Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-06-25
ANNEXATION
BENT SENDS A MESSAGE
ATY TO THE SENATE.
IL and Island Authorities
b Terms Upon Which
Is Based.

III Eend ue CndInUtE dt y u. 49,
NE senate at once went into
u.s. <&ssion, and as soon as me
EnijF = &losed the message of Presi-
r,ol< [U5 16fey accompanying the treaty
81, ~ iii <ty itself were read to the
~ l8 ff&y were attentively listened
lani III n1l bart Of the chamber there
4&*i1p of senators who bitterly
S6{alI @E4 ratification of the treaty.
., i61i4 f6k1n were Senators Gray, Mills,
y 1t{ White, Caffery, Pettigrew ar q
H1f6fI As soon as the reading OF
&6S8HEx7ts was completed, Senator
q Viii oH8{fman of the committee on
~ Hi&i &418fions, moved that the mes
Ne fi6 x&aty be made public. Sen
'6f {3f&X 0b jected to vote on the
ton 8I|d under the rules, single
ee4i 25l "a xfried the motion over until |
n I6X 81 3iator Davis gave notice
~ XE3 1H& next executive session ne
~ 3E a motion for it's publica-
NJ: &H the essential facts were
|H4|5i X2IA almost a verbatim copy OF
ff&3 r had been published in the
VII 81 {N& country.
YhS 3&1sage Of the president was
~ & & V8iV long document. 1t dealt
mn fH5 61storical facts concerning the
~ &fdS I{d showed that the United
afas nud Hawaii yearly grow more
5seI4 bQ{ind to each other. This was
wv :fa& I{s anneXat ton, he said, but a
8 snfint8{Ion of existing relations with
4 3ser B0nds between people closely
l.. iated hT blood and kindred ties.
afic8 1Hz0 says the president, the pre-
'ayy VII 1u&Hc8 of the United States has
u IN t76Wn The sending of the first
mvl ~ Here brought the islands in
81 user re18tions with the United States,
w ia f16Ir Relations grow more firm by
events. At the time the
h tipnI tife agreement was made for the
: ,,3vexafnent of Samoa, he said, Great
~ritai1 md Germany wanted to in
u i1de Hawaii in the group over which
a. Eprofeef0rate was established, but the
leaesftoft was rejected by the United
tafes beeause the government held
Hteeaf III listed with relations between
and the United States which
kiAlaced the islands under the special
adaie De this country, and this govern
,.cuienf could not allow any other couli-
! rfy to iFterfere with the affairs of ia :
= faf{ The annexation of the islands,
naid the president, and making them
Start III The United States was in ac-
TCInrAailcS with the established policy
thf this cHuntry.
M THE resident called attention to the
.sxact &fhat a legitimate and existing
l. ;0tHrnm41t of Hawaii offered to annex
y he Islands to the United States in
aS54 but on account of what was Deem
nesd best f}olcy the annexation was not
dtccepted by this country. He stated
hst the #United States virtually exer-
m Used d nrotectorate over the islands
,inof I9ie first American mission, and
the autonomy of the gov
srr1ments of. the groups. The islands
lad been largely settled by our own
people, and our people were now inter-
.sted iii HEM. American interests pre-
dominated, and we had grown to con-
slider them under our own protection
The present treaty was in the light OF
conauInma ton of what had practi'
caliy been in effect in existence fol
Referring to the treaty negotiated
under the Harrison administration
President Mckinley said that the fail
thure ID accept the proffer of anneXa
utien iii 1893, while not a subject of con
gratUlation, was not wholly without it
value, As it had demonstrated that tn
existing government could maintain 1t
self and no objection could be RAISED
OF the authority of the present govern
ment to negotiate the treaty or 1T
right to yield the sovereignty of tn
/ The Treaty.
v The tfeaty proved to be Simpl
document of six articles, based in ii
essential details upon the treaty nego
tiated by Hon. John w. Foster durin
the administration of President Harrl
SON. The islands are coded PRACTICAL
without Conditions, leaving the Unite
States to- pursue its own course wit
nj reference to their management. Tn
flrSt article reads as follows:
1 THE government of the Hawaiia
islands hereby cedes from the date c
the exchange of the notifications of thi
IA treaty, absolutely and without reserV
AZ to the limited States forever, all right
/ of s0xereignty of whatsoever kind
and over the Hawaiian islands an
| their dependencies renouncing in fs
vo1s of the United States every SOY
ereien Fight of which, as an indepent
m emit nation it is now possessed, an
7 henceforth said Hawaiian islands sha
d hec0fne and be an integral part of TT
ferrftorg of the United States.
The Hawaiian government cedes
u the United States the absolute owne
~ ship of all public lands, public buil'
n inEs* ports, harbors, Notifications, mi
itary and naval equipments and a
other government property. 1t is sp
cf{1ca1Iy provided, however, that exis
ine land laws of the United States shs
III not apply to the public lands of HI
wall but that a special law shall
made sfrom time to time for their di
position, the proceeds of any sales
these lands to be applied to educ
"A t{ona1 purposes in these lands.
y aThe islands, for the present tin
constifute territory of the Unit
:. States, their local laws remaining
II force until new ones are enacted.
local legislature is provided for, but t
veto uower is vested entirely in t
Il; pTsHEdent of the United States. A col
" nlissI0n of five persons, consisting
! three Americans and two Hawaiian
3 to he Nominated by the president a
roflfIr{ned by the senate, is provided
the purpose of formulating the me
OF H0Vernment for the islands.
1.-THE treaties of the United Sta
with Miner countries are substituted
the Ifeaties of Hawaii, with the sa
h couutfies in the controlling intere
Il of the islands.
h @+Hurther immigration of the Chin
1aborers to the islands is prohibited a
b the laws restricting Chinese inning
zion ID the United States are made
4 apply to the prevention of Chinese
moving from Hawaii to this country
7 t'This country agrees to assume
debt of the island republic to the
: tent of $4,000, 00o."
+ The five commissioners provided
In this treaty are expected to make
foundations to congress as to I
laws and also in regard to the form
Z E0Vefnment. The present form of IL
RESENTMENT is to continue in the
X aHds for the present, except that
nresident of the United States is
h have veto power over the acts of
!, H8waiian executive assembly.
Formal Signatures Fixed.
/ 7@oresentatives of the governm
0f tie United States and Hawaii G
10 % ortv, nd {.