Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23

continue In the exercise q sheir consular funa-
| tto1s until they can receive their exec uatur,
from the government Of the United States.
1 CHINESE RESTRICTIONS.
| Ar. 4 The further immixratjon OF ChinesG
| iaborerS into the Hawaiian Islands il hereby
prohibited until congress shall otherwise pro.
vide FURTHERMORE. Chinese persons Of the
| classes now or hereafter excluded by law from
entering the United States viii not be permit
TED 70 come from the Hawaiian islands to the
other parts Of the United States and IL SO com
ing shall be subject to the same penalties n Il
entering from foreign country.
UNCLE SAN ASSUMES TIE DEBT.
AR. The public debt Of thu Hawaiian Is
lands lawfully existing ut the date of the ex-
change OF the Publications Of this treaty in /.
Guiding the amounts due to the depositors In
the Hawaiian postal savings banks. IL hereby
assumed by the government Of the United
States, but the liability OF the United States In
TINS regard shall In no casa exceed s., 900
30 long, however. as the existing government
ana the present commercial relations of the
Hawaiian islands ara continued as herein pro-
vfdeo. said government shall continue to pay
the interest on said debt.
THE PENSION FOE THE QUEEN.
AHr. The government OF the United States
agrees to pay to the late Queen LiIiuokalani,
within one year from the date OF the exchange
OF the ratification OF this treaty, the sum Of
$4,000. and annually thereafter like sum of
$4,000 during the term of her natural life.
provided she. in good faith. submits to the au-
thor1ty or the government Of the United States
and the local government OF the islands And
the government Of the United States further
agrees to pay to the Princess Kauilani, within
one year from the date o; the exchange OF the
ratification OF this treaty, the gross sum of
SioO,uU. providing she, in good faith. submits
TO the local government OF the islands.
HOW TO BE RATIFIED.
ART. :. The present treaty shall be ratified
by the president OF the United States. by and
with the advice and consent Of the
senate on the one part. and by the
provisional government OF the Hawaiian
islands on the other. and the Publications
thereof shall be exchanged at Honolulu soon
as possible. Such exchange shall be made on
the part Of the United States by the commits
sioner hsreinbefore provided for, and it shall
operate as q complete and final conveyance to
the United States Of all the rights of SOY.
err gnty and property herein coded to them.
Within one month after such exchange of rati-
dcation the provisional government shall fur.
nish such commissioner with full and com.
plste schedule OF all the public property herein
coded and transferred.
In witness whereof, the respective plenipo-
tentiaries have signed the above articles and
have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate. at the city Of WASHINGTON,
this fourteenth day OF February. 1893.
JOHN W. FOSTER,
LoRIN II. THURsroN,
WILLIAM B. CASTLE,
WILLIAM c. WILDER,
CHARLES L. CARTER,
JOSEPH MARsDKN.
SECRETARY FOSTERS LETTER
In a letter to the president laying the
treaty before him, Secretary of State
Foster recapitulates the history of re-
cent events in the islands leading up
to the revolution; the establishment of
the provisional government; the APP
pcarance of the commissioners in WASH
ington; the negotiations that have
taken place, resulting in the prepare
ton of the treaty, and the establish
ment of the protectorate by Minister
Stevens.
In regard to the protectorate, Secre-
tary Foster says in his letter: ''An in
struction has been sent to the minister
commencing his action, in so far as it
lay within the purview of standing
instructions to the legation and to
the naval commanders of the
United States in Hawaiian waters and
tended to cooperate with the admins
tration of affairs by the provisional
government, but disavowing any steps
in excess of such instructions whereby
the authority and power of the United
States might appear to have been as
serted to the impairment of the indie
pendent sovereignty of the Hawaiian
government by the assumption of a
formal protectorate."
Secretary Foster says that the pro-
visions of the treaty reserve to congress
the determination of all questions af-
fecting the form of government of the
territory, the citizenship and
elective franchise of it's inhabitants,
and all questions relating to the eco
nomic and political status of the is
lands.
In conclusion, he says that, pending
the negotiations. he received assurances
from representatives Of the leading
powers of the world in this city
and from our own ministers abroad
him that the incorporation
of the Hawaiian islands into the union
would be regarded by these powers
with satisfaction and ready acquies-
cence.
Tho Annexation Treaty Safe With the
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb IA careful can
" ass of the members of the senate ap-
pears to indicate that the Hawaiian
treaty will be ratified with several
votes more than the necessary two
thirds to spare. 1t is understood that
of the foreign affairs commit
tee have sounded the temper of the sem
ate and found that this conclusion is
without doubt. The limit of the oppo-
sition is put at twenty votes, while
other senators, more sanguine, believe
that those opposed to the treaty cannot
muster even that number.
There is feeling on the part of some
that q question of this inn
portance to the American people, am
plifying. as it does, the Monroe doc
trine, should not be discussed behind
closed doors and under the protection |
Of secrecy of an executive session. Ac-
,ordingly an effort will be made to
have the whole subject debated and |
acted upon in open session.
Another reason for an open session |
IS found in the statement of senator |
who says that it is possible that some |
votes might be cast against annexa- |
ton in secret that would not be cast |
that way If the proceedings were sub |