Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

than was the case anywhere else. Tn
intelligent classes embraced, beside
the Americans in the country, tn
Caucasians in general, English, Frencl
and German. The ignorance amonJ
the natives, Chinese, Japanese ant
their kind, was gross, and placed then
far below the whites, both mental,
and morally. The majority of tn,
intelligent people were Liberals, ant
were opposed to Queen Liliuokalani
while the majority of the others wer,
Royalists. But there were some in
telligent supporters of the queen, ant
not few native Liberals. Even thi
was complication enough. But, con
tinuing the division of parties, tn,
queens adherents were divided in tn,
Church Party and the Party of Ideas
Do not mistake the use or application
of the word 'ideas" in reference tt
the larger wing of the queens party
They had ideas, it is true, but they
were not in the direction of advance
ment or enlightenment. The name
PARTY of Ideas" was one of the ideas,
and emanated from the Inauguration
of queen. The Party of Ideas was
simply the worst element of the lot,
and had for its motive the overturnina
of the constitution and return to an
almost absolute monarchy, with the
simultaneous return to impure morals
and licensed wickedness, which had
always accompanied that form of gov.
ernment in the islands.
On the other hand, the Church
Party, while it strove to hedge the
queen round about with some sort OF
dignity, and had long worked for the
uplifting of the natives from their con-
dition of moral turpitude, based their
support of the queen mainly upon a
sort OF traditional fondness for the
pomp and trappiugs of royalty and a
tpirit of gratitude for the freedom the
government had allowed the priests in
their work.
Now, as opposed to these two ele-
ments of the Royalists were, as 1 have
said, the most intelligent of the resi-
dents. The people who looked upon
the extravagances of the court, the
vacillating, weak and degenerhting
legislation produced by the existing
form of government, where the peo.
pie who had given to Hawaii its prom
inence as country, who had invested
their wealth in the land, and who
maintained all there was to be main
tanned of the expenses of the state.
They were the men who paid the taxes
on lands, and who were always de-
pended upon to put forth their wealth
in the furtherance of any project os.
tensibly for public Improvement. Yet,
according to the Royalist Party, not
only in Hawaii, but in the United
States and England, these men had
no rights which the crown was bound
to observe, nor even the right to dis
approve of the wretchedly wasting
policy of the queen and her cabinet.
But even this party was divided in
sentiment. One element, not a small
Or Insignificant one by any means, had
long been agitating the question OF
annexation to the United
States. Their position was maintained
by sound arguments on the financial,
judicial and commercial benefits to be
derived from the incorporating of Ha-
waii into the United States, which
would eventually result in raising the
islands to the dignity of State or
collection of States, or at least to Ter
ritories. The benefits, as set forth by
the Annexationists, or left-wing of the
Liberals, were beautifully clear and
but there were elements and
to be taken into considera-
ton that rendered the scheme mad
or, at least, impracticable.
But the left-wing had able leaders,
and among them were Sandford Dole
and Mr.. S'eacamp.
On the other side of the annexation
question were the members of the
of the Liberal Party. The
demands of this organization were
clear, simple and succinct. They
wanted government for the people,
and of the people. They demanded a
under which all industries
should be fostered, commerce encour.
aged and the wealth of the country in
creased. While. as a rule, Americans
are ardent In their love for their
mother country, they foresaw difficult
ties and evils in the plans of the left
wing which were insurmountable; and
in lieu of annexation with the United
States, or any other country, they de.
sired arepublican form of government,
able, strong and unwavering, which
would uphold the autonomy of Hawaii
before the world and increase its i'm.
portanee among nations. In short,
the main difference between the two
wings was that the left wanted to be q
small part of great republic, while
the right wanted to be a republic by
themselves, with policy under which
they might become great and stand
alone. Uncle Thomas was a stauncb
supporter of the right wing.
The rule of the queen was ut times
surprisingly lax and at others woefully
harsh. She was evidently creature
Of impulse, aud was each day swaye6
by her emotions and by the influence
Of the unscrupulous men around her.
The leader of the left wing of the
Liberals, Judge Dole, had frequent
hits with his Royalist enemies, and
they did all they could to iniure hiu
and his friends. In fact. it had begun
to look as If the adherents of the
queen, always deep in the mire of i'm.
morality and evil practices, were 60
ing to drive the Americans from the
islands, if possible, by persecution.
The condition of things had been
getting worse gradually for years. The
situation had now become painfully
strained.
TWAS well understood that the equeen
was going to override the law and was
going to replace the existing constitu.
tion with one of her own. More than
this, she was about to make terms Of
license with huge lottery scheme,