The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-08-23

When Hawaii becomes a State will
Honolulu have to fight it out with some
Of the other towns of the Territory
to retain her proud title of Capitali
Will Hilo, with her breaiSwater, her new
wharf, her federal building, united
citizenhood and volcano have grown in
TO a position by that time to enter the
field as a potential Tivalf There will
be plenty of time between now and
then for those who are watching Hilo
grow to note quite a difference.
Perhaps Waikiki will have incorpor'
ated Kahului by that time and will
make an attempt to swipe the ter.
ritorial seal, the Governor and the rest
of the official family.
Kauai may make up its mind that
State Building would improve Wal
mea' or Lihue and will dash in and cap
ture the prize. Once Kauai gets start
ed after anything and there is nothing
to it.
Who knowsi 1t is not an exception
al thing, by any means, for territor.
ial capital to become suddenly one of
the also presents when a State consti-
tuition has been accepted. Just now
they are having raids and forays and
iniunctions in Oklahoma State, with
Guthrie in a death grapple with Okla
homa City for the honOrs
Fewer than half of the States have
now the same capitals which they had
when admitted to the Union. In fewer
still is the capital the same as it was
under a colonial or territorial form Of
| % hn Gfatau he
had in turn three or four capitals
Usually the change has been for the
sake of more central location, though
two or three of the Atlantic Coast
States, in moving their capital back
from the seaboard, had in mind the
t greater security from invasion by {
:, foreign foe. In the original colonies
y the chief settlement was natural thu
early seat of governmental Boston
Philadelphia, New York, Portsmouth
Savannah and Charleston.
i. Massachusetts IS one of the few ole
States in which no change has beer
made, and even there an attempt wa
made some years ago to transfer th'
capital to Worcester.
{ Rhode Island and Connecticut for 4;
: long time had two capitals each, but II
recent years Newport and New Havel
have been stripped of their honors. New
= Haven ceased to be a Connecticut cap
= ital in 1873, but Newport continued T.
be one of the capitals of Rhode Islant
until 1900. Rhode Island, in fact, il
the early days had no fewer than fiv
capitals at the same time-South King
ston, East Greenwich and Bristol, II
addition to the two which shared tn
honor together through the nineteenth
u century
f In New York the capital was locate
4 at Albany in 1907 The original sea
of government was New York City, an
D for time Jamaica, Long leland, now
> part of the Borough of Queens, share
o this honor. After the Revolution tn
# first State Legislature met in Kingston
and continued to meet there severe
years. Then it met once or twice i
Poughkeepsie, before Albany wa
s. determined upon as the permanent cal
20 ital
When the district of Maine was az
- mitted to the Union Portland was mad
+ the seat of government and continue
so for ten years. Then for the sake
more central location, the change WI
m made to Augusta, after a spirited car
- paign, in which Wiscasset, Belfast, Ha
lowell anu OlutI DldCSD WNit
for the honor. Twice within the la
at generation vigorous attempt has bee
made to change the capital back
Nc Portland.
st In New Hampshire the seat of go
W, eminent was at Portsmouth for a ce
n. tury. Then for long time-during Il
revolution and the following years
'h it was located at Exeter In 1908
was permanently located at Concor
hi, There, as at Augusta, the old Sta
N. House is now being extensively remod
- ed and enlarged. Montpelier, the 60
W graphical center of Vermont, was ma
ty it's capital in 1905 Between the q
of mission in 1901 and that time the Leg
nd lature met in several places. 30
Pennsylvania and Virginia have had
ay succession of capitals. In Virginia t
ty seat of goernment was Jamestown, t
i'll. first settlement, until 1893. II W
transferred to Williamsburg, where
remained until l779. Since then it b
been at Richmond. Philadelphia,
first settlement and metropolis of Per
sylvana, was also its capital until IT!
Then for a dozen years the DISTINCT
was enjoyed by Lancaster. Harrisbu
was made the capital in 1912.
In the thirteen original States I
most recent change of capital has be
made by Georgia. Milledgeville, a
tie city on the OcOnee, was the seat
government until superseded by
tit. lanta at the close of the civil W
A Montgomery has been the capital
az Alabama only since 1s47. Before Il
N'' II was Tuscaloosa. The two CarOliI
have had their present capitals sir
ire Colonial days. Lexington was the ca
tai of Kentucky before the change '
.ot. made to Frankfort. When Tonnes
''' was admitted, in 1894, Knoxville '