The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-07

supreme court, the judges of the circuit court, the members of the board of lhealth, commissioners of public instluc- tion, prison inspectors, boards of regis tration, inspectors of election and oth- CT public boards that may be created by law and all officers whose salaries exceed $2,O0O per annlm.
 Other provisions of the bill are as fol- lows:
 The governor is to press veto power but his veto may be over ridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses of the legislature, The legislature is authoriz- ed to create town, city or county muni- Icipalities.
 Foreign goods and articles imported into the islands after July :, 1SAS, are, ir Iafterwards brougnt into the United States, to pay the same duties charged upon like articles when imported from any foreign country. The existing avs of Hawaii not inconsistent with the constitution and the laws of the United States of this act continue in force subject to repeal or amendment by the legislature of Hawaii or by congress. The laws of Hawaii relating to public or government lands continue in force until changed by congress, but no leas- es of agricultural lands are to be grant, ed, sold or renewed for longer term than five years, unless congress shall direct.
 The laws of Hawaii relating to agri- Iculture are continued in force except as they may be modt- fled by congress or the legislature and the secretary of agriculture is charged with the duties of examining the laws of Hawaii relating to agricul- ture, forestry, public lands and public roads and reporting thereon to the president.
 The bill also provides that the consti- tuition and laws of the United States locally applicable shall have the same force and effect in the territory of Ha- Waii and elsewhere as in the United States
 This is the usual provision framed Tor acts of congress, but the commits sloners regard the provision as excep tlonally important in this bill for many reasons, among which they mention the continued importation of coolie labor into Hawaii. Upon this point they say:
 It has been the policy of the govern ment of Hawaii to import men under labor contracts for a term of years at the expiration of which they are return ed to the countries from which they came. They are brought in mainly from China and Japan.'
 The general laws of the United States will place the people of the territory on the same footing as the people of the states. The question whether white | 1oH I1o sugar plantations is yet a problem, but the planters are preparing to give such I labor trial and some of them believe it will prove superior to the labor of either Chinese or Japaneses. The com- missioners express their united opinion that the plan outlined for the govern ment of Hawaii cannot be regarded as a precedent for Porto Rico and the Philippines saying on this point: "The people of Hawaii are capable of self government and have proved this by the establishment of the republic of i Hawaii and the adoption of a constitu- tion and code of laws appropriate with those of other nations, worthy of a free people. The people of these islands are more or less familiar with the institu- tions and laws of the United States, while the laws of the little republic are largely taken in the laws of this coun- try. It cannot be said that either the Porto Ricans or the Philippineans are at all familiar with our system of gov ernment A people must be fitted for government before they can be trusted with the responsibilities and duties attaching to free government
 The report is unanimous on all points except one minor question. MT. Dole fears that without some provision the governor may arrogate to himself greater power than is contemplated. He says: While with some misgivings I have assented to the provisions of the majority report which place the execu- tive power of the territory in the hands of one individual and do away with the executive council, I am unable to &C., cept those which confer upon the gov ernor the appointment of all subordi- l nate officers and which, while giving him the appointment of heads of de- partments with the approval of the sen ate, permit him to remove them without such approval, a power not engineered by the president of the United States. , Nor can I agree to the absence of any provision whatever limiting or checking the governors executive power under ] the laws excepting as to the approval of the senate required in certain ap- pointments.
 The weight of these objections will , be better understood in view of the rec concentrations of the commissioners that the legislature shall hold regular session but once in two years which circumstance would furnish the govern , or with the opportunity, if he should choose to seize it, or removing all head of departments and filling their places . with persons whose commissions be invalid at the end of the next sss- , sion of the senate which might not oc- ~>~@~~~ ~~~~~ X Masi Ead 7