The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-22
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

ing all matters OF public poliey
Mr. Dole gives as his reason for this
| recommendation the fear that without
| some such provision the Governor NAV
| arrogate to himself greater power than
Is contemplated, outlining his reasons
| Tor this position. He says: while with
some mlsgiyings l have assented to the
| provisions or the majority report,
| which places the executive mower of
the Territory in the hands of one in
| dlVlduai and does away with the Ex-
ecutiya Council, | am unable to accent
those which confer upon the Governor
the appointment of all the ordinate off
GERS and which, while giving him the
appointment of heads of departments.
with the approval of the Senate, permit
him to remove them without such an
proval, power not enjoyed by the
President of the United States. Nor can
L agree to the absence of any provis-
ions whatever checking the Governors
executive power under the laws except
ing as to the approval of the Senate. re-
quired in certain appointments.
The weight of the objection will be
better understood in view of the rec
ommendatlOn of the Commissioners
that the Legislature shall hold regular
sessions but once in two years, as here
tofore, which circumstances would fur
| nish the Governor with the opportun-
ity, if he should choose to seize 1t, of
| removing any or all heads of depart
mentS Immediately after the termina-
| tlon Of the regular session OF the Leg
islature and filling their place with per-
sons whose positions would be valid
| until the next session of the Senate,
which might not occur for nearly two.
years. BY this means a Governor, act
ing within his authority, could SUBJ
Stantlally eyade the provision reQuir-
Ing these appointments to be approved
by the Senate. The performances of
like character under the Monarchy are
too fresh in the minds of the Hawai-
ian community to permit them to con-
template without dismay the possibil-
ity of repetition thereof.
THE Governor. under the provisions
of the acts recommended by the Com
mission, will have less check to his ad-
ministratiOn of affairs than was the
case with the sovereign under the Mon
archy. excepting only in the matter OF
Office
The majority in their report express
the opinion that the precaution is not
necessary, saying that "the history of
territories of the United States, cover
ing many years of experience, has not,
in the opinion of the Commission,
ohoWh q ACCCSobly III tut CfedllOu OI
any number of advisors"
OF the other two bills, one relates to
Hawaiian silver and the treasury notes
and the other to postal savings banks
in Hawaii. The first provides that un-
mutilated Hawaiian silver coins shall
be received at par value in payment OF
dues to the Government of Hawaii and
the United States, and shall not again
be issued. but shall on presentation in
sums of $500 to either government be
purchased and recoined as bullion at
the United States Mint at San Fran
cisco. All Hawaiian silver certificates
are to be redeemed by Hawaii on or be-
fore January 1, 1902.
The other is bill which repeals the
Hawaiian laws establishing postal saw
ing banks, and directs the Secretary OF
the Treasury to pay the amounts on
deposit in the postal savings banks in
Hawaii to the persons entitled thereto,
terminating the interest on all deposits
on the 1st of July, 1899, and forbidding
further deposits after that date
The report contains an inventory OF
the public property of the Republic
which now inures to the United States,
which is of an estimated value of $1O.-
41S,740. distributed as follows: Govern
ment public land, $4.147.7OO; Govern
ment lots, sites, etc, 81 ,4S1 800; depart
ment property, s4,7S9, ,24O.
The report gives considerable data in
regard to duties collected, showing that
under the Dingley bill the amount
would have been much greater than it
was. This comparison shows that the
collection for 1897, which was $548, ,483,
would have been, under the American
law, s902,706.
The report recommends the construc-
ton of a cable to the Islands, to be
under the control of the United States,
which, it says. is demanded by the mi
litary condition existing or liable to
exist at any time.
Speaking of the character OF the
population of the Islands, and referring
especially to the recommendation for
comforting citizenship upon the Portu-
guese and falling to confer it upon the
Chinese and Japanese, the report says:
"The Americans, although in such a
small minority, practically dominate
the government affairs of the country.
and, with the British and Germans and
part-blood Hawaiian-Americans to-
gether, constitute the controlling ele-
ment in business. The Chinese and
japanese do not now possess political
power, nor have they any important
relation to the body polite except as
laborers. The Portuguese are largely
immigrants from the islands and col
onies of Portugal in the Atlantic, and
have never been very closely tied to
Doa .