Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-11
HAWAII.

tn rrHTiutInu4 rNH9 ny hnth hNu''"
n Congress. by which Hawaii became
United states territory aro oH foll'a
"whcrcaa. ~, government of tho bee
public ~ Hawaii hIyIne ln due form.
Figrlnrd co. consent In the manner pro.
vdcd 10y Co., constitution. Goo code nIl-
rniutoly and without fOH.rF. iu ihn
United States of America 900 rights NJ
sovereignty M Whatsoever Kind ln and
over tho Hawaiian Islands mud thDr
dependencies. and Go code and trans
Ter 10 the United states the absolute
Zee and .owncfHhip Of nil public. govern
mont or crown lands, public buildings
or odincoH. ports. harhOfi military
equipment. and Hll other public proper
~ N every Kind AMI description hr.
longing 10 the government 0f the Hn-
waliun Islands, tur ihpr With every
right and nppurtruarcc thprcuntp ape
pertaining. Therefore
"uosnivcd. by the Senate and House
~ lcprcas natives w che United stHtc1
- America. in Congress assembled.
That said ccf1lnn ir accepted. ratified
and confirmed. ana that tho said ITO.
wniian Islands nnd their dDpendonCl.I
be and they are hereby ANNEXED nH
part of the territory ~ the United
States and are subject o. the sovereign
dominion thereof, ana that nll aud Hln.
fulnr the property ana nthiH hfrein-
before mentioned urr vested lu tho
lUllfu NiAlNN OF NlnNflNNs
1hc resolutions provide further That
the land laws ~ the United states shan
apply 10 the Islands. ana that until con.
gross makes further provisions th,
clvil. judicial and military government
shall be- In the hands NJ persons ap.
pointed by President Mckinley. wh,
n empowered 10 select nvo commission
err. two u whom nhal be- residents NJ
Hawaii. 10 recommend 90 Congress
legislation Tor the islands. ~ Is fur.
Their provided that Chinese immigration
to the Islands shah cease. and that no
chinese shall be- permitted 10 enter the
United States from the annexed tcrrito-
~. Hawaiian treaties are replaced
by the treaties that the United states
has with foreign governments. but the
existing customs laws are ~ ho ob-
served until such time as Congress de-
crces change, similar provision ia
made In regard 90 municipal ordinances
that do not conflict with treaty or con.
Hiitu,lonai obligations The public
debt ~ the Islands ~ assumed by tho
United States. but nn' o. exceed o.,
100000 This includes amounts due de-.
rurltorl In tho Hawaiian Postal Saw
inga bank. one hundred thousand doi-
lam r. appropriated 90 carry thc an.
noxatlon resolutions into ,ncoL
ny the annexation ~ thF Hawaiian
Islands. she United spi,s has added
hftgon Islands 10 h0r territ,ry OF
these eight are Inhabited and cnul'n
G1i0 square miles, am arya about equal
o. tho two HtntcH NJ Delaware uud Gone
nccucut Compared Goo the immense
Western f,atUs tho figure Ore u1. LARGE.
bu; tho sltun;ion of tn island Fr1up Is
such mat b. this country F1 import
nucc cannot b7 measured hy Hf F.zr.
According Co the census 90 ihJf thH
total population lie 10000 souls uf
thcse al.Oip were clnss.d aa IpVlU,aH
and s,iSs az part Hawaiian Tho r.-
mnining Cl.iiG are comp1e a ~ Jlp-
nneso, chinese, pHfuruesc Amefi tlus.
british and u,hor nrIpulllu.s. TOO
Ihpnnrs' are most numeuus hs.nF
2i,iO5; che Americans number a0NG
A striking feature ~ the sltlrlD4
for Hawaii o. tho syldoncs furnish u
by the nFuru ~ thn gradual llsln-
pcluncr ~ Che il1WlUfnH tu Isl,
she native p'puIrIln WpH estimated
nt about 100000. iu 1890 o w1f put at
9i41G pure natives and fld hlf-
cistca. and IN 1895 hr census showed
further decline 600 IhH puro native
race % $1,000, while .hn hufalH.Os.
had Increased from C1sG % NI.5. ThG.
must be something radically WRONG 10
a sytm OF government thr Imu