The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-06-22
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of the Ma
tiOnaI LaXy MILL


ernments of the United States and
Hawaii gathered and signed a treaty
by the terms of which, if ratified the
little island republic will become a part
present Secretary Sherman. Assistant
Secretaries Day, Adee and Cridler,
Private Secretary Babcock and As
sistant Private Secretary Gaytree. On
the Hawaiian side were Minister
Hatch, Lorrin A. Thurston and w. A.
Kinney, all for this particular occasion
accredited as special commissioners,
duly empowered to negotiate a treaty
of annexation.
Before the final signature of the doc
ument the secretary of state was pre-
scented a formal protest Nv the Japan
csc government through its legation
here, against the contamination of the
of the territory of the United States.
Fof the United States there were
agreement. The protest is understood
to be based on apprehension that the
special treaties now existing between
Japan and Hawaii under which the
Japanese enjoy advantages, will be af-
fected injuriously by complete annexa-
ton.
Washington June 1.-THE treaty for
the annexation of the Hawaiian islands
reached the senate chamber at
o'clock yesterday. The senate at once
went into executive session and as
soon as the doors were closed the
message of President Mckinley, ac-
cOmpanyng the treaty, and the treaty
itself, were read to the senate. They
were attentively listened to. In one
part of the chamber there was a
group of senators who will bitterly OPP
pose the ratification of the treaty.
among them were Senators Gray,
Mills, Pasco, White Caffery, PettigreW
and McEnery. AS soon as the reading
of the documents were completed,
Senator Davis chairman of the COM
mttee on foreign relations, moved that
the message and the treaty be made
public Senator Gray objected to a
vote on the motion, and, under the
rules, a single objection carried the
motion over for a day.
The message of the president was not
a. very long document 1t dealt with
historical facts concerning the island
and showed that the United States and
Hawaii yearly grow more closely
bound to each other. This was not
really annexation, he said, but a con
tinuation of existing relations with
closer bonds between people closely re-
lated by blood and Kindred ties.
The treaty proved to be a simple doe
ument of six articles based in it's cS-
sential details upon the treaty negO-
tiated by Hon John w Foster during
the administration of President Har-
rison. 1t is practically without con-
dtions, leaving the United States to
pursue its own course with reference
to their management. The first artl-
Gle reads as follows:
The government of the Hawaiian
islands hereby cedeS, from the date of
the exchange of the Publications of
this treaty, absolute and without re-
serve, to the United States forever all
rights of sovereignty of whatsoever
kind in and over the Hawaiian islands
and their dependencies, renOuncing in
favor of the United States every SOW
eregn right of which, as an independ-
ent nation, it is now possessed; and,
henceforth, said Hawaiian islands
shall become and be an integral part
of the territory of the United States.
The Hawaiian government CedeS to
the United States the absolute owner
ship of all the public lands, public
buildings, ports, harbors, Notifications.
military and naval equipments and all
other government property. 1t is spe-
cifically provided, however, that the
existing land laws of the United States
shall not apply to the public lands of
Hawaii, but that special laws shall be
made from time to time for their dis
position, the proceeds of any sales of
these lands to be applied to education
al purposes in the islands. The islands
are for the present to constitute ter
ritOry of the United States, their local
laws remaining in force until new ones
are enacted. A local legislature is pro-
vided for. but the veto power is vest
ed entirely in the president of the
United States. A commission of tive
persons, consisting of three Americans
and two HawaiianS, to be nominated
by the president and confirmed by the
senate is provided for the purpose of
formulating the mode of government
for the islands.
The treaties of the United States
with other countries are substituted
for the treaties of Hawaii with the
same countries in controlling interna-
tiOnal relations of the islands. Further
immigration of Chinese labOrerS to the
islands is prohibited and the laws re-
Stricting Chinese Immigration to the
United States are made to apply to the
prevention of Chinese removing from
Hawaii to this country. This county
agrees to assume the debt of the island
republic to the extent of $4,0O0OOO.
Washington, June II. = The senate
made rapid work on the tariff bill.
There were no long speeches and the
debate was of a Snappy character
which at times enlivened but did not