The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 03, 1901, SUPPLEMENT TO THE RECORD, Image 8
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by Robert fioxm'i Soxn.l
CHAPTER V.
CONTINUED.
Ihe population of Hawaii was
divided into two elements?the intelligent
and the ignorant. The lines between
th;se were more sharply drawn
tlinn wan the ease anvwliereelso. The
intelligent classes embraced, besides
the Americans in the country, the
Caucasians in general, English, French
and German. The ignorance among
the natives, Chinese, Japanese and
their kind, was gross, and placed them
far below the whites, both mentally
and morally. The majority of the
intelligent people were Liberals, and
were opposed to Queen Liliuokalani,
while the majority of the others wero |
Royalists. But there were some in- j
telligent supporters of the queen, and
cot a few native Liberals." Even this
was complication enough. But, continuing
the division of parties, the
queen's adherents were divided in the
Church Party and the Party of Ideas.
Do not mistake the use or application
of the word "ideas" in reference to
the larger wing of the queen's party.
They had ideas, it is true, but they
were not in the direction of advancement
or enlightenment. Tho name
"Party of Ideas" was one of the ideas,
and emanated from the inauguration
of queen. The Party of Ideas was
simply the worst element of the lot,
and had for its motive the overturning
of the constitution and a return to an |
almost absolute monarchy, with the |
simultaneous return to impure morals
and licensed wickedness, which had
always accompanied that form of government
in the islands.
On the other hand, the Church
Party, while it strove to hedge the
queen round about with some sort of
dignity, and had long worked for the
aplifting of the natives from their condition
of moral turpitude, based their
support of the queen mainly upon a
sort of traditional fondness for the
pomp and trappings of royalty and a
spirit of gratitude for the freedom the j
government had allowed the priests id i
iheir work.
Now, as opposed to these two, ele- |
ments of the Royalists were, as I havd j
said, the most intelligent of the residents.
The people who looked upoc
the extravagances of the court, tht !
vacillating, waak and degenerating j
legislation produced by the existing j
form of government, where the peo- j
pie who had given to Hawaii its prom- j
inence as a conntry, who had invested J
;heir wealth in the land, and whc |
maintained all there was to be maintained
of the expenses of the state.
They were the men who paid the taxes
an lands, and who were always depended
upon to put forth their wealth
in the furtherance of any project ostensibly
for public improvement. Yet, I
according to the Royalist Party, not I
>nly in Hawaii, but in the United i
States and England, these men had
ao rights which the crown was bound
;o observe, nor even t'u9 right to disapprove
of the wretchedly wasting
policy of the queen and her cabinet.
But even this party was divided in
ientiment. One element, not a small
Dr insignificant one by any means, had
long been agitating the question oi
proposing annexation to the United
States. Their position was maintained
by sound arguments on the financial,
judicial and commercial benefits to be
derived from the incorporating of Hawaii
into the United States, which
would eventually result in raising the
islands to the dignity of a State or
collection of States, or at least to Territories.
The benefits, as set forth by
the Annexationists, or left-wing of the
Liberals, were beautifully clear and
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conditions to be taken into consideration
that rendered the scheme inadmissable,
or, at least, impracticable.
Bat the left-wing had able'leaders,
-and among them were Sandford Dole
?nd Mr. Seacamp.
On the other side of the annexation
question were the members of the
right-wing of the Liberal Party. The
demands of this organization were
clear, simple and succinct. They
wanted a government for the people,
end o: the people. They demanded a
constitution under which all industries
should be fostered, commerce encouraged
and the wealth of the country increased.
While, as a rule, Americana
are ardent In their lovo for their
mother country, they foresaw difficulties^and
evils in the plans of the left
wing trhieh were insurmountable; an l
in lieuVpf annexation with the United
States, any other country, they desired
a republican form of government,
able, stroire and unwavering, which i
would upholol the autonomy of Hawaii
before the w<Vld and increase its importance
amout nations. In short,
ihe main difference between the two
wings was tnat tliev left wanted to be a
small part of a groat republic, while
the ritrht wanted to a
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themselves, witn a poncy under which
they might become great and stand
alone. Uncle Thomas was a stauncb
supporter of the right wing.
The rule of the queen was at time?
surprisingly lax and atotners woefulh
harsh. She was evidently a creatun
of impulse, and was each day swayed
by her emotions and by the influence
of the unscrupulous men around her.
The leader of thd left wing of the
Liberals, Judge Dole, had frequent
tilts with his Royalist enemies, and
they did all they could to injure him
and his friends. In fact, it had begun
to 100s as II the aduerents or the
queen, always deep iu the mire of immorality
and evil practices, were go
ing t-o drive the Americans from thi
islands, if possible, by persecution.
The condition of things had been
getting worse gradually for years. The
situation had now become painfully
strained.
It was well understood that the queen
was going to override the law and was
going to replace the existing constitution
with one of her own. More than I
license with a nuge loirery scneme,
aud grant, as weil, a demand that had
long been made by the "opium ring,'
which would largely increase her owe
revenue, but which would forever <le
stroy ail progress in morality and in
dividual liberty.
The Chnrch Party were even nov
wavering in their nllegiauce and al
most ready to break with the govern
rnent. The Liberals were aghast a
the bold and audacious position taken
by the queen, and even her most violent
supporters could not face the arguments
of Dole and others against
the preposterous scheme.
All this I learned from Uncle Tom
as we sat mournfully at The Corals,
after Winnie had disappeared.
"It is easy to understand," said my
uncle, "how the pesky nig^brs believe
th'ev will destroy all opposition to the
queen by resorting to violence and
crime. But mark me, Tom, my boy,
if harm comes of this?if a hair of our
Winnie's head is hurt?I'll have it
out of the old she-devil if it takes raj
last dollar and my life as well. Non
you thoroughly appreciate the situation.
Things are hot here now. The
strain is too great. Something's got
to happen pretty soon."
"Do you know enough of the habit*
of the natives to guess where they
have taken Winnie?"
"There are a dozen things they rnighl
Thor art* frill of wilv deceits and
unholy idolatry, anil all the heathenish
things you could imagine. Mo,
there's no telling what they might do.
"?Ve must keep on looking, that's all,
until we find her."
While we were speaking Gordon
came in, hot, weary and thoroughly
ugly.
"What hope? What have you
learned?" I asked him eagerly.
"Nothing," he replied savagely,
banging a table with his sword. "I'd i
like to take the whole cussed lot of j
the rascals into a ten-acre field and
shoot them. We have looked everywhere
that was possible. Not a trace
can be found. And the worst of it ii
the natives all seem to enjoy the thing.
It is a sort of triumph for the queen's
party. But it won't be a triumph
long. I'll find Winnie if it takes not
only my life, but everybody's."
I grasped his hand.
"You are indeed a friend, Gordon.
We will work together. We must find
her. We will hunt down the mysterious
fieuda who abducted her, and slay
them."
"That we will," li9 said, grimly,
tapping his sword. "I must go to tno
palace now. Don't be surprised iI
you hear that I have thrown the queen
out of the window."
CHAPTER YT.
My uncle and I livtd wi'h heavy
hearts. Together with L ordon, Dole,
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Minister Stevens, "who was auxions
and eager in his efforts, ttb continued
the search for Winnie, but without
success. In some mysterious way she
had been spirited away without leaving
a trace. We found her Mexican
pony on the side of a mountain, but it
hal evidently been straying ever since
the horrible night that Winnie was
taken from its saddle. And we found
the horse Mulliauki had ridden. But
that was all. Day after day searching
parties went out, hut returned at
night, crestfallen an I unsuccessful.
'Tom'" said my uncle one day,
"the American League lias a n:cetiur
to-night. I promised Dole I would
be there. Things are growing warmer.
Something must be uoao soon. Wc*
had better go."
"Yes, let U3 go," I replied. "If wc
can assist in overturning the accursed
conditions existing here, let us do it.
If the pQwer of the queen's parly could
he broken, J. am sure aye could tin J
Winnie?if she is alive."
"I do not chiuk she is dead." My
uncle's voice was broken a3 he spoke.
"These devils have a way of keeping
their victims a long time. Few that i
have known to bo taken ever cam?
back. But this sort of thing was common
years ago. And while we nevei
could learn what was done or what the
motive might be, there was always
something horrible about the fearful
condition of those who returned. As
I say, they were few. I knew of two
only in my life here. One was a man,
who was shot by an unknown assassin
two days after he reappeared, and the
other, a woman, became iusane."
"What devils they must be. Well,
let us go to the American League, and
lieln dp!it.rnv their nower."
"It is surely coming. Dole is a man
o! resources. Seldon is heart and
soul in the movement. Evc^ old Warren
is with us."
"Who is Warren?"
"One of the noblest men that God
ever made. He is the head physician
at the Reception Hospital at Honolulu."
"Leprosy hospital?"
"Yes."
The Deception Hospital was an in*
Rtitution that tilled me with a sort oi
horror. It was used for one purpose
only, so Uncle Tom told me, on the
way to the League meeting. Whenever
symptoms of leprosy, the curse of
Hawaii, were seen in any person,great
or small, native or foreign, living on
Oahu,that person was forthwith hnstled
to the Reception Hospital, where he
was held under the care of Doctor
Warren until the arrival of the "leper
schooner" that was to take him to the
leper settlement on Molokai, an island
to the southeast of Oahu. This schooner
made the trip across Kaiwi Strait once
!n every two weeks.
While held in the Reception Hospi?
*.al, the lepers were understood to be
.solated from all mankind, but owing
:o a criminal neglect on the part of the
government, this rule could not bo enforced
by Doctor Warren. The hospital
opened at the rear into a large inclosure,
surrounned by a high bamboo
fence. Into this inclosure the patients
.a go at win, ana converse win?
whoever of their friends chose to meet
them nt the fence and talk through it.
It was even possible for them in places
to kiss and rub noses through th*
parted bamboo pickets.
Of course, the well-regulated human
heart revolts against all cruelty, but ifc
was plaiD, so my uncle held, that this
privilege practically discounted all the
good to be gained by the later isolation
of the lepers on Molokai. Efforts had
been made to bring about proper legislation
on the matter, but proper legislation
was out of the question with
Liliuokalani on the throne.
Doctor Warren's entire life had been
spent in the noble effort to discover
cure for leprosy. He had labored incessantly
and intelligently, courageously
battling against doubt, aud year
after year casting behind him the dis
couragement of repeated failure. It
was his aim to rid Hawaii of the foul
disease that so long had been a curso
to the place.
"Here we are," said Uncle Tom, as
the carriage stopped before a low building
near the American Legation.
The American League was composed
of Liberals from both wings. It had
been in existence a great many years,
and had been allowed to meet in a
large hall over the United States
Legation. When we entered the hall
was nearly full, and many of the people
I knew were in attendance. The
American League had, as a reason for
its existence, the interests of the entire
country at heart. Of course, its
members being Americans, their lirst
thoughts were for Americans; but the
promulgation and support of measures
for the benefit of Hawaii was the object
of the League.
Mr. Dolo was there and so were
Mr. Seacamp and Doctor Warren of
the Reception Hospital, who sat near
jthe front.
.Shoitly after we arrived, the meeting
was called to order.
The chairman, rising, addressed the
League:
"My friends and fellow-Americans!"
he said. "It is with the deepest re
grot that I Htato tke?objeot of tint
meeting. We have long been acquainted
with the unsatisfactory and
improper condition of legislative
matters, and have struggled on for
years in a vain hope that our queen
would soon listen to reason, and give
us a wise and considerate Government^
But she has turned a deaf ear to the
counsels of those who arc most vitally
interested in Hawaii and its future,
and ha3 listened instead to the interlopers
end adventurers who now influence
her in her extravagance, but
who do not supply the revenues to
support the same. I have but one
duty to perform, and that is to tell
you that the hideous lottfry act is
passed, and ike opium act will become a
law in a few days. Tug old constitution
will be done away with, and a
uc*.v one substituted. Under the new
sonstitntion, the crown has the sol?
privilege to appointments. Our elective
franchises are destroyed. Our
lands again revert to the crown, with
.rwithout compensation, as the queen
chooses. Thus, after paying the established
price for our land, we are to
rnve it taken from us by force. This
is the situation as it now stands. Mr.
ocidon ha3 prepared a paper on the
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(To be continued.)
Foe Induces Hunger.
"On a foggy day," said the mana*
ger of a big London restaurant, "it is
almost impossiblo for us to cope with
the demand for luncheons and teas,
and all mannor of people llock in tkeu
whom we never see at any other time.
"How do I account for it? Well, I
can hardly say. It might bo that the
general miserableness of the city !
forces people to unconsciously seek |
comfort 111 a harmless littlo bontofex- j
travagance, or that the fog drives customers
in here in tho hope that they
might run across friends who would
have otherwise been encouraged outside.
But the most feasible explanation
seems to bo tha gas and electric
lights.
"Remember, that no one ever used
to dine until after tho lights were lit,
and even yet there are thousands of
poor as well as rich people who do not
take their most substantial meal until
the evening. Then, too, electric light
is such a vast improvement on gas that
nearly all night workmen who work
by electricity enjoy proverbially good '
appetites. All of vhich, you will notice,
works around to the same conclusion?that
a London fog makes people
hungry because of the extra lights.
"Another proof is the fact tnat our
extra customers are almost all men
working in offices, which, on account
of the fog, have been lighted up all
"vy, and usually, too, of course, with
elA?tri? lights."?\nswers.
rta?lnes* to the Last.
A Yorkshire miller, noted for his
keenness in financial matters, was
once in a boat trying his best to get
across the stream which drove his mill.
The stream was flooded and he was
taken past the point at which he want- j
ed to land, while further on misfortune j
again overtook him to the extent that !
the boat was upset. His wife, roaliz- j
ing the danger he was in. ran frantic- !
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husband yelling out: "If I'm drowned. :
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my head and face. My physician attended
me for several months without result. I then
took 3 bottles of Dr. Fenner's Blood and
Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic and secured
a complete cure. Frank Baukman.
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I tried all of the pepsin preparations ana all
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and for that reason we are better
C af f at
ents 01 tnc traae man anyone.
Plows. They have no equaL
States in Creat Britain.
'"Hie states," as the legislative assemblies
of Guernsey and Jersey are
called, are historically interesting on account
of their origin, dimly traceable to
remote Norman times. In Gnerns^y
you will hear a quaint plurality of language
used?indifferent French, Eng.
livli nnrl nrracinnallv o etnnirn.L-Ainwl
ing jargon which is really a corrupted
dialect of old Xorman-French. In
Guernsey all the members remain seated
while delivering themselves of their
opinions, while an undecided member
may remain in his place and boldly exclaim,
"I do not vote." instead of walking
out of the hou-e before a division as
a member of parliament would do.
The state's house of Jersey i's a much
more imposing building than the royal
court house of Guernsey. As at present
constituted, the states of the latter
island consist of two branches, the legislative
one being called etats de deliberation,
and the electoral one. les etats
d'elcction. The lieutenant-governor and
the controller have the right to *peak
but not to vote: while the bailiff has the
casting vote, but no other. The states
of deliberation consist of forty-six voting
members bc-idcs.
The states of election consist cf the
bailiff, twelve jurats, the rectors of the
ten parishes, the procurator general, the
whole body of "douzeniers," 180 iit
number, and twenty parochial officers
caiied "constables." who are elected by
the ratepayers for three year-. Almost
the only functions of this body of _>_?4
members arc to elect jurats and sheriffs
when vacancies occur. The purely legislative
"powers of the states are limited.
Ill Jersey the jurats are elected by the \
whole hody of ratepayers, and are thus
more nircrr'v rcurociiiaiivc inan in wic
sister island.?London Express.
When the Trans-Siberian Railroad
was projected ii was claimed that it
would reduce the journey trout Moscow
to Port Arthur to seven days. But i:
requires, in fact, nearly a month. The
prediction was made that a speed of
thirty-live miles an hour could be maintained:
the average made by the trains
now running i< about eight miles. The
trouble is that the r:iih> are too light
The Russian Government has awakened
to the failure, and has now decreed that
the light rails are to he replaced by rails
of standard weight. The cost of the
road as originally planned was to have
been about $.'75.00.0.000. The change of
rails will add immensely to that sum.