Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-24
Sent TO the Senate.

nVe O'Clock yesterday. The senate at
| once went into executive session, and,
as soon as the doors were closed, the
message of President Mckinley, ac-
T, companying the treaty, and the treaty
| itself. were read to the senate. They
were attentively listened to. In one
part of the chamber there was a group
| of senators who will bitterly oppose
the ratification of the treaty Among
them were Senators Gray, Mills, Pasco,
White, Gallery, Pettigrew and Nc
Enerny.
As soon as the reading of the docu-
| ments was completed. Senator Davis,
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations, moved that the message and
the treaty be made public.
Senator Gray objected to a vote on
the motion, and under the rules a
single objection carried the motion
over until to-day.
Senator Davis gave due notice that
at the next executive session he would
press the motion for publication, as
the essential facts and almost YER
batim copy of the treaty had been pub
llshed in the press of the country.
There was some discussion as to when
the treaty might be considered, and
Senator White asked if it was the in
tention to push it at this session, and
upon the reply being made that it was
posi- bic, the California senator said:
Il desire to announce that l am pre-
pared to stay here all summer to pre-
vent the ratification. which consider
very bad proposition"
I'll join you," said Senator Petit
grew, of South Dakota
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
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 grow more
closely bound to each other. This was
not really annexation, he said, but
continuation of existing relations with
closer bonds between people closely
related by blood and kindred ties.
Since 1920. said the president, the pre-
dominance of the United States had
been known. The sending of the first
envoy there brought the islands in
closer relations with the United States,
and those relations had grown more
firm by succeeding events. At the
time the tripartite agreement was
made for the government of Samoa, lie
said Great Britain and Germany wanted
to include Hawaii in the treaty under
which a protectOrate was established,
but the suggestion was rejected by the
United States, because this government
held, there already existed relations
between Hawaii and the United States
which placed the islands under the
especial care of this country, and this
government could not allow any other
country to interfere in the affairs of
Hawaii.
1.-THE annexation of the islands,"
said the president, land making them
a part of the United States, was in ac-
cordance with the established policy
of this country"
THE TREATY.
The treaty proved to be a simple
document of six articles based in its
essential details upon the treaty nego-
tiated by Hon. John w. Foster during
the administration of President Har-
rison. The islands are ceded practi-
cally without conditions, leaving the
United States to pursue its own course
with reference to their management
The first article reads as follows:
The government of the Hawaiian islands
hereby cedes, from the date of the exchange of
the Publications of this treaty, absolutely and
without reserve, to the United States forever,
all rights of sovereignty OF whatsoever kind in
and over the Hawaiian islands and their de-
tendencies, renouncing in favor Of the United
States every sovereign right of which as an in
dependent nation it is now possessed And
henceforth said Hawaiian islands shall become
and be an integral part of the territory of thS
United States
The Hawaiian government cedes to
the United States the absolute owner
ship of all public lands, public build
ings, ports, harbors, Notifications,
military and naval equipments and all
other government property. 1t il
specifically provided, however, that
the existing land laws of the United
States shall not apply to the public
lands of Hawaii, but that special laws
shall be made from time to time Cor
their disposition, the proceeds of any
sales of these lands to be -PPiied to
educational purposes in the islands.
The islands are for the present to
constitute a territory of the United
States, their local laws remaining in
force until new ones are enacted.
local legislature is provided for, but the
veto power is vested entirely in the
president of the United States.
commission of five persons, consisting
of three Americans and two Hawaiians,
to be nominated by the president and
confirmed by the senate, is provided for
the purpose of formulating the mode
of government for the islands.
The treaties of the United States
with other countries are substituted
for the treaties of Hawaii, with the
same case in the controlling interna-
tional relations of the islands. Fur
Their immigration of Chinese laborers
to the islands is prohibited, and the
laws restricting Chinese immigration
to the United States are to be made to
apple 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 ex-
tent of 81, 900, OO0.
The TombOy Mine.