The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-01-17
4 FEW THOUGHTS
en the Veto and the COn>titu-
ton.

mas come anu gone. Inc supreme
COurr mss announced its decision
respecting the c0nStitution2lity Of
-he law Of September 18th, 1857,
organizing supreme Court OF not
les rhRr three Judges. The Legis-
Lstura was the offspring Of RevOlu-
ton. which W-aS caused by the ruin
? Gus p-odigslitv and had sdminiStra-
tien Il both the executive and legiS-
lauve branches Of the former gov
eruUeu-- The people saw that
without 4 change they were rapidly
Fastening % national ruin. and thst
the loss Of independence through
ua-air-lui>trat.ol would bring wide
spread private and public disaster.
They resolved upon change, and
= rtis could not b brought about
under TIE existing Constitution they
dece-mi1 ned 10 set il aside. a. well aS
the ruling powers, as far a. 1t was
. necessary To accomplish their object.
Resolutions, reciting their wants
were prepared and ratified By pub
lie meeting held June S0th, 1857.
The people demanded that the gov
eminent should b conducted upon
principles Of rigid economy in
eRF-v department, that provision
should e made for the payment Of
the nGti0nSl debt.-that sill unneees-
say Offices Be abolished, that exeeS-
Sive salaries % eurtailed. and that
cle King dc not NEEDLE with poll
uS The King accepted the ulti-
cl1tuU from the people. and new
constitution WAS prepared, igcgHGe5
10 secure 10 the people every canceS-
sion made by the King, lrfti0lt
question. intended % secure the
rights q the people and good gov
eminent Uy q responsible cabinet,
under the control 81 s legislature Of
their sEl choosing. There was no
-liS-nt e-SaudiuE their wants and
Dissemination. They determined 10
builds government upon the admir-
able Platform that has been pub
iished. that au debts should b.
E1id. snd all useless naval Snd mill
-zry expenses ard embassies and Of
ices and pensions should be diSeOn-
tLnued .-that al expenses should be
p1oportioDed 70 the work to be per-
formed that If governors were not
needed. the Office should be abe
liShed- If but three judges were
J needed. there should not be five,
and that thrre should Be- rigid
economy based on competency and
integrity, such a. prevailed after
Dr. Judd took charge Of the finances
- September. 1872 He found a
government without organization
deeply involved IN debt, which he
left, eleven years later, fully organ
lEed. with many public improve
ment>. aud sixty thousand dollars in
the treasury During most Of this
time the King received from the
treasury So 600 per annum; min
isJe-s 5000 and subordinates pro
PorticnSlly lower. and the taxes
were on fourth q one per cent.
TIE people meant that the eX-
pe1Sas OF the government should be
measured oy is necessities, and the
services % be rendered by the work
10 Be done. and that the King should
. paced beyond the reach Of temp
tatiol from politics. This was what
WIS intended 70 Be done. and the
constitution WAS intended 70 make
this - plain that il could not be
questioned by the learned or the
unlelned. The Legislature, IN
conformity. s. It supposed, 70 the
wishes q the people, and the prin-
aiples Of the platform, introduced
Ills 70 abolish the ochce Of Governor
and re0rganize the Supreme Court.
The King. by Article 4, claimed
the riEht0f veto. lritE0iE the sanction
C-bfs CG5Het. Of the former. not
outstanding the prohibitions OF
Articles Il and :. and the Supreme
Court has pronounced the latter IN
constitutional. II correct, thus
Frustrating the intentions Of the peo-
plein two very important particulars,
the political action Of the King, and
the reduction Of officers in the
srlu-eme Court to their necessary
requirements The nOn-necessity Of
governors. Of four Cabinet Ministers,
q the large military and naval ex-
penses, have long since been spoken
u. and q the judges, BY themselves,
prfor e. the law Of September 18th,
1857. And thus the want Of Ger
tSinty, in the language Of the con
stitution interferes with the reason
able wishes and VIII of the people
Those wishes are for an economical
and upright government; and some
believe that twelve senators or
MOBILES, and twelve elected com
moaers, for Legislators, would Be as