The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-03-29
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
ON HAWAII ORGANIC ACT BILL
Governors Salary Ten Thousand, LEGISLATORS
Light red-'.Important Changes
in Land Sections.

The report of the house committee in
congress, on the bill to amend Hawaii :
Organic Act, was received here by yes
terday s mail. 1t is signed by Ralph
d. Cole. of Ohio, as chairman and James
W. Good of Iowa. Both have been here,
the former with the first party of con
gressmen several years ago, and Good
with the Bartholdt party last year
Their report offers various amendments
to the senate bill, the most important
being a provision that the land commits
sloner shall open any public lands,
leased or other, whenever twenty-five
applicants ask it. The report of the
committee also changes the bill so as
to make the compensation of legislators
$500. The following is from the report:
Hon. E. L. Hamilton, Chairman Com
mittee on the Territories.
Sir;-Your subcommittee have made
a careful aud detailed examination of
the bill 6. 1860 referred to us, and
unanimously recommend that the bill
should be tavorably reported, with GER
tain amendments hereinafter described
The substance of the pending bill was
considered at length by the committee
on the territories in the sixtieth con
gress.
As the legislation contained in this
bill has been considered at great
length by the people of Hawaii through
their press and political parties; as it
has been passed upon by their legisla
tUre and has been presented repeated
" before this committee, your subcom-
mittee believe that the time has come
when action should be taken on the
bill. The disposition of the public
lands III Hawaii is the most important
matter now affecting the welfare and
development Of that Territory; and as
the laws controlling those lands are
made exclusively by congress, it is
proper that we should now make such
changes as VII best make possible the
placing and maintaining of more citizen
homesteaders on the public lands.
The principal changes in the land
laws are des gned: First, to limit
demonstrating absolutely to American
citizens; second, to prevent ''repeat-
ing in demonstrating, and to eliminate
all speculation in homestead lands;
third. to prohibit the sale of homestead
lands to any corporation or to indy,
iduaI holders of more than 50 acres Of
land.
The Delegate from Hawaii suggests.
and your subcommittee recommend, that
specific authority be given the legis-
lature to enact general laws for the
condemnation of rights Of way for irrl-
CATION bitches.
Your subcommittee refers back for
consideration by the full committee the
question as to whether we should re-
insert the provisions, stricken ont in
the senate, authorizing the Territory
to guarantee loans to homesteaders and
to transportation companies
The provisions of Section D covering
changes in the general homestead land
Us as designed to accomplish the de-
sired ends above stated. VIZ to secure
bona fide citizen homesteaders who will
remain on and develop the land home
steaded; to prevent repeating and
speculation in government lands; and,
further, 10 prevent title of such lands
passing either to corporations or to
large individual holders.
W. recommend that that portion of