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...drunkenness were still rampant and, only five years before, French Naval officers had raped the laws of the kingdom, imported liquor, extorted money, introduced Roman Catholic priests. But the joyance of the Doles could not be extinguished by such considerations, for to them had been born a son christened Sanford Ballard Dole...
...long-suffering people revolted and King Kalakaua granted the insurgents what was known as the "Bayonet Constitution." It came about at that time that Sanford B. Dole, who had been working with the reform party in the legislature, was made Judge of the Hawaiian Supreme Court. In 1890 the King died in California and his sister, Mrs. Lydia Dominis (styled Liliuokalani), the regent, was crowned. She soon showed herself reactionary. Another revolt was led by the "sons of the missionaries." The Queen was forced to abdicate. Sanford B. Dole was declared President of the Republic of Hawaii pending annexation...
...Thirteenth says that there shall be no "slavery or involuntary servitude" except for convicts. This, said Mr. Sanford, does not in other matters protect the rights of Negroes...
...Fourteenth says that no state shall abridge the privileges of citizens "nor deny any person . . . the equal protection of the laws." This, said Mr. Sanford, refers to state action entirely and has nothing to do with individual invasion of individual rights...
Sued for Divorce. By Mrs. H. S. Glendenning, adopted daughter of famed capitalist Alfred I. du Pont; one Harold Sanford Glendenning, onetime Rhodes Scholar, son of a Norwalk, Conn., mail carrier; at Reno...