The age-herald., 1900-04-07
HOUSE PASSED
 HAWAIIAN BILL Substitute for Senate Measure
 Will to to Conference. HILL MADE 4 STRONG SPEECH Spoke for Two Amendments
 Which Were Lost. THE RACE PROBLEM CAME UP Williams of Mississippi Said it Ill Be- came Members from the North to Taunt the South on Suffrage Laws
THE RACE PROBLEM CAME UP

Washington, April 6.-The house, after four days debate, passed the substitute for the senate bill providing for terri torial form of government for Hawaii. The bill now goes to conference.
 The most interesting feature of the day s proceedings was the attempt of MT. Hill of Connecticut to secure the adoption of two amendments, one providing for a resi- dent commissioner instead of a delegate in congress, and the other declaring that nothing in the act should be interpreted as pledge of statehood. Both were over whelmingly defeated.
 An amendment offered by MT. Newands of Nevada was agreed to, directing the surveyor general to report to the depart ment of labor annually the number of hold CTS of lands of less than 100 acres.
 The section giving the legislature of Ha- waii power to impeach the judges of the several courts was stricken out.
 Mr. Hill of Connecticut offered an amendz ment giving Hawaii a resident commits sioner in Washington instead of dele gate in congress.
 MT. Hill opposed anything that aimed at the reformation of a future state of the lSidLu. I1S Sdlu tHefe were lew members Of congress who looked to the admission of Hawaii as state. He had voted for annexation with the distinct understand ing that nothing of the kind would ever be contemplated. Yet here Hawaii was bIos- soming into a full-fedged territory.
 Does that gentleman believe in taxation without representation asked Mr. Fitz- gerald of Massachusetts
 ''There are only 100000 people in Hawaii D replied MT. Hill There are 340, 900 people in Washington, yet the people of Washing ton are taxed without representation"
 Do you believe in the principle?" per- sisted MT. Fitzgerald
 Well Governed City
 "I believe Washington is the best gov erned city on earth" responded Mir. Hill. Proceeding, he said he did not believe the people of the United States were prepared to take the first step toward the statehood of our insular possessions. It was a step from territory to a state, and political exigencies at any time might induce the dominant party to admit the territory. He would never vote to place a delegate from anywhere on the floor of this house who was not elected by a constituency which knew what it was doing.
 MT. Hit of Illinois, who was a member of the Hawaiian commission opposed the amendment He said 1t was desirable in legislating for the island that there should be a delegate on the floor who could be questioned. If there was no delegate, the corridors would be crowded with lobbyists representing special interests (Applause)
 MT. Hill said that Everybody knew what a lobbyist was. Whether he was an ex- governor, an ex-senator, an ex-justice of the supreme court or a common hireling in Washington he represented special inter- ests"
 'The gentleman has had broad experi- ence with foreign affairs" said MT. Hill; 'does he know of a single insular govern ment in the world, either in Great Britain, France or Germany or any other European power, which has a representative in the house of parliament?'
 We are a popular representative gov ernment essentially" replied Mr.. Hit, and republic does not need to take les sons from monarchies in the application of our own system" Great applause on both sides of the house.) "a
 Territories Entitled to Representation
 MT. Williams, of Mississippi, argued that