The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-07-29


8. 1873. On his death IN 1874 the crown
was bestowed by the legislature on
David kalakaua. who was succeeded by
his sister, Liliuokalani, January 20.
1891. The republic was proclaimed
January II, 1898.
The Hawaiian government publica-
ton. already quoted, has some ear
marks of special plea, but it is prob
ably as nearly accurate, in a general
way, as any history of the period now
available. AS it was published by the
republican government, its purpose
very likely was to set the revolutionists
in the right. Its account of the 20
years between the election of King
Lunalilo, in January, 1873, and the
proclamation of the republic, in jan
uary. 1893, is all calculated to give the
idea that the republicans were cham
pions of enlightenment fighting despot-
ism. It mentions, indeed, that 1.-The
suspicion and race prejudice that al
ready existed" was intensified in 1873
through the propose! to cede Pearl
harbor to the United States in consid-
GRAFTON of treaty Of commercial reci-
procity. Another matter, which
"helped to widen the breach" racially,
was the execution of the law for the
segregation of lepers, one result of
which was a mutiny of the household
troops. (which had the sympathy of
the populace." The treaty of CONNER
cial reciprocity that was negotiated in
the second year of the reign of King
Kalakaua went into operation in Sep
TENDER, 1876, IN spite of bitter opposi-
ton in both countries" In later pub
LEGATION, the last volume of "Appleton's
Annual Cyclopaedia." it is stated that
"the Americans Tin HawaiD feared that
the continued settlement of Japanese
in the Hawaiian islands would result
in the transfer of political power to
them and the adoption of such laws as
would make Hawaii a Japanese colony"
To return to the more definite his
tory of Hawaii, King Kalakaua had
been seated on the throne only by the
aid of American marines, who were
called in to suppress the rioting of his
opponents. Once having got the throne,
however, he set out, as we are assured
by the republicans, "to change the
system of government into personal
despotism in which he should have I'M
checked control of the government
treasury" The republican Indictment
of him reads much as does the ortho-
dox whig indictment of Charles 1. He
dismissed two ministers without as
signing any reason Immediately after
they had been triumphantly sus-
tanned by a vote of the Legislature"
The appointment of one of his pre-
miers, who had the picturesque name
of Celso Caesar Moreno, "calied forth
the protest of the represents of
three great powers, and such an
uprising of the people that he had to
give way" We are told that adroit
politicians taught him how to ''vio-
late the spirit and intent of the con-
stitution, while keeping within the let
ter of the law" and also that ''legis-
latures were packed with subservient
| offceholders, while every artifice was
used to debauch the native elector-
ate and foment race prejudice" The
national debt grew to five times it.
self in seven years. The king accepted
| brides.
All this brought about the revolu-
| ton of 1887. There resulted new
CONSTITUTION duu great cur IStlucut VI
/ the royal power. A royalist uprising in
1889. led by one R. w. Wilcox. was put
down and soon after the king died.
The republican indictment of Liliuo-
kalani is similar to the charges against
! Kalakaua. "The history of her short
! reign shows that it was her unaltered
purpose to restore autocratic govern
ment." She had prepared acoupd'etat
! for January II, 1893, but her minis
| tiers wavered at the last moment, and
according to the republican account.
there was a general uprising of the
conservative part of the community
similar to that of 1887" and the repub-
lie was proclaimed.
In February, 1897, commissioners
| were sent to Washington to draft a
! treaty of annexation. By this treaty
| the islands become the territory of
Hawaii, all rights of sovereignty are
| coded to the United States and the lat
, ter assumes the Hawaiian debt to the
| extent of 100000. There is an anti
| annexation party in the islands that
still desires an independent govern
| ment, but the Hawaiian legislature
has unanimously ratified the treaty.
| The territory of Hawaii, though it's
| total area is only 6,740 square miles
and its population but O9,02C, has
great natural wealth. No state on
earth has a more mixed population,
less than one-third being native Ha-
| waiians, nearly one-fourth Japanese.