The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-16
OUR NEW TERRITORY.
President Harrison Favor the An
nexation of Hawaii.
MINISTER STEVENS STATEMENT.

Hc Asserts That the Annexation Senti.
ment Is Steadily Growing and Suggests
an Appropriation of s1BO.OOO for De-
posed Royaiists.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-The president
sent message to the senate yesterday
afternoon recommending the annexation
of the Hawaiian islands to the United
States, 1t is accompanied by treaty of
annexation concluded between the secre-
tary of state and the Hawaiian commits.
Eioners and mass of correspondence re-
lating to the question at issue The treaty
is brief, providing merely for the annex
alton of the islands under the present pro-
visional government and leaving the de-
tails of the permanent form OF govern
inent etc, to the action of congress The
correspondence is very voluminous, going
back many years, and gives complete
history of the islands so far as negotia-
tions with the United States are con-
cerned
Contrary to general expectation the sem
ate in executive session declined to make
the treaty public Immediately, but de-
cided to first have the message and docu.
ments printed for the confidential infor.
nation of senators. The papers were ac-
cordingly sent down to the government
printing office to be put in type for conf
dental uses.
Minister Stevens Statement.
The detailed dispatches received at the
state department as to affairs in Honolulu,
though adding nothing to the details OF
the revolution, give an interesting picture
of the condition of affairs in the island
and as to what is expected. Following are
some extracts from Minister Stevens dis
patch: The annexation sentiment has
increased since the departure of the COM
missioners for Washington, and with
healthful earnestness is taking possession
of all classes. Nearly all the Germans,
the larger proportion of the respectable
and responsible English, and almost the
entire Portuguese population are warmly
for annexation. This inclination of the
Portuguese is quite important, for they
number of 1000 or 300, and are among
the most industrious ana saving.
''As to terms of annexation, 1 still adj
here firmly to the opinion previously ex.
pressed that the sugar bounty to be paid
to the Hawaiian sugar planters should be
limited to 6 mills per pound-s12 per tom
30 long and only so long as the United
States bounty system shall be maintained.
Form of Government Recommended.
LAS to the form of government for the
islands, | incline strongly to the opinion
that the beginning should be substau-
TALLY like that of President Jefferson and
congress in respect to Louisiana, only
differing from that by providing, in addi-
tion to governor and attorney general, n
commissioner of finance and commissioner
of the interior and legislative council of
thirteen or fourteen, all to be appointed by
the president, unless it should be deemed
best for the 9evernor to appoint the at
Il A.. j.
finance and of the Interior who would be
prac tcally cabinet of three to aid the
governor to carry on the government.
This plan and method of government
could be maintained as transition gov
ernment until experience should prove it
best to change TO II more popular form. 1t
would be fortunate to have such man ms
Sanford b. Dole the present head of the
provisional government, the first Ameri-
can governor of Hawaii.
'As to the liquidation of all political
claims of the fallen queen and crown
princess | suggest that If q liquidation of
this kind be now under consideration,
$150,GG0 should be allowed as the total sum
for this purpose, of which so, 600 should
go to the fallen Queen Lfliuokalani, SO, coo
to the Crown Princess Kaiulana, and 81, 600
to each of the two young princesses.
las to the native Hawaiians and their
native leaders, at this time things are tend
ing favorahly toward annexation. The
ablest of the native Hawaiian Christian
ministers are strong in their American
sympathies. The native newspaper of
much the largest circulation in the islands
advocates annexation, stands by the pro-
visional government, and is losing none of
its circulation.
Why He Assumed Control.
.'When the monarchy died by its own
hand there was no military force in the
islands but the royal guard of about
aeyenty-fiye natives, not in effective forcs
equal to twenty American soldiers There
are 10000 Chinese and Japanese on the
islands, and evil disposed persons might
stir some of them to disorder, but the
chief element of evil was in Honolulu,
where are the renegade whites at the head
of the lottery and opium rings, and a CON
siderable number of hoodlum Foreigners
and the more vicious of the natives.
''Another important reason for our
action is the possibility of the arrival here
of British war vessel, and that the En-
glish minister here, thus aided, might try
to press unduly the provisional govern
ment. With the islands under our pro-
lection we think the English minister will
not attempt to insist that his government
uds Ihe TlSht W ilteTleTe white our nag Is
over the government building.
I'VE shall continue to maintain our
present position with great caution and
firmness until we hear from the president
through the secretary of state, As a nee
essary precaution against all contingencies
advise that Admiral Skerrett be promptly
sent here with one or two ships in addition
10 the Boston, ~
Charged with Crooked Land Deals.