The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-09
FINS CORONAT.

Signed. The bill making Hawaii a
Territory of the United States is now
history. The struggle which has been
going on for twenty years, and the idea
which has been incubating for over
fifty years has reached it's final cor
summation. On August the twelfth
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight the
struggle was practically ended by the
act of annexation, but the coping stone
of the whole fabric, the organic law
which was required to complete the
work had to wait till April thirtieth,
nineteen hundred before it was finally
rounded out.
The territorial bill in it's final stage
has had very little alteration from the
bill which was printed when the con-
ference committee had got through its
labors. The main change is not maxi
ing the payment of taxes prerequisite
of voting, and the abolishing of impris-
eminent for debt, statute which has
not be applied for years.
The principle of home rule is applied
very satisfactorily, and the offices will
be filled with citizens of the Territory
of Hawaii, thus saving us from the dis
advantage of carpet bag administra-
ton.
The appointments of Governor, Chief
Justice, Justices of the Supreme Court,
and Judges of the Circuit Court will be
nominated by the President, subject to
the advice and consent of the Senate
The Governor, subject to the advice
and consent of the Senate of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, will appoint the At
torney General Treasurer, Commits
sioner of Public Lands, Commissioner
Of Agriculture and Forestry, Superin-
tendent of Public Works, Superintend-
ent of Public instruction, Auditor
Deputy Auditor, Surveyor, High Sher-
if, Members of the Board of Health,
Commissioners of Public instruction,
Board of Prison Inspectors, Board of
Registration and Inspectors of Elec-
ton, and any other boards of public
character that may be created by law
When the Senate is not in session he
can make such appointments by grant
ing commissions, and he may by the
advice and consent of the Senate OF
The Territory of Hawaii, remove from
office any such officers.
The powers of the Governor are more
extensive than those of the President
of the now expiring Republic of Hawaii,
and upon his tact and iudicious use Of
that power will depend the smooth
working of the machinery of govern
nIent. 1t is fortunate that this power
must always be vested in a citizen Of
the Territory.
We can congratulate ourselves upon
this successful outcome of a very pro-
lOnged effort. The writer of these lines
looked to this ultimate result many
years ago. We have knocked at the
Goor of the United States, asking for
admission years upon years. At times
it seemed as if the door was ready to
open, and then it was closed again.
But through it all there were those
here who consistently and earnestly
worked in spite of Encouragement, in
spite OF that hope deferred which
maketh the heart sick, and who may
ROW look with satisfaction upon the
completion of a great work, which cir
cumstances have assisted in a happy
and felicitous manner.
We stand now on the threshold of a
new era. The pages of the old history
of Hawaii are closed both as a mon
archy and an Independent Republic.
There can now be no slip between the
cup and the lip, no hanging up of the