The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-29

disgraceful state of things, let them
abandon the proviso.
Delegate Fernandez held that il
Hawaiian juries would not convict let
Hawaiian juries be got Iid of.
The motion TO strike out was carried
upon the following division:
Ayes-Abies, Allen, Baldwin, Da-
mon, Emmeluth, Ena, Fernandez,
Horner, Kauhaulelio. Kunuiakea.
Morgan, Mott, Pogue, Robertson,
Smith Cd. b., Tenney, Vivas, Will
der-lS
Noes-Bolte, Brown. Carter, Hatch.
IOsepa, Kalua, Kauhane, King, Ly-
man, McCandless, Mendonca, Rice,
Smith {W. o., Waterhouse, Wilcox
"a. 81, Wilcox, (G. NJ, Young-l7.
Observation-Disclosures.
Delegate Kahaulelio moved a reso-
luton providing that the Convention
and also the Executive Council be
photographed, and each member fur
nished with copy of both pictures.
The resolution was lost.
The Convention proceeded to the
consideration of Article Is.
a verbal improvement was made IN
paragraph of Section ., and the Ar
ticle then passed.
Article 10 tDenizens) was then taken
up, and Minister Hatch offered a sub
stitute for the Article in the draft.
Delegate Vivas called for the ayes
and Loes on the Article. It left the
doors open TO Asiatics to vote, and he
wished the members TO put themselves
on record.
Councillor Emmeluth offered an
amendment which he thought would
cover the difficulty.
Minister Hatch accepted the amend
ment, and the substitute Article as
amended passed.
The Article is as follows:
Section l. etters Of Denization of
the following classes may be granted
by the Executive Council:
l. Letters conferring all of the pri-
vileges OF citizenship, except The right
to vote, may be granted To any person.
2. special letters, comforting all the
rights of citizenship, including the
right to vote, which shall be granted
only TO persons eligible to become
naturalized; provided, however, that
the condition of intention to becomes q
permanent citizen, of All oath abjur-
ing allegiance to the Government of
his native land, of an oath of allegi-
ance to the Republic and of applica-
ton to the Supreme Court shall not be
required; aud provided further that
the condition of being a citizen or sub
ject of country having treaty reia-
tions with this Republic concerning
naturalization sfalI not apply to per-
sous WHO have resided in the Hawai-
ian Islands for a period of seven years
or more prior to the date of the pro-
mitigation of this Constitution, and
who may apply for letters of deniza-
ton within five years.
Section =. Every person having
letters of denizatiOn shall take the
oath prescribed in Article 50 of this
Constitution, and shall thereupon be
subject to all of the duties and obliga-
tions of citizen.
Section s. All letters OF denization
heretofore granted are hereby re-
voked.
Minister Smith moved to reconsider
Article 80, so that jurors should be re-
quired to take the oath required OF
officers.
Carried.
Minister Smith moved to amend
Article 80, by adding the words ''Or
juror"
Councillor Brown held that this
would be importing politics directly
into the Cour g.
Minister Hatch said that we were
trying to establish a Republic here,
and he believed in doing il in thor
ough manner,
Delegate Robertson did not agree
with Councillor Brown. The jurors
were not necessarily supposed to take
the oath Immediately before trying
case. The Government could not ex-
pect to get an impartial verdict from
jury box full of traitors.
The amendment was adopted, and
the Convention adjourned until p. %.