Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 123, 26 May 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We t?o not LoLi onrstIvcs res{«on«.ble fcr tbe opīnions or tlie aUehiuoa jf our 1 c«>rreiii>on,tent>,.] El)!TOK Holo.mla: 1 | * . Permit me sj>ace for a few retnarks upon the gene;dogy of tb > unfortunate Luinaknia who is chtrpiug from uuder the missiouarv wing. - O It is extremely gratifving t> this gentlem .nj,to have his nāiU3 h(>mldcd as a “princ*e”, bnt it is necessary in tbig scej>ticrtl worM t<> sho\v credentials. Will Kunuiakea be kiml euough tu j>ro- . duce his It is jirojier, seeing th * prominence giveu t.i this eallo v j bantliug by <*ur missionary . fnends, to examiue into his war , raiit auvl find huw and why he , claims the peculiar!y violet tiuge of liis circulating fluids. Tho pedigree of Kunuiakea is not » verv gratifying ono for the Amerieau League or any other cosmopolitan crowd who bulster up the “prince” in his ridieuloi s j>rt tensIous. Hīs f..ther w.»s Kaeo. w-iu was descended from a j liae of petty Maui chiofs: “Lord* of a hundrtd ej*ari;i n." In former days there \vere tbree higb grades of nobility, iu<(<</)«*. niUui, and wohi, Kaeo aud h.s progenitorā did not belong to ai y ;of tlieso, they held iand in v.issal.iga !r «m thoir saj\eriors, aud gavo themselves no ridiculoi s pretensions of rank. Of eoime it will be ohiimeil by the aueienl law of mookuauL.iu-alii that tle particular tiut of blue enjoyed by Kunuinkoa comes from the mothcr. 8o be it. Xt is now in order to examine the pedigree of Lihilahi Yunng. Ou ber father s snle Laliiiahi has no pedigre*. Pour old boatswain Young wns eniiubled by tbe kiugs, but th.it g i\e huu uo ancestors, so tte i “prince” hu.l better maiutaiu n disoreet ailenee. Ka ianaeha tle I I motber of Lahiluhi was tl e I '»laugbter of K iliko (w) aud Keaka a e»st-ofl Tahitian ehi *i ;of au iiifinitissimally low rank. ; Kiiliko cla:med snece6si\ely K > ! iimaikai, aud Kaleipaihala »..s * : ibe fatber of Kaoanaeha, anil f ! she oould prove tbe elaim Kunui- j akea would bavo a show to hold bis shadowy title. Bolh tbe.se bigh cbiets bowever, vlo- ! nied tbe soft impeaeLmeni und j therefore Kaoanaeha tlie grandmotbor of Knnuiakea, \ras real!\ i tbe vlangbter of Keaka whom i s was stated was a Tahitian of li; tle rank and uo conseqnence.

Oa page 316 of A!exander s History in & '‘select” genealogv (why selectf) we fiad the statemeut that Kaoanaeha was tbe daughter of Keliimaikai aud brother of Kekuaokalani. Th a‘ is not true. Iem cite Malo and Kamakaa to controvert this d».Iiberate wisst«tement of facis. \Vhere is the Dobiiity of Kuuuiakea now' Where is the bas s of his elaim’ Of course a man io whom predomioate« the blood vif a cast ofi British boats\raii . aud a refug. e Tahiti«u, eanne t be oxpected (o be i Hawaiiao eilhtr in fael or mind. I woald be p!oaaed to bear Kauuiakea # ■

I at«wer to this letter; I w. a’d »T->b to s?e tbe exact groaods ufon whbh be Lasee a eiaim whieh 13 very Iittle sbort of a de Iiberate falsehood. R, W. WilooI. H ;nolaIn, May 24, 1S&4. Editob H)LOMCa: XLt* foliowing from the San Francisco News Letter. (“tbat goes to th » beart of the matter”) is a rigiit royal answei to aa art ela tbi.t api>e.ired in the d of May ltJ. signe<l “A Houjekee|ier.” The qnt stioo of the extensīoo of womau s sutfrago to the polls is vexing the Eastern editors, and since it was gtven otit that Mrs. Astor would lend the rnovement its interest has doabled. TL»-re art many objections to woioen a-. voters. Decent men Jo not t »l.e any great interest in the poils, ;md how ein decent, refiaed women be eipected to do sof Wh/ shon!d we give the heeler aml the tongh the privilege of escorti ;g his igaoraut wife or his mistr€s-; to the polls to re- : enforce h;s vote? \\ omen are tr<*c tab!e aiul emotional, and for this reason ur) eisily iuflueueed bv artfnl, “nagnetic” men, and a handsomt rascal wouhi bave all the women in town votiug for him. Bendes, with auti'nige we would have a lot of manisb womeu—the kiud tb tt meu despise.” Truth