The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-17

become State. He presents PROPOSE
ton that in case of annexation Hawaii
should be divided into counties and
mad. part of Oregon or Washington,
so that no political party can at some fu-
ture time in some exigency admit the
islands at State and secure two United
States Senator's Senator Wilson said he
would be glad to have Hawaii added to
Washington.
Senators Bacon and Clay and some
ratification, say tuat they think there
should be no hasty action. While not de-
claring themselves in favor of the treaty
they say they wish to give it careful con-
sideratiOn.
Quite number of Democratic Sen
ators are believed to favor ratification.
Among the Democratic Senators who are
said to be actually in favor of the treaty
or lean that way are Senators Morgan,
Turpie, Daniel. Rawlins. Cockrell,
Roach, McLaurin The Populists are
pretty generally supposed to be in favor
of ratification, although 40 expression
has been heard from Senator Allen.
Senator White, of California, and
Senator Caffery, 81 Louisiana, are consid-
cred among the most vigorous opponents
of ratification and it is believed that
Senators Gray and Mills, of the Foreign
Relations Committee, also will oppose
ratification. 1t is regarded as utterly i'm
possible to make anything like an accu-
rate estimate of the strength of either
present The fact that there is such a
49, ofA,. hat
any action should be postponed until the
next session prevents making any esti-
mate of the vote in the Senate.
The treaty was signed at 9:20 this
morning at the State Department by
Secretary Sherman for the United States
and Messrs. Hatch, Thurston and Kin
ney for the Hawaiian government.
The Hawaiian representatives had
brought with them gold pen in plain
holder, and at their request this was
used for all Of the signatures. Secretary
Sherman signed first the copy intended
to be held here while Minister Hatch
signed first the Hawaiian copy of the
treaty, his fellow commissioners coming
next in order Mr.. Thurston first, follow
ed by Mr.. Kenney. The treaties were
sealed by Assistant Secretary Cridler
with a private seal carried on his watch
chain, the copies We're handed TO their
respective custodians and the treaty was
made as far as the executive branch
Of the government could effect it. There
was a general exchange of congratula-
tions between the parties to the cerc-
mony and after a photograph had been
taken of the commissioners, the ceremony
was ended.
Before the final signature of the docu-
ment, the Secretary of State was pre-.
sented with a formal protest by the
japanese government, through its lega
ton here, against the consummation of
the agreement. The protest is under
stood to be based on apprehension that
the special treaties now existing between
Japan and Hawaii, under which the
japanese enjoy advantages, will be affect
ed injuriously by complete annexation.
The treaty proved to be a simple docu-
ment of six articles based in its essential
details upon the treaty negotiated by
Hon. John w. Foster, during the ad-
ministration of President Harrison. The
islands are ceded practically without
conditions, lef wing the United States to
pursue its own course with reference to
their management. The first article reads
as follows:
"The government of the Hawaiian is
lands hereby cedes, from the date Of
the exchange of the ratifications OF this
| treaty, absolute and without reserve to
the United States for ever all rights Of
sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and
over the Hawaiian islands and their
dependencies, renomcing in favor of the
United States every sovereign right Of
which, as an independent nation, it is
now possessed; and henceforth said Ha-
waiian islands shall become and be an in
tegral part of the territory of the Uni
ted States"
The Hawaiian government ceded to the
United States the absolute ownership
of all the public lands, public buildings,
ports, harbOrs, Notifications, military and
naval equipments and all other govern
ment property. 1t is specifically proyid-
ed, however, that the existing land laws
of the United States shall not apply to
| the public lands of Hawaii, but that spe-
cfal laws shall be made from time to time
for their disposition the proceeds Of any
sales of these lands to be applied to ed
ucational purposes in the islands.
The islands are for the present to con-
stitute a territory of the United States,
their local laws remaining in force until
new ones are enacted. A local legislature
is provided for, but the veto power is
vested entirely in the President of the
United States. A commission of five per-
sons, consisting of three Americans ana
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 coun-
tries in controlling the international rela-
tions of the islands. Further immigra-
ton of Chinese immigra ton to the Uni
ted States are made to apply to the pre-
vention of Chinese removing from Ha-
waii to this country.
This country agrees to assume the
debt of the island republic to the extent
of $4,O00,O00.
TYLER FOR GOVERNOR.