The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-23
HAWAIIAN GoYERNMENT.
senate Committee Completes the
Revision of the Bill.

Revision of the BIZ.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2i,-The senate
committee on foreign relations to-day
concluded its revision Of the bill pros
yidlng territorial government for 9a-
wall, and Senator Cullpm reported the
changes to the senate. There were nu-
merous changes, the most important
being as follows:
The section defining citizenship was
amended by striking out the word
white" and also the explicit reference
to Portuguese. and left to read as fol-
lows: "Fh8t all persons who were citl-
zens OF the republic OF Hawaii on
August Il, 1898, are hereby declared to
be citizens OF the United States"
The request of one-hfth Of the meni-
bers of the territorial house Of repre-
sentatives Is made sufficient to demand
the uEes and noes, the original require
ment being one-third.
The provision in regard 70 the qualla-
cations OF territorial senators Is
changed so as to require that the sena-
tor shall be a male citizen, 30 years
of age, that he shall have resided In the
Hawaiian Islands not less than three
years and that he Shall be qualified
to vote for senators" tne explicit props
erty qualification being stricken out. A
like change is made In the provision
regarding members Of the house who
are required to be qualified bE the
changes to vote for representatives.,
Section 40 allowing one house of the
legislature to leglslate after the other
has adjourned was stricken out, as was
also the provision requiring that each
bill should receive the written approval
Of three members before being intro
duccd. The provision authorizing the
territorial supreme court to pass upon
the qualifications ct members OF the
legislature was not changed and It was
left as recommended by the commits
sion.
The Governor Is required to send his
estimates for appropriations TO the leg
stature as whole and not to the
senate alone, as originally required.
The following restriction on the issu-
ance OF bonds Is inserted:
''Nor shall any bond or other instru-
ment Of any Indebtedness be issued un-
less made rsdeemable IN not more thnn
five gears and payable In not more
than fifteen years from the date Of
issue thereof"
The provision that no retroactive law
may be enacted is stricken out.
In the qualifications for voters for
territorial Representatives, the word
''understandInglR" In the educational
qualification is stricken out, requirlng
simply that they shall "read. write and
speak the English or Hawaiian lam
gunge." No change Is made in the
qualifications for voters for senator's
The provision In regard to the regis
tratlon of Hawaiian vessels was
changed to read as follows: That all
vessels carrying Hawaiian registers on
the 18th of August, 1898, shall be en-
titled 10 be registered as American yes
sells, with the benefits and privileges
appertaining thereto"
Section 1903 in regard to the crown
lands was changed so as to eliminate
the clause confirming all valid ieases
now In existence.
There are many technical changes
and In all cases where Hawaii Is re-
ferrcd to as "the government OF Ha-
wall" Il is changed 70 as to make II
the territory Of Hawaii.