquired over the girls was
pernicious, in casting over the school the
poisonous shadow of the vilely corrupt
court or kalakaua. 1t was a happy day
for Kawaiahar Seminary when royal
patronage and royal influence came to an
end.
Lottery Lesislntfon.
The last allegation TO be noticed is as fol-
lows:
1T is due to the queen to say that those
who wrested her power from her claimed
that she had favored lottery bill; they
have omitted to say that the bill was
passed In the assembly contrary to her
wishes. and that the power of veto Lad
First. the power of veto had never been
taken from the sovereign-only the abso-
lutte veto. She could still effectively veto.
unless two-thirds vote of all the MEM
bers overcame 1t, and the lottery bill only
had bare majority. Secondly, 1 quote
from the History of the Revolution by
w. d. Alexander. a gentleman whose ac-
curacy and fidelity no one ever ventures
TO call In question. He says: LAS soon IS
the lottery bill was printed Tin Septem-
Der. ls92). powerful opposition sprang up
against 1t, and 1t was shelved. as was sup
posed pos .. iorerer' Near the end Of
six OF Its opponents, the lottery tin was
suddenly brought up, rushed through, and
passed. to the surprise and horror of the
community. only one white man voting for
II. The lottery was expected by
the queen to be a source of revenue which
would render her less dependent on loans"
l insert the three bracketed passages as
explanatory.
It Immediately became notorious that the
queen was furnishing the money to bribe
the native members to vote for the lottery.
1t was her pet measure, in order to meet
the financial difficulties which she expected
to attend her violent substitution of a
despotlc constitution. 1t was an essential
part of her coup detat. The concession
aires OF the lottery agreed to pay her gov
eminent 100000 per annum, expecting to
make the money by selling the tickets in
the United States. She signed the bill in
DEFIANT contempt Of the angry protests of
the most influential people in Honolulu.
including the entire chamber Of commerce.
1t Is this corrupt, treacherous and de-
spotic woman whom the gifted Harriet
Prescott Spofford has been apparently
hypnotized into believing an angel Of
sweetness and truth. Had Liliuokalani
been a sovereign of truthfulness, modera-
ton and honor she might have continued
undisturbed on her throne until today. But
then Hawaii would still be groaning under
the incubus of the incompetent native mon
archy which the country had outgrown.
KAMEHAMEHA