The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-06-23
TO ANNEX HAWAII.
The Treaty is Laid Before The
Senate.
Together With the Message From
President Mckinley Upon
the Subject.

treaty sent to tue senate: a
:iThc United States OF America |
and the republic Of Hawaii, in view
of the natural dependence Of the
Hawaiian islands upon the United
States, Of their geographical proxim-
itv thereto, Of the prcDondcrant
share acquired by the United States
and it's citizens in the industries and
trade Of the islands and the expressed
desire of the republic Of Hawaii that
those islands should be Incorporated
into the United States as an integral I
part thereof, and under its sovereign
tv, have determined to accomplish,
by treaty, an object SO Important to
their mutual and permanent welfare.
10 this end the high contracting
parties have conferred full powcr'and
authority upon their respectively ap-
appointed plenipotentiarics to-wlt:
The president Of the United States,
John Sherman, secretary Of state OF
| the United States; the president OF
the republic Of Hawaii, Francis
March Patch, Lorin A.. Thurston and
William A. Kinney.
"Articlc 1.-The <Fepublic Of Ila-
waii cedcs absolutely and without
reserve to the United States Of Amer
: ica all rights Of sovereignty Of what
soeyer kind nand over blae Hawaiian
islands and their dependencies; and
it is agreed that all territory OF and
appertaining to the republic of lla-
waii is hereby annexed to the United
States under the name OF the terri
Of Hawaii. .-= ....-E.M
"4Article II.-The republic of Ha-
, wall also cedcs and hereby transfers
to the United States the absolute fee
and ownership Of. AL public buildings
= or eliificcs, ports, harbors. military
equipments and all other public
property OF every kind and descrip-
tion belonging to the government OF
the Hawaiian islands, together with
: every right and appurtcnancc there
q unto appcrtainins. Inc existing
. laws OF the United STATES relative tc
" public lands shall not apply to such
lands in the Hawaiian islands, but
:, the congress of the United States
y Shall enact special laws for thei
r. management and disposition: provid
ed; shat all revenue or proceeds 0
the same, except as regards sncl
part thereof as may be used Or oocil
pied for civic, military or naval pul
poses of the United States or may b
assigned for the use Of the local gov
- ernmcnt shall be used solely for TIL
-, benefit of the inhabitants of the lla
- Waiian islands for educational an
~ other purposes.
~ "Artlc1e III.-Until congress sha]
:. provide for the government of sue
80 islands, all civil, judicial and militar
powers exercised by officers Of the c,
,,o isting government in said islanc
shall be vested in such person or pc
= sons, and Shall be exercised in sue
~ manner as the president of II
United States snail direct, and tt
~ president shall have power to reno
said officers and fill vacancies so o
casoned. The existing treaties
the Hawaiian islands with forcie
an nations shall forthwith cease, bclr
in replaced by such treaties as m;
of be hereafter concluded between I'll
voc United States and such foreign n
yas tions. The municipal legislation
vac the Hawaiian Islands not enact
cnt for the fulfllmcnt Of the treaties
,cd cxtinguishcd, and not inconslste
usc with this treaty nor contrary to t.
~, constitution Of the United States n
al to any existing treaty of the Unit
,r1v States, shall remain in force un
f. of the congress of the United Stat
7occ shall otherwise determine. ln
. legislation shall be enacted cXtcr
vo ING the United States custom la
,ble and regulations to the Hawaii
in islands, the existing customs re
tions with the United States a
rv,s other countries shall remain
With changed.
uck ".Artclc IN,.--Thc public debt
ncr, the republic Of Hawaii, lawfully
nv isting at the date Of the ratificat
Wind of this treaty including the amW
il due to dcpositors in the Hawai-
hav. Postal Savings bank, is hereby
and sumcd by the government OF
United States, but the liability
urn- the United States in this reg
Get shall in no case exceed 4,0OO,C
r. of So long, however, as the exist
fire government and the present CONN
cial relations Of the Hawaiian isll
arc continued. as hereinbcforc
and vded. said government shall cont
ilose to pay interest on said debt.
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