Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-04
THRUM TAKES
ISSUE ON origin
OF COATOF ARMS

Thomas & Thrum, who ha, L"pt IT,
{. ore Of Hawaiian events for near
y half d century, takes issN' win IT,. .
cain Of Mrs IsOJel Strong, Inat ="
vas the designer Of the Hawaiian
loyal coat OF arms.
For the 1886 issue OF H. Hawaiian
Almanac and Annual he went II coz
,.GcrabIe trouble to obtain an acs OuI
81 The origin OF the coat OF arm, of ;...'
iEldOm Mr. Thrnm in that iS-u" o.:
tire Annual aCK 1OwlelSeS himself iC
GtbIcd TO the courtesy Of G. D. Gilman
Of Boston and tho kind researches g..
, Hen. J. Mott Smith, Hawaiian com
missioner at Washington. for such a.
count, which originally appeared in
nc PoIynesian Of May 81. l845 1t BE-
gins with a statement that at a meet
ing of the legislative council on May
20. 1S45. a new national banner was
vbfurled, "diffcring little frca the
former one" This was IN the reign
Of Kamehameha III. The report con.
, tinLeS thus. the Annual giving wood
cut of the coat of arms described.
"A coat Of arms has also beer
adopted which is quarterly. first and
fourth. stripes of the national banner;
second and third. a hall argent on a
! staff sable-in cscntcheon oct. tringd.
/ !ar banner argent, leaning on a cross
satire
1.-THE white ball, with which the
! second and third quarters are charged.
I wGs an ancient emblem OF the. countr. -,
called Puloulou and they were placed
at the right and left of the gateway.
| or door, CT the kings house, to in
GICate protection or place Of refuge,
10 which persons might flee from
DANCER and be safe.
The triangular flag at the fes9
! point was an ancient flag of the Ha
' allan chiefs which was raised at sea
aoove the sail of their canoes. ana
the sail at that time being Of pecuk
| far construction. 1t presented very
beautiful appearance. 1t was also
placed in a leaning position. across
, two spears, In front Of the kings
, house, to indicate both tabu and pro
lection. The name of the flag wa
Puela and the name of the cross on
which 1t lies Ala.
Both the balls and the flag had o.
some occasions a RELIGIOUS significa,
! tion, but their appropriateness to a
coat of arms results from the above
characteristics.
The external ornaments of the
, fseutcheon consist of crest, which is
! crown and two supporters. men clad
i'm the ancient feather cloak and hel.
net CT the islands. the one bearing a
kahih and the other a spear as in the
m occasion Of former times. The crown
is ornamen.ed with the taro leaf. The
drawings of all these emblems and
ornaments were taken from the oriCi
raj articles presented to Capt. Cook
/ by KaleiopTu in 1878. The design
wGS original by the lamented Haalilio..
! The motto is. Ia mau ka ca ka
aina ka pono' The life of the land
I je perpetuated by Righteousness. It
, refers to the speech of the king at the
tine CT eession, Feb. g. 1S43: I have
given away the life of the land. ! have
hope that the life of the land will b.
| restored when my co1d''ct Is justified.
cGUsnc1s Of the British government. in
rturning the islands to their lea!
sovereign, to the Righteousness of the
HawaiianG which seCurt1 the restora
ton, and the general principle. that it
- only by righteonsne that national
existence Is preserved"
CaDtaiff Hunt. commanding the
British crui"er Obeiisk nv the way.
suggested the change in the nation o.:
banner above mentioned. COnstitu
ticnal government in Hawaii began
! With Kamehameha III. under whom
the coat was adoDted
Under the republic. a committee W.
appointed at the special session of the
| Legislature Of 1895 to devise a coat of
GTmS adapted to the changed seer
, C.2ntv the members thereof being J.
! A. McCandless. H. w. Schmidt, A. c.
II. Robertson and w. P. Haia. IL
| ublic competition the de~iSn of the
Late VigSo Jacobsen, local writer an2
tngrosser, was accepted. 1t retained
! some of the ancient emhlems of Ha.
allan chiefhood. hut ub2tituted for
certain of the royal insignia a rising
! sun, a star. a pheniX. etc Under an,
! r"Xation the heraldy Of the repub}r
vas retained, but "TerrtOry of Ha
vail" was substituted for "Repub.ic OF
| Hawaii' in Roman letters in the upper
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