Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XII, Number 1, 16 August 1890 — POLITICS IN HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

POLITICS IN HAWAII.

A frow Honolulu, Susulwicli Islauds, Juiu' '28, i-t:cordiug rt*ee.nt polit:cul «vonts iu tljfttc».«vavtrj, was received yestewlay l>y Mr. C, Klein. Tht H or/d\< special eorrespoiul«nt. T!u' fullowiiig oxtraot< frocu tl»is l«tt<u hi'O

5 *"P»rty |*>qliug bjis b<ien ruuuiug high iier«, aml ou ihe uigl)t «f thc» J3th it eulmiuuUul m stor:uy in whioh , vitupeiatiou, spit« auil veuoui rau riot, | th»i AUovtu» k v-Gcne f (itl nud the Miui*ter of the Int«riov eaj»piug th« cUuih\ by spittiug vw% Ht o«ch otlier iu « veiIml vray. The K«tioufils had luotvghl iu a vate of wftut of coutivltuee in the C*hittet aud a Keform iueiuber htul uiOTed an »iueudiutuit that ihe \raut oi eonliUeuee l»e iu the Atiorue\ - ouly. 'lhe debat« kste<l vu\ ' |il u©&rlv wht»u a W)te ou Uie aiut)uvlii)ēut was tuieu whieh sUk>4 \ 24 to 24 Tho Natk»ualt wouhl baY<>; |K)U«hl a i \oto, but soni« of the:ii. vlēt<-l aaa«vi U» }>UiU»k |ue AtUU* J īit*>t, uot bfeiu^,

that the amendment was seehaingly mado to bar ont tiie origina! moiion m case the amendineht prevail«d. " The given canse for the vot« against the Ministrv was the irraconoilable differences in the Cabinet; the real cause was tbe general dissatisfacrtion with them and their antics on treaty question, tlie Mini»ter of Foreign Atfairs refusing the Legislative Committee on Foreign Affairsj permission to.see the importantletters| connected therewith, and the eonllieling stories told liy the* Ministers as to the origin: of the elause in the treaty providing for the landing of United States troops "111 Hawaii. The testirno!iy, however, seemed to point to Secretary of State Blaine, at Washington, as the author of business. Immediately after the vote on the Hmeūdment the whole Cabinet resigned, amid the loud hurrahs of the erowd in the bnilding. Had the Ministvy not resignad or had not the vote prevaited against them there wonld have b®en trouble, for ihe' bnilding was packed with natives determint?d on riot if this revolutionary Cabinet w;is not disposed. for their anti pathy aga inst thetn was very bitter. Beforo leaving the Foreign Offiee the late Minister Jonathan Au.-itln, abstracted all the letters and documents concerning the treaty. Ho lei>ves for WashiiTgton* bv this st:\-imer for the bsnefit of health.

"From the lB to the 17 were day s of aiixietj'. King Kalakaua could aot sueeeed m £orniing a «ew Cabl-'! nei. Gombination. Aftev coml>mation; foyjKied, b\it f©II thxough. The King wanted a Cabinet of four Hawaiiana who woald be his tools. The Eefortn party wanted a voioe in tlie matter, while tlie Nationals warned the King that they would never aceept a Cal>inet that was not in sympathy with them. The King was sorely pushed and did not know liow to act. Honest advisers and would be ministers hovered around him by the score. Fi»ally 3Jfr. the Britisli Commissioher, ateppod in and pressed tlie King to aj>poiiit Godfre} 7 Brown as one of His Ministers. This action on the part of the British Commissioner is said to 'have been due to his idea that tliere was too inueh American inAuenee in the Cabinet and he wanted it countei>acted by the presenee gf $n ījnglis]i*an. Godfrey Browo had been a member of the first Reform Cabinet, but deserted it.

"Stev6iis, tlie Uuited States Miiiister. was awaro of all tliis, but remaineel iu a state of doeile uoquieaeeiiee wliile tlie scheming Britislier took a liand in tlie deal. Hawaii is making liistory fast. There are many arcli plotters who wish to shape its eourse, and Unele Sam will fijid tliat thē British Lion has got the l)iggest paw unleaa he keeps his eyes open.

"The King ite&e-jited to ilio reques{ of Mr. Wod©house, and at midnight on the 16th called for John A. Oummins, the leader of the native wijig of the National Eefonners, and made him Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Godfroy Brown Minister of Pinanee; A. P. Atk>rney General, and C. N. Speneer, Mhiister of tlie Interior. The latter are Amer- | icans and, though form«?rly of the ;Reform Party, liave declared tlieir adoption of the prmeiples ;\nd policy of the National Reform Party. It is a Bōrt of compromiso Cabinet ; and neither party is tlioroughly well s:;tisficd. It is vcry ur.ocrtai:i how ' long their ton\vre willbe. The Nation-! ala have made certai» demands on thcm, vrhieli, if they accede to aiu' do not att<M)jpt tv> tvifle withvrlllj be sapported, but' the |oast treaehery j wiU iliem oustod iguoininious!y. "The LegisUturo mt*ets again Ju!y after * two weeks vAC;itiou. * *Claus Spreokels, the sngai king, iHupmeil the cO!nmunity by arrhung iu the to-d;<y, Ā thousaiu] rnmor« a;re afloat as to the purport of hfs visit. T!io arriva! of Mr, ia Houolulu. Nvhore great euUn , priso nu<l at* sso well. kuowu Hiid highly 4ppnvtak»d, iJ al«sys rt>gai\led wUh givat iuteix>st." | ■V.i