The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-06-22

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He believed that persons who satis-
fed all these conditions should have
the right to vote.
Councillor Brown hoped the article
would pass with the Presidents
amendment.
Delegate Ables said that unless this
article passed, he himself would not
have been able to vote, if it had not
been for his coming in under the
| special certificate. He was willing
to do anything reasonable, but he
was not willing to forswear his allegi
ance to the United States, and hun
dreds of others were in the same case.
Minister Damon said the opposition
to this article was simply the old cry
of Hawaii for the Hawaiians. We
must do everything in our power to
! get settlers, and interest them in the
country.
Minister Hatch said we could not get
along without settlers of a good class
| II had been objected that voters could
! be made without number, but why
should they not be, if they were of
! good class. Conditions here were not
! i'd al by any means. Theories might be
] sound in the abstract which would
not apply to our peculiar conditions
with our mixed races. The natural
| and cOmmendable sentiment which
kept men from fCrswearing their ma.
tive allegiance would exclude them
from voting here, if this article did
not pass. The bulk of immigration
would he from the United States, and
1t would be perfectly safe to give
every respectable man from there,
VINO came here TO settle, the rights of |
citizenship. Though there was pos |
sibility of abuses it was not great |
enough to counterbalance the solid |
advantages of this proposition.
Minister Smith said there were |
often delays in making treaties, and
as no one could be naturalized until
treaties were obtained, it seemed all |
the more important to provide some
outlet in this way.
Councillor Brown withdrew his
motion in favor of President Dole's
The ayes and noes were called for
on President Doles amendment which
was adopted on the following divi-
sion:
Ayes-Allen, Brown, Dole, Emme-
luth, Ena, Fernandes, Horner, Iosepa,
Kahaulel'O, Kalua, Kauhane, Men
donca, Morgan, Mott, Pogue, Rice,
house, A. S. Wilcox, Young322.
Noes -Able-, Baldwin, Bolte, Car.
ter, Damon, Hatch, King, Lyman,
d. B. Smith, w. O |
Smith, G. n. Wilcox, Wilder-l3.
Absent-Hitchcock, Kunuiakea-2
The article as amended was then ,
adopted.
The committee proceeded to the
of Article 81 AS recon-
nended by the Judiciary Committee.
ARTICLE 91-oFFIcE HOLDERS.
Section l. All persons holding of :
Ice under the Provisional Govern
nent of the Hawaiian Islands, at the 7
late OF the promulgation of this Con- I
tltutlon, shall continue to hold and r
xercise all the power to them grant.
u until such Office shall become va n
ant. I
Section 2. All commissions issued n
y or under authority of the late G
or of the Provisional Gov n
nent OF the Hawaiian Islands, are
leTeoy declared to be vacated, null n
nd VOID from and after the first day G
4 September, A. d. 1894, unless can
elied prior TO that date. al
Minister Smith moved to amend by o.
hanging "all persons" to 'every per- T
on" Lost. :,
The article passed as recommended
Y the committee. cl
Article 81, as recommended by the al
legislative Committee was then al
,ken up.
ARTICLE 94-MAJoRITY RULE. "
The approval, concurrence, consent, ci
ivlce, agreement or action of the te
legislature or either house thereof, or
the Executive Council or any Board cl
Registration or other public board, pl
lall not for its validity require the lie
sent of more than a majority, un- to
IS otherwise herein required; but i'm &C
spect of the Executive Council such
ajority shall be required to include ia
Ie President. W
The words Council of Staten were
ided and the article passed. al
At ll:50, the committee took re- th
IS until l;30.