Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 203, 5 September 1894 — Dr. Tilmage. [ARTICLE]

Dr. Tilmage.

[I«tn fTwi» Honuin!»!.] ' Ho*OLCLr. June 14. — lbe chamberlain. eome to iuvitt%us . io the resi<l»*nce of tbe e\ qoeen. ba.i saggested 11 o'eloek that . mornicg *- »he best fcoar for oar visit. We »pj>roached tbe wide doors throagh a yanl «*f pilm trees aml kanaua» and eoeoanul. and araid tiowcrs that dyed tbe yard with all ihe colors that a , tropicai sun c.»n j>aint. We , wtre nshered into the royai lady's . reception rooro. wbere, snrround- , ©d by a groap cf distingaished | persoiift. she arose to greet r.s ; with a cordial grasp of the hand. I The pictnres of her hardly eouvey an accnrate idea of her dig nity of bearing. She Las ali the 1 ease of one born to high jx>sition. ; . Her poliiieal misfortn:.es seem . in nowise to have saddened her. i i She sjx>ke freely of the bright- ; ; ness of life to any ono disposed jto meet all obligations, and at my suggestion that we found , I in life chietiy what we look for, . ' nnd if we look for flowers we find tiowers, and if we look for thorns [j we fine thorns, she remarked: I "1 bave fuund iu the path of life chiefly flowere. Ido no not see . how any one surrounded by* as l , many blessings na many of us , f possess eoukl be so uugrateful as [i to eomplain.” She said it was 1 something to be remembered thankfully that for 50years there , was no rovolution in the islands. She has fuli faith that the ]>rovisional governmont is on!y a temj>orary atfuir aud that sle , will ag;iin «>ccupy tho throne 1 She asked her serrant to show me, as something I had uot seen before, a royal adornment made up from the small bird with a large name, the Melithreptes Pai cifica. This bird, I had read, had uuder its vving a single feather of very exquisite color. The queen corrected my information by saying that it was uot u single feather. hut a tuft of feathers from uuder the wing of the bird from whieh the adornment was fashioned iuto a ehain of beauty for the neek. spoke of her visit to New York, but said that prolonged illness bindered her from seeing mueh of the city. She talked freely and iutelligently on many sub jects pertaining to tbe present and the future. I was delighted \vith her appearance and manner aud do n' t beheve one word of the wretched stutf that has been written eonceruing her immoralities. Defamation is so easy, and there isso «nueh oynicism abroad whieh wonkl rather believe evil than good, that it is not to be thonght strange that th s queen, liko all the other rulers of the e«rth, h«s heen beaten with storms of obloquy and misrepresentation. George Washington was c«lled by Tom Paine a Iy’ing impostor. Tbomas Jeflerson was styled an infidel, and siuce tbose times we »re said to have had in the United States presidency a bloodthirsty man, a drnukard and at loast two (ibertiues, aud if anybody iu promineut plaee and effective work has escaj>ed “let him speak. for fcim have I offended.” After an exchange of autographs on that day in Houolulu we parted.

I HKAUINO BOTH S1DES ON HAWAlIAN AFF.UBS. A«are of Ihe ditferent whjs of looking at tbings and of putting things, I resolved to get the story of Hawaiian affairs from opposite sides, We have always ! taken it for granted that 2 and 2 ! make 4 and yet 2 and 2 may be so placed as to make 22. The figare 9 is only tbe figare 6 turned npside dowu. There are not many tbings like the fignre 8— Ihe same whieh ever side is op The difierent aeconnts 1 here present are reports frora ditferent standpoints. I had an opportanity of earnest and prolonged conversation with a royalist, edacated, irathfal, of high moral charaoter, born in tbese islands and of great obserralion and experieooe. The following conversation took plaee between as: Qoestion— Do you tbink the ex-qaeen a good woman? Anawer —1 have s«en the qseen ' rery often. I hare been one of

| h«-r adTĪsers. «nd my wife ba* l*e«B vilb her mneh of tfae time from cbildhond and b«« aeeu her moining, noon ao«) nigkt aod ’ j nnder aii eiieaiukiae», and > ! neitber of os bas ever vitnessed . anything couipromisiDg in her - chNracter. She has made rais i Uk«» : a» aii make tLem. Lnt she ' is foPy np to tbe monl st3D«lard i j of the vorkl’s rnlers. 8he is the > j impeisouation ol kiodness. and “ neitber my vife nor myself nor > sny one else bas eyer Le«rJ her • j s»v a word agninst any one. In i that exccileoce she is pre emi- • ne«t. In proof of her good > { cbaracter 1 have to st«te tbe fact i tbat tbere is not a househo!d iu Honolulu tbat did not feel honoied by ber presence. If she had been sncb a corrupt character as i ' s«>me correspoudenU have represented her. I do not think that j tho best men aad wooien of the Haw.«iian lslun«ls woald baye soaght her for guest and asso | ciate. Q. —Do you think she had been unjustly treated? A.—I do. She has been most infamoosiy treated. While our is’aods were at j>eace and with no ' excuse for interferenoe the United States troops were landed. A group of men, backed up by the United States minister and troops ; formed a cabinet and chose a president and sent a eommittee to tbe jialace and to!d tbe queen to Ieave the plaoe. lt was another caso of Naboth’s vine yard. TLe simple fact is that there were men who wanted the j>alace, and tbe oflices, and the salaries. From afllueut position she was reduced in j>osītion until she had to mortgnge the little left to ber to pay coramissioners to go to Washingtou and present her si»le of the case. As I said, sbe m«de mistakes, but she was williug to correct them, aud in a puhiie maujfcsto declared she was willing t(r®fetrnce her stej>s in the matter qf the “new constitution.“ She h«d as mueh right 1 to her throne as «ny rnler ou earth has a right to a tbroue, but by shafp practice, when she was unsuspecting, the L’nited States troops drove her from the palaee, took possession of tho arniament and inaugurate«l a new government. THE ROVALXST VIEW. Q —If the ehoiee of the royalty or annexation were pnt to the vote of the j*eople, what do you think wonld be tbe decision ? A —The queen's restoratiou by a raajority of at least 10 to 1. We, who are royalists are, with- ■ out exception. in favor of leav , iug these muttere to the ballot box. In the United States tlie i majority goverus, aud the raajor- 1 ity of the j>eople of the Hawaiian i lslunds ongbt to have the same privilege of govcrnment. Q. —Are the Hawaiians proj>erty hol Jers or noraads ? A.—Tbey are property holders. They have their homes. They bave a practical interest in puhlie affairs. Moreover, they are for ! the rnost part iutelligent. You c.ju hardly find a Hawaiian born ; sinco 1840 who caunot read and i write. Q.—Wbat do you think is the most provoking item in tbe eondition of your couutry ? A.—It is that a professed friendiy power has robbed ns of onr government. All the nations of the earth consider that your nation has done us a wrong. Q —Taking cooditions as they oow are, wbat do yon ihink bad better be done, or is that a hemi spheric eonundrum’ A.—It is a hemispheric eon- ! □ndram. Oar queea is detbroned and ber palaee and ber military forces are in tbe possession of her enemies. While I cannot see any way in whieh the wrong ean be rigbted, she has sach lailh in the fioal triamph of jostice that sbe expeet to resame her throne. Her estate as well as ber crown iaken from her, she deserres the sympathy of tbe whole worid. 1 believe in repnblics for some lands snd moa«rchies for others. One styie of govemment will not do for all styles of people. A repablic is best for the United States, a monarchy for tfce Hawmiian Isiands. Thas ended my cooversation vith the roya!ist. eai 81PCBUCiS &11)£ OF THX OAsy. Bat I aleo kad tbe opportnnity a

1 1 of l«araiQg the otber sūle of tbb - | qaestion from a spirited. jvttri<>tic r _ anil honeai annexationiāl. and 1 1 ask-.*d moeh ttTf same qoestions t that I had aaked Uie royatist. I The following conrers ti<m ber ■ tween the annex«ti*jnisl aod aoy- ; seli took plac«-: i Q. —Do yoo think the *jucen is I tit to reign / s A.—No ! By Ler siguing tbe l opinm Iicen.se aml the bi!I for the r j Lonisiana lottery and by other : j acts she j>rore»l hersel( nnfit to i govem Q —Doyoa think that the pres1 ent controversy woa!d be relieved j : if tbe question in dispate were i left to the votes of ali the peopie on tbe island ? A. —No ! TheCbinese, the JapI anese and the Portngaese would join with the n.»tives and vote down tbe best iuterest of the Ha- j I I waiian Islaods. Q. —What do yoa think of tbe } present attitude of the l’uited States governnient with respect ; to the Sandwich Islands ? ! A.— Most nnfortanate. Weare waiting for a change of adminis-i trationat Washington. Mr. Cleve1 land bas auwisely band!ed our atfairs. We want an admiuistration at Washington whieh will favor annex-ition, und yonr next presidential eleelion mav settle our island atiairs and settle them in the right way. Q. —What s the pretent feeling betweeu ioyalists and those in 1 favor cf the provisional govern-! j ment ? A. —Very bitter and becoming , more and more dungerous, aud j great prudence aud wisdom will { have to be enoployed,or their will be b!oodshed. Thus ended my conver«ation with the anuexationibt. As I said iu previous letter, without taking the side either of royalist or annextionist, the Hawaiian Islands will yet be a repuhlieiu itself. What auamaziug thiug that after ail the trouble the Uuited —States government has had with theChinese popnlation now within our borders, tryiug this and that tegislution to snit their case, any Amenean statdsmMn »bontd propose by the annexation of the 8andwich Isl- i ands to add to onr populaiion { the 22,000 Chinese and the 12,000 Japaucse now living iu those j islands. lf we war»t tbisuddition I of 34,000 Chinese aud Jnpanese, j had wo not better iraport t!iem | fresh from China aud Japan ? From what I have soen and: heard in this my journey I h ive 1 eome to the conctusion tbat it! will be a dire day when the Am- i eric>iu government hopeJessly | i mixes itself up with Hawaiian j ; aftairs. It wonld be disaster to| ( them, and perplexitv and use.less ! 1 , ( expense to onrselVes. “Handsjj j off” and Miudyonrown bnsiness’ || ( are in tliis case sentimeuts tliat; i hud better be observed bv Engj ° e lish, Oenuau and American gov- ‘ i ermnents. T. De Witt Talxage —■■■■ ..i—— t

A CORHESPOXDKXT calls onr attention to certain outrages eommitted by the manager of the of the Oahn Bai]road Company against his employees. We are mosi \villing to state that the complaint is unfounded and that Mr. Dillingham stilladvocates the liberal views whieh always have led tbe people to snpport his enterprises. be they of advantuge to the nation or to Mr. Diliingham or bis employees individnaliy.