The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-05

Continuing the discussion of Article
Is from the morning Minister Smith
advocated the retention of the one year
requirement in the provision for citizen
ship. He thought the other require
ments and qualifications We're all sufii-
cient without compelling three years
residence in the country. a residence
OF five years on the Islands would not
make man any better than ii he had
been here but one year. He believed
we should pass it as in the bill at one
year.
Mr. Baldwin favored three years. He
did not think man could decide wheth-
er or not he would become a perma-
nent resident of the islands by comply
ing with all the regulations of the
country. He thought one year not
enough, five years too long and would
favor substituting three years.
Mr.. Waterhouse offered three years as
a compromise.
Mr. Young favored one year in pre-
ference to five. Five years would stand
in the way of foreign capitalists coming
into the country. However, he would
favor three years to either suggestion.
One year did not give a man time
enough.
Mr.. Ables favored one year. He
thought the other qualifications in the
provision were sufficient guarantees
against hoodlums, criminals and refu-
gees from justice. If coming into>the
country the labor question ever worked
around to the introduction of white
labor, it would be well to have the pro
vision left ut one year.
Mr.. Josepha was in favor of five
years. 1t would take more than one
year to find out what man is. The
qualification will cut no figure with
capitalists.
Delegate Kahoulilio said in the United
States the law had been changed sew
eral times and finally settled at five
years. The people over there had had
experience and we might profit by that
experience.
Delegate McCandless called attention
to the laws of several American States
! where only four months residence was
/ required; others six months; and none
, required longer residence than twelve
months for citizenship. This country
, was like the American States.
Delegate Carter sand that the men Of
g intelligence in this country must recog
nize the propriety and necessity of ex
tending a full welcoming hand to any
and all good persons, persons who have
, been good citizens in their own country
and give them all the rights of citizenship
in one year One year was long enough
/. Five years was required in America
but the rights of franchise make this
, necessity. The practical application o
this law, however, is that man witt
an average English education
need not live in any state of tn
= Union for more than IL months befor
he can get all practical rights of citizen
ship. The speaker was an Hawaiian
citizen, and was proud OF it. But citi
zenship in the Hawaiian Islands wa
not such valuable thing after all
He was afraid it the matter was s
hedged about with restrictions and re
quirehents, few would go to so niue
trouble to obtain it. He favored on
= year.
:. The section was voted upon by aye
10 and noes and two years was carried by
6 vote of II to 10.
IL Paragraph was passed as read.
~ Mr.. Viyas moved 10 insert in lin
N fourteen OF paragraph 3, the word SO
European"
81 President Dole said the reason for IN
provision was that the English LAM
usge was the language OF this country an