The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-06

defenses. It cannot be too often re- peated that our aim be 10 develop the territory of Hawaii on traditional Amercan lines That territory has ser ious commercial and industrial prob lens to reckon with; but no measure of relief can be considered which looks 10 legislation admitting Chinese and re- structing them by statute to field labor and domestic service The status of servility can never again be tolerated on American soil. We cannot concede that the proper solution of it's problems is special legislation admitting to Ha- waii a class of laborers denied admis- sion to the other states and territories There are obstacles, and great ob- stacIes, in the way of building up a representative American community in the Hawaiian islands; but it is not in the American character to give up in the face of difficult. Many an Ameri- can commonwealth has been built up against odds equal to those that now confront Hawaii.
 No merely half-hearted efforts to meet it's promIebs as other American communities have met theirs can be ac- cepted as final Hawaii shall never be- come a territory in which governing class of rich planters exists by means of coolie S2bor. Even if the rate of growth of the territory is thereby ren- dered slower, ths growth must only take place by the aGSoission of immi- grants fit in the end to assume the du- ties and burdens of full American cit izenship. Our aim must be to develop the territory on the sam ebasis of stable citizenship as exists on this con- tinent.
 Porto Rico.
 I earnestly advocate the adoption of legislation which will explicitly confer American citizenship on all citizens of Porto Rico. There is, in my judgment, no excuse for failure to do this. The harbor of San Juan should be dredged and improved. The expenses of the federal court of Porto Rico should be met from the federal treasury, and not from the Porto Rican treasury. The elections in Porto Rico should take place every four years, and the legisla- ture should meet in session every two years. The present form of government in Porto Rico, which provides for the appointment by the president of the members of the executive council or upper house of the legislature, has proved satisfactory and has inspired confidence in property owners and in- vestors. I do not deem it advisable at the present time to change this form in any material feature. The problems and needs of the island are industrial and commercial rather than political. ' Insular Affairs in General.
 I wish also to call the attention of the congress to one question which af- fects our insular possessions generally, namely, the need of an increased hber- ality in the treatment of the whole franchise question in these islands. In the proper desire to prevent the islands being exploited by speculators and to have them develop in the interest of their own people an error has been l made in refusing to grant sufficiently liberal terms to induce the investment of American capital in the Philippines and in Porto Rico. Elsewhere in this message have spoken strongly against the jealousy of mere wealth, and espe- cially of corporate wealth as such But it is particularly regrettable to allow any such jealousy to be developed when