Evening star., 1898-12-06

| warn DTCOEnt INTO the tnlteG States. Us
pay the same duties charged upon like ar
| ticles when imported from any foreign
| country. The existing laws OF Hawaii no:
! inconsistent with the Constitution and tht
! laws of the United States this act con
| tinue in force, subject to repeal or amend
ment by the legislature of Hawaii or by
| Congress.
| Hawaiian Laws Continued.
The laws of Hawaii relating to public or
| government lands continue in force until
changed by Congress, but no leases of asr;-
! cultural lands are to be granted sold or
| renewed for a lcnger term than five years
| unless Congress shall direct.
The laws Of Hawaii relating to agricul-
ture and forestry are continued in force
except as they may be modified by Cor
| Srrss or the legislature, and the Secretary
/ OF Agriculture is charged with the Att.rs
! Cf examining The laws of Hawaii at.;g
| 20 &gricu taTe, forestry, pubic .auds aot
! pubic roaCs, and reporting thereon To the
! President
The bIi also provides that The Constitu-
| ton and laws of the United STATS iGr:,lly
! applicable shall have Jhe same force and
| erect in the territory of Hawaii as else
! where in the United States.
| An Important Provision
! This is the usual provision found in the
| acts Of Congress providing for the estab-
| sishment CT tecgitol.a! governments in the
| United States bGt he commissioners re-
| gard the provision as exceptionally :m-
! Itant in th!s Bill for many reasons
| among which ,hey mention the continued
| Importation Of cOoiie labor into Hawaii.
| Remarhing upon this point, they say: 1t
| has been the policy OF the government of
t Hawaii, before and since the establishment;
! OF the republic, 10 import men under labor
! contracts Tor term OF years, at tGc eN
plrallUn OF Which they are to return to
! the countries from which they cane.
/ arc from l,::1
ana Japan. Since the act of Congress an
| he&}ng Hawaii Vas passed prohibiting Chi
| Hese immigration the Hawaiian sugar
| painters have seemed to be making an I'M
| usual effort IN securing the importa ton of
japanese latGrcrs, fearing trouble and en-
| bair2sSElent GA account OF insufficient LABOR
| t@f tn" care and carrying on of their sugar
! plantations.
| OF c0urs,. il Incomes necessary to extend
| orr labor laws over ,hc islands. 50 as to
| pf"fthit al Kinds of foreign contract labor
| from coming t. the territory, first, because
| II IS the policy of this country to keep out
a.. kinds Of cheap foreign labor including
ro"'i' tabor. and thereby p1 eN eat such la
| nor from interfering with the wages OF
! American labor. ana secondly to protect
| Our inanuiactul "a products from COMPETE
| non WIN manufactured goods produced by
| tiF"h aii'n i"e"!. Iie general laws of the
| nlied States VII pace the people of the
| ttttitpry or the SINE footing with the peo-
! pi2 q the states and of other territories of
| the tnited States III regard to foreign Ia
| bnr
The question whether white labor can be
| prchtaoIy utilized In the sugar plantations
! Is vet problem: but the planters are pre-
| parl"g TO give stlch labor trial, aud some
| of them believe il will prove superior to the
! ii'"F "i either thi2c@e OF Japanese.
Hot 4 Precedent
| The commissioners take mains to e.pre.s
| their united opinion that the plan Outlined
! i"r the government Of Hawaii cannot b.
| Regarded foI. -
! the Philippines. saying Oh This point:
! ''Hn"h has been Sa' d TO the effect that the
policy CT sen hame Of government tor the
Hawaiian Islands viii bc taken and ac-
c"pted as an index or precedent to be fol-
! lowed IN The plan of government for Porto
Rico and lho Philippines. II Cicw Of IN
appar.i eNroc alton or be.ief on Tie PIT
% man! good people in he tinted s ates
the cGEiInss Oh deem il proper to yay hat
! The peop.C of Hawaii ar" Canau," of sef
S"Ns InnI'n NJ. and have proveH his by the
establishment of the republic OF Hawaii
and the adoption Of a constitution and Cgde
cf laws which VIII compare law rably wi h
those Of any Other gov ram5 nt and under
! such constitution "ud laws have TnaiEtain-
eJ a stable government ror several years
worthy of free people The people cf
those islands are more or less familiar with
The Institutions and laws Of ;he United
States, while the laws Of the it'll republic
are largely taken from the laws of this
country, Ii cannot lie said that either The
'cr'o Rcans or the Philippines are NJ all
familiar With system of government
or with any other based On !he principles
Of liberty.
Tine underlying theory OF our govern
ment is the right of self-government. and a
people must lie fitted for Seif-government
before they can be trusted with the
sponsibiiities and duties attaching to free
gov Vernment These remarks arc made to
negative the idea that, because the peDp
| of the Hawaiian Islands can, in the judg
ment of the commission. be consistently
given government to an extent almost
equal to thdt Civ en- the people in the states
il be safely inferred that other insUlar
possessions which the United States have
or may acqn'ire by treaty with Spain. can
be granted equal freedom in government"
Mr. Do!e's Hinority Recommendation.
The report is unanimous except upon one
point, on which President Doie makes
minority recommendation. This recommen-
dation is for a board of advisors 20 the gov
ernor of the ,erritory. and he recommends
that the treasurer. attorney general, super
intendent of public works and the comm.s-
sioner OF uuoht lands snail be constituted
special counse!ors of the governor to be
consulted by him concerning all matters OF
public policy.
Mr. Dole gives as his reason for this
rccomnenda ton the fear that without some
sCch provision the governor may agsre-
gate to himself greater power than is con-
position he says: While, with some mis-
giVings, ! have assented to the provisions
of the majority report, which place the
executive power OF the territory in the
hands of one individual and do away with
the executive council | am unable to ac-
cept those which confer upon the governor
the appointment of all subordinate officers,
ANA which, while giving him the appoint
ment of heads of departments. with the
al proval of the senate. permit him to re-
move Them without such approval, power
not enjoyed by the President of the United
States. Nor | agree to the absence of
any provisions whatever limiting or check
ing the governors executive power under
the laws, excepting as to the approval of
the senate required in certain appointments.
The weight of these objections will be
better understood in view of the recon-
mendaton of the commissioners that the
legislature shall hold regular sessions but
once in two years heretofore, which
circumstance would furnish the governor
with the opportunity, if he should choose
TO seize it. of removing any or all heads
of departments Immediately after the ter
mination Of the regular session of the legis-
lature and filling their places with parsons
whose commissions would be Vand until