The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-25
CONFERENCE CoMMTTREE HAS
AGREED.
TeIegram From General Hartwell-Sen-
ate Conferees Accept the House
Measure In the Main.

WASHINGTON, April 17.--After ex-
tended meetings a unanimous agree
ment was reported today by the House
and Senate conferees on the Hawaiian
govrnment bill. The Senate conferees
yielded to the house measure, which
passd as substitute for the Senate
bill as a whole, although a number OF
amendments were made. In the main
the form of government as finally de-
termined upon, is that provided by the
House.
The chief amendments are: Providing
district court instead of the Federal
court organized under general laws, and
the striking out of the House provision
postponing for one year the time for
applying the ccasting laws to Hawaii.
The prohibition of saloons in Hawaii,
as provided by the House bill, is re-
tained in a modified form, in effect leav-
ing the matter to local option. The
House provisions as to the land laws
are retained, including the amendment
of Representative Newlands of Nevada,
restricting the amount of land to be
held by corporation to 1000 acres. The
other Newlands amendment, providing
for a committee to investigate the labor
question in Hawaii, is changed so that
Commissioner of Labor Wright will
conduct the inquiry. The appointment
of circuit judges, which was the subject
of rather earnest difference, was finally
decided by leaving the appointments
with the President.
The bill establishes a complete form
of government for the Islands with a
| governor and other executive officers, a
| Legislature of two branches, and ju-
dicial branch consisting of a supreme
court, circuit courts and inferior courts.
! The bill provides that Hawaii shall be
| represented in Congress by a delegate
! who shall have seat in the House of
1fofi .ifrl,f 10 A1INo
| but not a vote. The delegate to Con-
! gress is to be chosen at an election of
the people. There is no tariff provision
in the bill, as the tariff laws of the
| United States are extended over the
| Islands and the territory of Hawaii Is
specifically made customs district
| of the United States" with ports of
entry at Honolulu, Hilo, Mahukona and
| Kahului
AS to the crown lands, which have
been source of some controversy, it
is provided: THAT the portion of the
public domain heretofore known as
crown lands is hereby declared to have
been, on August IL, 1898, and prior
thereto, the property of the Hawaiian
Government, and to be free and clear
| from any trust of or concerning the
same, and from all claims of any nature
| whatsoever, upon the rents, issues and
profits thereof. 1t shall be subject to
alienation and other uses as may be
provided by law"
! The Chinese on the Islands are given
one year to obtain certificates of resi-
dence but tn conferees struck out the
| amendment inserted by Representative
De Almond of Missouri, providing that
"all Chinese and other Asiatics" ar
riving since the Islands were acquired
by the United States shall depart with
in one year or else be deported by the
| Government This latter provision was
omitted in view of the belief that the
Japanese have secured a treaty status
in Hawaii and that their forcible de-
portation by the United States would
invite a serious and needless breach
with Japan.