Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-20

avoid as far rs possible having TO ap
ply again to Congress f0f awen iments,
J ct least. for some time TO COME, J
must plead guilty to having drafted the
greater part Of this bill. On the steam.
or, consulted Nj. Newell and Junsa
Ballou upon the preliminary draft, and
in Washington went over 1t at great
length With our Delegate TO Congress
and Mr.. Mcclellan, and in some meas.
ure with Mr.. Hatch, though | did not
have the opportunity TO go over the
entire bill with him. Event over II
also in detail with Secretary Garfield
My general purpose or aim was to put
in the things which seemed TO be Of
immediate pressing Importance or
might at any time prove to he Of press.
ing Importance and to opit such mat.
ters as were not Of sufficient import.
ancc to Justify amending the act, al
| though there were Il number of such
that thought 1t would be very well to
have also, as far as possible. to elm
ipate such matters as might be the sub
iect Of decided difference OF opinion
either at this end or at the other end
Of the line, so as not to endanger the
whole act and so as to make II as far
as possible representative of public
sentiment.
Now. IN accordance with the sLgges.
tion made by the President. | will take
up the act section by section. | might
say, however, that the act Is not at the
present time In quite it's final condi.
ton so far as | have had to do with t..
| filed brief after my oral argument
before the Senate and House commit.
tees suggesting several changes in the
printed form and since then have left
ether changes with the Delegate to be
presented in case II should seem best,
Section No. I.
The first section. az you know, is OF
rather blind nature. II amends sec.
ton Of the Organic Act. which is the
section which extends TO Hawaii the
constitution and laws OF the United
States but only so far rs applicable and
which expressly excerpts two sections
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States. Now, II was thougo desirable
that other portions Of the laws of the
United States should also be excepted
for the purpose of removing uncertain
~ as to whether they apply TO Hawaii
or not, A commission was appointed
In pursuance Of an Act OF Congress
some years ago to codify and revise the
laws Of the United states. This com
mission has made a final report and il
has recommended that, among other
things, Congress should provide that
all Of these laws should be deemed not
20 apply TO Hawaii This section was
framed In this general way partly for
breyity. because the list of these lawr
Is n long one, and partly for conven
fence, because they are all collected
al this one place In the report of the
E code commission and II can readily be
seen just what they are and partly be
, cause II calls attention to the fact tina
} n disinterested body was of the opin
i. ion that these laws should not apply u
=
, that form, namely. that that report 4
, not as widely distributed as might b,
desired and some people might find
| little difficulty in getting at H. And So
l especially at the suggestion OF III,
! House Committee, ! prepared a NOR,
=. definite form, stating expressly VIVA
. laws Of the United States should Ii,
. excepted. These laws are, in general
sections iSil to 1890 of the Revised
r Statutes, which relate to the organize
; tion and powers OF the three hranchr.
? Of executive lcgislatty,
ond Judicial. II includes also cert1!r
other statutes relating to bonded In
debtedness, local government. specia
laws, and the holding Of land by a.
lens. These parts Of the laws Of III,
United States. think, would probabl,
be- held not to apply to Hawaii, bu
. there Is great uncertainty as to whett
FER that would be the case.
Territorial Bonds. .
Again, the subject of Territorla
, bonds Is covered by the Organic Act
, suppose some one comes along an
. says: these other laws relating I
. Territorial bonds that were passe
with special reference to other TER
tories apply also In Hawaii" We can
0 sen our bonds. and so on. The obJec
y OF that section Is to remove uncertain
4 Ties OF this kind, and to have It dcar
@ itacly-determined by Congress that III
r provisions of the Organic Act are e,
o elusive upon the subjects to which the
, relate.
! Legislative Salaries.
The second section raises the sa
, aries OF the Legislators from 500