The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-11-14
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IA.


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER II.
"lr- We are within two months Of the election for Rcpreser
taiiye: to III; Hawaiian Lssisiat9rs' and yet The event aud it
journals % the cOun'ry."-PoLy.
TnINGs are evidently done very quietly in thi
country. d" Election day. might have como an,
passed without the public having even rcmem
bered that such an event was to occur. But tn,
PoiyncsiGn has very opportunely logged the mem.
DRY Of the people, and as but seven weeks inter.
vene between this and the election, we agree
with our c%oncrere that lit is quite time to LOCK-
around and consider that question:;
by law it is made the duty of the Minister Of
the Interior to give public notice of the places
where such elections are to be held, which is the
only legal announcement required to be made.
The Civil Code reads as follows
IN tie legislature, shall be held in all The districts Throughout
year, at such places as SHAH. from time to time, lie designated
iy tn Minister Of the interior, who shall give public notice OF
The election, then, is to be held on Monday,
Jan. c. As no official announcement has yet
been made of it, we will here also quote the sec
ton designating the number of representatives
and tile districts, as given in the Civil Code:
SIC. 80. The number Of The representatives Of the people in
the Legislature, shall he ~ follows. viz:
One for the district OF North Konai beginning at, and jnclud-
inn KealualCuo. and extending TO and INCLUDING puuulao.
Onr for the district OF South konI; beginning al Iuuohao,
"n ga sH sF ihe d Is aht " f Kani N'A'A"Ai'
One for the district Of Puma.
Two for the district OF lilo.
One for the district of Iamakua.
One for the district OF KohalI..
For the Island OF Maui, six, that is 20 say:
Two for the district composed OF LahaiiEa, Olowalu, Ckume-
one for the district composed Of Kalakuloa and Kaanapall.
One for the district beginning with and Including Waihce, and
extending to and including IIonuaula-
One for the district beginning with AMI including KahiLinui,
and extending 20 and including kOolau.
one for The district beginning with and including namakua-
Two'Tyr the district composed of the Islands of Molokai and
lanai.
For the Island of Oahu, eight, that is to say:
-Four for the district Of Honolulu, beginning with ana incIui-
ing Mannalua, AMI extending to and including Moanalun.
9 9ne for e. ! he district dis,r;s, Of IF M ai.ni
One for the district Of kooaupoko.
For the Island Of Kauai, three, that is to say:
One for the distrie. Of wahmea, beeinninE with and including
Guiding tie Island Of Nnhau.
One for the district Of Puma, beginning with and including
Wahiawa, and extending TO and including Wailua.
One for the district Of Ilanalei, beginning with and including
kcIaa- ami extending to and incluling Awa-awa-puhi.
The qualifications of voters are stated in the
two following sections:
SEC 7ss. Every male subject OF His Majesty, whether native
or naiuraiizsd. AMI every denizen Of the kingdom, who shall
,ne 81 ~ r. ~ "IaI h. 80 sn Min 10 10 y votrS r.! tt LcY renrrIr te
tive. or representatives, Of the district in which he may have
resided three months next preceding the day 81 election pro-
time, have been convicted OF any Infamous crime. within this
kingdom, unless lie shah have been hardened by The King, and
Jet, shall be allowed to vote.
SIC. 7si. No alien shah be allowed to vote for ri preventative
Of the people.
\ representative form Of government, so far as
it enables the people to share in the making of
the laws, is the one most compatible with t;r best
interests of the governed rs well as of tn. rulers.
And just in proportion to the intelligeI and
wisdom of the people, will the benefits 90 this
system he developed. We have three NJ .ble
illustrations of governments in which it is intro
duced--the United States, England and France
in each of which the mass of the people are,
by the election OF representatives,, commences or
delegates, allowed to participate in the making
of the laws which govern them.
In the United States, as we all know, this
mower of the people to participate in the enact
ment of laws, is not limited to the choice of re-
prcscntatiyes, but extends to the election of the
upper branch of the national Legislature or Con-
grcss, and still further, TO the election of the
1t is an unsettled question whether the
elective powers of the people there are not too
extensive, and whether a change of the Constitu-
of the United States, enabling the Presi-
dent to bold his Office for Ten years. or even for
subject to impeachment, and the Senator's
for ten years, would not tend to consolidate, and
render more permanent the machinery of Repub-
lean Government, which is now passing through
severe ordeal, originating in the frequent
of its Rulers. The rebellion now in
progress there may result in efectlng some con-
change of this nature, which We he
icve would strengthen the Federal Government,
md render it more permanent.
In England we see the people allowed, to a
,ertain extent, the privilege of clecting their law
makers, the HGIsc of Commons being chosen at
periods, by those qualified by law TO
-ote. The House of Lords, like tile House Of
Mobiles here, is composed of such as are entitled
" hereditary claims to enter it, or of those who
nay be constituted peers by the Royal favor, and
hey hold their seats for life. This House of
.ords is unqucstionably the bulwark of EngHand's
and permanancy.7 1t is~a power that
both sovereign and people in check, rem
ering Sudden changes in the form of government
r in its administration, next to impossible. The
government of England, resting as
does on the participation of the people in its
administration, by the election of commoners or
representatives., and based on Il liberal Constitu-
which its sovereign rs well as its people res