Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1898 — NOT AS A STATE. [ARTICLE]

NOT AS A STATE.

Hawaii to Come Into the United States as a Territory. Hawaii is to come into the United States as a territory, with all the Government machinery of an embryotie state, according to plans reached by the commission which has returned from its visit to the islands. in a dispatch box, which is carefully guarded by a sergeant-at-arms, lies the draft of a bill for the government of the new territory. It was carefully considered by the entire commission, section by section, and while it has not passed to final approval, it contains all the salient features which will be found in the report which the commission makes to Congress at the opening of the session in December. 'Die American members of the commission arrived in San Francisco by the steamer Gaelic, after nearly two months’ absence, ami started for the East. They will meet again in Washington Nov. 14. when they will be joined by the Hawaiian members, who are expected to come to this country about the first of next month.