The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-18
THE FULL TREATY
Text of the Hawaiian Convention,
Together With the Presi-
dents Message.
The Annexation of the Islands,
He Says, Has Been Con-
-. templated
BY the Policy Of the Government
for the Last Seventy
Years.

WASHINGTON, June lS.-The follow
ing is the message sent to the senate by
President Mckinley transmitting the
Hawaiian treaty:
To the senate of the United States:
transmit, herewith, to the senate, in
order that, after due consideration, the
constitutional function of advice and
consent may be exercised by that body,
a treaty for the annexation of the Re-
public of Hawaii to the United States,
signed in this capital by the plenipo-
tentiaries of the parties on the 10th OF
June, inst.
For the better understanding of the
subject, transmit, in addition, a report
If the secretary of state, briefly review
ing the negotiation which has led to
this important result The incorpora-
ton of the Hawaiian islands into the
body polite of the United States, is the
Necessary and Fitting Sequel
TO the chain of events which from very
early period of our history has controlled
the intercourse and prescribed the asso-
citation of the United States with the
Hawaiian islands. The predominance
of American interests in that neighbor-
ing territory was first asserted i'll 1920
by sending to the islands q representa-
tive agent of the United States. 1t
found further expression by the sigma
ture of treaty of friendship, commerce
and navigation with the king in 1896
the first international compact nego-
tiated by Hawaii. 1t was signally an
nounced in lS43, when the intervention
of the United States caused the British
government to disavow the seizure OF
the Sandwich islands by British naval
commander and TO recognize them by
treaty as an independent state, renounc.
ing forever any purpose of annexlng the
islands, or exertinga protectorate over
them. In 1851 the cession OF the Ha.
waiian kingdom to the United States
was formally offered and although not
then accepted, this government pro-
claimed its duty to preserve alike the
honor and dignity of the United States
and the safety of the government of the
Hawaiian islands. From this time till
the outbreak of the war in 1861 the pol
icy of the United States toward Hawaii
- and of the Hawaiians sovereign toward
the United States was exemplitied by
Continued Negotiations for Annexation
or for a reserved commercial union. The
latter alternative was at length accom-
plished by the reciprocity treaty o
1873, the provisions of which We're re
newed and expanded by the convention
of 1884, embracing the perpetual cessiol
to the United States of the harbor O.
Pearl river IN the island of Oahu
In 1888, a proposal for the join
guaranty of the neutrality of the Ha
waiian islands by the United States
Germany and Great Britain was de
clined on the announced ground tina
the relation of the United States to tn
islands was sufficient for the end il
view. In brief, from 1920 to 1893 tn
course of the United States toward tn
Hawaiian islands has consistently ia
vored their autonomous welfare, witt
the exclusion of all foreign influence
save our own to the extent Of uphold
ing eventual annexation as the neces
sary outcome of that policy.
Not a Change But Contamination.
Not only is the union of the Hawaiian
territory with the United States no ney
scheme, but it is the inevitable conse
Cuence of the relation steadfastly main