The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-19
E. K. LILIKALANI.


50 &c 9. GO g. sc 8. 60 9. SO 90 g. So go 50 50 90
Ruth Keelikolani and Queen Kalama,
all springing from the one ancestor,
Moana, woman who was the progeni-
tor of all the rulers of Hawaii after
| Kamehameha the Great.
Mr.. Lilikalani, recently a clerk in the
t Tax Office, was elected to the lasisla-
ture as a representative on the Repub-
lican ticket. He occupies a modest end
somewhat obscure little cottage on
Queen street. His home is filled With
portraits of Hawaii's rulers, and ka-
hills and other mementoes of The
monarchy are to be seen in the house
decorations.
Let the United States but say to
me, sign off your right to the Crown
Lands, in consideration for which you
will be pensioned as was Queen Emma
until her DEATH and I will relinquish
all further claims" said Mr.. I4ilikaIanf
yesterday
Mr. Lilikalani showed copies of Ill
the papers and exhibits which he sent
respectively to President Roosevelt,
Speaker Cannon of the House and to
the United States Senate as well as TO
| Delegate Kalanianaole. Among them
was large piece of tracing cloth with
| genealogical tree of Moana clearly
shown. with references below to Su-
preme Court decisions, and various his
tories of the Hawaiian Islands There
is also a copy of the last will and testa-
ment Of Kamehameha III wherein oc-
| ours this provision:
Fifth, 1 give and devise the rest
residue and remainder of my estate of
whatsoever kind or nature. to my
adopted son, Alexander Liholiho.''
Upon this proviso, Mr. Lilikalani
! bases much of his claim to a partici-
patton in the benefits that might ac-
crue from a possession of the Crown
Lands.
| Then there is a paper entitled: Ed
ward K Lilikalani. Royal Lineage of
Man. Elected from Fourth District.
! Will be his sixth term as member of
| the legislature. Served variously un-
der the Monarchy" This paper give
his complete biography. Two photo
| graphs OF lLlllhdldIll, one With Ills uSC-
| orations on view, were also sent.
| The most important document was
his petition. in which he detailed at
length his royal lineage, showing, that
he was now the sole heir to the Ka-
mehameha rights to the Crown Lands.
'I have not the means to employ a
! lawyer to press my claims before Con-
| gress," said Mr. Lilikalanf, but
have made out these statements with
care, using common-sense. which I
presume the Congressman can best I'M
derstand. There is nothing in the doe
uments to confuse, which might have
occurred if a lawyer had presented my
case
Moana. according to the tree shown.
was Lilikalani's great-great grand
mother. She had four husbands Her
first husband was Heula and their
daughter was Hakau; her son was Hao
and his daughter. Luahina: her daugh-
ter was Ksnia. The latter's daughter,
in turn, was the late Princess Pauahi
Bishop, founder of the Kamehameha
Schools
| Moana's second husband was Kuka-
lOha. There descended from this mar
riage Kanuha Clo, Kamakau (l<), Ka-
| 4tliIOiIlt uOl M, idJIST Oh EDWARD ~
/ LiIikalani.
| Moana's third husband was Keawe-
nui and the descendants were Kanaina.
First G0; Kiilaweau Ck); Kekuanaoa
(k); Princes Ruth KeelikoIanf by Ke-
kuanoa's first wife: Kamehameha ".
Y and Princess Victoria Kamalu by
Kekuanaoa's second wife.
Moanas fourth husband was Palili,
and their descendants were Kauwa
(v). One branch gives a descendant,
t<akooku tw). her daugher being Queen
Kalama. Kauwa's son was Chas Ka-
raina. father of King Lunalilo.
The genealogical tree is claimed to
be that by which the Hawaiian SUI
preme Court arrived at its decision
wherein Lilikalani claims to have been
declared one of the Kamehamehas. On
page go OF the Hawaiian Laws of 1864
Is, there is a paragraph showing that