Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-06-26
SPECIAL MESSAGE.
What President McKinley Has TO Say About
tho Hawaiian Annexation Treaty.

what President mckinley Has 70 say About
tho Hawaiian Annexation Treaty.
WASHINGTON, June 1s.-The message
sent to the senate by President McKin-
ley about Hawaii Is rs follows:
To the Senate Of the United States:
I transmit herewith TO the senate, In order
that after due consideration the constitutional
function OF advice and consent may be exer-
cised by that body. treaty for the annexation
Of the republic OF Hawaii TO the United States,
signed In this capital by tho plenipotcntiarics
OF the interested parties on tho 10th OF June
Inst For the better understanding Of the sub
jcct. transmit In addition. q report OF the
secretary Of state, briefly reviewing the nego-
tiatlons which have led 70 this important ro-
suit
The incorporation OF the Hawaiian islands
into tho body polite OF tho United States Is the
necessary and lifting sequel to the chain OF
events which from very early period Of our
history has controlled tho intercourse and pre-
scrlbed the association OF the United States
and tho Hawaiian Islands The predominanco
ofAmcrican interests In that neighboring terri
tory was first asserted In 1880 by sending TO the
Islands representative agent OF the United
States. II found further expression by
tho signature Of q treaty OF friendship.
commerce and navigation with the king In 1870
tho first International compact negotiated by
Hawaii II was slgnallv announced In 1873
when the intervention OF the United States
caused the British government to disavow the
seizure OF the Sandwich islands by q British
naval commander, and TO recognize them by
treaty MS an independent state, rcnouncing for
ever any purpose OF anncxlng the islands or
excrting protcctoratc over them.
In 1851 the ccsston OF the Hawaiian kingdom
IN tho limited Stntag wae fnrmnllv afforcd and
although not then accepted this government
proclaimed its duties TO preserve alike the
honor and dignity Of the United states and the
safety OF the government OF the Hawaiian Is
lands From this time until the outbreak OF
tho war In 1861. the policy OF the United
States toward Hawaii and Of the Ha-
waiian sovereign toward the United
States was cxompllfed by continued
negotiations for annexation or for q reserved
commercial union. The latter alternative was
at length accomplished by the reciprocity
treaty OF 1873, tho provisions Of which were re-
ncwed and expanded by the convention Of 1884.
embracing the perpetual cesslon to the United
States OF the harbor OF Pearl river In the island
Of Oahu. In 1888 proposal for the Joint guar
anty of the neutrality Of the Hawaiian islands
by the United States, Germany and Great
Britain was declined upon the announced
ground that the relations OF the United
states TO the Islands was SUFFICIENT Tor the
emu In view In orief, from ls'o TO 1913 the
course OF the united states toward the Ha-
waiinn ISLANDS mas consistently favored their
autonomous weifare win the exclusion OF al
iorcign influences save our own 10 the extent
OF upholding eventual annexation us the ncces-
sary outcome OF that policy. Not only is the
union OF the hawaiian territory TO the United
States no new schcmc, nut II il the inevitable
OF the relation StcndllStly main