The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-12-10
Recommends Giving the Islands
the Territorial Form of
Government.
Legislature to Be Elected and
! Governor Appointed by the
President.
Property, Income or Educational
Qualification Essential to the
Franchise.


has transmitted to congress the report
of the Hawaiian commission, consisting
of Senators Cullom and Morgan, Repre-
sentative Hit, President Dole and Judge
Frear Of Hawaii, together with the text
Of the bills drawn by the commission
for the government Of the islands as q
portion Of the United States. The pre-
fminary portion Of the report is mainly
descriptive Of the Hawaiian Islands, the
inhabitants, the existing institutions,
the public domain, productions, climate,
harbors and shipping, facilities and vari-
Gus conditions Of general interest. The
remaining portion is mainly devoted to
the discussion of the legislation proposed
by the commission, giving in the appen-
dix the various reports of subcommit-
tees suggested.
Three BILLS Drawn.
Three bills are formulated for the
consideration of congress. The first and
principal one outlines 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 q measure for the government Of
the Hawaiian island as will best pro-
mote the e,interests ct their people at the
! same time that 1t promotes the interests
and maintains the sovereignty Of the
people Of the United States"
It provides for the erection of the ISL
ands into territory of the United States
to be styled
The Territory Of Hawaii.
The bill contains proYisions for the gov
ernment Of the territory, giving it exec
utive, legislative and judicial officers.
A governor, sec1etAry Of the territory, a
United States district judge, United
States district attorney and a United
States marshal are to be appointed by
the president. An internal revenue dis
trict and customs district are created.
The offices of president, minister Of for
eign affairs, finance, public instruction,
auditor general, deputy auditor general,
surveyor general, and marshal are abol-
ished. The officers Of the territory un-
der the new regime are an attorney
general, with similar powers and duties
as now possessed by the attorney gen.
eral Of the republic Of Hawaii, with
q few exceptions; a treasurer, with
similar powers and duties to the present
minister Of finance, and such powers
and duties regarding licenses, corpora
tions, and companies and partnerships
and registration Of prints, labels and
trade marks as are now possessed by the
minister Of the interior, except as
changed; also superintendent of pub
lie works, q superintendent of public
instruction, an auditor and deputy
auditor. a surveyor, with the powers
and duties Of a surveyor general, and q
chief sheriff, to succeed to the duties Of
marshal of the republic, all to be ap-
pointed by the governor.
Citizenship Defined.
Probably the most important portion
Of the bill is Sec. 2, defining citizenship,
which provides that ssall white persons,
including Portuguese and persons Of
African descent, and all persons de-
scending from the Hawaiian race, on
either the paternal or maternal side, who
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