The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
LAWS TO GOVERN
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Report Drafted by the
Commission.
BILL TO BE RECOMMENDED
WILL HAVE A FULL-FLEDGED
CONGRESSMAN.
Coolie Question to Be Met With Iron
Clad Rules in Conformity With
the Chinese Restric-
ton Act.
WILL HAVE A FULL-FLEDGED
CONGRESSMAN.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Sept. 24-The com
mission having finished it's sittings in
Hawaii and left for home it will now
be in order to state what has been ac-
complished. AT the outset it may be
said that the work is complete all but
the finishing touches n the main re-
port and one bill, on which President
McKinley's wishes have to be con-
suited.
While it is to be called the Territory
of Hawaii, the Government will be an
enlarged territorial one, something
half way between a Territory and a
State Government by a commission
or on the lines of the District of Co
lumbia has never been seriously con-
sidered ! some matters Hawaii will
be confine4 to the privileges of a Ter
ritory, while In others it will have
those of a State.
The Territory of Hawaii will have
a Legislature and will make it's own
laws, subject to approval or rejection
by Congress. There will be no change
from the present form of the Legis-
lature, and its numerical strength and
apportionment of districts, ETC., re-
main untouched.
The new Territory of Hawaii will
have one representative in Congress at
present, but he will be a full fledged
one, not an ordinary Delegate with no
vote, who can only be heard on ques-
lions concerning his own Territory.
The Congressman from Hawaii will
have the same rights as one from Ohio,
q concession made to the growing
Importance of Hawaii from a geo
graphical, naval and military stand
point
The property qualification of $500 in
real or $4,000 in personal estate to make
an elector eligible to vote for the Sen
ate is done away with. To vote for a
Senator in the Territory of Hawaii an
elector must possess an annual income
from some source of $500. In every
thing else the franchi~7 is free and I'M
restricted by any qualification, educa-
tional or otherwise.
The Endorsement of the Washington
members of the commission has been
eagerly sought by friends of Minister
Sewall and President Dole early and
often, but the subject being a delicate
one no reference to it will be made
in the Commissioners report. Being
a Democrat, Senator Morgan will have
nothing to do with the question, be-
Iieving that President McKinley's
choice should be unhampered. 1t may
be said that personally Senator Gull
lom's sympathies are with Minister Sc
wall, while those of Congressman Hit
are for President Dole.
1t has been decided that the Cover
norship of Hawaii is to be much more
important office than that of other new
Territories. consequently the salary will
be commensurate with the office. 1t
will be either $4,000 a year. or $4,000, with
an extra thousand for expenses, prac.
tically the same thing. The salary
and status of the office having been
raised above the usual run of Terri
torial Governorships, there will be no
other candidates than those mentioned
above. particularly in view of the pos
sibilities of a United States Senator
ship to be evolved in the future. 1t is
for this reason the Star learns that one