Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-06-15
new CONSTITUTION
First Act of the Farce
Ended.

who elected themselves 10 fran
a constitution, have en- shed the
first reading Of the instrument
presented to them by Dole,
Smith and Carter. That is in
deed good work and it proves The
great superiority which the
thlrty-nIne possess over their
fellowmen in other lands. To
frame a satisfactory constitution
which shall prove just and
acceptable to all classes has here
tofore been considered a work
which commanded brains, educ
alton, intelligence and ex-
perience and even in assemblies
possessed Of such qualities
mature. and careful consider
alton has been considered neces-
sary. Not so in Hawaii. Thirty
niue men of whom not nine know
enough TO be admitted to a pre-
hminary class Of any university
have in twelve DAVIS decided on a.
constitution which is supposed
TO promote aud secure the pros
perity of all classes and which
cannot be amended for four years
to come. Verify the gigantic
brains of Hawaiian statesmen
should excite the unbounded ad
miration of all the nations of the
the world even the Ne1c York
Notion-and yet they don't.
The instrument IS now passed
Is extremely crude. 1t is binted
and stated in the p. z. organs
that it will be materially altered
at the second reading. We
doubt IT. Although the original
draft has been somewhat improv-
ed on daring the rstreading it has
become evident that the family
compact control the convention.
aud propose to hang onto the pow.
or and Doodle now vested in them.
The most characteristic feature of
the debate hitherto carried on in
the convention is the frankness
with which Il number of members
have admitted that the dominant
party as they modestly call them
selves Is in sad minority, and
that 1t Is necessary to fence in its
dominant position by such
clauses in the constitution which
will prevent tue majority of
the people from being heard.
The president has attempted
and partly succeeded i'm con-
centratlng the whole power of the
government in himself. Never
In any constitutional monarchy
or republic did the chief of the
government exercise the power
which Mr.. Dole proposes to exer
else. What rights he hasn't
secured for the president he has
vested in his four ministers who
simply are his too's. What the
ministers cannot do. the Council
of State can do and a more
abortlve attempt of republican
institution than the Council of
State. has never been invented !
anywhere in the world. ANY
thing that can't be done by the |
president. the ministers and the
Council of State-and that is |
very little-can be done by them |
with the help of the Senate |
which simply represents the same |
classes. the same interests, yes. |
perhaps the same men as the
other bodies mentioned. The
only body that can do nothing is
that constituted of the repre-
sentatives of the people.
Imagine system of government
IN which the masses are granted
fifteen representatives and the
classes fifteen. Where in the
world has anything similar ever
been heard of or scent Several
tend to bring the judges
Of the Supreme Court into the vor-
lex Of politics They have been
here before we admit. but for
he sake of decency they had to
10 their wire-pullings on the
'ly. Mr.. Dole's constitution
makes the sly business nnneces-
'aTy. The Judges in the fatOre :
will exercise more political power {
han ever. and be more unfit for |
heir positions and for fair and /