Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-06-06
THE CONVENTION.
w ise Men Meet
THEIR DoINGs.
Tuesday. June 5.
AFTERNOON sEssIos.

he.convention reassembled 81
100 in committee of the whole
Mr.. Brown favored the motiog
of Mr.. Allen to make the residence
for citizenship three years.
The Acknowledgment fasore.
one year. A lonaer term of pro,
stationary residence would leaf
TO the presence of number q
aliens who would be under til.
influence of other governments
He preferred the presence q
those who would speedily join a:
as citizens. and enter into oui
industries.
Delegate Baldwin held that {
stranger should have more that
one years residence in which Il
make NJ his mind about perms'
nent residence. aud therefore
favored 3 years residence.
Mr.. Waterhouse favored 2 years
Mr.. Young was disposed t
favor 3 years.
Del. Ables favored l year il
view of speedy annexation.
Del. Josepa thought man
should have 8 years to make ny
his mind.
Del. Knnuiakea favored j year
Del. Kahaulelio inclined to
follow the lead of the UnItel
States which was ) years.
Del. McCandless favored ] year.
Del. Carter held the new corners
should be given q welcome aud
helping hand and not keep them
waiting for years. In some 81
the States the rights f citizen
ship are conferred after six and
even four months. the ) years
restriction in the United States
amounts TO nothing For himself
he owned no allegiance to any
land but this, the one of his
birth; always excepting the
natural affection which every maa
owes to the land of his ancestors.
Hawaiian citizenship may not be
regarded as such a boon as to be
worth years of waiting for.
The subsection was passed at 2
years, ON the ayes aud nays by
II to 16 votes.
Subsection 2 passed as printed.
Subsection 3 Del. Viyas moved
TO insert in line, 6 after English,
or any other European language
contending that it would be un-
fair to discriminate against those.
who might come, because
English being the only langu ge
they must know.
Pres. Dole held that English
is the national language and
would be more so In the future
and the position given to it here.
was reasonable and necessary.
Hawaiian is retained, because It
is the language of the natives
To adopt the suggestion of Del.
Vivas would be to discriminate
against japanese and Chinese
course against which those people
protested and which mightlead to
trouble which the governmentwere
anxious to avoid.
Del Vivas replied that the
argument advanced was poor
one. as all corners were subject t.
the laws and the mere kuowledge
of English would not make n man
a better citizen.
Del. Hitchcock could not see
any good reason for insisting OH
English. man may be just as
good citizen who does not IN
derstand it.
Councillor Emmeluih moved to
refer it to COMMITTEES.
Councillor Ena moved to
further amend by inserting The
words "or Asiatic" tlanghter)
Both amendments were lost and
the subsection passed as printed.
On reading subsection 5, Coun-
cillor Brown asked the minister
Of Foreign Affairs if he is aware
Of any of our existing treaties
providing for naturalization.
Minister Hatch did not know
IF any.
Councillor Brown moved il be- /
struck out.
Del. Ahles thought it would be |.
% best to tbink and sleep over il. |
Del. Baldwin moved that the |
committee riss. report progress /
ND ask leave to sit again. whica i
arried.
The President took the chair.
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