Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-01-11

age and citizens of the United States,
the right to vote for Representatives
in Congress Presidential Electors anu
other officers, is in direct violation OF
the fourteenth amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, which
declares that in such cases the basis
of representation therein shall DE re-
duceu in the proportion which sucd
male inhabitants bear to the whole
number of male citizens II years OF
age in such state. and is an invasion
of the rights and dignity Of this HoIse
and of its members, and an infringe
ment upon the rights and privileges
in this house of other states and their
representatives; and,
Whereas, Since the last apportion'
ment the States Of Mississippi. South
Carolina and Louisiana have, by
changes in their constitution and stat
utes of said states and for reasons
other than participation in rebellion
and other crimes, denied the right of
suffrage to male inhabitants 81 years
of age, citizens of the United States.
and such denial in each OF said states
extends to more than one-half Of those
who prior thereto were entitled to
vote, as appears from the following
statistics, published in the Congress.
sional Directories Of the Fifty.second
and Fifty.siXth Congresses, viz: In
the seven districts of Mississippi the
total vote for all congressional candi'
dates in 1890 was 62,652; in 1898, 81
045. In the seven districts of South
Carolina the total vote in 1880 was
1882 and 2S,S3l in 1898. In the six
districts OF Louisiana, 74,542 in 1890
and 80 ,161 In 1898. One member OF the
present House, representing ten coun
ties In Mississippi, with population
in 1890 Of 1S4.297, received only 2,063
votes. One member OF the present
House, representing six counties In
South Carolina, with a population in
1890 of 15S.S51, received only 1,765
votes, and one member representing
thirteen counties in Louisiana, with a
population of 203,S03, received only
2,494 votes; and,
Whereas, Is Is q matter of common
rumor that other states have, for rea
4 sons other than those specified in the
Constitution Of the United States, de
MED to some of their male inhabitants
81 years of age and citizens of the
United States, the right to vote for
members OF Congress and presidential
electors, as well as executive and iu
dicial officers of said states and mem
bers of the legislatures thereof, and
no reduction has been made in the
representation of anv state in this
House because of such denial, and.
"Whpraas The President Of the
United States has by message recon-
mend>d that Congress at its present
session apportion the representation
among the several states as provided
by the Constitution therefore,
Resolved, Section /. That the com
mittee on census shall be and is an
thorlzed and requested either nv ful
committee or such subcommittee ol
sub-committees as may be appointed
by the chairman thereof, to inquire
examine and report in what states tn,
right to vote at any election for tn,
choice of electors, for President ant
Vice-Presidcnt OF the United States
representatives In Congress, the ex
ecutive and judicial officers of STATE
! or the members OF the Legislature
thereof, is denied to any Of the mall
inhabitants OF such states 21 years o
age and citizens Of the United States
or In any wav abridged, except 70
participation in rebellion or othe
crimes, and the proportion which tn,
number of such male citizens shall
bear to the whole number of NAL
7 citizens 81 years Of age in each state.
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