The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-14

the legislature could increase the ana.
Der. Now we did not need them.
/ Mr.. McCandless reminded the con.
/ vcntion that the u led States only had
nine. aud thought two ought to fiji the
bill in Hawaii.
President Dole thought two for the
| present were sufficient.
| Mr. Brown argued for three Associate
Justices.
Minister Smith thought best to pass
as in the draft. We did not know what
might arise, and it was difficult to
amend the Constitution so as to remedy
the insuiliciency in the Court.
Mr.. Warehouse moved to refer to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Emmeluth thought no qualifca.
tions were required for Associate Judges
in this country. In other lands qulli.
icatipns were prescribed but here,
where they Were most needed, none
we're required.
Mr.. WAREHOUSES; motion to refer and
Emmeluth's to strike out were both
lost and the section passed.
Section .. tenure of office of the
Judges, what for and how removed.
was read
Mr.. Brown was in favor of giving the
Legislature alone the power to remove
in al. g 81
.of the Senate being required, as in the
bill.
Minister Smith was opposed to giving
the Legislature such exclusive author.
ity, and thought the will of the Execu-
tive Council should be required as
check to hasty or unwarranted action
on the part of the Legislature.
President Dole reminded the House
that the Legislature already had the il =
itiation of proceedings in the case of i'm
parchment, and he considered that snfii. |
cient. He would move to insert the
following in place of the one provid. |
ing that good cause shown to
the satisfaction of the Execu. |
tive Council to be Upon the recon-
mendation of the Executive Council"
Delegate Robertson opposed giving
the Legislature two ways of removing
the Judges of the Supreme Court, and
he would move to strike out.
Mr.. Hatch spoke of Judge becom-
ing insane. Under those circumstances
it would not be desired to impeach him /
and some other course was necessary.
Hence, the value of the provision upon
the recommendation of the Executive
Council"
President Dole's amendment was
adopted.
The section then passed as amended. |
Section 3, providing for notification
of Judge to be removed and giving him |
a hearing before the Legislature, passed
as read.
Article 81, giving the Legislature the
power to divide the judicial power
among the Courts, passed as read.
Article 80, extension of the judicial
Article SO, providing that the Chief
Justice be Chairman of the Senate in |
cases of impeachment was read.
On motion of Minister Hatch the .
article was transposed to 10l. to become
a part thereof.
Article 81, making the decision of the
Court final, passed.
Article 50, giving the President and !
Cabinet right to require opinions of tie
c 'urt passed as in the draft.
Article SO passed.
Article 81, Disqualification of judge
or juror, prohibited an Interested Judge |
or juror to sit in IA case at law, passed |
as in the draft.
On motion of Mr.. Hatch Article 1O1 |
was now taken up.
Section /, giving the house of repre-
sentatives power to impeach any officer
of the Republic, passed and was trans
posed to follow Article So.
Section 2, making the Senate the |
court passed. Transposed to 49,
Article SO, making the Chief Justice |
chairman of the court of impeachment, |
was transposed to lOl and made Sec
ton 3.
Section 4, providing for swearing the
Senators as in the case of a jury, passed |,
Section D, providing the extent of pun
ishment by the Senate in case of con-
viction, passed.
Article SO, Amendment or Revision
of the Constitution" was read.
Section |, passed.
Section 2, providing that amend
ments must be proposed by not less than
five members of each house, was read.
Mr.. Brown moved to make the num-
Der of introducers three instead of five.
Five was one-third of the house and too
many. Lost and section passed.
Section 3, requiring three readings
and three adoptlons by each house of
any amendment proposed, passed as
read
At 1850 the committee took a recess
to / 80 this afternoon.
QUEENS HOSPITAL OFFICERS MEET.
Reports Received and New Omcers
Elected for Ensuing Year.
The board of directors of the Queens
hospital held meeting at the Chamber