The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-17

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Wilder, Charles L. Carter and Joseph Marsden
and said plenipotentiaries, after having com.
municated to each other their respective full
powers, found in good and due form. have
agreed upon and concluded the following arti-
cles
Article 1. The government Of the Hawaiian
Islands hereby cedes. from the date OF the ex-
chanEe OF ratitications of this treaty, abso-
lutely and without reserve TO the United States
forever all rights and sovereignty Of Whatsoever
kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their
dependencies, renouncinR in favor of the United
States every sovereign right of which as an in.
dependent nation it is now possessed and
henceforth said Hawaiian Islands and every
island and key thereunto appertaining and each
and every portion thereof shall become and be
an integral part Of the territory of the United
States
Article 9. The government of the Hawaiian
Islands also cedes and transfers to the United
States absolute fee and ownership of all public,
government or crown lands; public
buildings or edihces; ports. harbors.
toruhcations, military naval equipments,
and all other public property of every kind and
description belonging to the government of the
Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and
appurtenance thereunto appurtaining.
The existing laws of the United States
relative to public lands shall
not apply to such lands in
the Hawaan' Islands, but the congress of the
United States shall enact special laws for their
management and disposition; provided, that
all revenues from or proceeds of the same, ex-
cept as regards such part thereof as may be
used or occupied for civil military or naval
purposes of the United States, or may be as
signed TO the use of the local government, shall
be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants
or the Hawaiian Islands for educational and
other public purposes.
Article 8. Until congress shall otherwise pro-
vide, the existing government and laws of the
Hawaiian Islands are hereby continued, subject
TO the paramount authority of the United
States The President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a com.
missioner to raglda in said iqlqndq w IN ba
have power to veto any act of said government
and the act disapproved by him shall thereupou
be void and of no effect unless approved by the
President
Congress shall within one year from
the exchange Of the ratihcations of this
treaty enact the necessary legislation to extend
to the Hawaiian Islands the laws of the United
states respecting duties upon imports, internal
revenue, commerce and navigation. but until
congress shall otherwise provide, the existing
commercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands
both with the United States and foreign coun-
tries shall continue as regards the commerce OF
said islands with the rest of the United
States, and with foreign countries but
this shall not be construed as giving
to said islands power to enter into any
new stipulation or agreement whatsoever or tc
have diplomatic intercourse with any foreign
government. The consular representatives
of foreign powers now resident in the Hawaiian
Islands shall be permitted to continue in the
exercise OF their consular functions until they
can receive their eXequaturs from the govern.
menC OF the United states.
Article 4. Further immigration of Chinese
labOrers into the Hawaiian Islands is hereby
prohibited until congress shall otherwise pro-
vide. Furthermore, Chinese persons Of classea
now or hereafter excluded by law from enter
ing the United States viii not be permitted to
come from the Hawaiian Islands to other parts
Of the United States and If so coming shall be
subject to the same penalties as If entering
from foreign country.
Article s. The public debt Of the Hawaiian
Islands lawfully existing at the date OF tue
exchange Of the rRtihcaUions of this treaty, in
Guiding the amounts due 10 depositors in the
Hawaiian postal savings banks, is hereby as
sumed by the government of the United States;
but the liability of the United States in this re-
gard shall in no case exceed $3,250,0O0. 30
long, however, as the existing government
and present commercial relations of the
Hawaiian Islands are continued, as
herein before provided said government shall
continue to pay interest on said debt.
Article G, The government of the United
States agrees TO pay to Liliuokslanf, the late
queen, within one year from the date of the
exchange Of the ratiflc ations of this treaty the
@ thereafter % IKE i SUm of aHs SO 900 anfHag daring
the term Of her natural life, provided she in
good faith submits to the authority of the gov
ernment of the United States and the local gov
ernment of the islands. And the government of
the United States further agrees to pay to
Princess Kaiuaai within one year from the date
of the exchange Of the ratihcations OF this
treaty the gross sum Of $3.50, 900, providing she
government OF the United States and the local
government of the islands.
Article z provides for ratifcations, and
then follows che signatures and seals Of the
high contracting parties named in the body
of the instrument
Accompanying the message and treaty Is
the correspondence upon the subject be-
tween the two governments, tables giving
full detail as to the area Of territory pro-
posed TO be annexed, the public debt, public
lands, annual allowance to and revenue of
the late royal household and statistics OF
population and revenue, commerce and
other economic matters relating to the
islands, making altogether several hundred
pages
SURE TO BE RATIFIED.
A careful canvass of the members of the
Hawaiian treaty will be ratified with several
votes more than the necessary two-thirds to
spare. 1t Is understood that the members
of the foreign affairs committee have
sounded the temper Of the Senate
and find that this conclusion is
warranted. The limit Of the opposi-
tion is put at twenty votes, while other
senators, more sanguine, believe that the
opposition to the treaty cannot muster even
that number. 1t is said by some repub-
licans that In some quarters the opposition
Is due, not Go the treaty itself, so much as a
desire on the part of some democrats to
postpone action until the new administra-
tion snail have been inaugurated.
The main opposition to ratification
comes from southern members, although 1t
cannot be said that the matter is in any
way sectional or political In speeches de-
livered in open Senate to-day boph Senators
Vest and Mills indicated their position in
the matter, position that is unfriendly to
annexation. Other senator's who are not 80
outspoken have said quietly that they
would vote against ratification. and among
this number is placed Senator Villas of Wis
consin. Senator Gray, the leading member
Of the committee on foreign relations, is
also among those who look with disap~
proval on the proposed treaty. 1t is evident
that since something tangible in the shape
of the text of the treaty has been presented
to the Senate that change in sentiment
has been manifested.