Show TREATY 18 SIGNED the annexation of the hawaiian islands IT IS TO THE SENATE only ii few bitter 0 tin acted promptly washington june 16 in the great diplomatic room of the state department where four years and four months ago in the ot the carribon administration abe first ha wabian annexation treaty waa signed only to be withdrawn from the senate and thrown ino a pigeonhole pigeon hole the representatives of the governments of the united adaus and hawaii gathered this morning and signed a treaty by tl e of which if ratified the little island republic Be public will become part of tho territory of the united states of the persons who stood in today three were present when the original trea v was signed mi ebner loain A thuraton and assistant secretaries adee and cradier Crl dier the tiet named haps took a more sincere personal ierson al pleasure in the ceremony ot anis morning than any of the others because of the stirring events of the last four years in which he was so directly concerned it is a very unusual thing for a treaty of such importance to be signed early in the morning but in this case it was desired that he convention be made ready early in order that it mient be submitted to the senate on the day of its signature the document itself had been prepared ore pared carefully over night in fact it was practically completed at the close of official hours yesterday but it was necessary essaiy to make a acee corn the president wished alother opportunity to eo over the document probably with a yiew of drawing up a message with which it will be accompanied to the senate therefore before 9 the who wera concerned in the preparations of fihs ihs treaty were at the state department SOT the united states there were secretary bherman assistant secrata ries doy adee and cridler private secretary babcock and assistant private secretary gay tree on the hawaiian aide were minister hatch lorin A thurston and W A kinney all for this particular occasion accredited as special commissioners duly empowered to negotiate a treaty of annexation after formal greetings the creden tills of the were scanned and recorded secretary sherman alone represented the united in the signature of the convention then came the reading and comparison of the treaty of this there were two draffe one to bj held by each later one to be exchanged in the usual form altogether it was twenty minutes after 9 when all was ready for the signatures the hawaiian representatives had brought with them ft gold pen in a plain holder and at their request this was used for all of abe signatures the islands are for the present time to constitute a territory of the united states their local laws remaining in force butil new ones are enacted A loial is provided for but te veto bower is entirely in the president of the united state A com mireion of five persons cousia ing of three americans and two to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the sanate is provided for the purpose of formulating a mode of government for the islands washington june 16 the treaty for the annexation of the hawaiian islands reached the senate chamber at 5 today the senate at once went into executive session and as soon as the doors were closed the message of president mckinley accompanying the treaty and the treaty itself were read to the senate they wore attentively listened to in one part of the chamber there was a group of senators who bitterly opposed the ratification of the treaty among then the n were senators gray mlis pasco white caffery Oaf fery pettigrew and mcenery As soun as the reading of the document was completed senate davis chairman of the on foreign Eel aiona moved tha the message and the treaty be made senator uray object fed to a vote on the motion and under the tules a single objection carried the motion oer until tomorrow toa orrow senator davis rave notice that at the executive session he would the motion for publication |