Ben Harrison: “The question whether Article XXIX is still in force depends, so far as the construction of the treaty goes, upon the…”

No provision is made for a continued discharge of the duties of marshal and district attorney by the present incumbents.

Such a possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world.

But the most serious objection to the legislation is that it creates at once upon the taking effect of the law the offices of district attorney and marshal for each of the three districts, and the effect, it seems to me, must be to abolish…

This legislation should be, and I do not doubt will be, not only just to the natives and all other residents and citizens of the islands, but should be characterized by great liberality and a high regard to the rights of all people and of…