Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-01

elected by popular vote. japanese
and Chinese are excluded from the
franchise, as are also those Hawaiians
who do not register under the existing
order Of the government.
The constitution thus outlined is that
which has been drawn up by Pfesi.
dent Dole and his advisers In the
provisional government The JUDI
clary, army aud navy, and other
matters sre TO be left 10 tue convention
to be pissed upon. The proposed COM
slituiion has opponents not only Ia the
royalisis but In many of the anneNa'
iionists, who protest against the pro-
oeediugs as being arbitrary to the
extent that they are tyannlcal and
subvefslve OF tho rights Of citizens
which they effect 70 preserve. The
provisional officers, however, assert
that they DO not intend the part Of the
constitution which they have arranged
for the conception TO be binding on
that body, but only az suggestive Of the
line which the government desires 10
have followed.
4, lie not TO DO thought, however,
that the powers at presentin control
Will permit the adoption Of consliiu.
ton that IL at vafiance with their
Ideas. To do this would be to rellr-
quish measure Of the supremacy
which the provisional government
now holds; while II the constitutional
convention Is either caloled or over
awed into framing or adopting docu.
mont that IL not ia harmooy with the
actual Views Of the majority, II will
emphasize tho claim that the present
governmental administration IL not
based on the will Of the people.
La the document outlined there Is
shown a weakness that does not Augur
well for the stability Of the government
which exists there. II 1t Ia permitted TO
go on, another change Ia Hawaiian
snairs, whether by annexation 10 the
United States or not, IL sure 10 result.
at no distant day, because the people OF
tue Islands will not rect Satisfied under
what may DO properly termed iac,ionAi
rule. They may be held under Tor time
by superior force anu activity, but the
progress oiuveuiswi M bring opportunity
Tot redress Of grievances. As the matter
stands NJ proNut n portion OF the
Inhabitants Of the Islands Afu 10 be ar
bitrarily deprived Of the franchise, anu
consequently placed Ia a state OF semi
slavery. Those adult Hawailans who
did not register by April n are 10 be-
permanently disqualified fs1m taking
part In the goyefumvnt This, with
debatring other citizens who have
acquired, both by birth aud residence,
equal rights with Americans and
Others who arc now running gnaits,
does not speak well for the boastcd
liberty OF the constitution ~ far at.
ranged. II the constitutional
form OF government now proposed for
Hawaiian would DO permanently
established among the people OF those
Islands, II must be W modified In It.
restrictions aud broadened IN II, pro.
visions as TO be truly expressive VI
republican form OF government, based
upon tue consent OF and benefits ~
dow TO the whole people instead Of TO
faction. It ls likely that the Hawaiian
commonwealth will DO established on
the lines followed by the convention.
IL Il to DO hoped that IL stability will
be provided for In n document that
recognizes the rights Of all the inhabl.
tanls Of the Islands.