The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-02
An Annuity Of $4,000 to ex-Queen Llliuo-
kalani-A Smaller Annuity
to Kaiulani.

From the EXTRA ADVERTISER Issued
Wednesday. 10 A NJ, March -
The fine bark r. P. Rithet, Cap
tain Morrison, arrived Wednes-
day morning, twelve days from San
Francisco, bringing one days later
news from that port and Washing
ton. We are indebted to Messrs.
c. Brewer & Co., her agents, for
paper of the 10th ult., from which
we gather the following news-one
days later from Washington:
Especial to S. F. CALI
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. The Ha-
waiian Islands are to be annexed.
The treaty went to the Senate this af-
ternoon. Briefly stated, the salient
points of the treaty are as follows:
1t provides for annexation imme-
diately upon the ratification of the
treaty, and Congress is to provide
territorial form of government, and
until then the present Provisional
Government is to be preserved.
There is to be no bounty for Ha-
waiian sugar, this matter being left
for the future action of Congress. This
means that there will be no bounty
at all, for the next Congress will GER
tainly repeal the sugar bounty law.
The contract labor and anti-Chinese
laws of the United States are to be
made applicable to the Hawaiian ISL
ment is to assume the obligations of
the Hawaiian Government, and the
Queen and Princess Kaiulani are to
receive pensions during their life.
The treaty documents were secured
liz large brown envelopes and were
conveyed to the Senate by Secretary
Pruden, who reached the chamber
shortly before 4 o'clock. The package
was land upon the desk of the Vice
President, who read the superscrip-
ton and who noticed in the lower feft
hand corner the warning words:
'tSubject-Hawaiian Annexation
For moment or two it seemed as if
Mr.. Morton intended to break the
three enormous red seals which had
been affixed at the White House. The
impulse was resisted, and a moment
later Senator Sherman interrupted
Senator Allison's explanations of the
sundry civil appropriation bill with a
motion to go into executive session.
1t was an interesting coincidence
that one of the occupants of the gal.
leries who was forced to retreat liz
company with the other spectators
was Commissioner Marsden of Homo.
lulu, whose signature had but recent,
ly been attached to the documents
about to be opened.
When the doors were closed the
treaty was read, and it was listened te
with close attention by the Senators
who during the day had been on the
qui vive for it's appearance. The do
cument was not long, consisting o
but five pages of manuscript and con
tanning some five or six articles. A:
the Senators listened they learned
that it was plain and unmistakeabl
treaty of annexation, negotiated by
Secretary Foster on the one hand AM
by the five Hawaiian Commissioner
on the other.
After stating the objects and pun
poses of the treaty to be the annexa
ton Of the islands to the United State
as the elimination of the friendly an
Intimate relations existing betwee
the two countries, it proposes that til
present Provisional Government sha]
be continued in force until new forr
of government shall be prescribed b
the United States.
The great problems which have cor
fronted the friends of annexation-th
provision for the Queen, the Chimes
residents and the Hawaiian debt-ar
disposed of in succinct and compre
hensive paragraphs.
The royal family is quite hberall
provided for. The desposed Queen
to receive 5000 year, and the hei1
ess apparent is also to receive a sur
commensurate with her position.
AS for the Chinese, they are to |
regarded as sojourners, having n
rights as citizens under the laws
the United States. They are not to
taken into citizenship by the acauis
ton of the territory where they hal