E. Pinkham had been appointed Governor and he was not a bona fide resident of Hawaii at the time of appointment. He had been in the Philippine Islands and China gathering up coolie labor for some of the sugar plantations. and when he was appointed Governor he brought with himand I am now quoting the language of one of the California Members of the House who is intimately related to the problem-" a lot of carpetbaggers. with resulting misrule and dissatisfaction." In other words. the requirement for the 3year residency was written in 1921 for the specific purpose of trying to erect a further barrier against the precise type of carpetbagging which we are now asked to justify in the pending legislation. This is not a "new deal." It is an old deal. a repudiated deal. So there is the organic act. there is the fundamental contract between the American people and the citizens of Hawaii. and it is that contract which. for some undisclosed reason. we are being asked to nullify and reject in respect to this fundamental right in the closing moments of this session. without any adequate or conclusive inquiry.