The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-22
Correspondence of the Associated Pre..)

| correspondence OF The Associated Press.l
| HONOLULU, May 15.-[Via San Francis.
co, May 81, per steamer Gaelic. The con
stitutlonal convention, the members OF
which were elsctsd on May 3, will meet on
May 3Otb. The new constitution will be
| presented to the convention for its ap
| prevail The Associated Psess has been
| able to obtain a copy of portions of il.
The new government Is to be called the
Republic of Hawaii. The executive power
| will be vested in the president. The exc
cutive council will consist Of five me N bers,
Instead OF four a, at present, a minister OF
| health aud education being added. The
upper house will consist of fifteen sena-
tors. The qualification OF q senator will
be that he snail be 30 years old; shall be
BILE to read aud writs the English Ian
guase; shall have resided in the island
| thres years; shall own property Of not less
than s., 200 in value aud shall have an in-
come OF 81, 200 year.
the assembly or lower house is to con-
sisJ of fiitssn members, six from the
island of Oahu aud three each from
Hawaii, Maui and Kauai. They will
serve for two years only. A member of
the assembly must be a citizsn of Hawaii
or citlzsn of any country which has
treaty relations with Hawaii and have re-
sided in the islands for at least one year.
English or Hawaiian language, except in
the case of thoss who voted in the recent
election, to whom this requirement does
not apply.
Meetings of the legislature are to be
held every two Years. Each session is
limited to ninety days and neither house
eau adjourn for more than two days with
out the consent of the other.
The president will have the mower of
veto. which can be overruled by n two
thirds vote of both houses. It is the
present intention to have President Dole
reappointed for term of years, probably
six, after which the Office will be filled by
regular elections. 1t is most likely also
that the present ministers will be re-
tanned for few Years. as their appoint
ment rests with the president.
The nav constiru, Ion Can b. amended
or revised In the ordinary way, but IS is
expressly stipulated that no amendment
containing proposition for the establish
ment of a monarchial form of goverume Mt
snail be presented
Members OF both houses are to receive
$500 for each session.
About $500 votes were cast at the re-
can't elections. There was little opposition
on any of the islands.
Tue claim Is now made that when the
republic Is declared the natives will make
the long looked for uprising Royalist
leaders say that they are only restrained
by the expressed wish Of the ex-queen who
still has great faith in the United States.
The report that the Ranger was coming
here has again put hopes of speedy restor-
alton In the royalists' hearts.
There has been considerable talk recent
ly of number of ardent royalists who are
said to have enlisted in the army
ready to help the ex-queen'S cause in
case OF revolution. That there are
very few, If any, such cases is fully be-
lleYsd by the government. As troops have
been considerably reduced and only the
best known and trusted men kept in the
service.
Tho steamer Gaelic arrived yesterday
wsiixn minister resident ut Toxic on
board. 1t is supposed that he mas brought
Certain messages from the Japanese gov
eminent 10 regard to the matter of graut-
ing the franchise to subjects of the Mikado
in Hawaii. 1t is expected that in the
event of franchise being refused
to the japanese, their government
intends to cut off treaty relations
with Hawaii and TO recall all japanese
now in the islands. If this is so, it will
be R serious thing for the planters, as the
present number of contract labOrers is
largely made up of japanese and it would
be next to impossible TO replace them in
less than a year. Mr.. Irwin is retcent on
the subject, but it is known that lie WAS
the bearer Of several important dispatches
to the government and a special meeting
of the council was held yesterday TO dis
cuss the matter.