The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-07-06
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
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But under circumstances of great iit-
| ticulty the work hat ben done Snd
no one need be ashamed OF il There
had been pr,blems Of great difficulty,
the frsnrhlS- WAS one The prophecy
had Tex u mad- thSt the Convention
I woUlG 80 10 pieces on this rock. that
the problem could not be snlved. In
I rOiuI OF fact il hSd been solved. with
M iujus Ice To any man having rights
in the coIutry. That WAS grand
thing, thing TO be proud Of. So the
/ question Of the Executive aud Of the
/ PRONUNCIATION Of the Constitution. II
was marvellous thing that under all
their difficulties anu wide differences
| OF o. iuiou result had been reached
which was unanimously ratified, with
not one dissenting voice. That showed
/ that the members II the Convention
had been animated by a Zeal for the
/ com mon gUOd. The chief regret Of
| the Convention wSs the illn So of
Mr.. Hitchcock, whose presence was
/ missed, and who would have felt
great satisfaction in being present TO
the end of the Convention.
! Councilman Allen wished tn add
his testimony TO the work that hSd
been done snd u express his thanks
10 members for their efforts.
Delegate WAS said the elected
members came here TO put the finish
lug touches u the plan sketehed by
the Executive Council. Although
that draft had not been adopted, il
had been Of the greatest Use. The
msSs-meeting Of the other night hSd
shown thSt The people were satisfied
with the work of the builders All
had confidence in the leader who had
been continued ST the head OF aifai ~.
Tue Portuguese hSd, with reason, the
greatest appreciation of the events of
the last seven years. Here the POrtu-
guese had gained their freeiOm
through ;he aid of Anglo Saxon cool
heaieJues-. The Republic of Hawaii
bad been achieved without OlOOd>hed.
The speaker read an extract from -
letter from = Portuguese OFF -er at
home commencing what had te-u
done for the Portuguese in Hawaii !
The speaker acid that, with one eX-
ptiOu ttHe HOlOmuz1, the press hal
treated the Convention in a manner
which deserved thanks, and should
uOE De forgotten
Delegate IUsepS said this was the
final day of the Convention. The
members would now return. The
HOUSE was built, aud in order. The
Red Sea nsi Opened before them. the
waters were pa>se.i, and their troubles
over, aud AL could return home re-
jDiciug. Tue child WAS born 1.-THE
Republic Of HAwziil, but it must be
taken care of; We must not think our
work Is done
Delegate Baldwin thought thSt the
Convention might be proud of the
work it had done-ending in the
PRONUNCIATION OF the Constitution on
July 4. That day hsd always been
celebrated with great zeal, even by
native HSwaiiAnsi hencefOrtn, il
would be s double holiday The
change from s monarchy TO republic
was 5 great one-especially to the
native Hawaiian, accustomed 10 the
fzudal ideas. But the coucilia DRY
policy OF the Government would soon
reconcile them 10 a government which
gave them more rights than they ever
hsd had before Step. OF this sort
were not reversed unless the character
Of the nation itself goes back The
harmony ~Uieh had marked the pro-
eeediugs of the Convention was q
"a after Of great generalization a few
bombs hzd been thrOSn back and
forth, but there vzs no dynamite in
them Personal preferences had been
set aside Ia or'Ier TO forward the one
aim 10 establish q Republic for the
oeuetlL Of all He thought the Con
veutiOu should not separate without
expressing lis appreciation Of what
hzi been done oy the Honolulu MEM
bers and the Executive in preparing q
draft Of the Constitution. IL had been
torn up good deal, bat hsd been Of
the greatest value He thought that
on the whole they had framed good
Constitution
Delegate kahaulelio congratulated
the members on the success Of its
Isoor=-
Councillor BOIte thought that every
thing had been szid, and he would re-
new the motion to adjourn
President Dole wished the Secretary
to report on the expenditures, which |
he did
President Dole said he wished to
tax this publie opportunity to reeng
uiZs the labOrs 81 . number OF promi- !
n=ut citizens who had assisted the
--ArIItAFE LD1n[Al III bIEr1EALE Tie I
nrst draft II the Constitution They
mad WORKED often all dsy, aud the re- |
.aIt. reached could not have teen !
reached without them Their names |
are - fDLlOE== w. D. Alexander, J 4. !
Kennedy, a : Hartwrll, F. L. Nc
-tOek=F, 4 Z. IGt,l, e.. Brown, l. 4 !
ThurstOu, W r Castle, a G. VI. Bob 4
ert-Ou, w. c. Wilder, Walter g. 4
Smith, W y. Armstrong, G. L Carter,
D. y. Castle sGd d z Bahisin-
IN President said the work done 1
here had been 81 high character and 4
would Le Ut great hL=sOFIcz-i impOF-
zucE. Ire uI-mber. q Tire C0uFeu-
rIOa EOGh always remember each /
other with r-gard berzH-e Of IaIs work
which they hal dime in COMMON, 20
rapidly, iuduz-rf0g-ly aud haFlHouf-
0asly- TIE Attendance nat been very !
los = day passing III when
Al the members had not been present,
except those eTeasSd Oh zecJuuG Of
.Ickness- IL Ezs > great subtraction
70 him to know that the work o. the
Provisional GOVeFumeut Ea- nov
ione, and done with 20 few mistakes.
The dif1cI ties had been very great
lhere had been timez when runOr- Of