The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-25
NAY NOT sg RATIFIED,
EesFh Handling, Expected for the Hawaii
81 Annexation Treaty IA the Senate
MksHia6ToEt June 1s.-A special to

EgsFh Handling Expected for the Hag,ll
81 Annexation Treaty IA the Senate
WksHiA6ToEt June 1s.-A special e
Ghe CRicsg5 Post says.
OPPOSITION To tie tEsSEilaa aEaexatiOB pro-
feet has sfsket ots H6eh sore violently than
vas anticipated b t9s administration, ena The
treaty win be roughly hsidlsd When g comes
up in the senate for Tatidcatioh Whether
this opposition viii be able to muster suifoient
stFeHgth iH that body TO defeat ratification Is
speculative problem It looks now as though
the annexation party slight not be able TO COM
mand the necessary two-thigas vote In any
event, it isnOE taken for granted ti.ss faVoras
BE s5tisH at this special session, either E Af6
form al tFsste ratification OF legislation sus-
tanning the administration plans viii be im-
possible,
The strongest and most dangerous 0pp0si-
ton viii come from two sourCss-tE0sd who
ere against the acquisition OF remote territory
by the United states end opposed on principle
70 tie BmBdrkatioa BY this government upon
colonization ssheI1esi and second, those who
will fight annexation Oh tAs plea that the
cheap labor OF the Hawaiian islahAs viii seri-
0usly iniuTe our agricultural Interests
barsieulaFly checking the development o.
inc Ipo1. sugar AlNustLg u INC u4L1-
die west, %bich gives promise Of
being an important sdaitioa to the
production Of the soil thrOdgRJdt lafgs sec
hnns Of the country. There are nddFy 6tEeT
reasons which viii be urged, including, q
course, til6 argument that, by taking in these
Remote isl&1ds, the United States viii no
longer f9d Il possible g sustain its hitherto
mpFegnabl6 position sI6ag the lines Of the
Monroe doctrine. President Mckinley s mes
sage which went to the senate with Che treaty.
covers this point but it viii nevertheless be
brought in VIXEN the contest is being 6isCHsses
LILIUOKALknI PROTESTS.
WASHINGTON, June 1S.-About three
o'clock yesterday afternoon e%-QHeen
LiliuokalaDi fled a protest in the offee
of the secretary Of state against the
annexation treaty. 1t was delivered
into the hands Of John Sherman by
Mr., Joseph Helaluhe, representing the
Hsti7s Hawaiians, duly commissioned
by two Of their patriotic leagues. Mr.
Helaluhe was accompanied by Capt
julius A. Palmer the American secre-
tary of LiliuokalaHi. Mr. Sherman
EEG0tDU bLro bEtAi GAo lA4oob NDtAA NDOAoAl
but gave fi5 Indication of his action in
the matter. The protest commences
as follows:
I, Liliuokalani Of Hawaii, by the will OF Geo
named heir apparent on the 10th day Of April,
a, D. 1877, and by the gTass Of God queen of the
Hawaiian islands on the 18th Gay Of January
A. D. 1898, do hereby protest against the fstif-
cation Of q certain treaty, which. so I an iHs
formed, has been signed at Washington by
Messfs Hatch, ThuTstOn and Kinney, pur-
porting to cede those Islands to the territory
and dominion of the United States. declare
such treaty to be an act Of wrong toward the
native and part native people Of Hawaii, an i've
Vasiun Of the rights OF the ruling chiefs, in vi0
lation CT international rights both toward my
people and toward frieHdlY nations with whom
they have made treaties, the peFpetuatiOn Of
the fraud whereby the constitutional govern
ment was overthrow aud finally an det Of
gross injustice to he.
The ex-queen then follows with a
long list Of reasons to back mp her pro
test