Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-24
TO ABSORB HAWAII.
ANNEXATION TREATY BE-
FORE THE SENATE.
Japan Has Filed Protest - Treaty
Codes the Hawaiian Islands Practice
ally without Conditions to the United
states---Presldenfs Message.

again formally asked to be annexed to
the United States, aud the fate of the
little Republic row rests with the
Senate. The treaty outlining the an
nexation project was signed by Secre-
tary of State Sherman and Hawaiian
representatives yesterday, and before
supper time President Mckinley had
transmitted the document with his
message to the Senate, The COM
munication reached the Senate cham
Der at o'clock.
Before the final signature of the
document the secretary of state re-
ceived formal protest from the Jap
anese government, through its lega-
ton here, against the consummation
of the agreement. The protest is
understood to be based on apprehen-
sion that the special treaties now eX-
isting between Japan and Hawaii,
under which the Japanese enjoy adj
vantages, will be affected injuriously
by complete annexation.
The Senate at once went into eX
ecutive session, and rs soon as the
doors were closed the message Of
President Mckinley accompanying the
treaty and the treaty itself were read
to the Senate. They were attcniivcly
listened to- In one part of the cham
Der there was group of Senators who
will bitterly oppose the ratification of
the treaty. Among them were Sen
ators Gray, Mills, Pasco, White, Caif-
cry Pettigrew and McEnery.
The message of the President was
not very long document 1t dealt
with historical facts concerning the
island and showed that the United
States and Hawaii yearly grew more
closely bound to each other. This
was not really annexation, he said,
but continuation of existing rela-
tions with closer bonds between peo-
Pile closely related by blood and kim
dred ties The annexation of
the islands, said the President, and
making them part of the United
States was in accordance with the es-
tablished policy of this country.
The treaty proved to be a simple
document of six articles, based in its
essential details upon the treaty nego-
tiated by the Hon. John w. Foster
during the administration of President
Harrison. The islands are coded prac-
tically without conditions, leaving the
United States to pursue its own course
with reference to their management.
The first article reads as follows;
1.-THE government of the Hawaiian
islands hereby cedes, from the date of
the exchange of the notifications of
this treaty, absolute and without re-
serve to the United States forever all
rights of sovereignty of whatsoever
kind in and over the Hawaiian islands
and their dependencies, renouncing in
favor of the United States everY SOW
ereign right of which, rs an independ-
ent nation, it is now possessed; and,
henceforth, said Hawaiian islands
shall become and be an integral parb
of the territory of the United States. "
the United States the absolute owner
ship of all the public lands, public
buildings. ports, harbors, forti flea
tions, military and naval equipments
aud all other government property.
1t is specifically provided, however,
that the existing land laws of the
United States shall not apply to the
public lands of Hawaii, but that spec
cinl laws shall be made from time to
time for their disposition. the pro-
ceeds of any sales of these lands TO be
applied to educational purposes in the
| islands.
The islands are for the present to
constitute territory of the United
States, their local laws remaining in
force until new ones are enacted. A
local Legislature is provided for, but
the veto power is vested entirely in
the President of the United States.
A commission of five persons, con-
sisting of three Americans and two
llawaiians, to be nominated by the
President and confirmed by the Sem
ate, is provided for the purpose OF
formulating the mode of government
for the islands.
The five commissioners provided for
in the treaty are expected to make
recommendations to Congress as 10
new laws, and also as regards the form
of government Ths present form OF
local government is to continue i'm the
islands for the present, except that
the President of the United States is
to have immediate veto power over the
acts of the Hawaiian legislative as
scmbly
The treaties of the United States
with other countries are substituted
for the treaties of Hawaii with the
same countries in the controlling in
ternational relations with the island,
Further immigration of Chinese ln-
borers to the islands is prohibited and
the laws restricting Chinese immigra'
tion to the United States are made &c
apply to the prevention of Chinese re
moving from Hawaii to this country.
This country agrees to assume The
debt of the island republic to the cX'
tent of s4,OO0,OOO
No mention is made Of any gratuity
to ex.Quccn Liliuokalani
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