Arizona republican., 1917-11-12

relationship to the royal family of tue five sovereigns of that name.
 In accordance with a custom com mon in Hawaii in those days. Lihuo- | kalanai was given away in her infancy by her father to another chief, by whom she was adopted in exchange for one of his children, this custom being observed to cement ties between the different clans and chiefs. The future queens new mother was Konia grand daughter of Kamchamcha I. Her adopted father was Paki, a high chief. They had daughter of their own, Der nice Pauahi, who later became Mrs, Charles R. Bishop. Liliuokalanfs own parents had nine other children, most of whom, like herself, were adopted in to other families. One of them was Ka-
 lakaua. afterwards king and Liliuoka- lani's predecessor on the throne.
 The young princess received her ed-
 ucation in the old royal school, all the
 pupils of which were children of the
 royal family or of the high chiefs. It
 was while attending this school that Liliuokalani first met the boy who lat CT became her husband, John o. De-
 minis, son of an American sea captain.
 She was married to him September 16,
 1862, and she and her husband moved
 to Washington Place which Captain
 Dominis her father-in Jaw, had built
 as private residence. Long after,
 when she was driven from the throne
 of Hawaii, she retired again to this
 place and it was her home during the
 remainder of her life. Dominis, the fu
 ture queens husband, was appointed
 on the staff of Prince Lot, and when
 the latter ascended the throne as Kam- ehameha V in November, 1863, was
 named as the kings private secretary
 and confidential adviser. Dominis was later made governor of Oahu, which position he held until his death in 1891. Liliuokalani ascended the throne of Hawaii January 29, 1891, immediately following the receipt of news from San Francisco that her brother, King Ka- la qua, had died there in the Palace
 hotel nine days previously. Kalakaua in November of the preceding year had taken a trip to California as the | guest of Rear Admiral Brown on the United States cruiser Charleston in or der to recruit his failing health but he failed rapidly.
 There was at that time no transpa- cific cable, so the news of the kings death reached Honolulu by the ship that bore his body. Preparations had
 
 | monarch in elaborate style, but as the Charleston approached the harbor, she displayed the royal mourning signal,
 and Liliuokalani knew before the ves- sel docked that she was the new ruler of the Hawaiian Islands.
 | Kalakaua had been extremely reac- | tionary in all his tendencies as ruler, and his sister, was even more inclined 1 toward abSolutism. In 1889 kalakaua,
 accompanied by a numerous retinue of
 Hawaiians and American, went on his 1 famous trip around the world, and dur | ing his absence of about a year, his l sister had ruled as regent of the king dom.
 1 In 1887 Liliuokalani herself visited | foreign countries. She went to London
 to participate in the golden jubilee eel
 ebration of Queen Victoria. It was al- ways afterwards her boast that she
 was kissed and embraced by Britain's queen.
 | It was at this period that coterie of white tnen most of whom had been born in Hawaii, organized a league to restore and maintain constitutional | government. This league, becoming secretly powerful, made g. demonstra- | tion which had thoroughly frightened 1 King Kalakaua, who agreed te a new
 constitution along the lines demanded | This was known as the Constitution of 1887. It was signed twenty days before | Liliuokalani'S return from London. She was greatly incensed when she learned
 of it, and referred to it then and ever | afterward as the "Bayonet Constitu- 1 tion.'
 Following Kalakauas death, Liliuo-
 kalano began her reign with renewed l1<1 t1 l the power of the crown. Her first move was to appoint a new cabinet with the members of which she made
 the condition that she should control | all appointments. Immediate dissatis-
 faction on the part of the white resi- dents was caused by the manner in | which this power was used.
 l. One thing that led directly, to the l downfall of the monarchy, was the | passage of an act granting franchise to establish a lottery, and of another act licensing the sale of opium. Later the queen caused to ba drawn up a
 new constitution. in secret, striking at the rights of the non- Hawaiian resi- | dents of the islands. By this document,
 some of the principal checks upon the
 power of the crown were to be re-
 moved, the existing guarantees of the
 luQcpcuOttlCo Ol tu0 ouPi cLio tOuit
 were to be eliminated and only native
 Hawaiian subjects were to be allowed 1 to vote.
 | The queen had made preparations to
 proclaim the new constitution January | IA, 1893, immediately after the legisla-
 ture had been prorogued. The govern
 ment troops had been drawn up and a l large crowd of those who sympathized with the queen were assembled when, at the last moment, the cabinet refused to sign the document and appealed to I leading citizens for advice and support | After a long and exciting argument. | Liliuokalani partially yielded. From the balcony of the palace she addressed the people denounced the cabinet and said that with deep regret, she had
 been obliged to postpone for the pres- | ent the proclamation of the new con- stitution.
 The queens bold attempt to deprive the white residents of any voice in the | affairs of government led to prompt retaliatory measures.
 | The business men of the community
 named "committee. of ssxety" which 1 proceeded immediatt tfywith the forma- l ton of A. provisional IAScyernment-apd l.