The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-11
RECENT HAWAIIAN LEGISLATION
IN HOUSES OF CONGRESS

part of the Chamber to know what the
bill contains.
Mr.. Hale. Mr.. President. 1 will object
The President pro tempore Objection
is made. and the bill will go to the Cal
endar
Mt Teller; The first information those
in this part of the Chamber could get
In regard to the bin was the statement
made by the Senator from virginia
CIVIL OFFICES IN HAWAII, ETC.
In the Senate, May 1-Mr. Ross. Mr..
President, I ask unanimous consent that
Senate bill 1000 be taken up for the &C.
casion of some remarks
The President pro tempore The Chair
lays the bill before the Senate.
The Secretary. bfll Is. 2OOe) regulat-
Ing appointment to and removals from
civii omces IN outlying dependencies of
the United States.
Amendment of the Committee to Ex-
anime the Several Branches OF the Civil
Service. Strike out all after the enact
ing clause and insert:
That all appointments to civil offices
made by the President or any head of a
Department in Alaska, Hawaii, or any
place brought within the jurisdiction of
the United States by the recent treaty
with Spain. shall be made Irrespective of
the political opinions Of the persons APP
pointed, and, so far as consistent with
| the office, in such manner as to repre-
sent the entire country. In case of re-
| moval from any such Office whenever
practicable. charges shall be made in
the accused. who shall be afforded reas-
! enable opportunity to make answer
thereto; and the President or head Of a
Department making the appointment
may, wherever the public interest shall
/ seem to require it. suspend the official
pending hearing or investigation of such
| charges
! Mr. Ross Mr.. President, during the
I
has taken on new relations and entered
upon the discharge of new duties. For
the first time in her existence she has
entered upon the difficult undertaking OF
governing dependencies, located quite
remotely. having fixed customs and laws
the growth of centuries-the funda.
mental principles underlying which are
the opposite of those which have ruled
her existence.
THEY ARE DEPENDENCIES.
! l speak of them as dependencies be
cause that word most clearly expresse.
their relation to this nation. Territory
is a more general term and applies NOR,
, strictly to the nations ownership of tn,
oil than to its relation to the inhabit
| nts of the country. Colony less cor
| ectly expresses their true relation. Mos
them are quite thickly populated an,
| re not expected to become colonies no
furnish q place for the overflow O
,ur surplus population. All are. and 70
ears will be, dependent, in grea
. | measure, upon THIS nat1On Tor protection
r against foreign nations, for laws an
heir due administration. They ma
properly be denominated dependencies.
! Whether this new work shall redoun
to the nations glory or shame depend
e largely upon the spirit and manner i
+ which it is entered upon and conducted
e 1t is trite and true saying. We'll be
gun is half done. Well may Congress
g and the nation enter cautiously, consei
. vatively, and thoughtfully upon the DIS
i charge of these new and important dr
t ties, in which the welfare of nearly o
quite 100,000,000 people is more less d
t rectly involved. The measure before tn
s Senate, if enacted into law and obeye