The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-18
WILMINGTON n c., FRIDAY, JUNE 49, 1897.
ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
The Treaty Taken to the White House for
Final Revision-To be Signed Today-Im.
pore~nt Changes From the One of Harri.
sons Administration.

Washington, June l5.-It was the ex-
| ton treaty. this afternoon. would re-
ceive the formal signatures OF the ne
| gotiators. Secretary Sherman, for the
United States government, and either
| Minister Hatch, or Mr.. Lorin Thurston,
| as a special commissioner for the Haw-
| allan government. The document it
| self had been prepared and everything
was in readiness. when il was taken
| again to the White house for the pres
ident's final inspection and review. Sec
retary Sherman remained at the de-
partment later than is his custom, in
order TO receive the Hawaiians, but
| finally at o'clock the attempt to Sc
cure the signature of the treaty today,
was Abandoned. This may prevent the
submission Of the treaty to the senate
tomorrow, as was the intention of the
cabinet, but the delay in any case will
not be material
At the cabinet meeting today in the
course of discussion of the treaty, it
was decided that its pendency in the
senate would not necessarily cause any
considerable obstruction to the progress
of the tariff bill. and while there is
every disposition on the part of the
president to avoid any interference
with the rights of the senate in the
matter. it can be stated that the treaty
will not go in with any idea that it is
now the wish of the executive that it.
should be acted on promptly.
While the treaty is in the senate,
either in the hands Of the committee on
foreign relations or on the calen lar
of executive business, it is the expecIa-
ton that the people Of the United
States will have an opportunity through
the press and other mediums to declare
their sentiments upon the matter and
if, as is expected. there is an over
Whelming declaration for annexation, it
is believed that the senate will be quick
to respond to the demand. In this case,
the treaty, it is believed, can be taken
up and ratified in the course of one or
two executive sessions, while the regu-
lar tariff debates are in progress daily.
The one point of Importance in which
the treaty differs from the convention
negotiated by Secretary Foster, in
President Harrison's administration is
in the omission Of any provision for eX-
Queen Liliuokalani and the Princess
Kaiulani. In the original treaty it was
provided that the government Of the
United States should pay the eX-Gueen
the sum of $4,000 cash and the same
amount of money as pension each
year during the remainder of her nat
ural life, provided she, in good faith,
submitted to the government Of the
4 United States and the local government
of the islands. The Princes Kaiulani,
being the next in the line of royal blood,
was to receive a cash payment of $15O.-
600, but no pension, under ii similar bro
visO as in the case of the eX-quecr.
1t is understood that any objection
that might have been expected to the
annexation of the islands, based on the
large proportion of coolies in the pCpu-
latiOn, has been fOrestalled by an arti-
Gle, not only prohibiting the further
immigration of such laborers to the
Hawaiian islands, but also prohibiting
the coming Of any of the Chinese from
the Stands to other parts Of the United
States.