Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XII, Number 25, 31 January 1891 — DEATH OF THE KING. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF THE KING.

At 8:15 Tburs(lay moriiing, tb( oitv wns l\v telftphone aiv m>!"incement tliat the Ch.urltsfi>ii wa! otf'Coco Thie bejng ssv<ivfti rn J <■'■{ lier eipoct6d a.rrivu!. an<i fhe faet thivt. the TCing wae IV; <>rtud la.sl inail :xh foing indispo.v,d, tngetiier with tho f«ct tliai ■the on the ship wa.-. at halfuiast, at onoe cast a g]ooiv, over the people thnt words was not needed to eip'ain. Ktiltikaua was encleared to the people of this country both foieign and nHtive, not so muel) for his statesmanship ua f'ir kiudness of lieart and gentlem»uly deportmei'tt, and a friend t<i every one in need. His mantle falla to Her lioyal Highiioss the Heir Aj>parent Princess Līlinokalani, who has on more than ohe oecasion preeided as E«gent with boeoniing, dignity, intelligence, firninesB, and at the aame tijae in a conservntive and i?onßtitntional mannei'. As the Cabinethave received the endorsement of ean be no change unless the Ministēr« so will it, perhapsthey may tertder their portfolios to Her Majesty simply as a wattef of form, bnt it ia unlikely that she would accept them from the fact that they were the ehoiee of His late Majesty, and «ndyrs«d by the Legislature, in fact it woald be « mistake and misfortune to the country to make a diapge at this ti»ie. The Ministers have shown tlieī isclves to be men entitled to the respect and ; confidence of the country. Their pa-| triotism cannot be questionēd, their abilities to fill their several deparimenta are undoubted their conBervative views, and the faitliful manner in whieh they have perforned their fievaral dutieß command them to the' public.