Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — THE HAWAIIAN REPUBLIC. [ARTICLE]

THE HAWAIIAN REPUBLIC.

Latest advices from Honolulu, dated Mav 16, state that the constitutional convention for the new republic will convene. May 30. The new govern meet 18 to be caJlcd the Republic of Hawaii. The executive power will be vested in the presi4ent. The executive council will consist

ot five members instead of four as at present, a minister of health and education being added. The upper house will consist of fifteen senators. Senators must be thirty years old, able to read and write Eriglish, shall have resided in the- islands three years., own property not less than $5,000 m~value. and have an income of $1,200 a year. The Assembly, or lower House, is to consist of fifteen members, six from Oahu and three each from the other islands. They will serve two years only, A member of the assembly must be a citizen of Hawaii, or of any country which has treaty relations with Hawaii, and has resided in the islands for at least a year. Members of both houses are to receive $409 for each session. About "3,750 votes were cast at the recent elections. There was little opposition in any of the islands. The claim is now made that when the republic is declared the natives will make the looked-for uprising.