Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-18
AGREEMENT IN CONFERENCE
SENATE CONFEREES YIELDED TO
HOUSE MEASURE AS A WHOLE.
A Number of Amendments Made in
Committee-Virtual Local OPP
ton on Saloons.

After extended meetings an unanimous
agreement was reached yesterday after
noon by the Senate and House conferees
on the Hawaiian government bill. AS II
went to conference the House substituted
an entirely new measure previously enact
7Sby the Senate.
The Senate conferees yielded to the House
g4heasure as a whole, although a number of
amendments were made. In the main,
however, the form Of government as finally
determined upon is that provided by the
House
The main amendments are in providing a
district court instead Of the federal court
organized under general laws and the strik-
ing out Of the House provision postponing
for one year the time for applying the
coasting laws to Hawaii. The prohibition
Of saloons in Hawaii as provided by the
House bill is retained in a modified form,
In effect leaving the matter to local option.
The House provisions as to the land laws
are retained, including the amendment of
Representative Newlands of Nevada re-
stricting the amount of land to be held by
a corporation to 1000 acres The other
Newlands amendment providing for COM
mission 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 differ
snce, was finally decided by leaving the ap-
pointments with the President.
The bill establishes a complete form Of
government for the islands, with a gov
ernor and other executive officers, a legisla-
ture of two branches and a judicial branch
consisting of supreme court circuit courts
and inferior courts.
The bill provides that Hawaii shall be
rCrN Tod To-.
who shall have a seat in the House of Rep
resentatives, with right of debate, but not
vote. The delegate to Congress Is to be
chosen at an election of the people. There
Is no tariff provision of the bill, as the
tariff laws of the United States ara extend
ed over the island and the territory of Ha-
vail is specifically made "a customs dis
trict Of the United States,' with ports of
entry at Honolulu, Hilo, Mahukona and
kahului.
AS to the crown lands, which have been
the source of som, controversy, 1t is pro-
vided: THAT the portion of the public do
main heretofore known as crown land is
hereby declared to have been, on August
II, 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 claim Of any nature
whatsoever, upon the rents issues and
profits thereof. 1t shall be subject to
alienation and other uses as may be pro-
vided by law
The Chinese on the island are given one
year to obtain certificates of residence, but
the conferses struck out the amendment
inserted by Representative De Almond of
missouri providing that "all Chinese and
other Asiatics' arriving since the island
was acquired by the United States shall
depart within one year or else be deported
by the government. This latter provision
was omitted in view of the belief that the
Japanese have secured treaty status in
Hawaii and that their forcible deportation
by the United States would invite serious
and needless breach with Japan