The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-02
.LADOD WILCOX.
The Italian Once More
In Type.
Tells Washington About His Great
Career--CeIso Caesar Moreno
Chimes In "FearIessy."

per representative OF Celso Caesar Mo-
reno and Bob" Wilcox. A recent num-
ber OF the paper covers half Its first
page with a picture OF Wilcox in his
Italian uniform, labeled Robert w.
Wilcox, the First Governor of Hawaii"
The Bee prints, on another page, a
modest autobiography of the visiting
statesman, from which these extracts
and abstracts are taken.
Mr.. Wilcox tells where he was born
and reared; how he was sent by the
King to Italy to learn the way to or
ganize an army In Hawaii; how he be-
came sub-lleutenant of artillery and
was finally recalled by the missionary
Cabinet of Hawaii; and then he relates
the following circumstances:
I'm 1887, while he was in Italy he
married an Italian lady OF nobility, no
less than cousin of Prince Ferdinan-
do Marco Antonio Giuliano Colonna di
Stigliano of Naples, who is now the
son-in-law of Mrs. j. w. Mackay of Ne
vada; her name Is Bar0nessa Gina So
brero. They both went to Hawaii, and
they both suffered persecution from
the missionary party So they both
left Hawaii and resided at San Fran
cisco, California. There his wife gave
birth to daughter. whom they named
Victoria Colonna, and they all lived
there over a year. He was employed
in the Spring Valley Water Works as
a surveyor.
In 1889 he went back to Honolulu,
while his wife and child returned to
Italy. On July 30, 1889, he revolted the
Missionary Government with a big
following OF natives, whose sole object
was to put King Kalakaua in position
of King again from the humiliated po-
sition OF puppet king who was help
less. He succeeded In the morning
with few armed men in taking pos
session of the Palace and the Govern
ment building at Honolulu. But King
Kalakaua failed to carry out his part;
in fact, he failed to have courage, and
he deserted Wilcox, and ordered his
soldiers not to do anything in any way
to assist Wilcox. Mr.. Wilcox's men
had few arms, and at 9 a. m. the Mis-
sionary Party found out that the King
had deserted Wilcox and he would not
have the support of the Kings Guard,
30 500 rifemen of the Missionary Par
| ty' turned out against the unarmed
men of Wilcox, but took all day to cap
ture him, who resisted all day with
five armed men in the wooden Bunga
low of the King"
After telling how he "terroriZed" the
Dole regime for two weeks in 1898, Will
cox rebukes the Pope for annulling his
marriage with the Italian Baroness on
the ground that he was not Catholic.
1T was a mistake" says the autobiog-
rapher, because Mr.. Wilcox Is a strong
supporter of the Catholic religion
everywhere; in fact, his children are
Catholic"
But here is the richest bit-the ac-
count of the First Governors" mar
riage to Theresa Cartwright:
I'm 1896 he married Princess The
resa Owana Kaohelelani, descendant
OF the Great House of Keona, the fa-
ther of Kamehameha the Great. BY the
Italian Baroness he had only daugh-
ter, who died in Italy. By the Hawaii
an Princess he has two children living,
one is Prince Roberto Keona and the
other Princess Virginia Kaihikapuma-
hama"
In conclusion, the distinguished Will
of the native Hawaiians and will no
Moreno Gets In.
The Bee also prints this commune
cation from Celso Caesar Moreno, who
writes at long range in his customary
fearless manner"
II never had any sympathy for the
missionary fathers and sons In Hawaii
because in silence l have attentively on
the spot observed them In their nefa-
rious work Of plundering, depressing
and demoralizing the Godlike native
Hawaiians, but always thought that
they had some men of brains among
them today, like Saint Thomas, that
| have heard and touched and seen the
emissaries of the missionary ring sent
to Washington to defend their now
lost cause. think that the missionary
power in Hawaii derived its force and
durations solely from the countless
blunders and blind credulity of the ul-
ira timid Hawaiian kings and queens,
especially Liliuokalanl, who blundered
more than all her predecessors. Thus
she has ruined Hawaii, the Hawaiians,
her brother Kalakaua, and finally her
self, and forever with the burlesque as
sistance of her well-paid laquais. little
Palmer.
THE missionaries in Hawaii have
been. and are at present. at the bottom
of all troubles. but will cease to be so
in the future, for the provisions of the
now amended Hawaiian Bill in the
House of Representatives have broken
the backbone of the missionary ring
and will protect the harmless Hawaiian
lamb from the rapacity of the mission
airy wolf.
The Committee on Territories OF
the House of Representatives is COM
posed of able and humane men and
they qhickly saw that in this Hawaiian
Territory Bill they had noble work
to accomplish. viz: the deliverance OF
the defenceless native Hawalians from
the cold. cruel and venal tyranny OF the
intensely greedy missionary ring COM
posed of low men from all lands. who
preach and prey on Sunday, do al
kinds OF tricks and traffics through the
week and NEEDLE in politics all the
year round. The ever lamented King
lKalaEaua offau fold ma fhaaa last