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January 29, 1900 Mr. Clark of Wyoming introduced a joint
Senate resolution (S.R. 76) withdrawing certain
v. 33 (2) lands on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, from the
p. 1250 public domain; which was read twice by its
title, and referred to the Committee on Public
Lands
AMENDMENTS TO BILLS.
January 31, 1900 Mr. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be pro-
Senate posed by him to the bill (S. 222) to provide government for the
v. 33 (2) Territory of Hawaii; which was ordered to lie on the table and
p. 1327 be printed.
LANDS ON TUB ISLAND OF OAHU, HAWAII.
February 5, 1900 Mr. CLARK of Wyoming. I am directed by the Committee on
Senate Public Lands, to whom was referred the joint resolution (S. R.
V. 33 ( 2 ) 76) withdrawing certain lands on the island of Oahu, Hawaii,
p. 1487-1488 from the public domain, to report it favorably, and I ask for its
immediate consideration.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will be read for information.
The Secretary read the joint resolution.
Mr. FORAKER. I understand that a joint resolution in regard to certain lands on the
island of Oahu, Hawaii, has been reported from the Committee on Public Lands. I was
not aware there was any such resolution pending before the Senate.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is a report from the Commit-tee on Public Lands.
Mr. FORAKER. When was that joint resolution introduced?
Mr. CLARK of Wyoming. It was introduced something like a week ago, when it
was referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and it has been unanimously
reported from that committee. It is with reference to the withdrawal from the
public lands of the royal mausoleum, containing something like 120,000 square feet in
the outskirts of Honolulu.
Mr. FORAKER. I must certainly have been absent from the Senate when that joint
resolution was introduced and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. As chairman
of the Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico,. I shall insist that all matters
affecting those islands shall be referred to the committee having control of that subject.
Mr. CLARK of Wyoming. Certainly the Senator from Ohio will see the justice of
having referred this matter to the Commit-tee on Public Lands, when by resolution
and a proclamation of the President the public lands of Hawaii have been taken over
to the United States. It seems to me that there is but one commit-tee to which that
joint resolution and that subject should have gone. It certainly was not such a
reference of the joint resolution as could properly have been objected to, I think.
Mr. FORAKER. It may be as the Senator from Wyoming says; I have no doubt it is;
but I did not happen to be present when the joint resolution was introduced and was not
aware that any such resolution had been introduced or any such reference had been
made.
I only want to say, as chairman of that committee, that every-thing affecting those
islands the Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico will feel inclined to claim
should be referred to it. If everything affecting the public lands in those islands is to
go to the Committee on Public Lands, if everything referring to finance is to go to
the Finance Committee, and everything refer-ring to navigation is .to go to the
Committee on Commerce, we might as well dispense with the Committee on
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico. We shall claim the reference of everything of this
character, in the first instance, to that committee.
Mr. CLARK of Wyoming. I had no thought of discourtesy to the Senator or to the
Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico.
Mr. FORAKER. I am sure of that. I am not disposed to make any question on this
joint resolution; but, as I have already said. I want to serve notice
that our committee will make claim to every-
1488 thing connected with those islands in the way of legislation that
may be brought before the Senate.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the present Consideration of the joint resolution.
Mr. ALLEN. I object. I think morning business ought to be transacted before anything else is taken up.
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