The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-04-09

pear ambitious, to seek the distinc-
tons coveted by the world, or to make
personal display or idle demonstra-
tons of superior wealth, rank or
power. She loved retirement not
withstanding her care of the nation.
After Kamehameha lis death, his
brother Kauikeaouli, was made king
and named Kamehameha III. With
many noble traits of character he
showed the vices of Kamehameha IL.
AS regent for the young king, Ka-
ahumanu's chief thought was still the
welfare OF her people. In 1925 before
a vast assembly at Honolulu, under a
grove of cocoanut trees near the sea,
she proclaimed the first written laws
of Hawaii.
There were rebellious uprisings all
the while, not only among the law
less sailors and foreigners who visit
ed the islands, but among her own
people. Fearlessly and quietly she
ruled, relying on the affection of her
people and their knowledge of her
thought for their true good.
The progress of Hawaii had been
somewhat retarded because no one
could own the ground he wished to
cultivate; for it had all belonged to
the king and chiefs, who took it back
at their pleasure.
Kamehameha III was responsible for
the great "mahele" or division of
lands. By this mahele a portion of the
land was set aside for the king and
his successor on the throne, as their
private property-the Grown lands"
Another portion to the government,
the government to those tenants
who had occupied and cultivated them
since 1889. Some eleven thousand
people in the course of time, put in
claims and secured awards to the
lands they occupied, averaging from
2 to 4 acres.
Kaahumanu was nearly seventy
years old when she died. There was
genuine mourning throughout the en-
tire group. The days of Kaahumanu
were long referred to as days of pro
gress, and prosperity to the nation in
respect to schools, morals, government
and religion"
Before her death she appointed XII
uau to take her place, and she was
given the title of Kaahumanu II. She
was an heiress of both Kamehameha
and Kaahumanu, and was publicly
recognized by the king as premier, or
Queen-mother. She had not as much
power as Kaahumanu, but she became
the chief agent Of the realm and eX-
ercised an office similar in respon-
sibility To ut of the king She was
an .PXc6fitht woman, modest, firm,
dignihed, yet affable. She had great
wisdom and tact, was a good wife
aVl a flYN1ar xt-p rr,n hon at n1 ~,4tIa.
and was always courteous and reliable.
The missionaries said collectively Of
Kinau: "She sustained the highest
rank in the nation next to the king;
for stability of character she has left
no equal; she was ever awake to the
interests OF the nation and showed no
ordinary skill in managing it's con-
Germs, even in the most troublous
times"
She had a great deal to do with the
building of the Kawaiahao church
interested the people, donated money
herself, and got others to follow her
example, also influenced the rulers to
give stone, lime and timbers. The
stone was cut from the reef and the
lime from the coral. The church was
IS X 144 it., when finished and cost
over $4,000. To this day it is used
regularly every Sunday for services
and will last a great many years long
er.
AS Kinau's children were all boys,
she adopted Bernice Pauahi, the love
ly daughter of Paki, whose wife was
a daughter of Kamehameha. Kinau
ruled wisely and well, but not for
long, for she died for paralysis, when
in her prime.
Kamehameha III had chosen as his
successor his adopted son Alexander,
the child of Kinau. He became Ka-
mehameha " at the age of twenty
one and married the next year, the
granddaughter of John Young, the
beautiful and cultured Emma Rookie.
Queen Emma was greatly beloved by
everyone. She and Kamehameha "
left a monument to the nation in the
Queens Hospital in Honolulu for
which they personally canvassed the
town to secure subscriptions.
K~amehameha V was Lot, also a son
Of Kinau. He had ability and strength
of inherited from Kameha-
meha the Great. He never married
having desired to wed the high chief
ess Bernice Pauahi, a rarely beautiful
and accomplished woman. She re-
fused the crown, desiring to serve her
ltion in another way. She later
III Chas. r. Biship.
Ii sermon preached the
Sunday q leath, the minister
said amor ,hings,- last
and best OF the Kane -omehas lies
in her long sound sleep. Tor fifty,
three years she has gone in 81 out
before this people and this city.
her position, high in rank, with great
wealth at command, of necessity TAX
ing a prominent part in the social life
of this city and nation, it was especial
ly impossible for her to live for her
self That Bernice Bishop was a true
woman her life bears witness. Re
fusing a crown, she lived that which
she was. crowned. Refusing to rule