The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-30
ALL WILL BE
AMERICANS
Hawaiian Citizenship the Only
Requirement.
SENATE CHANGES IN BILL
/ Legislature Governor Education
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pansion to Garry.
SENATE CHANGES IN BILL
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WASHINGTON, Dee. 21.-The Ha-
| waiian Government bill, which un-
doubtedly will form the basis for the
action of Congress and it is now be-
lieved will pass during January, was
reported to the Senate by Senator Cul-
lom TODAY with a favorable recon-
mendation The bill is in the form in
which it will come from the House
Committee on Territories, and, while
a strong fight will be made on it on
the floor, there will be few changes,
it is believed by men who are standing
in line to work for it's passage.
The name of the government is to be
the territory of Hawaii, and 1t is
provided that all who were citizens Of
Hawaii when the annexation resolution
was proposed are to be citizens of the
territory. The qualifications for vot-
Crs are the same as they We're in the
original bill. There must be an edu-
cational test, and, when voters for Sen
ators, must hold property valued at
81 900 The qualification for holding
office in either house is just the same
as that required of voters for those
places. This will form one ground OF
attack in the House and on the floor OF
the Senate. The paragraph which
specifically says that the lands which
were known as the crown lands should
be included in the public domain re-
mains as it was with the elimination
Of the sentence which confirms the
leases of those lands. This leaves the
lands on which are many of the most
productive plantations on the islands,
subject to all the laws of the Land De-
partment, which makes the acquiring
of title a matter to be settled in the
future.
1t is the opinion of those who are
conversant with the conditions that
the change Will not work any material
disadvantage TO the men who have
leases, as they will have ample protec-
ton in the Encouragement of the land
holdings Despite the fight which was
made against the appointment Of the
officials of the territory by the Cover
nor whose clauses are left as they were
drawn by the Commission.
Senator Cullom will press for early
consideration of the bill after the hol-
iday recess and there is little doubt
| that it will be given as much time as
possible. 1t is not likely that there
will be an attempt to displace the Mic
aragua canal bill, but much time may
| be secured during the morning hour
and action may be had by the end o1
| January.
| CHANGES.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-The Sen
| ate Committee on Foreign Relations to
| day concluded its revision Of the bill!
| providing a territorial government fo1
Hawaii, and Senator CullOm reported
the changes to the Senate.
The most important changes are a
follows:
The section defining citizenship wa
amended by striking out the wore
white and also the explicit referenc
to Portuguese and left to read as fol
lows:
THAT all persons who were citizen
Of the Republic of Hawaii on Angus
21, 1898, are hereby declared to be cit
izens Of the United States"
The request of One-fifth Of the mem
bers OF the territorial House Of Rep
resentatives is made sufficient 10 de
mand the ayes and noes, the origina
requirement being One-third.
The provision in regard to the Quali