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Show FACTS GIVEN ON TERRITORIES OF UNITED STATES Alaska has a population under 75,000. The capital of the territory terri-tory is Juneau. It has all classes of people from native-born citizens citi-zens to Eskimos and Indians. The territory is governed by its own legislative assembly of eight senators sen-ators elected for four-year terms and 16 representatives in the lower house. The Congress of the United States has reserved the right to legislate on certain subjects. The President of the United States appoints the Governor of Alaska. Alaska has a delegate in Congress who looks after the affairs of the territory. Hawaii was organized as a territory ter-ritory in 1900. The President of the United States appoints the governor of that territory. The legislature consists of the Senate of 15 members, and the House of Representatives has 30 members. The delegate is elected every two years. The Canal Zone and Panama Canal is the favorite child of Uncle Sam. Uncle remembers that President Theodore Roosevelt swiped the Panama Canal Zone one night and just called it ''ours." That was in 1904. It is guarded something like a pet infant by the administration at Washington the main concern is to be sure that nothing happens to it. Puerto Rico, that little gem of ours in the Caribbean Sea, has a population of close to 2,000,000 people. The governor is appointed by the President of the United States. Its own Senate has 19 members and the House of Representatives Repre-sentatives has 38, elected for four years by the direct vote of the people. The Virgin Islands of the United States form our most easterly territory. ter-ritory. They have a population of about 25,000. Universal suffrage has been conferred upon all citizens citi-zens who can read and write the English language. The islands contain important municipalities and they have full local suffrage, plus two bodies that form a legislative legis-lative assembly. American Somoa with a population popula-tion of less than 14,000 and Guam with a population of less than 23,000, are possessions of the United States and each has a governor gov-ernor commissioned by the president. |
