The times., 1898-12-07

In brief, the bill provides that the ISL
ands shall be erected by law into Ter
ritory of the United States. to b. Known
as the Territory OF Hawaii. The ques-
tion of citizenship and its related sub
ject. the right of suffrage. is determined
in section of the bill, which prov ides
that:
Citizenship and Suffrage.
"All white persons, including Portuguese,
and all persons descended from the Ha-
waian race. on either the paternal or
the maternal side, who Were citizens Of
the Republic of Hawaii Immediately pri-
or to the transfer of the sovereignty
thereof TO the. United .-ates. are hereby
declared to be citizens of the United
States
The bill provides for legislature, TO
be styled the legislature of the Teri
tory of Hawaii and to consist of two
houses. senate and a house of repre-
sentatives. The houses are to sit seps-
rately and their respective members are
to be elected at a general election. to be
held on the first Tuesday after the fiis
Monday in November 1859, and bien-
nially thereafter The Supreme Court
is to be the judge OF the Legality of cleo
ton to seat in either house in cases of
contest and sole judge of who has beea
elected"
The membership OF the senate is fixed At
fifteen, to hold office for four years. The
membership of the house of representa-
tives is fixed at 30 TO be elected every
second year from six districts.
4 Voters Qualifications.
To qualify votersa person must be
male citizen of the United States; have
resided in the territory for one year pre-
ceding and in the district three months
preceding the time he offers to register;
shall have attained the age of twenty-one
years; prior to the election during the
| time prescribed by law he shall have
caused his name to be entered on the reg
lister of voters foE representatives for his
district; prior to such registration he shall
have paid on or before March 81 next pre-
ceding the date OF registration all taxes
due by him TO the government; be
able to understandingly speak, read and
write the Hawaiian or English language.
In addition to the above qualifications
the person who desires 10 vote for a sem
ator must possess In his own right real
property TO the value of $1,000 or have an
income Of not less than $500 year.
The act also provides for the election of
delegate TO the house of representatives
in Congress for each Congress by the
voters qualified to vote for representatives
In the legislature. The existing laws of
Hawaii, not inconsistent with the Consti-
| tuition and the laws of the United States
or of this act shall continue in force. sub
ject TO repeal amendment by the legis-
lature of Hawaii or by Congress.
United states Laws in Force.
The bill provides that the Constitution
and laws of the United States locally ap-
plicable shall have the same force and ef-
feet In the Territory of Hawaii else
where in the United States. This is the
usual provision found in the acts of Con-
gress providing for the establishment oil
| territorial governments in the United
States heretofore. Such provision is
very important in this bill for many rea-
| sons, among which may be mentioned the
continued importation of coole labor into
Hawaii.
The minority report presented by Mr..
Dole dissents from the suggestions OF the
ma iority of the commission In favor OF the
creation of cabinet or advisory council
| TO aid the territorial governor in the ad-
ministration of the affairs of the Territory
of Hawaii The minority report urges
that the governor. under the provisions Of
the act recommended, will have less check
| to his administration of affairs than was
the case with sovereigns under the mon
archy, excepting only in the matter of
tenure of office.
Mr.. DoIe's Amendment.
To obviate this Mr.. Dole offers an
amendment 10 the act providing for the
| creation of heads of departments into an
advisory council with powers sufficient to
hold governor in check.
In the organization of the commission
| the following committees We're raised to
consider and report, and their reports in
part supplied the information on which
| the bill was prepared:
Agriculture Mr.. Dole; cables and tele-
graphs, Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Frear
claims. Mr. Frear and Mr. Hftt; corpora
tions, Mr.. Hit and Mr.. Dole; education
Mr. Cullom, Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Frear;
| finance Mr.. Cullom, Mr. Morgan, Mr..
Hit, Mr. Dole and Mr.. Frear; fisheries,
| Mr. Frear and Mr.. Morgan; harbors and
| coasts Mr.. Dole and Mr.. HIT; health and
quarantine, Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Frear;
| immigration and labor, Mr.. Cullom, Mr..
Morgan and Mr.. Dole; local taxation, Mr..
| Frear and Mr.. Hit; postal service. Mr.
| Hit and Mr.. Frear; public debt Mr. Dole;
public lands. Mr.. Cullom, Mr. Morgan
and Mr.. Dole; public property. Mr.. Frear:
| tariff and internal revenue. Mr.. Hit and
| Mr.. Dole: judiciary, Mr.. Morgan and MIR
| Frear; local and executive offices Mr..
| Dole and Mr.. Frear committee to draft
bills, Mr.. Cullom, Mr.. Dole and Mr. Hit
| Two Additional Bills.
| The reports made by these committees
in part supplied the information which
| enabled the commission to prepare and
agree upon the bill.
The commission also presents two adj
| ditional bills. One of these is entitled "a
| bill relating to Hawaiian silver coinage
and treasury notes" 1t provides that
| unmutilated Hawaiian silver coins shall
! be received at par value In payment of
| all dues to the government of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii and of 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
| Francisco. All Hawaiian silver certifi-
Gates shall be redeemed by the Territory
of Hawaii on or before January l. 1902
The other is entitled "A bill relating to
postal savings banks in Hawaii" which
! repeals the Hawaiian laws establishing
postal savings 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 and after the lst of July. 1899
and forbidding further deposits after that