The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-22

The detailing Of the United States GOV
eminent official, now on his way to Ha-
wall 10 take a census of the islanders is
d step that is Of the utmost value to the
world at large. considering the fact that
the native Hawaiians are gradually but
surely dwindling away. No spectacle is
more mournful than that of a dying race,
nor Is any more exceptional Much SYM
pathy has been wasted upon the redskin
on this score. although recent and extern
s.V7 Investigations nave shown that he IS
heing absorbed by the whites and is not
d}ng out But the same cannot be said
o. the kanaka. the native of Hawaii. The
native government, initiating the civil
H"l nations, took every now and then
census Of its people, and the record speaks
Tor itself From 1910 to 1S9, Il shows a
steady diminution. Careful scrutiny indi-
Gates that the evil does not spring from
al excessive death rate, but from an in
s-iHrleDt birth rate and marriage rate.
10 other words the pressure Of Western
CIVILIZATION has increased the trouble and
oAi Hsn Of matrimOny and parenthoU,
without increasing the mOncy-making
powers n the luckless islanders. In the
beginning OF the century the diseases in
uuaGgCd from the great cities of Chrlstcn-
dom proved terribly fatal. These were
NOT ssrned in their averages by the
enormous quantity OF rum which was sent
o4' ID every trading ship.
t''wCeu disease and alcohol twO-thirds
.. TIE population passed away in forty
years ia those days the death rate was
terrible and the amount of sickness dis
Lear'ening Through II all, however, the
ID" ~ natural selection went on, the
weaker dying and the stronger living. and
il aHs kept on until the present time. The
'"A9 Of decrease for the past twenty
years has been the smallest of all on rec
''A Other influences have come i'm which
promise 20 make some change in the
Stale 81 affairs.
Education aud Progress.
Universal education is the rule in Ha-
Wal. and with educational there has been
social progress. The Kanaka women Of
To-day hold an excellent social position
ana az" sought In marriage by the men Of
D.A'r races. No more charming family
can Doc found. FOR example, than that Of
'e Chinese merchant prince, All Fong,
whose wife is a Hawaiian in whose veins
laore is some American blood. by her he
--- or had, thirteen daughters and four
Sons. .our or five OF the daughters being
married 20 American citizens. The Hon.
samuel Parker. eX-Prime Minister OF the
Islands. Is another representative OF this
tendency lie II a Kanaka with about
,a'-f"arih European blood and is one OF
ITO hangsOmest men physically that can
.f FOUND. Ills children combine the fine
qualities or both brown and white races.
t-c the daughters would be bellies in any
'oe!ety
The Kanskas have been CLr,stlnlzed
nearly a century, but under their Chris
.'"a'.y can stili be seen the remains Of
iOiHer heatEcn!sm. Even to-day their
standards Of morality snd m0desty are
b'!aH those Of New England, and even
o. "e" York. n Is not that they are
IMMORAL or immOdest These presuppose
intention and knowledge. The qualities in
tHelr case are constitutional : nd instinct
I've. Once AT Pail. the famous pass over
Sh'ch King Kamehameha I drove Ig.y09