The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-10-07
Afternoon Session.
The House re-assembled at l 40.

The House re-assembled at 40.
Chairman Marsden stated that the
only way to address the Chair was MIR
Chairman, or its native equivalent. ANY
other way tended to bring ridicule upon
the Chair. Disrespect to the Chair was
! disrespect to the whole Committe. With
this word of admonition, the Committee
might proceed.
Rep. Kahookano said the present Con-
stitution need amending. No one has a
right to vote who is not Hawaiian SUBJ
ject. Any other arrangement is danger
Gus. Another objection which has been
urged against the present Constitution is
the provision with regard to the veto
power. He used this freely, and could
defeat the wishes of the people Now
the Queen of England has veto, but
she rarely or never uses it. AS the veto
power had been abused in this country,
l think the present provision is very
wise one. The three or four defects in
the Constitution can be easily remedied
by amendment. | hope every member
of the House will act conscientiously.
For myself, cannot conscientiously do
other than vote against the bill.
Rep. Kanealii said petitions had often
come from small number of persons, and
yet the House had granted them. So even
if these 4,S00 persons are not the most
intelligent in the community, we must
pay some attention to them. The
amendments to the Constitution were
referred to this Committee, but they
have not reported on these at all. l
waited to hear what the Cabinet had to
say, as they are supposed to be leaders.
But the Minister Of Finance did not sug-
gest any way of pacifying the people,
but opposed their wishes. Hence We are
still discussing this matter. One defect
OF the Constitution is in Article 81. 1t
really makes two Kings. 1t is not right
that the Cabinet should share the execu
tive power. Then as to the veto power.
The King ought to be compelled to sign
a bill which has passed the House
by a two-thirds vote Then the limi-
tation of salary to $3.50 is ridiculous.
We are worth a great deal more than
that, and ought to be literally paid.
Another point is the appointment of
Mobiles. They are appointed by the
Sheriff or Marshal, and yet the Consti-
tuition says titles of honor proceed from
the King. The result is loss of dignity.
The old Mobiles did not behave as these
do. If the people know that we are
passing amendments, they will be salts
fed
Noble ]. M. Horner was very glad the
discussion had been conducted so quiet
ly. Some persons had not properly con-
sidered the matter. 1t was perfectly
constitutional to petition His Majesty or
this House, but it was not constitutional
to ask for what it was against the Con-
stitution to grant. That is what is over
looked. The people can petition, but
not every petition is granted. My little
grandson has petitioned me for my pen
knife when he has seen me whiting,
but l told him no, you can't have that.
1t is quite evident that if these 4, 800
petitioners had aimed at improving not
destroying the Constitution, they would
have had much more weight, and their
prayers would have been granted. We
ought to ask for what it is proper to have
and then we will get it. We have power
to make all laws not repugnant to the
Constitution. Now, is this bill repug-
nant to the Constitution? 1t must be,
because it would wipe it out of existence.
This Constitution is objected to because
it was written by four lawyers. Well, the
Declaration of independence was written
by one man, and it had been called the
greatest thing ever written by man. As
q result of that declaration, the people of !
the United States had got Constitution |
also written by one man, and 64,O0O,000 |
people were now living under it. He |
himself was born under two constitu- |
tons. In California they passed an en-
ablng act. That was their mode, but |
ours is different Our Constitution puts |
the power to change the Constitution in
our hands only. frequently see in the
hon. Mr.. Bush's paper the statement
that the natives must have their rights
restored to them. Now, if he can tell
me what rights have been taken away
from him by this Constitution, l will be
obliged to him.
Rep. Bush said when you took away
the Constitution of Kamehameha V from
the natives by force, you took away one
Of his rights. You were one of them.
Noble Horner went on to show that
the new Constitution had enlarged the
Did right OF natives to vote for represen-
tatives and had extended the right to
vote for mobiles to them, which they had
never had before. He thought as many
natives had voted for him as foreigners.