President. it can not be the purpose of Congress to establish in these islands. after annexation. a government not responsible for its acts to the people of these islands. to entirely abandon every principle of government by the governed and to set. up. in our country. the European system of governorgenerals. captaingenerals. military or civil. answerable only to the distant head at Washington. It is to be taken for granted that the future government of these islands will rest on the suffrages of their people and be responsible to their people. that. like our Territories. while the President appoints the governor. the people will select the territorial legislature to make the law. subject to the review and approval of Congress. These islands by their last census contained 110.000 inhabitants. of whom 42 per cent were Asiatics. that is. 22 per cent were Ja-" panese. 20 per cent Chinese. Are these 46.000 Asiatics to be citizens of the United States in Hawaii. but not in any other part of our Union? Can this large population be aliens in the United States. but citizens in Hawaii. a double and doubtful character hitherto unknown to any country? What disposition in the suffrage will be made of the 15.000 Portuguese?
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