Show AN UNHEALTHY SITUATION flie situation of government affairs in the sandwich islands leads one to lit that the inhabitants are on the v of another revolution we hardly anything else the king is kept on thy throne to hoodwink ti ir natives for the purpose of lulling i hem into alie fond delusion that they enjoy a monarchial government but lie people have aroused to a sense of their situation the gauzy fabric corer ing the delusion has been rent in twain and king kalakaua himself has s not i matters but lias begun to realize eliat he was merely reini stated to restore the native pulse toils normal condition virtually lie has been divested of all authority tho rity he having gone BO far as to relinquish his veto power the first advises advices relative to this disturbance tur bance were received on christmas pay they were to the effect that king kalakaua had vetoed tw bills passed by the hawaiian legislature one of which was to abolish the office of governor the legislature lagi slature denied the of the king to use his veto power and claim that one of the specific pledges given by kalakaua at the time of the revolution provided that he not interfere with the legislative reform the legislators held a lengthy meeting and asked the king to reconsider hia vetoes after king kalakaua had vetoed the bill to abol iba the office of governor and also another measure providing for the performance of such duties as pertained to that office the call of the house was ordered to consider the vetoes and fiery speeches were made the legislature legit lature declined to the question of the modified right of veto to the supreme court and the king wrote asking the courts advice meanwhile the legislature adopted resolutions de nying the kings right to veto the sup rame court invited all members of the bar to c efer with it on the subject and the court listened with closed doors to the arguments of twenty two attorneys the impression was at first conveyed that the supreme court was unanimous in sustaining alie veto in consequence of which inflammatory articles appeared in several papers but subsequently the king received an intimation that the court could not agree to show the condition of affairs a correspondent says the natives are becoming excited they find themselves lenored aud treated itu contempt trie kind insulted aud hia rights as under tood by them ignored or denied native papers it is said aie inciting the ua tl as to albe ia arms if necessary and assert thear right to a voice in the management 0 their own affairs ic only needs a bpark to ret the country in a blaze As already stated the kings vetoes are anong the chief features of the contention their legality however and the validity of the constitution will be sustained without doubt as the king has a majority of the supreme court wo are in hopes that th impending trouble may bif averted and the pulse of the government resume its former equilibrium the dispatch contained in this issue dated san francisco the ath lends a more alarming view to the situation while one received yesterday states that a private letter received in san francisco dated honolulu december ls conveys the information that alie cabinet have made a demand eliat judge jonathan austin of honolulu an american shall be offered the place of godfrey brown recently resigned from the cabinet the cabinet have also demanded the appointment of sanford dole a prominent lawyer born here of american parents to fill the vacancy caused by alie death of judge pomander of the supreme court at last advises advices the king had decided to accad to the cabinets demand knowing that the reform league would otherwise place mra dominus the kings sister on ahe throne kahakua has been advised bv the english and american Mini stera to comply with the demands of hia cabinet with the assurance that they would not interfere in his behalf with alie designs of the reform league for the removal of kahakua Kala kua the resignation of alie marshal is also insisted upon and lie w ill be replaced by a white man named saper the reform league has the support of ninety nine out of one hundred foreigners and the endorsement of all the best native element |