The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-01
THE LEGISLATURE.
NINErIETlI DAY.
TuMspAY, Sept. %.


the attention Of members to the fact
that the only proper address to the
Chair was mir Chairman" or its
native equivalent Any other form
tended to throw dsrespect on the
Chair and through it on the commit
tee.
Rep. llookano continued his re-
marks. The Constitution should toe
amended SO that no person should
have the right to vote without be-
coming Hawaiian subjects. This
privilege to strangers was a danger
Gus one, as by it u large body of
aliens might control the country.
The provision in the present Con-
sttution regarding the veto power
was an Improvement on the old one.
Under the old Constitution the veto
power was abused, the King having
used it regardless of the wishes of
the people. Queen Victoria poss-
esscd the veto power, but it was
very rarely exercised. Even if all
the objections TO the present Con
stitution were we'll founded, he
should not be willing to abolish it at
one blow. He felt compelled to
vote against the bill.
Rep. kaueali stated the conclu-
sions of the three reports on the
question. That the petitioners might
not be of the most Intelligent class
was no reason why their prayers
should hc Ignored. Poor men had
equal rights with rich under the
Government. The majority said
nothing about the amendments de-
sired, but confined their discussion
to the bill. When the present Con-
stitution was gained there was Il
meeting, at which the newspapers
reported two thousand people pre-
sent. IL that number had their de-
mands granted, why should not at
tention be paid now to the demands
of four thousand people? The pro-
posed amendments were referred to
the committee as well as the bill g,
but they had not taken the amend
ments into consideration ut all. The
Minister of Finance criticized the
method contained in the bill but did
not suggest any remedy for the
peoples grievances. One defect in
the Constitution was in Article
81, which made two kings-the king
and the Cabinet. Another Article
said that the Executive, Judicial,
and the Legislature powers are dis
tinct, yet here arc part of the En-
ecutivc, the Ministers, in the Legis-
islature. Tile provision fixing the
pay of Representative at $3.50 was
ridiculous, the amount being entire
ly inadequate to meet the moderate
expenses of member. 1t was
wrong to give ignorant Portuguese,
who could neither read nor write,
the franchise. These were defects
to be remedied and. the committee,
when it recommended the indefinite
postponement of the bill, should also
have recommended that the House
pass these necessary amendments.
The election of Mobiles for whole
islands was defective, because tho
people did not know the candidates
There was improperly in having
the Mobiles certified to the House by
the Marshal and Sherilfs. WhcI
the King appointed the Mobiles they
showed the dignity of the position
They did not engage in pickering
l In NtnfI lin,
with them for the floor. If thi'
Legislature passed the required
amendments, passing them on TO thu
next Legislature, the people would
be satisfied, but if they went home
empty handed to their constituent
the discomfort would continued, an,
the time would come when the poo
pie would demand their rights.
Noble j. NJ. IIorner was mucl
pleased with the calm discussion an,
the quiet hearing. While the PEG
pie had the right to assemble peace
ably, they had not the right to AS
J. for what was forbidden in the Con
stitution. His little grandson ha,
: often asked him prettily for his pen
knife, but his request could onl y b
granted to his own danger. III
had seen men offer up petition
TO the Father of Mercies, with a
4, much oarnestness as Noble Pua ha,
: used this morning, for things that
granted would have consumed ther
in a moment. If those four thou
sand people had asked for improve
ments in the Constitution, the
would have been more readily hear
by this House. The Constitution
} showed the duty of the Legislator
relative to its own amending.
gave the Legislature power TO amen
the Constitution, and to make a
manner Of wholesome laws not re
pugnant TO the Constitution. The
| would see a point in this, which wa
that they were forbidden to pass an
laws repugnant to the Constitution
The question was whether this hi
if passed would he repugnant to th
Constitution. He thought it woul
lac repugnant TO the COnstitutio
and TO this House, because il woul
wipe them both out of eXistcuc,
II had been objected that this Con
stituliOn was written by four luN
yers, but the Declaration OF Ind,
pendence was written by one maj
Rep, Il, W. Nilc0A asked frOl
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