The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-11-18
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..+itution changes the cleo
~ in requiring a property
jon o. ba elected as Mobiles,
ID 5tt, 10 in to the franchise
81m Lleo.ident. of Hawaiian,
olle 5TS1ropean birth or des-
ID q constitution and laws,
The vos, attained the age of
taA9 on1d know how to read
raIs sit I the English, Ha-
@e ,1 1 European language.
'on nd ed Articles of the
~ " of Kamehameha v, re-
1'lon I,Onertv qualification for
E tiras of $500, or $3.50 an
s .la1a' and that voters own
' o. the value of $3.50, or have
d o. # not less than SIS a year,
9s u first wear of Kalakaua's
~ nroperty qualifications for
e ., struck out by an amend
.5pted in 1876;
4 tanner in which the present
4nn was established, it is
- NV soon to form a disinter-
IMPARTIAL opinion.
= . can deny the importance of
,o y 'I legally established forms
" pgi3iative step, whether it
!,t-ifGtional act or an ordinary
- ~ enactment. And yet those
Introduced by the present
rtion, which limit the abso-
,rsrs Of the Sovereign to check
'-on, or to purchase legislative
5r Offices and Government con-
Ibich make Cabinet Ministers
4 responsible to the Legisla-
M permit no royal act to be
~Ipss advised and consented to
Cabinet, are in consonance
fp principles of representative
Ttional government, without
no government can expect
q receive the support of an en-
med people. They are measures
are calculated to preserve pub
3nouility, stability and pros
vim country which is controlled
IelIgence.
s,,tgch changes could have been
By regular amendment of the
stfitiOn of 1864 is generally sup
iphaye been impossible.
argued we'll for the sense of this
sn1nity that they were made
aully, and that if the property
icatiOn for mobiles and their
tN be accepted, these changes
;Neived general and unqualified
ryal.
addition to the body of voters
has resulted from the extension
suffrage, must surely produce a
smd healthier interest in public
and could not long have been
Nlel.
bile the student of history will
sbe able to ascertain whether
Gtitutional changes made in
Mld have been accomplished in
iEway than in that which was
ID, he will not be at q loss to
lrther the changes themselves
.lt good or i'll results to the
Ot Hawaii.
'1Atended suffrage was a neces-
|aple had come to live in Hawaii
nearly all the nations of the
@ They came in search of health
Ltune, to escape the consequences
-tir own faults, vices or misfor-
q for converting the heather, fol
NlesS reasons; shipwrecked mari
: Or seamen disabled for longer
service. The wonderful climate
scenery brought many, first tC
land then to stay. Tillers of the
l@me from China and Japan; me-
lllcs and tradesmen from the
lied States, England and Ger
1y.
he early arbitrary sway of the Ha
lal chiefs was displaced by the
NltutiOn of 1910, but their tradi,
land usages long remained. AS
chiefs and the common people
were under them passed away
government was left upon its
written basis, and had to stand
Ill BY its own strength or weak
!, and by the intelligent support
El 1t received or failed to receive
y The people who controlled legis
vi and the administration of jus
y only had the despotic power
influence of the chiefs come to III
V9t the ecclesiastical influence,
Eu mad done more than all Othe-
~, iSlceS combined towards estab
-1S a government of civilized
!. t ana which had long exercised
; aul over the government in it
I iouS functions, gradually ceased
w. w. recognized as a governmental
4 AND finally, the species o
!, NIL Ollgarchy, the natural out
su oI the chief rule, had lost it
jsa power. There was nothing t.
' 'vae Ihen, if Hawaii was to retail
SfS.~a,Oli!omy, but an extension of tn
.,@SG IN order to awaken active in
~ ? III public affairs among tn
n PEOPLE to whom government
! i0ok for its support.
~ ,ni It's destiny.
All what shall that destiny be
h. Intelligence, integrity and en-
N ," ~ patriotism shape the fol
.en,i j.. Hawaii, or will Legislative
lTot 'e and even judicial abuse
! n ana the country finally b
lis % The The mercy of any great powe
le 10 'eS III to lay hands upon an
iDS r'uLSe the present condition G
g6 Ss permits and encourages dema
hid s are are always voters who can b
S and ana q. cajoled, by preposterou
a,r TACT, that there IS a GOOD svsteI
cs,si Under which the eoyernmen
IS ditsled on, and that fhe svster
ent Or ' refon and proper amend
he'd legal 'I nnd TO be made by estat
sentiaI I rao,, methods, although a
larantv n nefqulsite, is not of itself
It is 81 sa III national prosperity.
allan, wb;,ttn mat the aboriginal n;
l the r %nlie properly tenacious
aiio AiSQCS and or;Hy;Ioo.oo &C TT,