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1836            Mr. CHANDLER.   Mr. President, it seems to me it is not worth 
                while at this late hour, after a somewhat tedious day, to under- 
                take to determine now what business the Senate will proceed to 
                take up to-morrow.

Mr. CULLOM.   There is a full Senate present.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on the motion of the Senator from 
New Hampshire, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business.
The motion was rejected.

Mr. CULLOM. I ask that the vote may now be taken on the question of 
proceeding to the consideration of the Hawaiian bill, the title of which has been road.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on the motion of the Senator from 
Illinois, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill named by him.
The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, 
proceeded to the consideration of the bill (S. 222) to provide a government for the 
Territory of Hawaii.

TERRITORY OF HAWAII.
February 16, 1900       The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BURROWS in the chair).   The
Senate                  Calendar under Rule VIII is in order.
v.  33  (2)             Mr. CULLOM.   It is within a few minutes of 2 o'clock.   As the 
p. 1869-1872            preliminary work on the bill (S. 222) to provide a government for 
                       the Territory of Hawaii will be its reading, I ask unanimous con- 
                       sent to proceed to its consideration now.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request of the Senator 
from Illinois?

Mr. PETTUS. I should like to have it written down. I did not hear what it is.

Mr. CULLOM. Does the Senator from Alabama refer to the bill which I 
propose to call up? If he did not hear the announcement, I will make it again.

Mr. PETTUS.   I did not hear a word you said.

Mr. CULLOM. I am very sorry; it was my fault, I presume. As it is within 
a few minutes of 2 o'clock. I ask that the Senate now, by unanimous consent, 
proceed to the consideration of the bill   (S. 222) to provide a government for the 
Territory of Hawaii.

Mr. HALE.   It will come up at 2 o'clock anyway.

Mr. CULLOM.   It will come up at 2 o'clock as the regular order.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request of the Senator 
from Illinois?

Mr. PETTUS. I do not object, but I am a little afraid of general consents that 
I do not hear.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair hears no objection, and the bill 
will be proceeded with.

The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill (S. 
222) to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, which had been 
reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations with amendments.

Mr. CULLOM. In the reading of the bill by the clerks, I will ask that the 
few amendments which are reported by the commit-tee may be considered and 
acted upon as they are reached, if that course is agreeable to the Senate.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Secretary will read the bill, and if there be 
no objection the amendments of the committee will be acted upon as they are 
reached.
The Secretary proceeded to read the bill. The first amendment reported by the 
Committee on Foreign Relations was, in section 1, page 1, line 9, after the word 
"force," to insert "on the 12th day of August, 1898;" so as to read:
That the phrase " the laws of Hawaii," as used in this act without qualify-in g 
words, snail mean the constitution and laws of the republic of Hawaii, including 
regulations having the effect of law and the decisions of the supreme court in force 
on the 12th day of August, 1898. immediately prior to the transfer of the 
sovereignty of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States of America.
The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was, in section 5, page 3, line 23, after the  word "That," 
to insert "except as herein otherwise provided;" and on page 3, line 2, after 
the word "applicable," to strike out "except as herein otherwise provided;" BO 
as to make the section read:
That, except as herein otherwise provided, the Constitution, and all the laws of 
the United States locally applicable, shall have the same force and effect within the 
said Territory as elsewhere in the United States: Provided, That sections 1850 and 
1880 of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not apply to the Territory of Hawaii.

Mr. CULLOM. There seems to have been a word left out. The  word "applicable" 
ought to be "inapplicable." The word "not" should be inserted     
between the words "States," in the first line of page 3, and "locally," and then 
"inapplicable" instead of "applicable " in the second line; so as to read:
The Constitution and all the laws of the United States not locally inapplicable shall have the same force, etc.
The amendment to the amendment was agreed to.
The amendment as amended was agreed to.
The reading of the bill was continued to line 5 on page 8.

Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. I find myself compelled to be absent during the 
reading of the remainder of the bill and 1 wish to have some little understanding 
about it. I see that the amendments are being voted upon as we go along. Some of 
them might

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