The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-10-05

Constitution II 1854 Ny Ministry al
four in number. TWO English Sa6 twC
Havaiisns q American parentSge.
And how do yoysr Hobles sit-by here
ditzry succession or by election
They are appointed to hfe peer9Ses
except few hereditary native MOBILES
I The mobiles q Europezn hood a-e life
appointments"
Then. IN Whist language DO they
6abzte 2"
In Hswaiian. xnd then the speech Is
irta-rretei in English for those who nSy
10: understand l.
And do your Ministers 50 n and out
o. ofica st popular VII, IS IN England 2
Not Necessarily -. they hold office 81
nv plessure- But resIly we have nos the
conflict ot parties that Won have: opinions
uzy differ on s topic Of s GeoS;e, bui
members DO 10; rsnCe themselves N PSF
ties. one for and 1ne against The Ministry
esch rather votes soooudInS 70 his own
views On subject raised
Do You poSSeSS veto on Bills
Certainly. and l hsve now and then TO
exercise It For instance, onl! lately &
Bill vzSSa6 the House 70 leE1lI1e the sale
~ opiun. Commercial motives had
urouutei the measure. but l felt myself
forced - veto Il N the Interests OF the
native FORMULATION. 50 the Bill fell through.
l have since had the satisfaction Of beng
generally thanked for my trnness by
Sacst q the educated classes srd by those
vino have at heart the welfare Of the
nstive population
Whist Is your suffrage : Is it uni
ve-sSl e"
Pretty nearly 50; we require three
Qualifications firstly. s standard 81 read
inc and writing secondly. payment OF
the yesr's tsxes thirdly. innocence o.
zny felony. Al who conform % these
vote Tor representatives, and
our elections Sre biennial
We were talking cf the sport II the
Islands lust nov. May ask, have you
zny game Laws g
YES: We protect cur plover. duck.
Quail. and imported birds such s. pheas-
ants. II the breeding season. but the lsws
do not extend 70 the Wild pigs. We have
TOO many Of them. and they may be killed
al any tine
And do YOU shoot much yourself =
4 an very fond OF Il. when can find
time for 4 trou State duties even better
Spo-t Is that Of catching wild horses and
cattle with the coral ana lSSSo. l used
to be ve-y iond Of thlS pursuit II my yOun-
ger days
May 1 ask Whist line Is taking IN your
country = 10 the position Of ladies II
society Are they subordinate creatures,
3 Ii the East o. sre they kept under
.oSk and kew while unmarried. IS OF our
: r--Hr1
Do unmarried glrls require
O WHIST 2
Our social customs and views IS re-
-ards the position Of ladies' II society are.
r-lzy say strictly An--O-SaxOn- GIr-S ne
1uire chspe7o-s. hut even under the
,alrEe q the latter they are allowed
much the same amount q latitude with
heir masculine friends that you give
hem II England Our religion beng
christian. or social etiquette s. regards
women follows the same line Is that OF
English society
Then. your ladies do not smoke 3:
No. I : not reckoned cgsEs y fast:
i the szne tine they are much more
olerGrt Of tol1scco than yours are they
I'll 81 with gentlemen while the latter
nCks. and 81 dinner parties and halls s
nooG1g-Toon / provided as matter
I course
Have you much litigation and how
ne yor courts Of law o-gGnizeds'
I'VE have local courts and circuits,
nd superior. courts. with g supreme
.ppeilzte court TIE judges q the two
sitter are mostly Americans, o. Of Amer
an usreatace. We have next to no
,c--Cn law. but chiefly statute Law.
-sseS. as regards commercial and crIIni-
81 transactions. upon English and
American law. We cite leading cases
ron AnglO-Sszo1 Courts. and Va PRIDE
ourselves that. u Turn- some Of the TJl-
ms q our Courts have been cited and
alis5 upon II American Courts notably
non CURIOUS points Of Admiralty law.
sone q our local J. P-'s are natives. but
II Judges are chiefly Of AnElo-Saxon
lpod- Our law library consists OF 800 /
olu-es. and We regularly take II al the I
SSriit5ish law reports and file them
= Do you approve OF capital punish T.
,ent .:
On principle We maintain 1t: but We 1
o5=Ev leading e~inaes . OF first second. Z
Nd third Ge-Tee. Murder Is capital .
ny n the Erst degree I DO E0t think I
ldviszhle 10 abolish capital punishment I
u extreme offences Arson II the 1rst 4
egree Is also with Us soapitsl otIeuee-'
Have you any difficulties Or agltstiOns [
: 70 land tenure
None maSt Of cur land s held II fee
.mple. though there : what i termed .
.llo6ial' tile. so-1 q perpetual lease Of ,
md under the CrOvn- Most Of OJn Ia
YES are peasant propletoTs- a least, i
ID tEsy DO lot come INTO collision SIIh 1
.cdlords ike your Irish OF the question /.
tenure. OF improvements, OF rental
Have yuu sny uublic titles u h0nCurs
esi6es those Of the MOBILES q your Cor
RS
We have two orders OF knighth0Od.
-h,ch ere conferred for Distinguished 4
zrTIces 70 the State The elder Is that
hzmshamehs. and the other that Of
-zlsksns- founded BY nysef Ny pm
pal Ministers ara decorated with one OF
.har Of these distinctions
= Do yUu ever have religious fsuds be
zeen your vz-io-s sccts g
None al al: Il Is almost needless 70
u that Christianity & The sole religion
the kingdom We have varieties Of Il
} fsr that u addition to the Church OF
1Elznd, at the head Of which Is Bishop
1iIlis- OF Honolulu re have American
ruees5s1ts ana Roman Catholics: but We
ever her u any religions bitterness, and
0 one seet molests the other
I dolb+ Ehethe- any @ ny readers
Ould hzve bone such cruss examination
tn half the gracious eguzniEiry that
Is Polyresian Majesty displayed OF
ave 50 readily hun0Tred ny curiosity
: every possible p0int l might WITH
a1eS- and information to myself have
o0iolged tins nssI0gstzo2 Tor hours
-e-E answer vas hZ1ght with interest
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