The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-11
THE LEGISLATURE.
105TH DAY.
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 1892.
Afternoon Session.

ne ASSEMBLY, Te-COnNeueu at l'4O
O'Clock from recess.
On motion the Order of the Day
was brought up, and Bill 81, relating
to the registration of male residents
in the Hawaiian Islands, came for
ward for consideration.
Reports from committee were
read and Rep. r. w. Wilcox moved
the adoption of the report of the
minority, recommending that the
bill be tabled. Lost, and a motion
prevailed that the bill be considered
section by section,
Section l, providing for the estab-
lishment of national register; all
males over Is to register names,
ages, places of birth, residence, mar
ried or single, arrival Gf foreigner),
occupation, employer Passed,
Section 2. Three months to CON
stitute residence. Passed.
Section g. Registration districts
of kingdom same as taxation, edu
cational and judicial. Passed.
Section 4. Minister of Interior to
nominate and Cabinet to appoint
registrars. Chief clerk to be APP
mittee named later on.
Section 5. Minister of Interior to
make rules, such to have force of
law. Passed.
Section 6. Regulations regarding
notice of registration: duration of
sittings and number of meetings.
Passed.
Section z. Clerk and registrars
authorized to administer oaths.
Passed.
Section 8. Change of residence to
be noted. Penalty for non-compli-
ance. Passed.
Section 9. Persons liable to regis
try to present certificates in Novem-
Der and December of each year I'M
less absent from the country. Pass
ed.
Section TO- Penalty for non-regis-
tration and noncompliance with
other regulations of Act.
Minister Neumann moved that the
section be amended as regarded the
age limit
Rep. Ashford was opposed to the
bill. He considered it smacked
strongly of the personal government
such as exists beyond the Rhine, and
he could not, therefore, blame those
whose fatherland was there, to sup
port the bill. 1t had been regarded
that the measure was necessary, as a
support to the sugar planters. But
the principle of the bill was wrong,
and he would not vote for it even if
he knew that the passage would save
every one of the planting interests
but would vote against it if he knew
that its death meant defeat to all
and for the reason that he valued
personal liberty too highly. 1t was
maxim of good government that
he who governed least governed the
best. That is to say that govern
ment was the best which gave the
greatest liberty, the widest scope, to
its citizens. Why, then, should any
one, with a spark of personal liberty
within him, be willing to submit
himself to the indignities of this an
noying system? The public welfare
did not call for it; it was an humili-
alton to comply
Minister Neumann Gnterrupting)
lis it an humiliation to the citizen
of country to go and be registered
for the purpose of enjoying his right
to vote?
Rep. Ashford (continuing)-It was
well known that, in the exercise Of
certain personal privileges, it was
necessary and proper to be identi,
fed in some way, but the right tc
vote was one thing and the right tc
breathe another. By this law it is
necessary to register to obtain the
right to breathe! This should not
be, and by Heaven it shall not be il
his voice and vote could prevent it
The law, however, does not compe
a man to register or to vote; it doe
not stand over him with a S5O-clul
in the shape of fine to force him
He submits, if he wishes to vote, t,
a slight Inconvenience so that hi
may be identified. There it is end
ed. But in this law man must b,
identified and register before he cal
breathe, and if he loses his certifi
cate of registration he canno
breathe until he can obtain anothe
one, to get which he may have t,
stand in line WITHHOLD knows HOY
many-pakes and others, and tel
where he was born, how old he is
whether or no his grandfather wa
cross-eyed and other questions
And again if one loses his certificat
or is caught outside the house in hi
shirt-sleeves, with the certificate il
his coat-pocket within the house, h,
is marched off to the Station Hous
to prove his identity, and is prob
ably kept there day or two befor,
he is allowed the opportunity to re
cover his absent paper. Was tina
in accord with Western civilization
Rep. White desired to know i
people ever introduced bills of thi
kind in the United States or even il
Canada. Naughter.)
Rep. Ashford-No; if anyone die
they would be kicked higher than
kite. He had been told that thi
was not intended for white men blu
for Chinese. If so, then let it say s.
in the bill. There was more tina
was bad in the bill but if a MAJ
could talk like an angel and unit
the crack of doom he could not ex
pose all the deviltry contained with
in its sections. If the Labor Bill