2 On the amendments of the Senate numbered 58 and 59, the committee of conference have been unable to agree. GEORGE EDMUND FOSS, Managers on the part of the House. GEO. C. PERKINS, B. R. TILLMAN, Managers on the part of the Senate. STATEMENT OF MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE. The managers on the part of the House at the second conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on certain amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 26394) making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, and for other purposes, submit the following written statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and submitted in the accompanying conference report on the amendments of the Senate, namely: Amendment No. 1 provides that, "The provisions of the act approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled 'An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes,' providing for the retirement in the next higher grade of officers of the navy who served during the civil war, shall not operate to deprive any officer of the navy who has been, or may be, retired, since the passage of that act, of the right to increased rank and pay to which, but for the passage of said act, he would have been entitled;" and the House recedes. Amendment No. 7 provides that all employees of navy-yards, gun factories, and naval stations shall be granted fifteen days' sick leave in addition to the fifteen days leave of absence now provided for by law; and the Senate recedes. Amendment No. 11 relates to recruiting, and in lieu of the proposed amendment insert the following: "unless in case of minors a certificate of birth or a verified written statement by the parents, or either of them, or in case of their death a verified written statement by the legal guardian, be first furnished to the recruiting officer, showing applicant to be of age required by naval regulations, which shall be presented with the application for enlistment;" and the House recedes with the above amendment. Amendment No. 18 the House recedes with the following amendment, striking out the proposed amendment, and inserting "extraordinary emergency," which changes the restriction for the purchase of powder from any trust or combination in restraint of trade from the emergency of war to an extraordinary emergency. Amendment No. 39 directs the Secretary of the Navy to investigate and report to Congress the advisability of establishing a naval base on the coast of the State of California south of San Francisco; and the Senate recedes. Amendment No. 55 provides that officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps shall serve as heretofore on board ships of the navy; and the House recedes. The committee on conference has been unable to agree on the following amendments: Amendment No. 58 strikes out the following from the House bill: "Provided, That no part of the above appropriation shall be used for the payment of the construction of any collier the total cost of which shall exceed nine hundred thousand dollars." Amendment No. 59: "That there shall be kept, in the discretion of the President, as far as practicable, one-half of the Navy of the United States on the Pacific at all times." GEO. EDMUND FOSS, H. C. LOUDENSLAGER, Managers on the part of the House. O GOVERNMENT FOR HAWAII, ETC. FEBRUARY 23, 1909.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. JENKINS, from the committee of conference, submitted the fol lowing CONFERENCE REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 21896.] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 21896) "An act to amend section eighty-six of an act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, to provide for additional judges and for other judicial purposes," having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered two, five, and eighteen. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered three, four, six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twentyfive, and agree to the same. Amendment numbered one: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered one, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Line two: Strike out "seven thousand five hundred" and insert six thousand; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered ten: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered ten, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Line seven, strike out the word "Roscoe" and insert Roswell; and the Senate agree to the same. JOHN J. JENKINS, DE ALVA S. ALEXANDER, Managers on the part of the House. C. D. CLARK, KNUTE NELSON, LEE S. OVERMAN, Managers on the part of the Senate. STATEMENT OF MANAGELS ON PART OF THE HOUSE. Statement of House conferees, accompanying report of committee of conference on H. R. 21896, under and pursuant to House rule 29. On amendments Nos. 2, 5, and 18 it is recommended that the Senate recede from the same. Amendment No. 2 struck out the word "six" where the same appears in line 9, page 2, and inserted in lieu thereof the word "four." Under the organic act of the Territory of Hawaii the officers mentioned held office for six years. Amendment No. 5 struck out of line 4, page 10, the word "earned" and inserted in lieu thereof the word "received." Amendment No. 18 struck out of lines 21, 22, and 23, page 14, the following: "Provided, however, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for holding of said courts, free of all expenses to the Government." It is recommended that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate, Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, and agree to the same. Amendment 3 added to the end of line 24, page 2, the following: "And appeals and writs of error may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States from said district court in cases where appeals and writs of error are allowed from the district and circuit courts of the United States to the Supreme Court." Amendment No. 4 added, at the end of line 17, page 3, the following: "Provided, That writs of error and appeals may also be taken from the supreme court of the Territory of Hawaii to the Supreme Court of the United States in all cases where the amount involved, exclusive of costs, exceeds the sum or value of $5,000." Amendment No. 6 struck out all of section 11, page 12, providing for the appointment of commissioners in Alaska by the governor of the Territory with the approval of the Attorney-General. The amendment leaves the law in force, providing for the appointment of commissioners by the district judges. Amendments Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, and 25 changes the numbers of the sections only. Amendment No. 12 strikes out of lines 18, 19, 20, and 21, page 13, the following: "The said district court shall have jurisdiction and the same is hereby vested to hear, try, and determine all matters and causes that the courts of the other districts of the Territory now possess, and for such purposes." Amendment No. 13 inserts in lines 22 and 23, page 13, the following: "within each of said districts." Amendment No. 14 strikes out of lines 1 and 2, page 14, the following: "And grand and petit jurors shall be summoned therein, in the manner now required by law." Amendment No. 22 strikes out of lines 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, page 16, the following: "Such salaries shall be paid out of the Treas |