The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-21

registered voters, to govern this coun-
try. Some may claim these figures
hard, because / say the natives are
incapable OF good government. Far
be ii from me TO say anything against
the Hawaiians. They are intelligent,
and generous, but these qualities
must not be magnified too much. OF
course, there are exceptions, but they
are comparatively few. Not many
years ago, the natives We're the slaves
of a despotic king, The constitution
of 1887 took large share of the kingse
power away and gave it to the peo-
pie. The speaker then read the me
mortal of the Hui Kalaiaina to
Blount.
Why did not the natives register on
the I'd of May ? Because the word
was sent out from headquarters that
they would be punished, II they did,
when the queen was restored. The
power of the government OF this
country, must be held in the hands of
the comparatively few. This is the
cornerstone of the new constitution.
The article in the new Constitution
about eminent domain is a radical de-
parture from former usages. We do
not confine the taking of private pro-
perty for public use alone, but for pri-
vate use, if that use benefits the
many. The provisions in regard to
citizenship and naturalization have
been skifully prepared, and are a
complete barrier to the Asiatic hordes.
The income qualification of voters has
been reduced to 5000, and that should
be satisfactory to you all. In regard
to the presidency, objection has been
raised 10y some TO the naming of the
first President in the Constitution. IL
this were not done, there would be q
great temptation to our enemies to-
try and capture the next election.
There is only one candidate for Presi-
dent in our party, and an election
would be farce. There is difference
of opinion in regard to the time of the
President. / believe in the six-year
term, with no chance of reelection.
If a man Is elected for four years, and
could be reelected, there is great
temptation to him TO use his power in
way he should not do to obtain his
reelection. The crown. land question
is one that has not attracted much at
tention, but 1t is a most important
one. The income is about $50, 900 q
year-that was prior to January IL,
1898, paid to the sovereign but now
this amount goes to the Government.
The Council of state is another GOOD
feature of the new Republic. It's adj.
visory powers will keep Executive In
touch with the people.
The passing of Delegate MeCand-
less motion in regard to schools was
long step in the right direction.
The Government may well take the
school system In it's own hands, and
do the work now being done by Others.
The further appropriations of public
money to schools that instil royaiist
doctrines into the ears of its scholars
should be stopped at once.
There have been a number OF new
articles to the Constitution proposed.
One OF them is woman suffrage. / ex-
pressed my views on this question to
the ladies at the Committee meeting
this afternoon, with the result that i
was told that my chances for marry
ing were all gone. Another new meas
ure proposed is the reduction of the
number Of ministers.
when / was elected I understood,
and wanted, TO have the Constitution
submitted to the people. do not think
so now. Many States have promul-
gated constitutions without submit
ting 1t to the people, so we have good
pTecedents.
Annexation Is nearer being an ac-
complisbed fact than we supposed a
month ago. The passage OF recent
resolutions in the Senate and the
House has shown us that the admin
istration Is changing its views. In
conclusion, i beg to put I'm plea for
party harmony. We are on the ave of
an election, the Importance of which
cannot be overestimated. Let Annex
alton be our war cry, and party union
our motto.
j. a. McCandless and few Others
also made short speeches.
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