The Lamar register., 1898-09-28
HAWAIIAN CITIZENSHIP.
a Problem that the Aans4arion Com.
snissisners WIN n ta sa,y.

mis'isners WIN II " TO solve.
IN halt the troubles ~ Hawaii md
Z has had Its share sinre csa, cooss
= /, ,nasiueraded in the feathers Of God
i-ono. there has been ona catchword,
ne raliylng cry ef the element of the
population mabing toward something
better. making sueessslyuly towaFd
constitutional monarchy toward pro.
Fislpnal govar1uieut. toward republic.
toward being a part OF the AHsrican
state sisicrhpod II has been the cry
% o'tAenShlp Inc beachcomber, tho
runaway whaler Of the early days. did
nai care for citizenship. So long as he
had his share. or could grab his share
ei ne things whirh attracted him 70
the iaianda, Be vas cnntent 10 be called
snoieet Of a savage monarch In a
ftAkhes cloak. But oihsrz settled who
we're less easily satisfied. men who
came from America a. missionaries OF
oiNdiEaiiau, who brought the church.
nc school and the store. aud set them
slee By side in every bamlr, Of un-
claimed savasery. They had some
thlnE 70 lose. some respect to main
tain; they could not rest happy as
sn0i'fis % any SORT. having been born
eltiEfns. least Of al could they be sub
ifeis ot any kamehameha. drunk or
soher. but most commonly drunk. san
less cuuid they content themselves
WIN q ncutral STATE In which the
saHase and the bcaehcomber eould
!csislhte ieoiishiy o. wiekcIly. Just
as shlm might dictate. Through
ikeir dlsrou,ant vas developed a sys-
inu o. taaiEcuship Tho better class
ffmalafa citizens nf the United States
tn The fotpisa isua by becoming
depisens q Hawaii they acquired the
riehi 10 a yolcc ga iis snalrH. without
crsiips ca yheir right a. Americans
nralsehs could vote. could held Office
Far real cSuse Of tie oyegturning of
LHluotalaai vas hsr attempt to take
aEsy The rights 0t the dcnizcas, 70
toEce them TO a dilemua chOics. either
% rauurnee their cherished American
e.liseuFhp o. to leave them with no
valrs In agsirs and helpless. Now
tas conditions being reversed the HA-
vaiizus thsmssiScs VA become inter
usted Ia discovering their civil status
50 fsr ~ the law stood on the day
Before annexation was accomplished.
the 83Eaiian could not herornc a citi-
Fcn % the Trsited States because he
vas not eligible under the constitution
Ibis race barred klr en-; This was
he Gsrision Of the Supreme Court OF
Ufhh Whiie Il vas still a territory.
a male Hawaiian gf tnli axe sa;lsfy-
ins an ihe conditions % slsicient resi-
dsncs and necessary familiarity with
TIE principles uf the government. ap-
piled fcT papsrs ot naturalfzation. He
was rejected by the lower court TO
which BE- made bis application, and on
sppeai TIRE decision Was upheld by the
srprame Court That deciziou has
10 siaad unless overturned BY the su-
urcrne Court % the United States.
His raer barred him "a this particular
The constitution provides that citizen
ship may be aitaiRed BY white per
cons ard thcse OF African birth or
descent: 10 others The two courts
hsla that tho Hawaiian was noi IN aay
sense m African also not IN any
ssns. white person. The court did
rcf undertake to settle Jus, what race
ne Hawaiian did belong 20. But il
armiy sctGed on one thing. that this
Havallan. and hy legal consequence
every ether Hawaiian. could not be-
come a citizen % the United states.
oe that question the Hawaiiaus. an
nvxsd. bur not citlzapable, viii demand
% he beard. This Is Thing the com
r,,ssioners on annexation will have
!, figure out 10 some satisfactory so
iftlea. On one side constitution and
conrts of law against civil rights; on
The other. some 5000 citizens Of Ha-
waig by birth and race now suddenly
begppe citizens Of nowhere