Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-07-14
CHAPTER XIII.

ihduluitl tuty nau uono IT. anu tile
intelligence of the reunited elements
of the American League was turned
toward the upbuilding Of a country
rich in promise and already yielding
fruitfully to their nourishing care.
Sandford Dole was chosen president
of the republic without an opposing
candidate. The sagacity Of the man,
his patriotism, his unwavering adher-
cnce to the principles Of freedom,
made him the ideal candidate.
In the construction Of his cabinet,
he again urged upon my uncle to ac-
cept the Office he had filed since the
revolution; Int Uncle Tom declined.
He was not the man he was at that
time. He was aging under the sorrow
OF Winnie's loss, and his mind seemed
always troubled He was physically
much enfeebled by what he had gone
through, and, laying aside the cares
and responsibilities of office, he with
drew to The Corals to rest.
Gordon still had the army. Never
had man been accepted as the
adopted son of a country with 50 much
affection as Gordon. He was looked
upon as the backbone of our military
force, and with Gordon at the head,
our little army was twice as great as il
would be without him.
The ex-queen, as Mrs. nonimis-
her family name--still lived in Homo
lulu, on Washington Square; but her
followers, outside the ignorant natives,
we're few. and the RoyaIists had sunk
to the level of political intriguers,
without a cause and without hope,
The wisdom Of the government was
shown best when it looked to the wis
dom of other successful republics for
example in bringing about most sue
cessful form of Legislative influence,
and from the best bricksin the fabrics
of other republics they gave to Hawaii
a substantial, indestructible rule OF
the people for their own good and un.
der their own control.
The election laws were simple, but
they were safe. There was no ballot.
box stuffing, no purchasing of votes.
There was no rioting at the polls, for
the rule Of the majority was for the
right, and by the rule of the majority
the guardians of the peace were chosen.
The electric franchise, under consti.
tuition framed by twelve of the ablesi
men Of Hawaii and adopted by the
people, was zealously guarded. Citi
zenship was conferred upon those who
were born in the country, or who,
after having resided there a certain
of years and had given evi-
dence of their intention, claim citizen
ship papers. But to become voting
citizen Of Hawaii an oath of allegiance
was necessary to the foreign-born, by
which they were held always to sup
port the constitution and uphold the
against all others, and,
further, the naturalized voter must
forswear all allegiance TO any other
power. Nor was this all.
To vote well. citizen must vote in
telligentiy Therefore, an ability to
read and write must be proven before
an examining board before the would-
be citizen obtained the papers that
him to exercise his voice in
the management OF affairs or the cleo
ton of legislative officers.
1t has been noticed that during
long season OF drought or the other
extreme, overwhelming storms, all
nature stunts. II does not progress.
Nothing thrives. Everything seems
to go TO the dogs The blight re-
the cooling showers in the one
instance, the warm brs .th of the sun
dried air in the other, bring about
change. Nature goes forward in leaps
and plunges. 1t makes up for lost
time. The balance must be restored,
the gap must belflled; and after a
time, all traces of the former stagna-
ton hre gone.
SO it was with us in Hawaii.
Once safely under the new consti-
tuition, Dole inaugurated, the govern
ment and Legislative offices filed,
business went ON with a rush. Every
thing doomed Money that had been
held with a view to getting it safely
out of the country was put into indus
trial ventures that employed men and
brought trade and commerce to our
shores.
As out of the darkness Of the night
comes the dawn and after the dawn
the brilliant light Of day, SO, out of
the darkness into which Hawaii had
been plunged by corruption, intrigue
and treachery, she came proudly into
the light Of freedom and the dawn of
an era of prosperity.
Where, under the old regime, there
had been one ship in our harbor there
were now ten.
There were iron, tin, lead, silver
and gold in the mountains, and upon
the importation of the products of
these there was a products tariff. The
stagnation and decentralization of bust
ness in the United States when her
tariff was in danger had been our OBJ
ject-lesson, and we builded wisely
upun tuc piuus ialu uOMH pJ tHe
former administration.
A peculiar fact began to impress it,
self upon me- 1t was a strange thing,
and 1 attributed it to Uncle Toms
over Winnie's disappear
ance. He was almost too tender to-
ward me. When he spoke to me
there seemed to be in his manner an
evidence of anxiety over something
an anxiety that he wished to conceal.
He frequently sat with me on the
porch, aud as we smoked aud chatted,
often thought l saw him studying
me furtively. Yet the reason for
such course was absent, and dis
missed the thought as often Us it oc-
Cured.
But it came back to me with re-
doubled force Mornings, when we
met, he scanned me carefully, and |
faneied once or twice that his voice
faltered when he spoke to me.
At this time | was not feeling in my
usual good health, but was not in any
condition to render medical aid nee