Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-28
: TREATY RATIFIED. :,
Hawaiian Senate Favors Annexa-
ton to the United States. ~ n
Synopsis of the Message OF President
Dole-Resolution of Ratification
Unanimously AdOpted-Ja-
pan Landing Troops,


brought the news that the annexation
treaty had been ratified by the Ha-
waiian senate on the 9Th inst, no details
were obtainable until Wednesday morn
ing, the mails having been delayed in
quarantine for IL hours. From advices
she brought under date of the 14th inst.
the following particulars are obtained:
The Hawaiian senate met in extra ses-
sion on the Sth inst. When the senate
was called to order the presidents mes
sage urging the ratification If the
treaty was read, as was also protest
on behalf of the Hawaiians who opposed
the measure. A synopsis of the message
of President Dole is as follows:
President Dole's Message.
The president in his message stated that
under the authority conferred upon him
by the constitution and with the approval
of the cabinet, he had negotiated treaty
Of political union of the United States OF
American and the republic of Hawaii,
which was signed by the plenipotentiaries
Of both governments in Washington, June
16, 1887. He transmitted the same to the
senate for the consideration and ratifica-
ton thereof under it's constitutionality, and
called attention to certain significant
events which bore upon the matter, He
annexation by the provisional government
on June II, 1893, and stated that the rea-
sons which then necessitated that policy
still existed and that subsequent events
had emphasized their Importance. In con-
clusion, he called particular attention to
the fact that the treaty contained an i'm
portant provision regarding the main
tenance Of the existing Hawaiian laws and
customs not inconsistent with the treaty
under consideration, and the fact that de-
liberation m at 10
form Of government for the territory OF
Hawaii and that the injury which inevita-
bly, follows sudden political changes was
precluded.
Both papers were referred with the
text of the treaty to the foreign rela-
tons committee for consideration. On
the following day that committee re-
ported favorably, and on it's recommen-
! dation the senate adopted the following
resolution by unanimous vote:
The Resolution of Ratification.
BE it resolved by the senate Of the re-
public of Hawaii, That the senate hereby
! ratifies and advises and consents to the
| ratification by the president of the treaty
| United States of America on the subject
| Of annexation Of the Hawaiian islands to
! the United States Of America, concluded
| in Washington on June 16. 1897"
| The text of the treaty is then given.
Protest Laid on the Table.
In answer to the Hawaiian protest
the committee said in part:
| 1.-THE legislature of the republic has at
| its last two sessions passed joint resolutions
| favoring annexation, and the annexation of
| the islands to the United States was one
| of the fundamental grounds for the es-
| tablishment Of this government. We rec
ommend that the protest be laid upon
| the table, and in doing so deem it our
duty to say that in our opinion the pro-
testants are protesting more on the grounds
of sentiment than that they fully believe
| annexation would not promote the best
and most lasting prosperity to these islands
and all classes Of people now residing
| thereon"
This report was unanimously adopted
by the senate.
Troops from Japan.
San Francisco, Sept. 23.-Passengers
who arrived here yesterday on the
steamer City of Pekin say that Japan
had landed over 1000 well-drilled sol.
diers on the Hawaiian islands, and
that more were coming. 1t was gen.
orally believed that they were sent to
the islands for the purpose of forcibly
resisting annexation if necessary.
| Cruiser Ordered to Honolulu.
Vallejo, CAL, Sept. 23.-Orders have
been received at the navy yard to put
the cruiser Baltimore in commission
October 1. She is ordered to proceed
to Honolulu, presumably to relieve the
Philadelphia.