The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-07-06
MEMBERS INDULGE IN A LOVE FEAST.
An Hour Taken Up Yesterday in Brief
Speech Commemorative of the Past
Eighteen Months President Dole
Speaks Touching Words of Farewell.
Twenty Fourth Day.
THURSDAY, July 5, 1894.

The Convention was called to order
at 10 :05 a. M. Prayer by Chaplain
Roll call. Minutes of the twenty
third day read and approved.
Delegate Kalua presented the re-
port of the Committee on Arrange
ments for the promulgation OF the
Constitution. The Committee re-
ported that the Constitution had been
promulgated on the 4th of July, as
recommended. Adopted.
Councillor Brown said that the work
for which the Convention had con-
vened was finished. The Republic of
Hawaii was launched among the ma
tions, with as bright future as any.
He believed that the future would
look back on the work of the Conven-
tion and regard it as one of the grand
est ever accomplished in Hawaii, and
the fact would be recognized that the
Convention had had nothing at heart
but the good of all Hawaii. And the
present opponents of the movement
would perceive that it's work was eD-
craven in characters that could never
be efaced. Every member of the
Convention would join with him ia
the belief that the movement thus be-
gun would never go backward. He
moved the Convention now adjourn
sine die.
Councillor Ena seconded Councillor
Browns motion.
Councillor Morgan called on the
silent members, whose voices the peo-
pie had not yet heard. This was the
opportunity of their lives. He would
| call on Delegates Pogue, g. n Wilcox,
Kauhane and Councillor Mott.
Delegate Pogue said he was elected
to the Convention to do something.
A man could do something without
| talking to the other members of the
Maul delegation.
Councillor Mt said it was known
| in Honolulu that he was no speech
maker. When there was knocking
down to be done he could quickly do
| it with an auctioneer. He had felt like
spring chicken when he went TO the
| PRONUNCIATION yesterday, and like "a
| plucked rooster when he came home
/ at night,
| Delegate G. n. Wilcox said he
| would move the previous question.
Delegate Kauhane said he had been
| a member of different Legislatures
| from 90 down, and he had been great
| ly impressed with the difference be-
| tween this and all previous bodies.
| The conduct of this had been
with great freedom from temper.
| Threats of violence had been made
| from outside, but nothing came
of it. They had not their own
strength to thank, but the gui ding OF
| higher hand which had led them,
4 anH fn whom fhpU ShnI1lH af1Tn
| thanks.
| Councillor Emmeluth said the mon
| archy was gone, but the Convention
| wanted to hear from its King.
Minister King pleaded that he bad
never taken lessons In public speak
! ing.
Delegate Horner, being called upon,
| said he had come to work and not to
| practice oratory. The work was done
| and none of them were ashamed of it
Councillor Wilder said he agreed
| with Councillor Brown that none of
| the men who led in this movement
| had any personal ends in view. The
| original Committee of Thirteen had
no such ends. The Committee had
| done what it bad right and ought to
| do. The Com mittee had gone before
| the mass meeting and been Instructed
| TO take further measures for the pub
llc SaIeJy anu Wnab III uiu Hdu Dee0
amply endorsed. Hear, hear) He
hoped Legislature would be elected
still better able to carry on the work
| of legislation than the Council had
| been.
Minister Smith drew attention to
| the fact that supporters of the Govern.
| ment and its leaders had been called
"aliens", adventures aud filibusters.
There were in the Convention ma
| tive Hawaiians, IA Hawaiians born of
| foreign parents, 9 Americans, 3 Brit
| ish, 3 Portuguese and Germans and
all had resulted here long time and
were fully identified with the couu-
try. Not one of them could he called
| an alien, and those who stated that
the Convention did not Represent the
islands stated that which was not
true. No one claimed that the Con-
stitution was perfect Difficulties
would arise. 1t took thirty years for
the United Sta'es Supreme Court to
construe the American Constitution
But under circumstances of great dif
ficuily the work bad been done and
no one need be ashamed of it. There
had been problems of great difficulty,
the franchise was one. The prophecy