Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-26
WHAT MOTT; SAYS
OF ORGANIC ACT CHANGES

shipping laws and the President has
recommended the legislation. when
there came opposition from Hawaii;
the people here advocated an amend.
ment to the immigration laws, the
President recommended that and now
Hawaii is uncertain In advocating any
exceptions being made in our favor;
the Mahuka and Irwin site trouble
arose and now there Is opposition de-
veloping to what Is being done for us
by the Governor, the President, our
friends In the Cabinet and our friends
In Congress. In what kind of light
will we stand in Washington II this
contlnuest .,.,.
There need be no fear that reopen
! ing the matter Of the Organic Act will
allow any Congressman to slip In some
harmful clause Hawaii has now too
many friends in Congress to allow
harmful Legislation to pass without
/ question. Interest in Hawaii is now
growing outside of our own efforts
and our progress Is to be helped, not
retarded by Washington. unless we
here prove ourselves through instabll
ity in our views and wishes such that
| Congress will either refuse to discuss
Hawaiian affairs with our own repre-
sentatives and legislate for us with.
out consulting our wishes"
81 have here framed the amend.
ments proposed by Governor Frear
from the drafts he has sent me, In
&, practically the phraseology, | think,
that they have been offered by him."
said Acting Governor Mott-Smith. 1T
will be seen from these that there is
nothing touched on that has not been
widely discussed and, so far as such
things can be, pretty generally agreed
on. The first one is to increase the
pay OF the legislators. That certainly
has been much talked of. 1t Is section
20 Of the Organic Act and as amend.
ed as proposed will read as follows.
| Sec. 26.-That the members of
the Legislature shall receive for their
services, In addition to mileage at the
rate of ten cents mile each way, the
sum Of six hundred dollars for each
Irregular session. payable In three equal
instalments on and after the first, thir.
tieth and fiftieth days of the session,
provided they shall receive no com.
pehsation Tor any extra session under
the provisions OF section ffty.four OF
this act
THE matter OF increasing the sal.
ares Oh certain territorial omcials
pa,u ou' =. 'ne united states treas
49,, 40. las a'so Deel' W'ueIy discussed
vn,,,n M D.en rev uisseh.,ne
,h,a.. l.. .os'ns WI, ns
~ tSs nsuan,a a.. ~ 'e.,,on oc
sa,,s e"'' E''' so ''a' II VIII reau
".sec 20 That N. ,rro.,,,or. s,,p
pomipate and hy ond ,,,,,, ,ha -
and consent of tho Senate onno,n, ,ho
:. chief iustice and i,s,Icos -, ,ho O.,
|, preme Conrt The Judges NJ tho C,r.
. cult courts. who shall bo,d the,r 70
spectiye offices for the term nj fou,
years, and until their successors arc
appointed and qualified. unless sooner
removed by the President,
1.-THE second sentence of Sec. 80 of
the Organic Act relating to the man
ner of appointment and removal OF
Territorial officers Is to be changed SO
as to read as follows:
He 1.-THE Governor) may re-
move from Office any of such off,
GERS. ....
This change is one that has been
- discussed through a long period and
widely agreed on. Surely this cannot
, come with the shock Of surprise. Nor
is the proposed amendment to section
81 an unheard-of matter. It is as
follows:
, Nor shall any Judge sit In any
case In which he may have been of
counsel or on an appeal from any de-
oision or judgment rendered by him,
and the Legislature of the Territory
, may add other causes of disqualifica-
, ,,tion to those herein enumerated.
II Section 91'of the Organic Act Is