Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-24
GEM BU7ZER'S LNAUCURAL.

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hensive review OF all important state interests,
mos, severely cri.ic;zed Con,ro,v m General
expecta,ion. The message avoided any reference
except in an incidental manner tn Questions az
national noIit;cs I, ,ecommends rban,es in
the manner az assessing the noII ,ox. d.n,c.
Gates any property qualification for voters:
calls for The removal of restriction from n,,ur.
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Inv their emnlovers. and recommends the scaled
envelope system MS hest calculated ia secure n
free exnrcssion of the will of the electors n, The
polls. I, favors woman suffrage and s,,goes,s
a novel plan for receiving the votes Of women
viz: tina, they shall be allowed to deposit
their votes. Endorsed with name and place of
residence in their own handwriting. in the
postofice or some box provided for the nnrnose
addressed to the proper election officer. within
ten DAYS before an election. A prominent
feature of the message is its scathine arraipn.
ment of the state commissioners and the ma
napement of various state institutions. REFORM
atory, charitable and educational. The com.
mon school system of the state is sharply criti
cized at great length and its shortcomings
shown up in the strongest possible light. The
following extracts from the message give. in
part, the views of Governor Butler on some of
the prominent topics of which the document
treats;
FREE BALLOT AND FAIR COUNT.
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o'"e' n''',''o'. T aiu coercion Oh
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.ne.iVe co'ois anu MARKS 10 enable the com,
MISSION VI ,hose ",ohgs' nave oeeh USED. IL
Is pu' Jus. 10 say ina. former legislatures wish
ing 10 olot out this Stigma upon the iair lame
oil our commonwealth have endeayored by
law 10 so unit me Size printing and appear
ance oil ballots as IN some degree to render the
ballots indistinguishable IN the hand OF the
voter.
But why not strike a, the very root OF the
evil at once and provide that all votes shall
same size. quality and colo, m hn Furnished
by the state' Then the size and complexion
oil the ballot would be immateIial. This is
not an untried experiment in Massachusetts
law was enacted in 1851 by which all votes
should be cast IN such envelopes, and re-
NAMED the rule until 1853, when the use Of
such envelopes was made, not compulsory,
but permissive. From the moment of that
change, to vote sealed ballot marked the
man who used it; and such vote has rarely
since been cast, although the law still remains