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<C pyrigbt. by r.'JBERT Bokneu'd SOS8.J
CHAPTER YL
CONTINTKD.
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j. ne cnairman sai. uowji, ami .vjr,
fieldou arose. Mr. Seldon was an o!<1
man, and lie had grown old in Hawaii.
He looked at the audience reflectively
? moment, and then said:
4,Mr. President and Gentlemen:
My paper is brief but it is to the point,
To begin abruptly?Hawaii has something
like one hundred thousand inhabitants.
Of these forty thousand
re native or mixed breeds. Three
thousand are American, twelve thoueaad
are British, twelve thousand are
Portuguese, about the same number
are Chinese, fifteen thousand Japanese
and six thousand scattering among
French, Spanish, Germau, Mexican
aud others. The estimated number
of acres of land under cultivatiju iu
the eight islands is, in round numbers,
two millions. Of these, less
than one bnudred thousand are owned
by the crown; fully half a million ar
owned by one person, high in the
councils of the queen, and in favor ol
the monstrous wrong she is abont to
perpetrate. The natives own but little
of the cultivated land, some ten
thousand acres. About one hundred
thousand acres Are owned by English
wnd German residents. The rest of
the land is owned by American settlers.
The exports from these islands
last year amounted to twelve millions
of dollars, eight millions of which
were produced by Americana, and ten
millions of which went to the United
States. The amount of capital invested
in trade and commerce is four
millions, of which the stupendous
proportion of four-tifths is purely
American capital. In Oahn there are
ten factories employing twelve hundred
people, all on American investments.
"Before the era of American ascendency
ignorance was rife. Now there
is hardly a child over seven years of
age who cannot read and write, and
who may not, if he chooses, have the
advantage of a higher education. This
is true of native, foreign-horn and
American children. Under the fostering
care of American enterprise, Hawaii
has been ma le what it is. Americans
pay seventy-five per cent, of the
tavcs, both in towns and country.
"The morality of the native porlion
of the inhabitants has been steadily
improved, so far as it may be under a
government itself of morality.
"H in i>lo- th.t \vhnmvrr tiroorass
hns h made in Hawaii is due to tat
Amor.t-ins, Lid yel it is a reproach to
bo an American. To account for tbi?
strange condition of ailairs, v.e must
bear in mind that the native element
is influenced by the queen, and that
she is surrounded by advisers inimical
not only to America but to the progress
of Hawaii as well.
"Shall the vast interests of Americans
he allowed to sutler at the hands
-of a bigot queen?"
With this abrupt en ling, Mr. Seldon
sat down.
Our old friend, Jollroy Seacanip,
'Sprang to his feet and waved an American
flag in the air.
"Mr. President and fellow-Ameri
cans," he said: "Let this day be the
,glorious beginning of a new era. Lei
the American eagle scream as it has
never screamed before since George
Washington opened its mouth for the
-amusement of our British friends. We
Jcnow that without America j help thil
'little country would be stagnating in
the doldrums of obscurity. We know
-that the very extravagance of the
.queen is ma le possible by the. wealthproducing
Americans in Hawaii; yel
we are degraded by the government al
every 6tep. And now a still more
Ttionstrnna wrnnc is to ha nut UDOll
'tis. Shall we submit? I say: No! ]
say, let the eagle scream and show
his talons! Let us wrest this fail
"land from the hands of its unworthy
queen and put it where itrightfully be
longs?under the flag of the United
4Btates!"
Joliroy was out of breath, or h<
would have continued. With a las:
.appeal to give tho eagle an oppor
tunity to scream, he succumbed.
"Aly uncle shook his head warndngly
at the speech of Seacamp and,
slowly rising and addressing the chair,
he said.
*f I think it would be well, befor<
-taking any active steps toward unseat
ing the existing government, or, indeed,
before we give way to incendiary
feelings, to understand fully the prob
able effect upon the country of tin
proposed changes. What will the sa
preruacy of the opium ring mean!
How shall we sutler from the lottery
act? These nre questions to bo an
swered before calling for action."
Oh, wily, wily Uncle Tom! Barn
ing with rage and ha o of his roya
enemy, thoroughly at heart with th;
most revolutionary of them all, wha
did his calm, judicious speech menu'
It jjieauf he feared the result i
LEMEN ' : S
.OF HAWAII. & i
...? 0,
W. HOPKINS. (Q)
1 Sot-headed oratory leil the way and
! deeds uere done which could b:tve no
j excuse save ardor. He wanted Reason
i to ruie supreme, ana u w. s mus tuiu
L he aalmed the inflamed an.i roused the
timid into activity.
ATr. Dole was the nest speaker.
"I <lo not think," lie said, "that
there are many of us here who do not
' understand what the proposed ciiauge
' 1 of constitution means. It means sira!
ply the substitution of an absolute for
a limited monarchy. And not by the i
vote of the peor is the queen going
?"?v .v "
ecaug to tread upon our franchise and
! foist upon us this change, which will
, result in ruin to the country. The
queen is headstrong and impulsive.
She is aroused against us. and will
put all threats into e$?;oution. Our
lands may at any time be confiscated,
and we may be forced to leave the
couutry which we have built up. And
[ the result upon the morals of the
country, under the lottery and opium
acts, will be disastrous. I think the
tinib has come when, with reason on
our side, Ave mast help ourselves."
Wb?u Dole, who had spoken in a
mnn, even voice, sat down, Doctor
Warren snoke.
"You all know, gentlemen," be said,
with emotion, "how I have striven
und labored to blot out from our fair
little land the awful curse nf lenro^
There i? to-day les* of this foul disease
in the islands than at any time in
the past fifty years. This is due to
the measures for isolation, which are
still imperfect, and to the improvement
of the moral conditions of the
natives and foreign elements in the
lower classes. Having reached this
point, it is with regret I learn of the
promulgation of acts by the government
that will, by producing a retrograde
movement in the morale of the
country, probably increase the spread
of this foul disease. W e know that
the native and Chinese are far more
ready to accept evil teachings than
good. Then it will bo an ea?y matter !
. to overthrow the progress of years, i
I and at one blow put us back to the 1
,.m ,.r ??.i t :
am not a statistician, but as the new j
( auditions aloft my work, I speak. If ;
wo have the license, we will buvemoro j
1 -prosy."
"There is but one tiling to do," j
said a member; "we mast act at once, j
Of course, the thing is dangerous. !
They have the army, and we have j
nothing but our own hands. Jb.it the J
^ thing could, perhaphe done in n ;
bloodless way, What is this Order of
| the Ivy?"
An attache of the American Legation
smiled.
"The Order of the Ivy is confined
to the army," he said. "It may at ;
some future time make itself felt. At '
present I can say nothing save that
we need not fear tiie army us a whole,
. It is not strongly, with the queen.
Gordon has been working among the
soldiers, and he says many of them
can be reliod upon."
I wondered at these remarks. Still, |
it was all natural enough. Gordon's |
courage, his bearing, his looks, all
combined to make him a hero among
( his men. It would be easy for him to
, influence them. He was evidently at
j work, and ha 1 the confidence of the
( American League.
! CHAPTER VII.
I Excitement was running very high
i iu Jionoinia. The stram was rapiuiy
' becoming too great. Something would
happen soon. People stood on corners
and excitedly voiced their syiupa1
thies with either one party or another.
! The Americans and Germans were
i unanimously against the queen. The
i English wero becoming divided. Some
' favored Liliuokalani, o;hers a change
' from one royalty to another. And
' even a few more advaaoed than the
' rest stood with the Americans against
royalty of any kind. The Chinese
1 and Japanese wavered in their allegixnoo.
They favored the throne, bat
> it wa3 the Liberals who employed
3 them. If the poiicycf the Govern
meat destroyed the prosperity of the
islands, the occupation of these peo
pie would be gone. Tho Church Par
i ty came out ntit-iooieu agaiust^ino
. tjueeu. This party embraced nearly
all the Portuguese. This condition of
j affairs left the Government with the
. support of most of the non-pro.lucing,
. indolent natives an 1 those foreigners
f who knew that the downfall of the
j queen meant a lo3s of power to therni
selves.
The queen was getting desperate.
She found even her cabinet divided
; against her. And Hinging reason
aside, she took her stand alone, and
proclaimed the no./ constitution, sav.
ing that with L :* army she would ride
1 rough-shod over her enemies.
i Deeds of violence became common. ,
S With part of the judiciary still with i
! the queen, it was difficult to punish the J
man who insulted or struck you if hu
'happened, a?, o: course?* was the case,
to be a Royalist.
The queen ruled with a high hand.
Under these conditions it is an easy
matter to understand how wrought up
we were. Nobody felt safe. Winnie's
disappearance had the effect of keeping
all women indoors after dark. Men
went armed, expecting outrages every
minute.
As for me, I was almost insane.
Uncle Tom had become melancholy
over Winnie's loss, and now began to
doubt if we could ever find her again,
bat Gordon and i persisted in our efforts,
yet with no gccoesa. The
tension, publicly, was becoming so
great that men grew hoarse with excitement
and nervous from apprehension.
One day, as Unci? Tom and I sat on
the porch at the Corals, a squad ol
soldiers appeared before the gate.
"I wonder what isup now," I said.
"These are some of the queen's soluiers."
"Is Gordon with them?" asked my
uucle.
"Xo?Jobbs."
"Some rascality, then, yon may be
sure."
Captain Jobbs was the man Gordon
so thoroughly disliked, and for whom
T had learned to cherish a most profound
hatred. Jobbs was a cur and
coward, and, as the case usually is,
bully and braggart. He rode up the
avenue to the porch, followed by some
of his men. Leaping from his horse
he swaggered up the steps, and tapping
my uncle on the shoulder, said:
"You are under arrest. Come along
with me."
"What!" exclaimed Uncle Tom.
"Do von dare? Has the nueen for
gotten nil reason? This is an outrage,
sir. that shall not go unpunished."
"Don't givemehany sarce," replied
Captain Jobbs. "Come halong with
me."
"What is this arrest for?" I demanded.
"What charge have you
against my nucle?"
"That hain't none o' your business
nor mine," said the polite captain.
"If I am under arrest, I demand
that you take me at cnce before my
accusers," said my uncle, sternly.
"You'll see them soon enough,"
prowled Jobbs. "Hev there, one hof
you fellows, fetch that 'orse 'ere!"
They had not brought a vehicle for
my uncle, but a horse for him to ride.
"I will go ia my own carriage," said
my uncle.
"Not much you won't," replied
.Tobl)'. "You'll go hou that 'ere
'orse."
"1 will go in with yon end see
Stevens," I said. "This is too much
to be borne."
So we started, Uncle Tom riding between
two soldiers. They were too
slow for me. I galloped ahead and
stopped at Dole's house to tell him of
the arrest.
"What is this?" exclaimed Judre
Dole, as I rushed to him, pautiug wuu
sxciteiiient.
".My unole under arrest by o.yder of
HIA Aiinan '' T
"What! Do I hear yon aright?
Warringford under arrest? This in
too much! This is carrying the outrage
too far! Come, I will go with
yon to see Stevens."
Mr. Dole's horse was brought to the
door, and we set off foi; the Legation.
Mr. Stevens was at his desk in his
private office.
"Here is a pretty pass!" exclaimed
Mr. Dole, angrily. "Oar friend Warriegford'placed
under arrest and carted
off to prison like a criminal, by order
of the queen."
"Is it possible?" queried the Amerran
minister, rising. "Oa what
charge?"
"On no charge or warrant," I said.
"He was hustled off without au explanation."
"Ah! The explanation will be had,
nevertheless."
Mr. Stevens gave an order for his
carriage. In a few minutes it was at
the door of the Legation.
"Come with me to the palaoe," he
said. "Leave your horses and take
seats in the carriage."
The news of the arrest had spread.
The excitement, already at fever heat,
was now consuming.
A n\ /vwaa^A/1 no rt a rr a
?imuii^au uutoio ^i ctwtu uo uo n o
rode hurriedly through the streets.
As we turned into King Street, I heard
a familiar voice shouting:
"Go it, Stevens! Let the great
American eagle scream now as it never
screamed before! Pull that old wench's
nose and tell her who you are! Now
for it! Down with royalty! Down witn
Liliuokalaui!"
I daw Seacarap waving his hat in the
air. Then two native soldiers pressed
upon him, and ho was dragged off to
prison.
"Here I go, too!" he shouted. "No*
let the eagle scream!"
"There is another case for yoa, Mr.
Stevens," I said.
The old man nodded. Ha was very
pale. But his jaw was sat with tin#
determination. His manner wan that
of a man who knew that he had the
support of a grtat nation at his back.
V>'c reached the palace.
Guards ha 1 been increased. Soldiers
paced up and down.
"To the queen at once!" said Mr.
Stevens.
"Tue queen receives no one to-day,"
replied a soldier, insolently.
"She will receive me," said Mr. j
Stevens. '
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the soldier.
"Insolence! Take this message to ;
the queen. Tell her the American 1
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I in the name of the President of th? f
I United States." 1
The soldier errinnaJ.
"The President of the United i j
States couldn't see her. Yon may as i I
well go back. My order's imperative.
The qneen will see no one." I
"The queen has taken prisoner two <.
citizens of the United States, and I
\vish to demand their release," said i
the minister. 1
"She may take more. The queen
rule.s. Long live the queen!" s
"This is outrageous! Where can I
and the minister of foreigu affairs?"
"You can't find him. He is with t
the queen and will see no one." ^
"By heavens, this is a thing that
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Stevens. "Tell your queen that she 1
shall yet give me audience, if the 1
uavyof th? United States compels it."
The aoldier grinned impudently c
again. :l
"Come, Stevens," said Mr. Dole; N
"there is no use. We are simply
wasting time. -We must do something. x
Yon have done your port, now I will j
do mine."
Sadly we returned. At the legation
we fonnd hundreds of Americans, f
clerks and laborers of Honolulu, wait- ^
iug for the return of Mr. Stevens to
claim his protection. There was no <
telling to what extent the outrages J
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(To be continued.}
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affirmation of another eminent physician
that the ancient and universal opinion s
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is a fallacy. He maintains that no soft i
part which is subject to so many acci- i ;
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NEWSY GLEANI\'CS.
Miscellaneous ruil.'cr.d trnfiltf Is now
it its highest paint ill the history of j ail
way s.
Tlie Congo Free State has planned
i service of automobiles between Staney
Falls anil Iteiljaf.
The flour mills of Duluth, Minn., are
n-epariug to make 10,000 barrels of
lour every twenty-four hours.
The Kelgian Government has just
prepared a hill to prevent the publication
of Sunday newspapers.
Over 'J000 volumes of the late United
States Senator Davis's library have
>een given to Minnesota schools.
Arthur II. Williams, of New llampihJre,
has been appointed United
States Consul at Saltillo, Mexico.
The sum ol" $100,000 has beeu given
Colorado College for a new hall of
icience, the donor to remain unknown.
Throe hundred corporations iD Texas
tre in trouble for failing to reply to
picstions relative to their standing in
he State under the Anti-Trust law.
The Royal Commissioners from Sweleu
and Denmark have met to prepare
l common civil code for the Scandinavian
kingdoms. Norway keeps aloof.
The frnstini.in rlsiss ill ITnrvnrd TJnf
ersity this year numbers 553, exclusive
of special students. This is the
argest freshman class ever admitted.
A new scheme of study in the public
chools of Baltimore, Md., provides
or no home work in the four lower
;rades.
Italians throughout the United
states are planning to erect a monnnent
to President McKinley. It is to
>e placed in one of the squares or
>arks of New York City, and it is to
ost $100,1X10.
The Civil Code of California has
locu amended so as to require street
ailwnys acquiring franchises under
t to permit mail carriers in the emiloy
of the United States Government A,
o ride free while on duty. KArea*
of Stat*i.
It appears from the geographical
urveys accepted as a basis of the reent
federal census that Texas is the
argest state in the country. In the
%Tc\v England group the largest of the
tates is Maine, with nearly 30,000
quare miles of land surface; none of
be other New England states has as
r.uch as 10,000. Two states which are
nost nearly alike in area are New
fork and North Carolina. Two others
rhich correspond very nearly are
owa and Illinois. Arkansas and Alalama
are of almost the same size and
)hio and Virginia differ by only a few
quare miles. The land area of eack,
3 about 40,000 square miles. ,
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