The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-07
HAWAIIAN BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
The Measure Now Goes to
Conference.
SOME CHANGES IN BILL
The Indian Appropriation Bill Con-
sidered by the SCI nate.
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE ON THE MEASURE
Mr.. Sullivan Speaks in Favor Of Quay. Deboe
viii Move to Refer Blackburn's Creden-
tiaIs to the Committee on Rules
and Flpcfions
and Elections.
(By The Associated Press.)

Washington, April 6.---The House. efter
four days of debate today passed the sub
stitute for the Senate bill providing for
a territorial form of Government for Ha-
waii. The bill now goes to conference.
The most interesting feature of The day. s
proceedings was the attempt OF sGr Hill
Comm to secure the adoption Of two
amendments one providing for a resident
commissioner instead Of a delegate in
Congress, and the other declaring that
nothing in the act be int ,rprered as a
pledge of Statehood Both were over
whelmingly defeated.
An amendment offered by Mr.. New
lands, (Nev.) was agreed to directing the
surveyor general to report to the Depart
ment of Labor annually the num5er of
holders of land of less than 100 acres.
The section giving the Legislature CT
Hawaii power to impeach the Judges cf
the several courts was stricken CIT.
Mr.. Hill Comm than offered his amend
ment giving Hawaii a resident commits
sioner in Washington. Mr. Hill opposed
anything that squinted at the possible
formation of a future State out of the
islands. He said there were few mem
bers of Congress who looked forward to
the admission of Hawaii as State. He
had voted for annexation under the dis
tinct impression that nothing of the kind
would ever be contemplated. Yet here
Hawaii was blossoming into full fiedged
Territory He did not believe the people
of the United States were prepared to
take this first step toward the statehood
of our insular possessions.
MIR. Hit Qlls.) who was a member of
the Hawaiian, Commission opposed the
amendment. He said it was desirable in
legislation for the island that there should
be a delegate on the floor who could be
questioned. If there was no such the
corridors would be crowded with lobby
lists, representing special interests Zap
plause). Everybody knew what a lobby
ist was. Whether he was an eX-Gover-
nor, an ex-senator or an eX-Justice of
the Supreme court or common hireling
in Washington, he represented special in
terests
Mr. Hill challenged Mr.. Hit to name a
single insular Government in the world
which has a representative in the home
Parliament.
I'VE are a popular representative Gov
ernment and essentially" replied Mr.
Hit, "and a republic does not need to
take lessons from monarchies in the az
phcation of our own system" Great ap-
plause on both sides of the House).
Mr.. Williams (Miss.) argued that the
Constitution entitled every organized
territory to a delegate on the floor. He
said he had opposed the annexation OF
Hawaii originally because ne had fore
seen the race problem it would brine
x,-iE1 ;o1 xr,;t1 Ii,,n IN
Mr.. Hills reference, earlier il the day
to the restricted suffrage in Mississippi
Does the gentleman imagineS,' said he,
that we of the South take any pride in
the fact that we are compelled to restrict
the suffrage in the interests OF cyilza-
ton"
II do not" replied Mr.. Hill, but why
not apply the same system to uawasi."
Whenever l am faced with the race
problem continued Mr.. Williams, 81
stand for it in Mississippi. Tt is the duty
of man to lift up those below him if he
can, but there is no injunction, human
or divine, which obliges white men to
herd with narrow foreheads, ignorant OF
our glorious gains. l have 20 idea that
the blacks will ever rise to the plane OF
the whites and / indulge in DO hypocrisy
about it,
Mr.. Williams said it illbecame the rep
resentatives of Connecticut and Rhode
Island to taunt the men of the South
with their election laws. He created
much amusement by his references TO
some of the pecularities of the election
laws in Connecticut and Rhode Island,
and drew the fire of the Representatives
of those States.
Mr.. Hills amendment was lost on viva
voce vote without amendment.
An amendment was adopted to post
pone for one year the time when the
coastwise laws of the United States should
be extended to Hawaii An amendment
was added to the end of the bill provi6-
ing that no Chinese who obtains a certi-
ficate in Hawaii under the terms of the
bill shall be allowed TO enter any State
or territory of the United States.
Mr. DeArmcnd (Mo) offered an amend
ment compelling all Asiatics who have
entered the islands under contract since
the date of annexation to leave within
one year.
The amendment was adopted.
The bill was passed--120 to %.
At $3.50 p. m. the House adjourned
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CALLED.
Washington, April 6.-A Democratic
caucus has been called for tomorrow
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