The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

A Sorry Figure. Even AFTER the Most stronuoui
Enorts or Her view Friends.

mo 40 N "bhGOINb II
a Sorry Figure. Even AFTER the Most Strenuous
Ensrts or Her View Friends.
Those who have any knowledge of the life and
history of the ex-Queen OF Hawaii will BIO
surprised at the extravagRnt hattery heaped
upon hor by Harriet Prescott Spohord In Ha,-
per's Bdrdr. Tho whole vocabulary Of the
English language is brought into requisition to |
describe tho beauty OF her face and form, the
liquid ~softness of her voice. the grace Of her
carriage, and the suavlty Of her manner.
Mrs. Spoford's eulogy OF Liliuoknlani bears
tho earmarks Of Julius Palmer or OF tho sub
ject herself. That tho public may lose mono of
the minor details Of their heroic lives through
undue rcticencc Of the narrator. probably, Julius |
describes the Queen and the Queen describes
Julius. 1t is generally supposed that they have
been lifelong friends. but this lie an error into
which the public has dropped unconsciously.
Duke" Palmer went to Hawaii about 1870 in
command of a ship. discharged his cargo. took
on another. and sailed away. He next appeared,
twenty-five years later, as a reporter for n
Boston newspaper and took the anti.annexation
side Of the controversy then raging on the
islands. He then made himself as conspicuous
and as ridiculous as he has done since In Wash
ington. In o few months he returned to the
Pacific coast, and when he again returned to
Hawaii the Queen was q prisoner.
Mrs spotford gives U. 4 beautiful insight into
| tn0 character OF the 1Allen Oueen. her rnaD-
sody on tho grace and beauty Of Liiiuokalani
may not seem accurate, however, to all who
to be a fairly sood-Iootins. weiI-dressed Ranafs
woman, with, coarse features and the peculiar
iSp so a sPe1s seem ssge in st aSs S Sssa ye ooIoreS S0W Wp@en
with white blood In their veins; Mrs. sponord
OF her brother, Kalakaua. Mrs. spofford wakes
eloquent in describing her descent from the
Kapiolani who abandoned her idols and dofsd
the fearful goddess Pele at the crater Of Kiiauee.
day. Perhaps. but her, vaiOr was not conspiop.
gus during the riots, although at one time she
a np By Spf Pasi: tS s' fss Rsn Of Mrs. r. a Bishop Bit %s' s S1Su Sns
R,SSs sH %ss a It S Sss TINE ses FS:.n n.ss e.:
frs,i SI' T irFssa f!SREItiEsa q He MS wS S"'' .h sSa
made second clerk In thu, interior office
when he was elected King, and his sister, who
had married John Dominis, the son Of an Italian.
: tiiuokaiani subsequently, Queen. No one at
: that time would ever have thought Of thrilling
|, s]cription Of her pedigree. especially as there
: we're sh 9ss Living inv who e. say her tSe FRA Sssa Of
Mrs. spofford, who has never been to the
E . iSlsnfsi a ss.s u ii ahsd s .nslr u MI s she G mounted d
$ tss snsons, and f hS1 i Gn XXI fN sh th e p petsFiy % vi hSr
n dreamed that the throne would pass into her
4 S fs%9i Z num Ths o Ss S.n %ss ssne aSost a the p PALACES
t but the story Of her educating twenty girls has
8 a mere groundwork Of truth in the fact that
. SnSs P Sesi By Virtue Of her rank. The story
3 of her In, EsiS1farl X t Essn %anse the in r %SiahP f L was was
Esdueed her pay; i would not ct, be s.l like h her ,,S DO III il
wealthiest OF ile Hawaiian monarchs.
Tho statement that the Queen never drinks
n / ,.;rA rr;l a,tu n arila nnnU fhNAa who hav(
N Known know ni her. aug Mrs. spsoffordimffght as well have
p. added, and neither did Kalakaua"
!Ses the ae o M3ara and and lottery Bills had been omitted
The Louisiana lottery. having been driven from
le FepSSiie. attempted TO fasten it;oIi upon ri,
prevent prov the passage Of the bill aiIevtins this
but she was its strongest advocate; There coulS
IS Known Fn n and It's power. when once established
had been demonstrated in the United States; =
" signed by every woman of prominence on tn
st islands. had an audience with her and begget
Herself WITH them heart and soul. and the,
d quietly waited until the opium biz came up. !
in receive $40, 900 for signing it. Her Minister
% were strongly Opposed to both 3 bhl., but b. b
@. i~slators 1.-THE, session having been openly Pre-
u longedl and by promises Of office to disEruntle'
al that would Do her bidding; and rushed thronsi
bOtn DlllS. L ne history U 1 lucSe wv pLis 10
ut record of shame and ~disgrace to LiliuokalAni.
But. as Is we'll known, her browning act of In
C. fanny was an attempt to force q new ~constitr
We ton upon the people. 1t was an opium scanda
o. that forced Kalakaun TO sign tho one in fore
ed when she came to the throne. 1t greatly abridge
the royal power, and Liliuokalani was bitteri
\. opposed to 1t, declaring to her brother that sh
never would have signed It. Before taking tn
r.. oath Of Office she said to the Chief Justic''
sr. never be Queen" he replied. She did sign
an when the time came, knowing perfectly we
he every article that IL contained. and thereupo
he commenced to intrigue and plot to overthrow !
,er IL was her wish 10 name the mombers OF tn
il. upper house; to have the Judges OF the Supren
mi Court hold Office at her pleasure, and to ha,
of the taxes, levied by Hawaiians. paid by TO
m. eigners. 4,
nv But probably no event of her life does III
nd Queen regret so much ms her interview with NJ
nd Willis, where she distinctly expressed her q
" termination to behead the leaders OF the revolt
II ton IL she were restored to the throne. Ever
m thing was done to make her retract this, but 81
"a would not for a long time. Finally she eyre!
with Mr.. Carter. a devoted adhcrent, that 81
nn would merely contiscate their property ar
Wv Danish them. Mr.. Willis, sent by Mr.. Cley
no land after Mr.. Blount, with tho expressed d
m, ,S termination OF restoring TO her the throne, vi
nd obliged to abandon her. And this Is the womt
~, 10 that Mrs. Spofford would have us admire. tie
id ing us of her charity. the purity Of her life, b
religion, and noble deeds. PAUL CAREY.