. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. of March, 1891, the Princess Kaiulani,daughter of the queens sister and Hon. A. S. Cleg-horn, an Englishman by birth, was proclaimed heir ap-parent to the Hawaiian throne. She was seventeenyears of age, a lovely girl, who was receiving her edu-cation in England. Her guardian in England was , who, with Bishop Willis of Honolulu, also anEnglishman, was naturally opposed to American inter-ests, and especially to annexation. The queens husband was Governor J. O. Dominis,the son of the mate of the schooner Paragon^ whichcame from Bosto
. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. of March, 1891, the Princess Kaiulani,daughter of the queens sister and Hon. A. S. Cleg-horn, an Englishman by birth, was proclaimed heir ap-parent to the Hawaiian throne. She was seventeenyears of age, a lovely girl, who was receiving her edu-cation in England. Her guardian in England was , who, with Bishop Willis of Honolulu, also anEnglishman, was naturally opposed to American inter-ests, and especially to annexation. The queens husband was Governor J. O. Dominis,the son of the mate of the schooner Paragon^ whichcame from Boston in 1823. Unhappily, GovernorDominis died on the 27th of August, 1891, and thequeen lost a valuable adviser, who had been on the sideof constitutional government. The queen always asserted the right of the sovereignto give a new constitution to the people at any time, asPrince Lot, Kamehameha V., had done in 186J:. Therewas much trouble in getting a cabinet, or council, themembers of which the queen could appoint, but who THE REVOLUTION OF 1893. 329. QUEEN LILIUOKALANI. 330 HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. must be actually elected by the legislature. Finally, acabinet, not in sympathy with the queen, was elected;but it was changed for another in January, 1893. Thequeen now supposed she had around her the men whowould do as she wished. She also thought the timehad come to assume the absolute authority which shewanted to hold. She did not foresee the coming crisis. An unfortunate thing for her was the signing of twobills : one of them, the lottery scheme, which had beendriven out of the United States; and the other, a billlicensing the opium traffic. These measures were ob-noxious to all the best people, especially to the so-called Missionary party. Some ladies, among them Mother Cooke, at whoseschool the queen had received her early education,waited on her Majesty and besought her not to signthe iniquitous bills. She received them graciously, andsoon after their departure signed both bil
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