The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
Governor, Secretary, District Judge,
Marshal and Attorney to BE APP
pointed by the President.
VOTERS TO ELECT A DELEGATE
WHO WILL REPRESENT THEM IN
THE CONGREsS AT WASHINGTON.
Legislature of Two Houses Provided
Citizens-The COOlie Question.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The President
| to-day transmitted to Congress the report
| of the Hawaiian commission, consisting Of
| Senators Cullom and Morgan, Representa-
| tive Hit, President Dole and Justice Frear,
| of Hawaii, together with the text of bills
| drawn by the commission for the govern
| ment of the islands as q portion of the
| United States. The preliminary portion of
| the report is mainly descriptive of the Ha-
waiian islands, the inhabitants, the existing
institutions, the public domain, productions,
climate, harbors and shipping facilities, and
various conditions of general interest The
remaining portion is mainly devoted to a
discussion of the legislation proposed by the
commission, giving, in the appendix, the
various reports of subcommittee and cop
les of the bills suggested.
Three bills are formulated for the con-
sideration of Congress. The first and prin-
| cipal one outlines general plan of govern
ment and the other two deal with subordi-
nate questions Of the main bill the COM
missioners express the opinion that it will
| prove to be such measure for the gov
| eminent of the Hawaiian islands as will
best promote the interests of their people
at the same time that it promotes the in
| terests and maintains the sovereignty of
| the people of the United States" 1t provides
| for the erection of the islands into d terri
| tory of the United States to be styled the
| Territory of Hawaii. The bill contains pro-
| visions for the government of the Territory,
| giving it executive, legislative and judicial
| officers. A Governor, secretary of the Terri
| tory, a United States district judge,
United States district attorney and United
| States marshal are to be appointed by the
| President and an internal revenue district
and customs district are to be created.
| The Office Of President, minister of foreign
affairs, finance, public instruction, auditor
! general, deputy auditor general surveyor
general and marshal are abolished. The Off
GERS Of the Territory, under the new
regime, are an attorney general,
| with similar powers and duties as
now possessed by the attorney general oi
the republic of Hawaii, with a few excep-
| tions; a treasurer with similar powers and
| duties to the present minister of finance
and such powers and duties regarding IL
| censes, corporations and companies and
partnerships and registration of prints, la
| bells and trademarks as are now possessed
| by the minister of the interior, except as
changed; also, a superintendent Of public
works, a superintendent of public instruc-
surveyor, with the powers and duties of a
surveyor general and a chief sheriff to sue
| coed to the duties of marshal of the repub-
! lie, all to be appointed by the Governor.
| CITIZENSHIP DEFINED.
! Probably the most important portion OF
| the bill is Section 4, defining citizenship,
| which provides that "all white persons, in
| Guiding Portuguese, and persons of African
| descent, and all persons descended from
| the Hawaiian race on either the paternal or
maternal side, who are citizens of the re-
public of Hawaii Immediately prior to the
transfer Of the sovereignty thereof to the
| United States, are hereby declared to be
citizens of the United States"
Provision is made for a Legislature of two
| houses-a Senate to consist of fifteen men,
| bers, as at present, and House of Repre-
! sentatives consisting of thirty members,
double the membership of the House under
the Hawaiian Republic. The members are
| to be elected at a general election to be held
on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
! November, $780, and biennally thereafter.
The Supreme Court is to be the sole judge
of the legality of election to a seat in either
house in case of contest. No member of thu
Legislature is to be eligible for appointment
or election to any office of the Territory
and no officer or employe, notary public o.
| agent Of the Territory is eligible to election
as legislator. There is also a provision that
| no person who, having been entitled to quail
| ify and vote prior to October 1897, and since
| July, 1894, failed to register as such voter
shall have a vote unless he shall take an
oath to support the Constitution of the
| United States. The session of the Legisla-
ture is limited to sixty days in duration,
and each member is allowed $500 as salary
and 10 cents a mile for travelling expenses.
A senator is required to be a male citizen
of the United States thirty years of age,
to have resided in the Territory three years,
| be the owner in his own right of ~ coo worth
| Of property or to have during the previous
| year received ST. 900 income. Representatives
must be twenty five years old, male citizens,
must have lived three years in Hawaii and
must either own $500 worth of property or
| have an income of $3.50 a year.
! Voters for representatives are required to
! be male citizens twenty-one years old and
of one years residence in the Territory to
| have registered, to have paid all taxes due
! the government and to be able understand
| ingly to read, speak or write the English or
| Hawaiian language" To be qualified to vote
| for senators the persons must possess all
| the qualifications and be subject to all the
| conditions required of voters for representa-
| tives. and in addition own in his own right
real property worth $500 upon which
| valuation legal taxes shall have been paid
| for the year preceding that in which he
| offers to register or shall have actually re-
| celved a money income of not less than 5000
| during the previous year. Five registration
districts are provided and the Governor Of