The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-01
THURSDAY, May 81.
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
The Convention was called to order
at 10 o'clock, President Dole in the
chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. j.
Kauhane, after which the Secretary
called the roll.
The minutes of the first meeting
were read aud approved.
G.. Brown moved that q committee
be appointed to examine the creden-
tials of the members. Carried. The
Chair appointed Messrs. Brown, Suhr
and A. S. Wilcox.
At 1915 the Committee on Creden-
'tials reported all the eighteen mem
bers duly elected, though several had
not their credentials with them. 4
The report was adopted.
The Convention, substituting j. A.
McCandless for Mr.. Suhr, is now
constituted as follows:
EXECUTIVE COUNCILS. b. Dole,
F. M. Hatch, ]. A. King, S. M. Da-
mon, w. o. Smith.
ADVISORY CoUNCIL-W. c. Wilder,
III. Waterhouse, G.. Bolte, J. Emme-
luth, e. ID. Tenney, J. F. Morgan. w.
| F. Allen, Alex. Young, Cecil Brown,
~. Su1Et JOuu NOtCt N0nuOuCd,
]. Ena, ID. b. Smith.
DELEGATES-Oahu @. NJ Rob
| ertson, c. l.. Carter, l.. G. Ables, A.
| Fernandes, j. M. Vivas, A. K. Kunui
| akea.
Eawaii-D. III. Hitchcock, F. S.
Lyman, d III. Kahaulelio, J. Kau-
hane, w. Horner.
| Maui. w. Kalua, III. p. Baldwin,
J. K. IOsepa, w. F. Pogue.
i - n
w. III. Rice.
| Mr.. Baldwin moved the appoint
| ment of a Finance Committee of
three to supervise all expenses of the
| Convention.
| Carried.
The President appointed Messrs.
Baldwin, Ena and Ables.
Mr.. c. Brown moved that the house
proceed to the election of permanent
officers.
| Mr.. Wilder inquired whether it was
not necessary to swear the members
in before proceeding to business.
| The Attorney General said the bill
was silent on the point, but it was
certainly proper that every member
should take the oath required of
| voters. It was TO be presumed that
all had already taken that oath, but
in order to remove all doubt on that
point, it would not be Inappropriate 30
have it administered now.
J. w. Kalua said he had already
taken that oath. Must he now take
it over again? He did not object to
doing 30, but many had already taken
it. He did not see how the members
could be required to take it now. The
records of the Interior Department
would show that the delegates had
taken the oath. If there was anyone
here who had not taken the oath, he
did not belong here and should leave
the Convention.
Mr. Iosepa said the object of taking
the oath previously had been To show
that the voter would do his duty as an
elector. 1t now had different pur-
pose. He supported the motion TO re-
Quire an oath.
| TheAttorney- General said that as the
first two lines of the oath were not APP
| propriate, he had amended it to read
as follows, and he moved the adoption
of it by the Convention.
The form of the oath thus amended
is as follows:
81 do soIemnly swear in the pres
| ence of Almighty God that / will sup
port and bear true allegiance to the
Provisional Government of the Ha-
| waiian Islands, and will oppose any
| attempt to re- establish monarchical
| government in any form in the Ha-
waiian Islands, and will faithfully
| perform the duties of q nemDer of the
! Constitutional Convention"
Mr.. Hitchcock said that he had
taken already an oath To oppose mon
archy In every form. That oath was
binding now. Every other man bere
should be bound by the same tie.
, Justice required that. This amended
| form of oath was not the same.
Mr.. Brown did not agree wi b the
| last speaker. The only object of the
| oath was to conform with custom of
all deiibeFative bodies, to faithful ly
perform the duties of a member.
| The duty in this case was TO frame
the constitution Of republic for Ha-
| waii.
Calls of "Question."
! The form of oath as above was
adopted.
Mr.. Kalua moved that Il committee
be appointed to wait on the Chief
Justice and request him TO administer
the oath.