The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-19
Continued from Sunday.)

Liliuokalani did not complete her
second year as sovereign. Through
her own stubborn opposition to the
rights OF her people, her selhshness
bigotry and immortality, she brought
about such a feeling that her govern
ment was overthrown,
A republic was declared in 1894 and
annexation to the United States
sought. After a delay of four years
. treaty OF annexation was passed by
Congress and the Hawaiian Islands
became part of the United States.
1t is hard for the American to be-
Eeve the fervor and enthusiasm with
which the Hawaiians received the an
nouncement of the passage OF the
annexation bill by Congress. There
was no ocean cable and the news had
to be brought by the mail steamer
from San Francisco. The Oceanic 5.
S. Moana brought the information
and when she arrived in the bay at
Honolulu-June p, 1899, she was met
at the wharf by practically the whole
populace. The Moana had painted
and carried a big placard reading:
House passed annexation by vote of
100 to ol." The people went wild
over the announcement and from that
moment everything American was
viewed with affectionate regard.
As a race the Hawaiian people are
of tawny complexion with dark hair
and large dark eyes, somewhat fat
tened noses and full sensuous lips.
Some of the women are very beauti-
full and the men are we'll made. They
are demonstrative in their manners
and notd for gentleness and hospital
ity.
Hawaiians love nature-the woods,
the flowers, the rolling surf and the
music of their mountain streams. This
intense devotion to nature was prac-
tically their religion previous to their
conversion to Christianity and it is
hard to believe that any people who
thus worshipped the Creator through
the symbols OF his benevolence, could
have been otherwise than gentle in
heart and pure in life. 1t was their
custom while in a state OF paganism
to surrender their grass huts and even
their wives and daughters to the full
qualification Of strangers who visited
them.
This boundless hospitality be it
said to the shame OF Our higher civil
hzation was frequently abused and
outraged, and bloody encounters took
place as natural result. 1t is said
that the death OF Captain Cook was
due to such a violation of hospitality.
The native Hawaiian or Kanaka is
constitutionally opposed to laboring
in any manner, and in their natural
state depended on fishing and the
productions Of the earth. But now
they cultivate the soil and manufac-
ture sugar, molasses, salt, arrow root, !
poe from the taro rot and are skilful |
workers in iron and other metals.
They are fond of music and dancing,
are fine swimmers and very expert in
the management of their canoes.
Their national dance the "hula-hula"
rs peculiar to these tribes nothing
similar to it having been found among
other races. 1t is the dance of love
and has a running accompaniment of
song and changing gourds.
Their language is expressive and
musical. Owing to remarkable health.
fulness and mildness of climate the
Hawaiian language has no word to
express the general idea of weather.
Their disposition is so gentle that
they have no words to express the
emotion of anger and it is impossible
Tor the native Hawaiian to be pro-
Zane, because there are no explletives
IN his vocabulary. 1t is also true
t1at their loose morals have left their
impress on the language. Its rela-
hon to other Polynesian dialects is
shown in the fact that every word and /
syllable must end in vowel. The
ratio OF vowel to consonantal sound
IS nearly twice as great as in the
italian, the softest of all European
.ongues-a fact that renders the sound
ot conversation among a company of
native Hawaiians sweet as gentle
music.
Although the Hawaiian Islands are
now supposed to have been discov-
ered by the Spaniards two or three
centuries ago, the first white man
lnown to have visited this group was
captain Cook in 1878. Thinking the Il
5ods had come to earth, these simple
leople received him with he6ttinor