The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-13
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
The Property Qualification of Sena.
I tOrial Voters Fixed.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE MUCH DEBATED.
Two Articles of the Constitution Occupy
the Entire Time of the Convention
xssterday-The Vote Property =
Victory for the Cause OF Liberalism.
Tenth Day.
TUESDAY,. June 18th, 1894.

The Convention was called to order
at 80 A. NJ, Vice President Wilder in
the chair. Prayer by the Chaplain.
Roll-eall. Minutes of the Ninth day
read and approved.
AT 9:45 the Convention went into
Committee of the Whole. Vice Pres
ident Wilder called Councillor EN-
meluth to the chair, but he decline d ,
and Councillor Waterhouse was called.
Consideration of Article 73-Meth-
od of Voting for Representative-was
resumed.
The Article as previously amended
was passed.
ARTICLE 74-QUALIFICATIoN OF VOTERS
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.
In order to be eligible to vote for
Representatives, a person shall:
1. Be male citizen of the Repub-
lie; and ii citizen naturalized prior
to January 18th, 1898, possessed at such
time of the privilege of voting for
representatives; or,
Have received letters of denization
emitting him to the privileges of Ha-
waiian citizenship; or,
Have received from the Minister of
the Interior the certificate of service
herein provided for;
Minister Hatch moved to amend in
paragraph i by making it read after
Republic" "and If naturalized prior
to January IL, 1898, be a native of a
country having or having had treaty
relations with Hawaii"
Carried.
Councillor Emmeluth moved to
amend by striking out the word "male"
in line 3.
Councillor Ena moved to defer the
paragraph until the Judiciary Conn
mittee had reported on Article 10.
Councillor Emmeluth said he did
not believe liz letters of denization at
all.
Delegate Carter moved that the par
agraph be referred to the COMMITTEES
on Judiciary.
The two lines relating to denizen-
ship were referred to the Committee
on Judiciary.
Delegate Carter, speaking to Coun-
cillor Emmeluth's amendment, held
that the Convention should not pro-
ceed hastily on the subject of suffrage.
of extending the suffrage to women to
a future Legislature.
Councillor Ena moved to refer the
lines relating to certificates of service
to the Committee which had this sub
ject in hand.
Councillor Emmeluth's motion was
rejected, no one voting in favor of il !
except the mover.
President Dole said the question |
raised by Councillor Emmeluth's mo. |
ton was sure to come up, and to bring |
1T before the Convention he would |
move to insert after paragraph the |
words, "The Legislature may enact |
laws extending the franchise to |
women"
The motion was Withdrawn i'm order J
to be introduced at another point in |
the section.
The lines of the paragraph not re-
ferred, passed.
2. Have resided in the representa-
tive district in which he offers to reg
lister not less than one month imme-
diateIy preceding the time at which
he offers to register;
Delegate Carter moved to substi
tute for Zone month" "three months.u
Minister Smith opposed that. The
period OF one month was sufficient for
President Dole said Delegate Car
ter's idea was that if the period were
but one month, man would have
time to acquire residence and regis
ter in two or three districts before the
election.
Councillor Brown held that the par
agraph should pass; the matter of re-
Deating could be provided against by
statute.
Minister Smith thought the matter
vas fully covered by paragraph 5.
Councillor McCandless moved the |
ine allowed for registration be ninety
lays. That would prevent repeating.
Councillor Emmeluth did not be-
feve in SO long period between reg |
stration and the sitting of the Legis-
ature.
President Dole said there was some
objection to so long periOd between
he registration and the election. But
his time was required under the new
egistratiOn boards.
Delegate Carter's amendment was
ost and the paragraph passed.
g. Have attained the age of twenty
me year.;
Councillor Brown objected to the
aising of the voting age from 90 to