The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-26


President Dole moved to change
| back from five to three years
Mr.. Carter moved to pass as in the
draft.
Mr.. Carriers motion prevailed and the
article was declared passed as in the
draft
Article SO, House of Representa-
tives, numbers of Representatives,
Representative Districts" This article
was read section by section.
! The article, with its five sections,
passed as in the draft.
Article 81, qualifications of Repre-
sentatives," was read.
Mr.. Carter moved that the residence
qualification be reduced from three to
two years.
Mr.. Nivas moved to make IL six
months. lie saw that the tendency was
to debar men who had lived in the
country several years and gather into
| the fold persons who had wandered into
the country for few months.
Mr.. Robertson moved to pass as in the
bill. Passed.
President Dole offered the following
as new section: ain case any general
election shall fail to be held from any
cause, the Minister OF the Interior, with
the approval of the Executive Com
mittee, may call general election.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson the pro-
! posed new section was referred to the
/ legislative committee.
Article jS, "Enacting Laws-Retro-
spective Laws" passed.
Articles 80 and GO passed.
Article 81, "Prerequisitefor Introduce
ton of Bills" passed as read.
Article 50, Titles of Laws" passed as
| in the bill.
Article SO, Readings of Bills" passed.
Article 81. "Certification of Bills from
one House to the other" was read and
passed..
The Legislature, Article 20 was read
by sections.
Mr.. Carter moved to insert the words
''to any other place nor so as to pre-
sent either house from splitting off and
meeting at some other place"
Minister Smith said the Legislature
should be vested with power to call
itself together in special session when
| necessary. He moved the following:
"or upon the call of the presiding Off
Ger of the Senate when in writing, re-
quested so to do by two-thirds of the
| Senate"
/ Article referred to Legislative Com.
mittee.
Article 50. Signing Bills" was read
and passed as in the draft.
Article sc, veto of the President, -
was read and passed as in the draft.
Article g., Failure to Sign or Veto, -
was read and adopted.
Article 6S, procedure upon receipt of
veto" was read and passed as in the
draft.
Article SO, appropriations" was
read by sections. Its six sections and
the article as a whole passed as in the
draft.
Article II, exemption of Electors on
Election Day." was read by sections.
Mr.. Emmeluth doubted if the article
was well formed. In the last election
the military got its work in solid in the
Sd district.
The article, with its two sections,
passed.
Article 20, "Method of Voting for
representatives" was read.
Mr.. Ables moved to strike out all pro.
vision for fractional balloting. Any
man who could not divide his vote with.
out making fractional votes should be
DISTINGUISHED.
Mr.. Wilder did not think the gentle
men understood the system.
Mr.. Ables' motion was lost and Arti
Gle ~, was passed.
Article %, Qualifications of voters
for representatives, was read.
Mr.. Emmeluth moved to strike GU
the privilege OF cltlzenehlp through
denization. He had heard Il man sa,
he did not care a d--n for the countr,
ii he could not naturalize. We hav
already taken sufficient care Of gu
friends, and that is all we are justified
in providing Tor.
Mr. Damon said we were so situate,
in this country that we needed ever,
good man who might come into tn
country; and to bar out such would b
the worst mistake we could make.
Mr.. Emmeluth's motion was lost.
Article 73 then passed.
=, Convention still in session.
y. COXEY OUT OF JAIL.
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