Show I. I L OTHER POINTS OF VIEW I TilE THE XA NAVY NAVI VT GOVERNS GUAM GUllI Congress has ha never legislated on Guam The ii p President Prest- Prest dent ent turned It over to the tho naT nary de department to govern The naval station i IB III largely t fIctIons fiction but it Jt affords a e. basis for or organization Tho commandant of ot the naval naTal 1 U I. governor and the island government officials aro are SUpplied supplied sup SUp- plied largely from the naval station personnel The IwIn law Iw lawin lawn In n effect ia Ja tho the old Spanish law modified from time to time Urne timey b by y th the acts of ot su successive naval governors The navy department occasionally issues orders but butIn butin In n most matters the governor t Is practically Log Log- Is simple The governor sends for tor a a. stenographer and dictates a law which then goes to tho printer and is 19 isn In n time duly circulated Tax laws are no exception Td To their heir credit bo It said tho the benevolent autocrats who have ruled the Island for tor twenty years have done little harm horm harmand and nd much good The first one ot of them Governor Dick k Leary nry Captain U. U S. S N. N ordered each native not otherwise employed to provide himself with at least twelve hens one cock andone and ono one sow BOW He also vleo instituted civil marriage Many pf pt the he natives owing to tho the fees tees had been dispensing with th ho tho ceremony Ho ordered every overy one to comply with the law aw and If It the priests would not marry people ho he would for tor or nothing Tho The Island government Is 19 completely organized with all departments Including a Judiciary There Is no legislature legis legis- lAture as such euch but there Is a n congress advisor advisory In nature nature na- na ture ure appointed by tho governor It has been beon In ence nee ont only two or three years ears and has not accomplished a great groat deal so far tar but It Jt will no doubt develop In time A Asia la M Magazine 1 1 I |