Again in Hawaii

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Excerpt from Again in Hawaii: February May 1895 By the liberality and courtesy of the proprietors of the New York Evening Post, there may be found in these pages a record of the experience gained on my third visit to Hawaii. My notes on the first occasion were published by the Boston Commercial Bulletin, in December, 1893, I was engaged by the Daily Evening Transcript, and in 1895 was commissioned by the Evening Post. The first-named residence in Honolulu was years ago, before the destruction of the native monarchy: the later engagements were for three months each, one-third of which time was spent on the route. My work for the Transcript (138 pages, 8vo) was published by the same house from which this is issued, it bore no foot-notes, nor was the matter corrected to make it conformable to the march of events. Yet there has never been but one statement therein impeached with a semblance of success, this was the connection of one of the original annexation commissioners with certain investments designed for a benevolent purpose by the Queen. Had it not been for positive denial by the person implicated, the matter would have been repeated as originally stated by me on the assertion of those of whom I inquired during my latest visit. But no witness would dare to appear even indirectly in support of any assertion inimical to those in power. This may serve as an example of the difficulty of separating fact from rumor in Hawaii, yet I have preferred to allow the present series also to go to the publishers without alterations. In the Transcript letters, the views of all parties to the present contest found expression through my articles, the royalists were satisfied that such investigation had been made with sincerity, wherever matter was reported by me contrary to their interests, they forgave that which they considered honest error on my part. But the provisionalists? No words can express the bitterness and animosity of the select, self-chosen few - still in power at Honolulu - towards any critic who presumes to speak of them and their oligarchy in other than the most flattering terms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.