Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-05

form of government as we understand |
II. and. of course, excluding all refer.
once TO Texas and California, States
which never went Though the terri.
toral form of government under our
system-and every one Of the Terri.
tories of the United States had IN
their organic acts think, without q
solitary exception, incorporated almost
the exact language in which legislative
power was given 10 the Territory OF
Hawaii In the organic act for that
country ten years ago. The language
Is employed in the organic act In prac
tically every instance. In Arkansas.
Colorado. and others that | can name
here
F, Senator Piles: In order to save
time--l have to go to another meeting
i would say to Doctor Dinwiddie
that | do not think anybody will dis.
putc the statement that Congress has
the power to leglslate for a Territory.
Even where that power was not re.
served by the organic act in one OF
the Territories have forgotten
whether II was Utah or North Dakota
1.-The Supreme Court of the United
States decided squarely that that pow.
err belonged to the Congress OF the
country. | do not believe anybody
, will deny that
The Chairman: | do not think there
is any division on that.
Mr.. Dinwiddie. Then | need not
consume the time of the committee on
that phase of It.
The Chairman: think the commit.
tee Is unanimous ON that point.
? Mr. yDinwiddie: Then ! will be very
+ glad to omit that part of II, but II had
reached me that that was considera-
r. ton. and an important consideration.
The Chairman: No: ! think ! can
state exactly what the point was, in
a few words, although II took n great
| many words to state It originally. i,
. was that Hawaii had been under an
: independent government for seventy.
FIVE years and had been republic for
years when II came in: that unlike
. the action In connection with other
n Territories, this was an action he.
= tween sovereign states, and while
there was conceded to the United
e States absolute power to leglslate with
regard to the Territory whenever II
saw fit. nevertheless the territorial
n government was permitted to exist un
|. der the laws as they prevailed. and
Il those laws were altered In no par
I. ticular except Enthusiastically, by
p. substituting for a governor elected b!
~ the people governor appointed b.
II the United States: that as to the leg
n islature. the courts, the land laws, etc,
= those things were considered so goo'
10 under the republic that they were con
m tlnued without change or amendment
that for ten years the island govern
-, ment had continued without any rec
:" ommendatlon from the governor o
from any local authority or from tn
y representative here for any interior
" ence by Congress which would lead &
~ an assertion on the part of the Unite,
III States that the island government wa
&c incapable of selfgovernment. Tha
r was the statement.
no Points To Indians.
9. MIR. Dinwiddlc: ! see. ! need no
nj go into II any further, II You are nj
~ agreed on that.
y. There is one thing that came u
n this morning that feel might spea
e. OF for few moments. The Prime
II. this morning seemed to feel that Nj
n. reflection upon the Hawaiian people |
his statement that they were more q
IL less powerloss to stand up under tn
an influence Of the liquor traffic out ther
of aud that their pecularities. recognlzin
-, them as what We might term nativ
m. race. In q certain sense made II II
10. cumbent upon the Congress. as tn
n protector of the people. to take an u,
~. usual course with reference to then
ho ] feel that II ought to be said befoI
m the committee, and think before III
nj. Prince that he ought not to entertai
"a. that feeling. | remember very we
ey that four or five years ago when "
re-. had the subject OF Oklahoma's stat
on hood up the most interested peopl
Al. those who petltioned the strongest Il
ID protection against the liquor tram
~. were the Indians themselves; and
ne do not think II Is any disparagemel
nv of tho Hawaiian people to say tn
nj probably the North American India
II left to himself, Is probably as stror
Lry a character as any OF the native rac'
ad ever have been. He did not have
he many vices until he got mixed up wi
TO the whites and until we came and !
er. troduced our vices. | have heard gre
Or. strong Indians make the stateme
OF. that before intoxicating liquors thu
he were pOwerless, and that they want'
ial the help and assistance OF the FEEDER
Ne. Government TO keep intoxicatiI
ing liquors away from them. That Is Il
,at settled policy of this Government
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