The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-06-12

OF complicating the franchise ques- !
tion any more here now-with the !
Chinese, the japanese and the Por-
tuguese claims in that respect-yet
he would not like to see the question
killed without consideration. II was
the coming question New York,
the largest State in the Union, was
now having a constitutional conven.
ton, and this was one Of the chief
questions before it, and there was
likelihood that the franchise to wo-
men would carry.
Del. Kahaulelio believed in shut
ting the door now and leaving it for
future Legislatures to reopen. Wo-
man suffrage would add to the mum.
bers of ignorant voters in this coun-
try.
Del. Kalua did not like to hear
Hawaiian womeu's intelligence slur-
red, especially while ladies were pres
ent, aud he withdrew his motion.
The resolution was laid on the table
as moved
Article 75.-METHop OF VorISa FOR
SENATORS.
Each voter for Senators may cast
one vote only for each Senator to be
elected from the senatorial District
in which he is entitled to vote.
The required number OF candi-
dates receiving the highest number
of votes in the respective senatorial
Districts shall he the Senators for
such District.
Passed
Article 10. --QrALiFIcATioNs OF NoT-
EMS FOR SENATORS.
In order to he eligible to vote for
Senators, a person must possess all
the qualifications and be subject to
all the conditions required by this
Constitution, of voters for Represen.
tativcs, and, in addition thereto, he
shall own and he possessed in his
own right, Of property 10 the Repub-
lie Of the value of not less than three
thousand dollars over and above all
encumbrances; or shall have actually
:. received a money income OF not less
than nine hundred dollars during
the year next preceding the first day
Of April next preceding the date Of
each registration; for the proof OF
which he may he required to pro.
; duce original accounts Of the receipt
: of such income. {.
! Del. Nivas moved To make the
D property one thousand dollars and
= the Income six hundred dollars.
Del. Kahaul.lio moved 5000 prop.
u erty aud 500 income. The draft
would disfranchise most Hawaiians.
L. Del. kalua moved $500 property
! aud $500 income.
i Del. Baldwin moved that the Arti.
Gle he referred to the Committee on
= Legislature. II was one 81 the mos,
important questions before them
u aud he for one could not decide i'm
:. mediately what figure to vote for.
" Coun. Brown could not see why
" the matter should DE- referred. II,
J. WAS for passing the Article as in tn,
draft. Prior to the Constitution o
d lsS1 not a voter in the country hat
D. anything to do with the choice o
~ meuibers Of the House Of Mobiles
u This Article was an incentive I,
u every man IN the county to improv,
his condition so rs tn he qualified I,
III vote. II would make the Senate
=, conservative body rs IL ought to be
~ Coun. Eua agreed with the pre-
vious speaker excepting that h.
n would have the qualifications rednc
=, ed tn what they were for voters Ia
~ Mobiles.
a. Min. Damon was in favor Of De
Kalua's motion. He would not oh
!" ject to making the income $50
Those who earned rs high as $50
n' month consecutively were an INTEL
lis gent aud steady class, the propc
material out Of which to construC
~ this republic. They were the dep,
wv sitors in the savings bank, the SUI
lis porters Of useful institutions. Man
OF who earned two or three thousan
ais a year whenever they saved littl
competence left the country. Til
small wage earners were the bon
we and sinew OF the country, and b
u, would support giving them III
Oh full rights Of citizenship.
I'd Del. Emmeluth would have re
est ate or u personal property quail
or iication, eilher real estate Of SIN
I" or personally of S:WD. This woul
be- favorable to those who had
10 stake in the country in the form
or homes for themselves, while il wou
give less advantage to the mere po
re- session Of money. He would ha
Tue the income qualification made S,u
my believing that a man earning Tia
amount was likely to be a. brainy
re- one earning S@D
w, Del, Ables quoted Section
'hd Article !: The government is 90
ah' Quoted for the common good aud u
'er' Tor the profit, honor or private int
ne est OF any one man, family or class
en- men," He would try To have /
%"' rest OF the Constitution made 90
sistent with this provision. II W
h'S his belief that $500 income was
no high enough restriction on the 81
ave ate franchise, and 5000 reasonat
'ie figure for the property qualiiicati,
Del. Robertson favored holdi
eel power for the people who now he
IAN It, and giving the royalists no chan
"Iil TO come in and upset what had be
10 effected for good government.
,r", Del. Emmeluth moved To anne
Inu the property clause to read, "of r.
lp, property ~ the Republic Of I
'lan value Of not less than $1,000 or