Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-06-19
The Hawaiian Document Sent
TO the Senate.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE:
The Body Goes at Once Into Esecutivs
session and Hears ft neutrality-suspicious.
% tt On the Fart OF some senator. De-
N-isPe. st Oocs-frovtsions or tho
Treaty.

Dispatch from wAshiaSton says
ih@ treaty for ths annexation of ths
hawaiian Islands reached The senate cham
ner az 8. ~ o'clock "Wednesday The sonata
az once went into executive session. and "a
soon As the doors We're closed th@ message
ot President Mckinley. accompanying ths
treaty. and the treaty itself was read to tho
senate
they were attentively listened %. In one
part - the chamber there vas a group Of
senators who VIII bitterly oppose the ratif-
cation nf the treaty.
Among them were senators GRAY. Mills.
fa-'o. White. Gallery Pettgrew and Nc
Hlfry. A. soon A. the reading of the doau--
m@nt was completed senator Davis. chair
man ofthe Committee on Foreign Relations.
mov"i thHt the message and treaty BE- made
public. senator Gray ohjected 20 a vote on
rae motion. and under the rules. a single
objection carried the molten over
senator Davis gave notice that ~ the next
executive session IA would press the motion
i'r p-alieation- a. all the ESSENTIAL facts and
a. almost verbatim copy of the treaty had
N"'n upii-het in the press of the country.
4i're was soms discussion a. - when the
treaty might b- considered and senator
White Asked II it vas the intention 70 push
it az this session. and upon The reply being
made that tt was possible, the Californis
senator -aid.
Il desire % announces that an prepared
. stay acre all summer 20 prevent the ratI-
nca'ion % The treaty. which consider a
very bai proposition
II Join you" said senator Pettisrew, OF
Sou-a Dakota
Tao messase Of the President was ot q
very long document. II dealt With his;orf-
III facts cooeernins the ialaads, aad showed
tAAt the United States and Hawaii yearly
grew more closely hound 20 each othar
Ini- was not really annexation. b. said
nut a continuation 90 existing relations with
closer bonds between the people elosly re-
iAs"d by blood and kindred ties. since is2O.
said the President. the predomiaatlon u thu
Dnited states bad been known
ine sending OF thu nrst envoy there
brought the Islands lu closer relations with
the nited states. and those relations had
crown more trm BY succeeding egents At
TIE sam~ time The tripartite agreement wa
made Tor the Government OF samoa. he
said. Great Britain Aad Germany wanted to
Include Hawaii Ia the group over witch a
protectorate wSs established but the -ug-
S~s,ion was rejected by the Uaited states
orr-uso THIS Government held that there al
ready existed relations between Hawaii an.
TIE ( aited States which placed the Islands
under the especial care OF this country. and
inat this Gov~<Rment could not allow any
other country 20 interfere la tho affairs OF
Hawaii
The annexation OF the Islands. said the
resident, aud making them a part OF the
I nitsd states, WAS In accordance with tho
established policy OF this country.
Ihe President called attention 20 the fact
that a legitimate and existing Governnsnt
I OF Hawaii offered 70 annex the islands 10 the
I United States IN 1881. bat on account OF what
was deemed best policy the annexation was
not accomplished by this country.
Ne stated that the United states virtually
exercised protectorate over the Islands
since the nrsS American mission, and guar
Snteed the autonomy of the governments OF
the group The islands had been largely
settled oy our own people. and our people
were now Interested in them American in
terests predominsted and we had grown 10
consider them under our protection. The
present treaty was in the light OF a consum-
nation ot what had practically been IN ex-
I istencs FOR years.
referring to~the treaty negotiated under
me Harrison administration, President Mo-
hin1ey said that the failure 70 accept tho
/ pro1er OF annexation In 1898 while not A
subject OF congratulation. was not wholly
without its value. as it had demonstrated
the existing Government could maintain IL
self, and no question could bs raised OF the
authority OF the present Government %
ossoiate the present treaty or Ot its right
70 yield tho sovereignty Of tho islands.