The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-30

ceeding 20 take them up. Il viii leave
the lien OF the government upon them.
and, OF course. The government OF va
wal, instead Of testing those lands 60
in-O private ownership. must kesp
them and lease them for a long time.
indefinitely. accordingly % this BIZ.
We have ECt 20 keep them and hold
them il trust. i1 order that this won
az shall gel. the advantage Of the in
come from them. u the Government 0t
che CLi-ed States is 20 be reimbursed
Cor paying this S-51Ug0. II We do any
.lILg h her benefit al ali. iL ought %
De- q U=leN0.euce. and 30 ought 20 be an
aCt Of recognition that there Is some
duty or some privilege resting upon us
10 re.ustlte her. so far as her private
fortunes are concerned. for anything
she might have lost by virtue OF the ab-
dICatiOn OF her crown. for the fact OF
the business is that she did abdicate
her crown. Mr.. President
That prOyisO ought not 20 90 into
this bill; IL ought 20 be stricken out
hope it viii be Withdrawn. Il Is not
necessary at ali that the Government
of the United States should be REIN
bursed this sum OF money. II only
takes the amount out OF the control OF
the Hawaiian government. so as 20
compel the lands 10 be leased from this
time forward forever. The land can
no, be devoted 10 homestead settlement
at all.
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming / do not sup
pose the Senator understands that any
OF the land that is now under lease is
subject To homestead entry.
Mr.. Morgan. | do. As fast as the
| leases expire the land is subject 10
homestead entry.
Mr.. Clark of Wyoming. But not so
| long as the land is under lease.
| Mr. Morgan. But many OF the
leases have expired or are expiring.
| Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. II the Sen
atOr will remember and look at his da-
/ Ia. he Will find that very few leases
will expire during the term Of i've
years mentioned in the amendment.
Mr.. Morgan. My impression is that
quite a number of the leases have ex-
| pired or are about expiring. What is
| the use Of having the Government of
| the United States set apart those lands
as a fund 10 reimburse this $3.50, 900 and
/ take them out of the land system in
/ Hawaii, entirely out Of the public do
/ main2 We have dedicated those lands
J by the act Of annexation 10 the use OF
| the people of Hawaii. not TO the use
4 Of LiliuOkalani, nor to the use OF the
/ United States.
/ Mr.. Bacon. Will the Senator permit
me just a moment?
/ Mr.. Morgan. Yes.
| Mr.. Bacon. The provisO expressly
| limits this TO a charge upon the reve-
nues from those lands especially, and
those which have been disposed Of by
settlement or otherwise can not be af-
| fected. The prOvisO can hot affect any
lands except those which remain under
lease and from which revenues are de-
rived.
Mr.. Morgan. There is no use for It
and no need for 1t. IL is a sort OF In
dian gift-give it and take IL back II
we are going to do the decent thing
about 1t, If Senators insist that it is
a decent act TO do. then let Us do II
without reservation and without en-
barrassing the land system OF Hawaii
in order to get the measure through
the Senate.
Mr.. Cullom. May l ask the Senator,
i by his leave, a question?
| Mr.. Morgan. Certainly.
/ Mr.. Cullom. l ask whether the Sen
atOr does not think that this whole sub
ject of what should be paid to the
/ Queen, if anything. should be the re-
suit of a special investigation. and that
We should then act with all the light
Il possible before us?
Mr.. Morgan. 1t ought to be the sub
| ject of a separate bill. The committee
have not had any opportunity Of con-
sidering this question at all as a claim
i against Hawaii or the Government of
the United States. II has not been pre-
u sented either to the commission or 10
the committee.
Mr.. Clark OF Wyoming. The bill as
prepared and reported absolutely cuts
of any possibility Of action in that re-
4 gard.
Mr.. Morgan. No; it does not do
\ that.
Mr.. Clark of Wyoming. II section 1O1
does not do that, l should like to have
7 The Senator from Alabama interpret IT,
Mr.. Morgan. / will interpret il in a
moment. The Government of the
United States took over the title OF
those lands in Hawaii and devoted the
proceed OF the lands entirely TO the
people Of Hawaii, acting merely as q
conduit or trustee for the purpose oil
holding title for the benefit OF those
4 people. In doing that, the commission
5 and the committee were afraid that the
5 Government of the United States might
have thrust upon it a liability OF in.
) cumbrance claimed by iiliuOkalani
and therefore cut IL of so far as this
Government is concerned. without
touching her right, whatever thai
might be. The only provision Of the
{ bill on the subject is that this Govern
ment does not assume, and will no
% assume. any claim Of trust or Obliga
ton resting upon that public domain
, that We got from the Hawaiiansi
! which was a just, proper. and neces
, sary provision, and did not affect hel
at all.
1 know what has been said about
this thing very frequently. Men have
7. been here for a year or two years
= have been here almost all the time
lThey came here before annexation
= took place with powers of attorney
coupled with an interest, to have thii
! claim vamped up and paid. Suits haY,
been threatened, but lawyers have no
yet been found who had the temerit,
= to bring the suits against the Republic
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