Jennifer Wada at 00:01, 30 April 2006

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Jennifer Wada at 10:23, 10 March 2006

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It may not be amiss to present
some of the criticisms against
Kalakaua and his party formally
filed with me by Professor W. D.
Alexander...
He gives an account of various
obnoxious measures advocated by the
king, which were defeated.
In 1882 he says the race issue
was raised by W. Gibson and only
two white men were elected to the
Legislature on the Islands.
Walter Gibson's influence over
Kalakaua was also illustrated in
passages of Gibson's diary as
follows:
Sat., Jan. 15—"Examined the
Explorer [a ship]. Propose to
purchase her as a Government vessel
to send to Samoa to carry Bush on
his several missions."
Fri., Jan. 21—"Completed the
purchase of the Explorer—the
vessel delivered to the Min. of
Interior Aholo. I will now take
charge of her as Secretary of the
Navy—an empty title—but I will
push this matter, our Polynesian
confederation. Hawaii has the
elements and prospects of a
commanding Polynesian state—
Kalakaua shall be a King." (Ibid.,
pp. 116-117.)
Lorrin Thurston and William Castle
were also very familiar with Gibson.
They were among the members of the
Committee of Thirteen who specifically
asked for his dismissal from the
Kalakaua Cabinet in 1887. Wm. R.
Castle, in his Reminiscences
(published privately in 1960 per the
University of Hawaii Library (Hawaiian
Collection)), wrote at p. 77:
Sun., Jan. 16—"A talk with the
King about the Explorer. He said
that Aholo and Kanoa were opposed
to the purchase of her. It is too
much my enterprise. These natives
are opposed. I am sorry to have
our Polynesian movement checked."
(Jacob Adler & Gwynn Barrett, The
Diaries of Walter Murray Gibson,
(Honolulu: University of Hawaii
Press, 1973), p. 114.
Tues., Jan. 18—"Talked earnestly
with the King about the purchase of
the Explorer. He is convinced and
with me. Told me to call a Cabinet
early in the morning."
Wed., Jan. 19—"A Cabinet Council
at the Palace at 7:00 A.M. The
King determined about purchase of
Explorer—so decided in Council. I
and Aholo, a Committee to make
purchase. We went at 8 A.M. to
Hotel and found Mr. Arundel.
Concluded purchase for $20,000 in
four installments, [sic] I have
carried my point, and the
Polynesian movement will not be
checked." (Ibid., p. 115.)
It was said at that time that
Moreno was going to organize and
consolidate a union of all the
Pacific Islands under Kalakaua as
emperor. The same way that dreamer
Walter Gibson obtained a controlling
influence over Kalakaua by
holding out wonderful pictures of a
vast future of boundless wealth for
us if his, Gibson's plans were
carried. No doubt these alluring
pictures accounted in part for his
determined plan to create an army
and navy with which to conquer the
Pacific. Through his dreams or to
appreciate the fact that with every
opportunity in his grasp to render
his name immortal by a wise and
beneficent leadership he was
instead making a wreck of his
reign..•
As for the books by Wm. A. Russ,
the titles alone should explain
Gibson's absence from them. They were
entitled The Hawaiian Revolution,
1893-94 and The Hawaiian Republic,
1894-98. Gibson died in 1888.
The above comments also address
views expressed in comments received
by the Commission from Elmer Miller
about Kalakaua's policies.
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-It may not be amiss to present
+:It may not be amiss to present some of the criticisms against Kalakaua and his party formally filed with me by Professor W. D. Alexander...
 some of the criticisms against
-Kalakaua and his party formally
+:He gives an account of various obnoxious measures advocated by the king, which were defeated.
 filed with me by Professor W. D.
-Alexander...
+:In 1882 he says the race issue was raised by W. Gibson and only two white men were elected to the Legislature on the Islands.
 He gives an account of various
 Walter Gibson's influence over
 Kalakaua was also illustrated in
 passages of Gibson's diary as
 follows:
 Sat., Jan. 15—"Examined the
-Explorer [a ship]. Propose to
+:Sat., Jan. 15—"Examined the Explorer [a ship]. Propose to purchase her as a Government vessel to send to Samoa to carry Bush on his several missions."
 purchase her as a Government vessel
-to send to Samoa to carry Bush on
+:Sun., Jan. 16—"A talk with the King about the Explorer. He said that Aholo and Kanoa were opposed to the purchase of her. It is too much my enterprise. These natives are opposed. I am sorry to have our Polynesian movement checked." (Jacob Adler & Gwynn Barrett, <u>The Diaries of Walter Murray Gibson</u>, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1973), p. 114.
 his several missions."
-Fri., Jan. 21—"Completed the
+:Tues., Jan. 18—"Talked earnestly with the King about the purchase of the Explorer. He is convinced and with me. Told me to call a Cabinet early in the morning."
 purchase of the Explorer—the
-vessel delivered to the Min. of
+:Wed., Jan. 19—"A Cabinet Council at the Palace at 7:00 A.M. The King determined about purchase of Explorer—so decided in Council. I and Aholo, a Committee to make purchase. We went at 8 A.M. to Hotel and found Mr. Arundel. Concluded purchase for $20,000 in four installments, [sic] I have carried my point, and the Polynesian movement will not be checked." (Ibid., p. 115.)
 Interior Aholo. I will now take
-charge of her as Secretary of the
+:Fri., Jan. 21—"Completed the purchase of the Explorer—the vessel delivered to the Min. of Interior Aholo. I will now take charge of her as Secretary of the Navy—an empty title—but I will push this matter, our Polynesian confederation. Hawaii has the elements and prospects of a commanding Polynesian state— Kalakaua shall be a King." (<u>Ibid</u>., pp. 116-117.)
 Navy—an empty title—but I will
 Lorrin Thurston and William Castle
 were also very familiar with Gibson.
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 asked for his dismissal from the
 Kalakaua Cabinet in 1887. Wm. R.
-Castle, in his Reminiscences
+Castle, in his <u>Reminiscences</u>
 (published privately in 1960 per the
 University of Hawaii Library (Hawaiian
 Collection)), wrote at p. 77:
-Sun., Jan. 16—"A talk with the
-King about the Explorer. He said
+:It was said at that time that Moreno was going to organize and consolidate a union of all the Pacific Islands under Kalakaua as emperor. The same way that dreamer Walter Gibson obtained a controlling influence over Kalakaua by holding out wonderful pictures of a vast future of boundless wealth for us if his, Gibson's plans were carried. No doubt these alluring pictures accounted in part for his determined plan to create an army and navy with which to conquer the Pacific. Through his dreams or to appreciate the fact that with every opportunity in his grasp to render his name immortal by a wise and beneficent leadership he was instead making a wreck of his reign...
-that Aholo and Kanoa were opposed
 As for the books by Wm. A. Russ,
 the titles alone should explain
 Gibson's absence from them. They were
-entitled The Hawaiian Revolution,
+entitled <u>The Hawaiian Revolution,
--94 and The Hawaiian Republic,
+-94</u> and <u>The Hawaiian Republic,
--98. Gibson died in 1888.
+-98</u>. Gibson died in 1888.
 The above comments also address
 views expressed in comments received
 by the Commission from Elmer Miller
 about Kalakaua's policies.
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