The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-22

trying to rid himself of the missionary
influence.
The whole community, including the
foreign consuls, rose against the new
! ministry. The flags We're kept flying
night and day, and the consuls would
have nothing to do with Moreno. One
day man-of-war, British, I believe,
came into port and refused to fire a
salute to the King. Then the King
began to be frightened and dismissed
Moreno
Moreno departed on a secret mission
for the time being as ambassador TO
European powers. He took with him
! some young men by the Kings author
ity, to be located in European military
and naval schools. Among them was
Bob Wilcox. now delegate at Wash
ington.
Moreno was an INSCRIPTIONS ad-
venturer, of no character and no abil-
/ ity. He was looked upon by all re-
spectacle people as disreputable.
He gained his influence over the
King by fattery. He fiattered him by
making him think that he could create
a fund of s10,000000 by importing
1000, 600 Chinese and charging them SO
head. The King had visionary
schemes of establishing a navy and
Notifications, and so forth. Moreno in
flated his head with such ideas. The
King published some tracts to support
his extravagant notions.
In personal appearance Moreno was
a rather understood man. 1 saw him
two or three times that l remember I
understand he had a very plausible
way with him. He has spent great
many years in Washington lobbying"
Prof. VIM. D. Alexander remembers
Moreno and his career here as prime
minister, but, like Mr.. Bishop did not
know him personally.
The affair nearly stirred up a revo-
luton - q said jCsh
were two public mass meetings TO pro-
test against the action or the King,
and the appointment of the new minis
! ter. The most prominent members OF
the royal family also demonstrated.
| Moreno came here to establish a line
| of steamers with China. He tried to
have it subsidized by the government,
and finally succeeded in having Il bill
passed, by the outlay of a great deal
of money but the money was never
paid him. He also tried to have bonus
| given him of $1,000,000 for a cable.
| He tlattered King Kalakaua by tell
! ing him he could get money from Chi
ma, which he said was the storehousa
of the world. Money went there ana
never came back. He supported the
King in all his pet projects, and told
| him that the country should be gov
| erned by Hawaiians.
Some years after, when asked why
! he had appointed Moreno, King Iala-
kaua said that. he recognized In Mo
reno man of ability; that Moreno
agreed with him in his views of the
government; that he said that the
King should be his own prime minis
| ter. and that the country ought to De
governed by Hawaiians.
AN amusing incident occurred In
Naples when King Kalakaua was or
/ his trip around the world, accompanied
by w. n. Armstrong and c. II. Judd
Moreno came aboard the vessel at Ma
pies just as though he had the King
| in charge, and tried to take possession
of him, ignoring his companions. Blu
Armstrong was more than d match fol
him.
! Moreno was boastful and brag-
CART. as shown by his letters. He wa:
not tactful.'
Since 1882 or 1883 he has resided IL
Washington. D. c., where he has LEI
a more or less uncertain existence a
a lobbyist and newspaper correspon
dent He was a native Of Italy, H
was about seventy years old.