Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-17
SEEKING STATEHOOD
RESOLUTION OF THE HAWAIIAN
LEGISLATURES.
Protest Against Lazaretto-Teaching
the Native Tongue-Aid for
y Education.


There have been received by the House
of Representatives four joint resolutions
from the legislature of the territory OF Ha-
wall. Only two bear the approval and sig
nature of Gov. Sanford B. Dole. who was
but recently named for the federal bench
In the islands One was passed over the
governors veto and in the other he appears
TO have taken no action.
The most important of the resolutions Is
one asking for statehood. In 1t the terri
torial legislature resolved:
Statel- God Wanted.
THAT the Congress of the United States
be and Is hereby respectfully requested to
pass, at an early date, an act enabling the
people of this territory who are citizens
thereof and duly qualified to vote to meet
In convention and adopt state constituS
ton. whereby and whereunder this terri
tory may be admitted as state into the
Union.
Resolved, That the governor of this ter
rftory be and is hereby requested to trans
nit duly certified copy of this resolution
to the President of the United States, the
President of the Senate of the United
States, the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives of the United States and the
delegate Of the territory of Hawaii in til 9
Congress, with the request that this reso.
luton be laid before the Congress of the
United States.'
The second resolution asks for an amend
ment to the laws relating to the use of the
Hawaiian language. The amendment is
suggested to section A of the act to pro-
vide a government for the territory of Ha-
wall, SO as to permit the use of the native
language in the schools. This measure was
the one vetoed by Gov. Dole, but is certified
as having passed both the house and senate
Of the territory over the veto by the neces-
sary two-thirds majority.
Protest Against Lazaretto.
A third resolution. bearing the approval
Of Gov. Dole, protests against making a
portion of the territory a national home for
leperS. This resolution states that in the
report of the committee appointed by the
Senate OF the United States to investigate
the affairs and conditions in the territory Of
Hawaii such commission recommended that
all lepers now segregated on the Island of
Molokai be placed under federal control,
and that all lepers on the mainland Of the
United States be transported to Molokai.
thereby making a portion of the terrt Dry
national laZarettO.
1t is declared to be against the wishes OF
the citizens of the territory that national
lazaretto be established in the territory.
and also against the wishes of the citizens
now afflicted with this disease and now seq
regated on Molokai that they should be
placed under federal control. The resolu-
ton then continues.
Whereas this territory has cared for
it's citizens afflicted with this disease in
the most humane and intelligent manner,
and that by careful segregation and In
telligent treatment under the control of
experienced physicians this disease Is
steadily decreasing, and that it Is hoped
in time will be eradicated from our
shores; -
I'VE therefore, as representatives of
the people, in legislature assembled, do
solemnly protest to and pray the Con-
gress of the United States that this
calamity be not cast upon this territory
against the VIII, Of its citizens
To Aid Education.
The last of the four resolutions asks
legislation for the furtherance of educa-
ton in thetterritory. In this 1T is stated
that the revenue OF the territory is In
sufficient to meet the expenses of running
the government thereof, and the educa-
tional department needs all the assist
ance it can receive for the higher educa-
ton of the youths of the territory. The
legislature requests Congress to make an
benefit Of the department of education,
cent of the net proceeds of the customs
revenues in the territory to be used for
the benefit of the department The Ha-
waiian delegate is requested to use his
best and continued efforts to carry out
the wishes of the people of Hawaii as
expressed in the resolution.