New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
ON VIEW IN HAWAII.
WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE
SEEN AND LEARNED.
ODD AND INTERESTING CHARACTERS TO BE En-
co,-xrrRrD N GETTING; ACQUAINTED
WITH THE FOLKS"
fny TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBrNE.l

| voted mainly TO sightseeing. Representative f',t
had never before visited the islands ana oeiore
| leaving Washington he expressed desire 10 see
| some OF the things that Mark Twain had seen
| These include the great volcano OF kilauea' ~
was unnecessary for Mr. Hit to follow exacIiy
| in the footsteps OF the humorst. Nnen MI
| Clemens made his visit thirty-odd years ago. 'he
| road TO the volcano from the seacoast was
| bride path through jungle and immense forests
! OF ohea trees. which something IKE the hich
| cries OF the States The Birdie path long ago gave
! way TO a good road. and the drive from Hiio up
TO tho volcano is to-day probably as fine one as
| can be found In any part OF the world IL Is h''eo
on either side by coffee plantations. and there are
! villas which would not be out or place along 'he
Hudson. Mark Twain made most OF his Journey
oround The island on horseback, because at that
time the roads we're short and incomplete MI
| Hit, does not like horseback riding. but ne can
drive all around the island In coach ana -FOUR
for fine system Of roads has been completed. IL
is also possible to go across the lava peds Win
team instead OF making the wearisome journey on
horseback.
SOME ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS
In getting acquainted with the folks senator
| Cullom probahl,~met and appreciated "Old Man
| GALLOWAY The~"od man keeps the halfway
house on the lecward side OF the island II Is
midway between the volcano and the sea on tnls
J side of the island the rainfall Is limited. Inc rae
| in the numbering Old coach rs dusty one pu'
! "Old Man Galloway Keeps MS Inn sol oh TIC c"s'
Of the forest and entertains man and beast whiie
| he spices tho entertainments with his remims-
| cencos and his inquiries about the outside world.
! II is n lonely life among dreary surroundings ana
! since the death Of his wife some years ago "aIo-
| way has become a hermit landlord. lie Keeps d
Japanese servant TO look after the horses put tue
old man does the cooking himself bit Of broiled
chicken on his table Is equal TO anything that can
be served up by a Southern nanny. the Ola
! man has a hard struggle 10 keep his chickens Inc
| mongoOse. which were imported by the sugar
plantcrs TO kill the rats which got into the cane
! having cleared the fields Of the rats. now IKE
! chicken diet Old Man Galloway Is weather
prophet He looks out from his shack up 10 the
| summit of Mauna Ioa miles away. shakes MS
head and says that the season is bound 10 ne otS
one TOO little snow up there to melt ne sn's'
| with a sweep Of his hand, indicating the snowy
! ridge Of the mountains
| Another character with whom Senator Cullom
| and his colleagues probably became acquainted -
Nahale the smartest Hawaiian politician in that
section Nahale has his Headquarters at haliua'
| on the seacoast where the New-England MISSION
! aries made their first settlement NahaIe Is
| magnificent looking Hawaiian. He IL lawyer IN
terpreter deputy-sherf head OF the native ponce
| MAGISTRATE and politician He is shrewd, and his
| influence makes him power. Nahae practises
| law and has Hawaiian. japanese, Chinese Ameri-
| can English and German clients. In the Ola days
! Nahale was boon companion OF hing MAXIMUM
al Lau1
nolace or country house near kailua Nahale nst
GAINED his favor by defeating Peopee for the Legs
| ature Peopee had been a popular idol ana was
sunposed To have a life tenure on that distrlct re
fell out with the King by refusing TO support Sohe
| ~ tho latters pet measures Nahae became the
onnosItion candidate. The King quartered TWO OF
three hundred soldiers there little before eiectoh'
To the surprise and chagrin OF Peopees supporters,
Nahae secured a majority. The soldiers voted for
him There were also charges that the oai'o's "au
been tempered with but Peopee did not contest the
election and Nahale continued 10 represent the
ds,rc, He IL one OF the keenest and most
nroeresslve of the native Hawaians When Liliuo-
kalan lost her throne Nahale. though he had been
attached to the monarchy. advised the natives TO
accom-, the new conditions Later he advocated
annexation.
RABID NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Another eccentric character Is Colonel Norris. the
owner OF Kahuka Ranch. Colonel Norris is or
was a rabd ant-annexationist HIS antipathy
toward the missionaries is strong. ana oy INC
Missionaries he means most white people. kahuka
Ranch is oasis, green and fresh IN inc desert
OF black lava and ashen cnders the ouhdnss
are perched rock which STANDS out from the
sea. The traveller seeing the ranch after his
dreorv tourney s sure to make for it under the de-
rision that hospitality will be denied 10 no one
whose wayfarings have taken him through that
dreary country. He will al least dismount from
ui ste nU for hts water bottle Is sure to become
smptv in crossing the long stretch of lava beds
land hlm glass Of water but II the owner of the
premises is in sight more likely he VIII sn sM ms
talk 70 strangers II he does come out TO the gate
himself is apt 70 be Win anadne ta ko WHAT
brings the stranger thither. The Colonel IS passt
efEh g y wand OF be- as the derht OF the painter
sculptor The Colonel also has pistol, WHICH ac-
sS S S sad 70 SPY: 9ons
~. IL hac ha6p
niscentIy OF those days He has also according 70
tradition interesting recolectons OF pioneer umeS
III Peter Lee the landlord at the Volcano House.
r s SsF F he has 81 He kept
inn when it was primitive log house instead ol
,he on the eruptions of Kilauea You can't
tell anything about H. he says pnnty' 20 Misito 90,
ally who would t!ay three or four months ss and nc
Madam Pea would be JUST az quiet al coH nn tSe
nest Then these scientific folks Woudnt be gone
till all her o6k aheG sw Wou and pc hava seem hs
burning lake and tel you II .pHe, me IN the
sky out AT sea But there's no telling when 10 look
pericnces The most thrilling one was when he
vas camping one nm hI n5 on on below him and
hind them, and fire and redhot winds in front OF
'' Among the Hawaiisns whom the Commission
P hS bIuest " blood Of Kentucky lie bears
which was known In the Blue Grass state Tor half
n century and which Is still an honored one rms
Hawaiian pastor only half Hawaiian but the
Unite blood shows little trace. He Is a Leader
among his own people. and is an orator of feryid
eloquence Forty years ago MS father came TO tne
exile from his own land. There had been
tragedy growing out Of quarrel between the hign.
shifted sons of two leading families II was not
the outerowth Of feud; because up to thar time
Tho principals mad been friends. one OF the young
men died in his boots The other was arrested
and imprisoned the charge Of murder. HIS
father vac al the time holding an important po-
lfical office The influence was sufficient to secure
the release OF the prisoner. He left Kentucky
never 10 return and in a few months appeared as
so many other adyenturous spirits had done, In