Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-05-02

stood il 20 mean, and he said it signi-
fed n peck Of trouble. Then heard a
Young man who had been ont in the
darkness over wretched road upon his
bicycle say he had got into ''all sorts
of pilikia." Wikiwiki and pilikia ought
to he introduced into the English Ian
guagc They would enrich it. They
have lively sound and meaningful
Then that other musical word. ''alo-
ha. II does not mean. II love you,
NJ we have 20 often read, although that
is very pretty Specification. II you
want 10 say II love you" in Hawaiian.
You must add pronoun. thus. 'Alo-
Ia o-e." which sounds just as sweet
Aloha alone signifies good will. best
wishes, friendship or any kindly feeling
one human being puts out toward an
other. The word Is such a one as would
b. inscribed over the door OF beer ga
loon or hotel, IA we sometimes sec the
word ''welcome" in the States. You
notice il upon the threshold or over the
door " many buildings in Honolulu.
In such places il means welcome. con
fcss / was surprised TO see ''aloha
painted upon the doormat at the en-.
trance % United States Consul General
Haywoods Office here. That il the first
time | ever saw the word welcome
on the doormat Of public office. You
are generally warned to keep of. Mr..
Haywood knows it is out Of the COM
mon order. and he half apologies for
its presence there by pretending he did
not know its meaning when he bought
that mat
The native language seems 10 me to
have no backbone to il. like the charac-
ter Of the race that speak it. Yet once
they had backbone. and that only 100
years ago. when Kamehameha the Great,
the first Of his royal line. conquered by
force or treachery all the other chiefs
and united the islands into one kingdom.
ruled by himself. and one nation the peo-
pie have remained to this day. Kane
hameha was quite a. splendid n saw
age in his way as either Frederick Of
Prussia or Peter Of Russia. In COM
memoration Of his quality as a first
class fighting man fine statue Of him
has been erected in front of the govern
ment Judiciary building. 1t is in bronze
and represents handsome heather
draped in the royal yellow feather cloak
and "a little besides as the requirements
Of modern propriety demand. IL was
made several generations after the mon
arch death by an American sculptor.
who evolved il mostly ont Of his own
head. for he did not even visit the is
lands The statue probably looks as
much like the real king as the man IN
the moon. but it is much better looking
than the man in the moon. 40 what
matters
Honolulu is to Hawaii what Wash
ington is to the District Of Columbia. 1t
is practically the republic Of Hawaii.
Whatever roads bridges OF other public
improvements are ordered for any Of the
islands must come from the legislative
assembly at the capital. The rule works
both ways When public work is or
dered for the city of Honolulu, the other
islands must be taxed to pay for it. For
instance, Honolulu, large as il is. a
city Of 80. 900 inhabitants, has no sewer |
system, which is not to its credit A
move is now on foot to construct one.
As a matter Of fact. Honolulu has |
never had city government of its own. |
The kings and queens Of the past ruled |
it themselves. Jealousy prevented the
monarchs from permitting any munich
pal authority apart from their own.
The capital contains nearly third Of
the population and wealth of all tho is
lands. The mayor Of Honolulu would
have been a bigger man than the king.
Changes will undoubtedly be made by
the United States government IN the
municipal management Of Honolulu.
President Dole himself ia in favor OF
giving the city local government
That is the difference between mon
arch and republican head of govern
ment. Mr.. Dole advocates local self
government for all districts containing
towns large enough to make it worth
while. The islands, we are to remem-
Der, are divided into districts. as states
st home are divided into counties. A
town is officially the main settlement
in a given district. The local authority.
whatever it will be when congress de-
cides the matter. will therefore hold
jurisdiction over district.
Through the kind introduction OF DR..
Charles T. Rodgers. secretary Of the
Hawaiian department Of education,
enjoyed the favor Of personal call on
President Dole himself. The executive
department and legislative halls now
occupy the stately building that used
70 be the private residence Of the colored
royalty. 1t was highly colored. too, II
the fixed belief Of some of the Oldest and
most respectable residents Of Honolulu /
q correct It's no good stirring up old
scandals, and doubtless we have all had
. shabby ancestor or two II we could
70 back down the line far enough; but. |
according to the belief above mention
Cd. Liliuokalsni and her brother Kala-
kaua were the children Of father
whom my informant described - ian
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