The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-15
OF INTEREST TO HAWAII.
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gress, which is the Congress to be elect
ed this fall-as far as the House is con-
cerned-the struggle to enact an educa-
tional qualification would undoubtedly
be renewed. 1t is barely possible that
some of the Republican agitation of the
question just at present is purely politi
cal. The Chicago convention last June
failed to refnsert the plank of its 1900
convention declaring for the restriction
OF immigration. This omission has been
siezed upon by Democratic politicians
as evidence that the Republican party
are not needing the interests of organiz-
ed labor as 'strenuously as it might.
The charge is even made that the onis-
sion was because of forcible request
from the big transportation companies.
If that be the fact, it is all the more
improbable that further immigration
legislation will be undertaken during the
next Congress.
HAWAIIAN STATUTES.
Chief w. B. Acker, of the Miscella-
neous division of the Interior Depart
ment. through which passes all business
| with the Hawaiian Territorial govern
ment, says it is surprising how many re-
quests come to the departments regard
| ing the statutes enacted by the Terri
torial Legislature These inquiries
come from many different States. The
department requires the Territorial gov
eminent to forward here copies of the
statutes enacted at each session of the
Legislature, one set for the use of the
| interior Department, one set for the
| House of Representatives and one set
| for the Senate. In fact the law requires
that. But in addition Mr. Acker has re-
quested that one additional set be for
| warded, which he sends to the Con
gressional library, so that the laws OF
Hawaii can be accessible to anyone who
chooses to 90 there for them
| It would be an excellent idea, If the
Territorial authorities would send copies
of the acts of the Legislature to the
large libraries and especially to the
libraries in the several large cities" said
MIR. Acker this afternoon, when I sug-
gested that possibly a way could be
found to do as much "The Territory
could be placed on the exchange list OF
many of the big libraries and receive
certain publications in return But the
chief advantage would be in affording tc
inquirers ready access to this irforrna-
4 NlOii. hS1S -, Oh course. very general
lack OF knowledge about the laws of the
Territory. When The Territory was
seeking TO sell its bonds a few months
ago We had an urgent request from New
York one day for copies of certain Ter
ritorial laws regarding the Legislation
authorizing those bonds. Prospective
purchasers in New York OF those bond.
wired their agent here in Washington
to get for them the exact language ot
the law
But that is only one of many in.
stances Requests for information abou
Hawaiian statutes are coming in her,
from time TO time and. of course. i
IS to the advantage of the Territory tc
make such information easilv accessible
It would help us greatly if it were pos
slbie to inform inquirers that copies o
the statutes could be found in the libra
res az Boston. New York. Chicago
Milwaukee, San Francisco. and othe,
cities. What is true of Hawaii in tina