The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-24
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION
THE TREATY RATIFIED BIZ THE
HAWAIIAN SENATE

The Senate Meets In ExtrA Seseson-hne
Message From tho aesident Trsnsmits.
ing the Treaty Signed In Washington
.June l. .st-The Vote Of Ratification Unan
mous-A Protest Against the Treaty
YreAented and 1abled-Arrival of Sena
tor Morgan and American Congressm'A
San Francisco September 22--Although
the steamship City of Picking. which ar
rived last night from Honolulu. brought
the news that the annexation treaty had
been ratified by the Hawaiian senate on
the Sth instant, no details were obtain
able until this morning, the mail having
been delayed in quarantine for twelve
hours. From advices she brought under
date of the 14th instant, the following
particulars are obtained.
The Hawaiian senate met in extra ses-
sion on the sth instant. When the senate
was called to order the presidents mes
sage urging the ratification of the treaty
was read. as was also a protest on be-
half of the Hawaiians who opposed the
measure.
The presidents message stated that
under the authority conferred upon him
by the constitution and with the approval
of the cabinet, he had negotiated a treaty
of political union between the United
States of America and the republic of
Hawaii, which was signed by the pleni-
potentiaries of both governments in
Washington. June 16, 1897. He transmitted
the same to the senate for consideration
of the ratification thereof, under its con-
s~titutionality, and called attention to GER
tain significant events which bore upon
the matter. He touched upon the adop-
ton of the policy of annexation by the
nr0vicinna1 government on June IL lS93.
and stated that the reasons which then
necessitated that policy still existed and
that subsequent events had emphasized
their Importance.
Both papers were referred, with the
text of the treaty, to the foreign rela-
tionS committee for consideration. On the
following day that committee reported IA
yorably and upon it's recommendation, the
senate adopted the following resolution
by unanimous vote:
BE it resolved by the senate of the re-
public Of Hawaii, Tha the senate hereby
~ratifes and advises and consents to the
ratification by the president of the treaty
between the republic of Hawaii and the
United States of America on the subject
of annexation of the Hawaiian islands to
the United States of America, concluded
in Washington, June 16, 1897, which treaty
is word for word as follows: The text
of the treaty then followed
In answer to the Hawaiian protest
adopted at a mass meeting held on the
9Th. the committee said in part:
The legislature of the republic has at
it's last two sessions passed joint resolu-
tons favoring and the annex
alton of the islands to the United States
was one of the fundamental grounds for
the establishment of this government.
We recommend that the protest be laid
upon the table and in doing so. deem it
our duty to say that in our opinion the
professionals are protesting more on the
grounds of sentiment than that they July
believe annexation would not promote the
best and most lasting prosperity to the
islands and all classes of people residing
thereon"
This report was unanimously adopted
by the senate.
Despite the action of the senate, the
opponents of annexation are continuing
their fight, and the leaders of the move
ment express the utmost confidence in
their ability to defeat annexation.
Before the Peking left a call had been
issued for an immense mass meeting to
were that it would be one of the largest
ever held in the islands. Some of the
annexationists hoped to be able to have
Senator Morgan address the meeting with
the object of changing the sentiment of
the natives, but there was little likelihood
of their plan meeting with success.
The steamship Australia, having on
board United States Senator John T.
Morgan. of Alabama, Congressman A. S.
Berry, J. G. Cannon, H. G. L~oudenslager
and J. A. Tawney, arrived in Honolulu
on the 14th. They were accorded a warm
welcome. Senator Morgan stood the voy-
age exceedingly we'll and was in excellent
health.