Session #53 · 1893–95

Speech #530093384

It gave to the Crown the power to appoint the ministers without regard to any vote of the Legislature. It gave to the Crown the power to appoint the nobles. twentyfour in number. and onehalf of the Legislature. It reduced the qualification of voters and conferred the right of suffrage on "subjects" only. thereby taking it away from those of American or European birth or descent who had not by naturalization become subjects of the Kingdom. thus giving to the native Hawaiians the control over the election of the representatives. and together with her power to appoint the nobles. making the Legislature the creature of the Queen. It made the term of the justices of the siupreme court six years instead of for life. thus placing the judicial power in the control of the Crown. All power by this constitution. substantially unchecked. was given to the Crownexecutive. legislative. judicial.
Keywords matched
naturalization

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Americans
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ANTHONY HIGGINS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
DE
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
530093384
Paragraph
#0
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