The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-11-22
HAWAII In UNIFIED STATES
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/ muIuH uf tHe boards hy each mls.
sionury district or tne church Within
/ tnp boundaries oft the United statpa
Boo O. , amendment to Article . of the
Constitution. adopted by This General
! Convention and now known us Section
o. Z desire as 90 representative of the
/ Missionary District Of Honolulu to
present the following reasons. for your
| consideration. why the words should be-
! construed or defined as including TINT
missionary district
T. Whether the words iu question bc
| considered in the geographical or their
political significance they include the
! Hawaiian Islands which constitute the
! Missionary District of Honolulu Geo
graphically. by the language of the
! so-called NeWlands Resolution, the
Joint Resolution of Congress approved
July g., lS9N anneXing the Republic of
Hawaii the Hawaiian Islands were am
/ ueNted and made part Of the United
States. II was not merely that the
/ jurisdiction and sovereignty of the
! United states was extended over them.
] I'm cousonance with this the act of Con
gregs approved April 80. 300 organ
/ lied" the Territory of Hawaii and e~-
T tabIished government therefore. The
Nevlauds Resolution made the Hu-
waiiau Islands as much part and par
eel of the United states as the joint rec
solution auueXiug Texas made that
state part of the United States the same
process was used-a Joint Resolution.
! I'm both cases the boundaries of United
States were extended to include the
annexed territory.
The Louisiana Purchase and the ac-
iouisition of California similarly extend
ed the boundaries of the United states.
The boundaries of the United States
are not immutable lines, nor even those
lines which because they were the
boundaries for many years, have in
loose thought become the customarily
conceived boundaries. But the "boun-
diaries" are those which the people Of
the United States through constituted
means congressional action or treaty,
have from time to time established as
the boundaries.
And by Congressional action these
boundaries now include the Hawaiian
Islands as fully and effectively as they
do the territory included i'm the Loul-
siana and the Godsden Purchases, the
annexation of Texas or the acquisition
Of California.
IL. Politically: In no respect are the
Hawaiian Islands differentiated from
the territory comprising that part OF
the continental United States included
between the Southern boundary OF
Canada and Mexico. There are no
general statutes of the United States
which do not extend to the Hawaiian
Islands.
Acts of Congress general in their APP
plication require no wards of inclusion
to extend them to the Hawaiian Islands
The laws and regulation hereunder, re-
lating to customs duties, Internal re-
venues and navigation are precisely the
same in Hawaii that they are in the
States and other organized territory OF
the United States Navigation be-
tween the Hawaiian Islands and other
parts of the United States Atlantic
Pacific or Gulf is cOast-wise naVlgatloIl'
and governed by exactly the same laws
and regulations as navigation between
: Boston and New York, or any other
customs districts i'm the United States
hawai- is an organized Territory of
the United States with "a form of gov
eminent similar in all essentials to the
territorial government of New Mexico
Arizona and Oklahoma, and differing
from any of them little if any more
than territorial governments i'm the
main portion of continental United
States have differed from one another.
Citizens of Hawaii are citizens of the
United States as fully and effectually
as are the citizens of any state. Ha-
wall is included with California ana
other States for certain purposes i'm a
Judicial Circuit i'm a lighthouse district
and i'm "A district for the Inspection OF
Steam Hulls and Bailers
III. Hawaii is grouped by the Exc
cutive, Legislation and Judicial de-
partment of the government i'm all
things, with the state and territories
about which there can be no doubt that
they are within the boundaries OF the
United States
1t is not grouped i'm any particular by
any department of the government
with any territory within the jurisdlc-
ton or under the sovereignty OF the
United States about which there can
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were admired. Miss Catherine r. Mays
has some fine specimens of ceramic
work, Phillip H. Dodge of some mono
chromes and a glove box and bench are
shown by Mrs. II. c. Brown. There are
sixty-seven pictdres in the exhibit.
BAND CONCERT.