The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-25

reason, bind US to pay pension, or ali
mony in gross, to the former Queen of
Hawaii
"How muchi Well, the answer may
depend upon how much the tariff is to
be revised and the revenues reduced.
When Queen Lii went to Washington
before, along in the middle 90s, she
went in the pride of tropical beauty,
which the world thought would corrupt
Congress and undermine the seats of the
mighty. She was expected to blow Orient
breath out of sweet lips into scanned
faces and carry things by storm. She
failed. We rose up as one man and
hurled back with scorn the intimation
that we could be so approached. But
now she comes as an old woman, whose
Oriental beauty is faded, and is asking
only what she feels to be justice. Be.
fore the day of Manila we could see
no justice in it. But since we have
commenced paying men for the privi-
lege of thrashing them out of their
boots, we might give something to a
woman who gave up her boots without
thrashing. OF course, no precedent is
retroactive, even those which we fool.
ishly make for ourselves. But when we
start out being foolish we should be
consistently foolish.'
Lands Were Abrogated.
The Buffalo Enquirer is one of the
papers which sees no virtue in the claim
advanced by the Queen. 1t says:
"Persons with a penchant for keeping
tab on royalties and ex-royalties may
be interested to learn that Liliuokalani,
she of the unpronounceable name, who
formerly reigned as Queen of Hawaii,
reached her SEVENTEEN birthday today.
"This week the attention of American
readers has again been called to this
extraordinary parsonage by her arrival
here to press her claims on the govern
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ment for compensation for lands for.
merly belonging to the crown of the
Hawaiian Islands.
"The claims of Liliuokalani have been
before the public ever since the an
nexation of her former domain to the
United States. The general opinion
here is that the chances of her receiv-
ing compensation are very remote.
"Article 95 Of the constitution of the
republic Of Hawaii, promulgated July
a, 1894, declared the crown lands tn be
the property of the Hawaiian govern
ment, and to be free and clear of any
trust of or concerning the same, and
from all claims of whatever nature up.
on rents, issues and profits thereof,
"This selfsame article of the eonstitu-
tion of the republic became section
of the territorial constitution and is a
law in sense as clear and strict as
any amendment of the Constitution Of
the United States.u
Claims are Claims.
The Scranton Times sees Trouble in
the collection, remarkinet
"The former Queen Of Hawaii, Liliuo.
kalani, has come tb Washington for
the winter to 4iush. her we'll known
claim for $25Ooo0 damages against the
United States government. 1t was once
indorsed by the late Senator Hoar, but
claims are claims and they all have
sorIy experience in Congress.
Locates Daughter.
| The jamestown IN. W Journal has
discovered a daughter of the Queen tC
carry on her claim in future. The Jour
nal is pessimistie, saying:
"There does not seem to be any more
prospect for the success of her present
mission than there was when she las
visited the national capital. The Uni
ted States has never recognized thu
claims of the deposed queen and prob
ably never will, and the chances o
her receiving compensation are very re
mote indeed. When S. b. Dole an,
others changed the form of the govern
ment of the Hawaiian islands from
monarchy to republic the rights o
the crown to certain lands were ahrc
gated. The United States government
had nothing to do with that and whe
the islands were made a dependenc
of the American government it wa
deemed unnecessary and unwise to r,
Q new these obligations.
e cit is likely that the queen herse
will not press her claims for mar
IS more years, as she is now seventy yea
Is old. Her daughter, however, will
g a legitimate heir to any rights II
m mother possessed and there is, therefor
a little likelihood that the national co
Is gress will be relieved of the Hawaiii
n claims for a good many years to CON
ID as the claims are large ones and wi
er just sufficient basis to tempt adventJ
IN ers to encourage the queen and h