The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-23
PRESIDENT D0LE'S WORK.
mr. BEGINS DRAFTING VIEW CoNsTT-
1UTiON ron HAWAII

,.,,.r.., Suffrage ts ne Rsstristss - ths
r1.e.Ier OF Members ef ths Lever Hsuss
Tad Laws that VIII give Horsstssds
,o,,. Natives s.a Attract Americas Farsi
.,.-ou.e- In waists e. Hssse-she
say. she T. Not the ss-suissry Dsesp-
,.,or WIN. Hns Made Her Oct To ne.
uoxott.tu. Feb. IS. via Ban Francisco. Feb
On sbortly after his retirem emit from the Min
i.,,, oi Foreign Affairs. which occurred to-
A., President Dole will begin work upon
go constitution and upon the revision OF
~. land laws. Little 10 known. except
~ general way. Of the form that
,ho Constitution will take. but IL NAV
n. predictsd that the members OF the lower
House OF the Legislature will be elected BY
universal suffrage but not so the members OF
,hs upper House and Of the general Govern
In, This may not seem republican
% those who are accustomed to tho
Iu.rean usage. but in . country where
An. aboricines and the Orientals are In
great majority and where there Is
an active monsrchist propaganda subsection
oT.u branches OF the Government to a popular
ballot would MI the land with anarchy. Are-
nublic In the full acceptation OF the term Is no
mo,e practicable in Hawaii than It is In India
"A TO the land laws. they will be so altered
IN help the natives IN WY huu
% attract white settlers In crown and Gov
.rnmsut lands the nation owns domain
i,ree enough to provide the impoverished ma
,v. With inalienable homesteads and to give
Al lsa.t 5000 white settlers q suitable area OF
,oil that will produce coffee. pineapples, grain.
vegetables. and nbrous plants
nislbolieyed that. by virtue OF THESE changes.
ths aborirines will be satisfied with their lot
under the new order Of things and that the
country will MI I'D with responsible class OF
American farmers
In the mean time there are brewing some
interesting political questions. II a stable
Government shall he secured under the new
Constitution It is thought the planters will fall
out Of the annexation ranks on the pies that
annexation would disturb the labor status as
much as the old monarchy disturbed invest
ments and broke down public confidence.
Then to add to the variety, the present mon
archists whites half whites. and to some
extent the kanakas. are likely to form an
nexation clubs rs means OF Kidding
them selves. under the operations OF tho
American suffrage which they would hope to
acquire OF the hated missionary rule. An
Hawaiian monarchist ofany color would rather
be under the American flag as citizen than
to live under q Government OF missionaries.
even II that Government were n monarchy IT.
self This illustrates the intensity OF the local
political feeling.
Matters are implicated still more by the
American League. the Portuguese. and the
prientals The Radical League named a can
d'date for the vacancy In the ADVISORY Couh-
VII. whereupon the Conservative governing
body OF the Annexation Ciao called mass
meeting to nominate an opposing candidate.
The members OF the League. who also hold
cards OF mbership In tho Annexation Club.
allied controlled the meeting and secured
,ns endor..ment Of their own nominee This
display OF strength not only alarmed the con-
sentative class. but frightened the Chinese.
who were already sensitive over the Leagues
'trIe.ive legislation lat IN in the s sS. ,
meeting last night to demand fair play. Hint.
were thrown out tnat chinese n1O,.o, va.
Sou.u 70 ralou ioi - no.o " 80.
the mass meeting called on President Dole to-
day and received assurances from him that
law-aeiding chinese residents VIII NOT % ' us
" roe ~ .,,., .,.. ~, atom h.r. Tn.
pa" su ~. m ..me 20 Hawaii or,g,n.,iv 10
rorIusuese wno came 20 20 LANAI ,hs Tsasu =,
work the can. slds have .n. TSs
- ,o'... nouht,sd .an ontvot. tbs r.st ~
Two forces eombinea can ous,o's .ae q, tes .s.
Chinese NAV be added the Japanese. who
49,. s.una,, On. .n1,... n. a light and
are demanding the sunraRe as rieht' ana
who arc studying night and day to acquire the
FngIi.h ,angnaga so that tbev NAV comply
-i,s ~. nrosshI. t.rmso q, tbs n.w vo,in .
win the prooaoio terms Oh the now No'nk
statute. When all these race interests are put
in tba for.ground NJ nolitics tbers Ia n great
49,. N,.
DARK background OF the OLD monarehists. DO
tho future OF Hawaii can hardly be divine.
'p'o ~ '"e 49, $500. 49,. n-s.,
anu 10 siGht the leaaeIs OF the froNlsionaI
government are WORKING praveYi 10 ke. out
OF one peril they want 70 eliminate the ex-
oueen from the political EQUATION. SO long
as she stays mere sns viii Dc CEN
IRE OF intrigue, anu ms viii De true
even tue more lhtenleeht OF her
adherents come OUT Tor annexatlon. her
schems would be TO dls1niet the Mana
Eas Nnat 70 DO 10 heaq her on Us
something OF puzzle II she can be
bought is hIoba6le that the money
VIII pc raised IhAt sne gan oe inuuesn
10 AoIeste her prssenuoa eiatm Ios
moneyed eonslueratlon seems pIooaoie iron
tn. TACT that she loyes money spend' i with
ns has NsfS ss 20 h spena S rsss sns Gi6d
she had Tor third OF IT'S value; certainly her
ex-malssty Is IN good shape 10 Dc dealt with
for cash.