Show 1 constitution of the Sand sandwich in ir lands I 1 it the commissioners to whom was referred tho lh duty of revising the constitution of the sandwich islands S a S have e ma made e their air re report or a as we see by our r latest papers ers the Cons constitution titu on which they ay have ve reported report I 1 is modeled after those which in other courties countries have ave been found to work well its main features are as follows the power is denominated the kingdom of the a hawaiian islands yet the government is is republican and elective the king holds his office for life his successor is appointed by the king and house of nobles or by the nobles and representatives in in cue case of the kings death before the appointment of a successor the he legislature consists 0 of fa a house of and a house ouse or representatives ube the N nobles 1 lo 10 bl I 1 s jape le twenty four in number two thirds of whom iho m 1 r e it e pointed I 1 by the king an and d prime minister and t ane e other tard sheeted sleeted by the representatives the former hold office for life the latter four years the representatives are chosen by po pular popular election suffrage fi age is universal and slavery prohibited naturalized foreigners have all the privileges of ma natives tives the bellof bill of is copied from the Ameri american aft constitutions and the mode of legislation is the same as with us the judiciary comprises a supreme court and inferior courts judges hold their offices during good behavior |