The San Francisco call., 1898-12-07

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 NI to Congress the report of the
 V Hawaiian Commission. con
 sisting of Senators Cullom and Morgan. Representative Hit, President Dole and Judge Frear of Hawaii, to- gether with the text of the bills drawn by the commission for the government of the islands as portion of the United States.
 The preliminary portion of the report is mainly descriptive of the Hawaiian Islands, the inhabitants, the existing institutions, the public domain, produc- tion, climate, harbers and shipping fa- cilities, and various conditions of gen. eral interest. The remaining portion is mainly devoted to the discussion of the legislation proposed by the commission, giving in the appendix the various re- ports of subcommittee and copies of the bills suggested.
 Three bills are formulated for the consido-- ion of Congress. The first and principal one outlines a general plan of government, and the other two deal with subordinate questions. Of the main bill the commissioners express the opinion that it will prove to be such measure f the government of the Ha- waiian Isla- as will best promote the interests of their people at the same time that it promotes the interests and maintains the sovereignty of the peo- pie of the United States"
 It provides for the erection of the isl- ands into a territory of the United States, to be styled the Territory of Hawaii. The bill contains provisions for the government of the Territory, giving it executive, legislative and ju- dicial officers. A Governor. Secretary of the Territory, a United States Dis trict Judge, nited States District Att torney and Uni. ed States Marshal are to be appointed by the President, and an internal revenue district and a GUS toms district are created.
 The offices of President, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Public Instruction, Auditor General, Deputy Auditor General, Surveyor General and Marshal are abolished. The officers of the Territory under the new regime are an Attorney General, with similar pow CT and duties as now possessed by the Attorney General of tho republic of Ha- waii, with few exceptions; a Treasur- CT, with similar powers and duties to the present Minister of Finance, and
 
 licenses, corporations and companies and partnerships and registration of prints, labels 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 Instruction, an Auditor and a Deputy Auditor, a Surveyor with the powers and duties of Surveyor General, and a Chief Sheriff, to succeed to the duties of Marshal of the republic, all to be ap- pointed by the Governor.
 Probably the most important portion of the bill is section 4, defining citizen ship, which provides that "all white persons. including Portuguese and per- sons of African descent, and all persons descending from the Hawaiian race on either the paternal or maternal side, who were Sitizens of the republic of Hawaii immediately prior to the trans fer of sovereignty thereof to the United States, are hereby declared to be citi- zens of the United States
 Provision is made for Legislature to consist of two houses, a Senate to con- sist of fifteen members, as at present. and House of Representatives con- sisting 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, 1899, and bien nially thereafter The Supreme Court Is to be the sole judge of the legality of election to seat in either house in case of contest. No member of the Legislature is to be eligible for appoint ment or election to any office of the