The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-12

| INN.H. ~ Nv NffH Hf tNN fINMN iNNl'iNN
We cnu allow uf dIHaiioW uHHuie Twins
us sauattffs uu tha crown lands The
question with uH &c., sniu tp hstbot
,his man. and ht sl dolnr drive m the
Whlmlty ~ the people frum rihouua
Th,tr can br no doubt iu my mind NJ
! thr authority ana right of % kuuohikl
over u land to object 90 any squattcf
living ON his land True. kamehame.
ha believed in dreams. ana had super
stitious IDEAS like other Hawaiians. but
are the iiawaiians the only people who
have superstitlous ideas and believe la
dreams? Have not hooks about dreams
ana their meanings boon written and
printed 10y foreigners, and have they
not In many instances been translated
into Hawaiian, which helps To confirm
IN" belief
kamehameha V. also believed Ia and
knew how To use Hawaiian herbs. many
OF which are very powerful and the
use Of which is now very much abused.
IN early days. and now In many iustan-
cos, prayers and incantations were
made to the various gods, but Kane
hamcla v. so far as | know, never
| practiced any of these arts. People are
| known To whom some of these medi-
| zines were given without the use OF
| kahunaism. Some Of these receipts
were given to others and nothing said
| about praying to the gods, etc. Though
| he Understood the use of Hawaiian
medicines he did not practice their
| arts.
| II has been said that Kamehameha
| V. did not care to appoint Hawaiians
| to positions of honor, and that when
| asked for his reasons he kept silent
| This was not the case, as he really de-
| sired to place the Hawaiians in offices
| OF honor but he fel, that few of them
We're capable of holding those offices,
| as he once told Lunalilo. when he ask
ed him why he did not place more Ha-
waiians in the higher offices. The King
| replied: Cousin. you and the natives
have only yourselves To thank for not
being in these offices. You know very
we'll cousin, that you could have the
| highest office In the kingdom that is In
| my gift. if you would only keep straight
| and attend to business" Lunalilo re-
| piled, II know It," The King then said:
| cousin. when | first came to the
throne, I tried filling the higher offices
with Hawaiians, and the first thing /
| knew the men Were too big Tor their
offices. l found they were keeping too
many people around them, and drink
| ing too much and not attending to their
duties. Soon the government money
was missing, and so | quietly put my
hand in my pocket and repaid the
money to the government and dropped
| those persons and put in their places
| men who would not disgrace the coun-
| try by drinking and squandering the
| government money. There are plenty
of natives who know enough and are
smart enough to perform the duties of
| II great many of these offices, but ii IL
lard to find one who will not be upset
after a while by being put into office.
! ard disgrace himself and the nation.
| j feel that Il Is too bad that 1t Is so,
| but. cousin. you know it Is true" Luz
nalilO replied: Yes. 1t is So"
| Though Kamehameha had been In the
habit Of drinking a good deal in his
| younger days. he was quite temperate
! before he came to the throne. and was
more and more so as long as he lived
and would never screen his servants
when they got drunk or broke the laws.
| When they were arrested he would
either pay the fine or let them stay in
iail as he thought best. The police were
/ not afraid to arrest his servants, as
they knew that the king would approve
of their doing their duty.
When S. X was discharged from
being a turnkey at the Jail, he went to
the King and asked him to reinstate
him. The King told him that he had
been warned not to get drunk, but as
h" had not listened, he had lost his
4 place; but he offered him another
chance. He said to k, You can go
UP to Kona and look after my lands
there as long as you let liquor alone,
: and | will get other work for you: but
II you commence drinking again, | will
not give you any further help" This
! kept S. K in check as long as ka-
.nChameha lived.
After the great earthquake of 1868
!, when Kamehameha was on his way to
! Tiilo and Kau on the steamer Kilauea,
: to see If The report was true that the
r lava had surrounded a number Of ma
tiyes on the seashore In Kau, he was
= suffering with heavy cold, and one
of the passengers urged him to take
little whskcy, but he refused saying
that it would have been better for him
l If he had left 1t alone years before
Kamehameha V. really saw the evi
caused by liquor and refused to sign
= bill allowing liquor to be sold to tn,
2 Hawaiians.
! The King had the welfare OF the ma
l ton at heart, and tried hard to get @
I reciprocity treaty negotiated with th'
r United States, and was planning to 90
, himself to the States to work for the
treaty. lie approved Of the establish
. ment Of "A leper asylum on Molokai
took great interest In the building o
4 the Hawaiian hotel in Honolulu anC
the court house In Hilo, and had th'
- Government building commenced II
e Honolulu. Kamehameha felt that gooC
roads ought 10 be made around tn
% Islands, aud at the time of his dcatl
D had formed plans for "A wagon roa'
' from Hilo directly to Kona, ruhniAl
J past Kalaicha and Ahua uni
% kamehamcha V. spoke well OF mos
r. Of the missionaries, ana tried TO pu