Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 131, 17 February 1891 — THE ABSENTEES. [ARTICLE]

THE ABSENTEES.

of respect of the public for tKe decisions of the four little kings of this country, has been very plaiuly shown toour lamented Alii's funeral, and thus the event has proy©d how fully right tbe Leo o 1 ka Lahui wag, about the f ldiscon-1 tents." The persons slighted in the programme of the ceremonv, and to whom the ministers refused to give Satisfaction, have been eon--Bpicuously absent from the cortege; and, although we are glad that B©«je of the Leo's suggestiohs were acted upon and did prove as successful as we expected them to be. we cnly regret all the more that all our propositions were not equally accepted, thereby preventing all friction and helping to make the cereaaony more unaniinous, rospect • ful and solemn. Tbe adoption of oor about giving to Admiral Brown a plaee in Hon. Gleghorn's carriage was not oniy a courte#us token of respect and affection to the Adtniral and through him, to the peoplo of Cali f ornia» but it also rendered pos--Bible the pregenee of the representatives of Portugal. Englnnd and France. who would otherwise have been absent. But the just elaim of the Legis-

luturk. based on\ umU»ni;ibie stitutional precedence t was stulbornly disreguarded Tiy the officiāle who only respeet the second Power of the Kingdom whf?n they i"e ir its scssions { and as -a consequence of thie, only six rioblcs aud three representatives followed in the procession, these being prohably less anxious of t-he digmty and rights conferred on them by the People than of the vanitv of parading. in puhlie; all the other members appear to have very properp!V taken the only course left to thera in tbe | circumstance, viz., abstention. And sodt was with the members of the Privy Coyncil and of the Consular Corps, . whose "ahaenee from the plaee assigned to thera waB very gl»ring. The meaibers of the Bar, twenty in number, had asscMbled in the mornmg with the intention of walking tip in a botly, but as none of the offlcials in charge ever gave them any - attentkin, they quietly disbanded and mixed up with the pubhc of look-ers-on. The Ladies of the Court as well as the officers of the men-of-war, were, in an identical way. not to be*seen at the plaee indicated on the programme. In fact, the end of the recnlled to memory the latin verse '\lesinit 111 piscem. ,^ One agreeable improvemeut was noticeable, in ihe fact of the Leo's suggestion liaving heen acted upon, of separating the Royal Hawaiian Band from that of the Charleston. And all this goes to demonstrate that the advice ofthe always sound and worthy of being taken into consideration, even by our four little kings; aad ig»ored, the consequences mav be anticipated, from the fact that the old adage claims that the Leo of the people Is the Leo of God.

History shows that, on the people and rulers God inteuds to chagtize. he generally first brings eonfnsion upon. Judging from the c«dfusiōn reported in the different branches 6f the goverment. chastize »uent must be very near at hand here. Eaeh head of departinent is said to be pulling along individually and giving ordere irreBpective of the others, as witnessed by a certain holiday given to the schools on Mōnday, on aeeou nt oi' a mpposed puhlie recept:on at the Palaee, whieh turned out to be only a private one for Admiral Br«wn and the Diplomatic Gorps. In a siimlar manner, it is said that the Preinier, in fact that there is no premier, but that every body wants to be boss, ignoriug the only true master, who is denied the right of bossing, If there be any truth in such reports, the Leo ean Only say one thi»g: study up the Bibte, and be wise | !