The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-12-10
uAwAuAN ANSrxArIoS.
should he Accomplished ncrnusc Of vital
int"rc-t- of the United states.

by a special message dated the 10Th
day OF June last | laid before the
Senate Of the United states "a treaty
signed that day by the plcnlpntcntnriea
OF the United states and OF the rcpub-
lie OF Hawaii. having FOR IL purpose
the Incorporation OF the Hawaiian
Islands as an integral part " the
United states ana under its sovereign
~. The Senate having removed the
Injunction OF secrecy, although the
treaty II still pending before that
body, the subject may be properly re-
fcrred 20 In this moFHAgc because tho
necessary action of the Congress ~
required Ia determine by legislation
many details NJ the eventual union,
should the fact Of annexation be nc-
compllshed, ns I believe II should be.
While consistently dlsnvowiug from
very earl" period any aggressive
policy OF absorption In regard
to the Hawaiian group. a long
series OF discussions through three
quarters OF n century has proclaimed
the vital interest Of the United states
In the independent ,ifc Of the Islands
and their Intimate commercial depend-
ency upon this country AZ the same
time Il has been repeatedly asserted
that In no event could the entity OF
Hawaiian statehood ccpse by the pas
ton or ii!ngence Of another power than
the United states Under these clr-
cumstances the locic OF events required
that annexation, before offered hut de-
cllned, should In the rlponcss OF time
como about az the nnturnl result OF
STRENGTHENING the tieR that bind us 10
those Islands ard be pleased by the
That treaty was unhnimously rau-
fed without amendment hy the senate
and president Of the republic OF Hawaii
ON the l0th Of September last. and on
~ awaits the favorable action OF the
.. 80.
absorption Of the islands into the do
mains OF the United states What the
conditions Of such "a union shall he
the political relation thereof to the
United States, the character OF tho
local administration, the quality and
degree Of the elective franchise Of the
Inhabitants, the extension OF the
federal laws OF the territory or the
enactment Of special laws 10 M the
peculiar condition thereof. the reguln-
ton Of needs Of labor therein and an
matters upon which the treaty has
wisely relegatod Co the Congress.
II the treaty II confirmed. as every
consideration Of dignity and honor re-
quires, the wisdom NJ COngresa VIII
see TO II that, avoiding abrupt asslmli-
alton Of elements perhaps hardly yet
ftted 90 share In the highest fran
chi5os 81 citizenship pnd having due
regard 60 the geographical conditions.
the most just provision Tor self rule
In local matters with the largest pollti-
cal liberties as an integral part Of our
nation will be accorded 10 the Hn-
wRlians.
No less is due To q peoplc who after
nearly i've years OF demonstrated ca
pacity 60 fulhll the obligations OF self
governing statehood, come 0f their
free viii 20 merge their destinies In
our body polite.
JAPAN-HAWAIG DISPUTE
The questions which have arisen be-
tween Japan and Hawaii by reason OF
the treatment OF japanese laborers
emlEratinB 20 the Islands under the
ltawailan-Jnpanese convention OF 1888
are I'M satisfactory stage OF settle
ment by negotiation. This government
has not been invited 20 mediate, ana
on the other hand has sought no in
Prevention In the matter. further than
TO evince Its kindliest disposltion TO-