Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-06
GOVERNMENT OF HAWAII.
several Important Amendments To
the BIZ NdGnief.

Several important amendments Ia the Ha-
waiian bill were agreed 20 yesterday by the
House, among them the following: To nulli-
fy all labor contracts in the islands; to OK
tend the alien contract labor laws 20 the
islands; 20 proiiih: the sale of i-.toxtcatin.,
liquor in salGcns; TO limit the Land hold
| tnss Of corporations to 1908 acres. and TO
substitute FOR the House provision relating
TO the appointment "f judges am other Of
flcers Of The island the Senate provision
The House provision lodged the appoint
ing power IN the governor, the Sena Q
placed it in tbe President.
While discussing the proposed liquor
amendments. Mr.. Littieieid CNeD chaI-
lenged Mr.. Fitzgerald TO place his finger
on spot ar place where liquor was sold
openly IN saloons IN Maine.
Mr.. ti;zSsr>..A s:ia il was Id every
where and finally compelled Mr.. Bittlefcld
TO admit ti!at i cnnli bc 'proCGrol'' at al
mcst any place. Proceeding, Mr.. Li,tlc:ield
said it was the policy oil The civilized world
t" prohibit the sale Of Intoxicating, iosors
among unciVilized peoples. If the Anglo
saxon race Was an control he would not
favor the amendment, bat as il was not
adopted
Mr.. Finley $50 said there wcre physio-
logical reasons WIN 1t would bc wen to
prohibit the sale Of Liquor in She islands.
Mr.. Berry ky opposed the amendment
on the GROUND tE.lt il was ne universal
experience that the more Stringent the
liquor laws the worse the Iiquur and the
more it was drank.
The amendment uae adop.ea &c 10 GO
MIR. Newlands tNcF.) offered an amend
ment, which was adopted, to limit the hold
ihss of real estate 10y single corporation
u 1voo acres the proViso not, however to
interfere with existing holdings.
Mr.. White ,N.CD, the colorcd member
offered an amendment. which WAS lost to
strike from the qualifications of voters for
representatives the provision requiring the
payment OF pol tax.
Mr. Williams CMiss) offered an amend
ment requiring the payment of tue poll tax
nine months prior 10 thl election. He said
having poll tax law that where It could be
paid just before the election il became !,
means of corruptinS voters
Inc amendment provoked heated discus
sion, IN which Mr.. GTosvcnor (Ohio) Mr.
Underwood CAla.l, Mr. Liuney tN.Cl and
% to 50.
By this time the hour for voting. 4
o clock, was close at hand. Almost TWEEN
ty-f.ve pages Of the hill remained To he
read. As it was manIfestIy impossible TO
complete the reading Of the bill. Mr. Knox
sought to offer several amendments out of
order. and AIR. Hill Comm asked to be al
lowed to offer two amendments one 10
provide for residential commissioner in
stead Of a delegate from Hawaii, and one
that nothing in the bill be interpreted as a
pledge of statehood.
Several democrats objected on the ground
that the whole bill should he read
Mr.. Knox then asked for an additional
hour to consider the bin.
To this MIR. Mudd (A1d.) objected, and
wien Mr.. Williams tNiss) asked That The
committee ancninents he considered pend
ing. Mr.. Hill Comm objected
Mr.. Richardson CTenn.) then offered n
way out OF the tanglc. which mot the
unanimous approval OF the House 1t was
that the House finish the consideration of
the bill under the ffve-miItute rule.
MIR. PuSh (Ky.D moved to strike out the
provision requiring that voters should he
able 10 speak read and write the English
o.. Hawaiian language. 1t was lost
Mr. Underwood (Aia.) tainted the renyIb-
lcans with their Inconsistency il recos.uiz-
ing the necessity for white man rule in
hawaii in the pending bill, while denounc-
ing at every opDortanity the election laws
OF some OF the southern states which were
designed TO prevent the participation in
elections of the ignorant and worthless
On motion OF Mr.. Shafroth tCoioD the
senate provision lodging the appoint r7ent
OF the Judges and other officers in the
President instead of the governor was sub
stituted for the House provision. Without
finishing the bill The House, at go ad-
journed.