Show HAWAIIAN MESSAGE me Address of the President Sent to the Senate A REMIT OF imiUlltCAL EVENTS inaixalloo A Mrctisary Result ot Our KtlMIins to tile Island Republic WASHINGTON June 17The followIng 1 follow-Ing Is the full text pf tile menage mat to the Senate by President McKlnley yesterday accompany the Hawaiian Irealyt transmit herewith to the Bangle to order thai utter due consideration the Conglitut Ions I function ot advice and consent may exercised by lint body a treaty for the annexation of tbe republic ol Hawaii to the United btates signed I In this Capitol by the plenipotentiaries of tbe parties on the 10lb 01 June Pot the better unJer standing 01 the subject transmit In ddllloo a report 01 the Secretary at I late briefly rlwlolt Ibe negotiations negotia-tions wblob have led to this Important remit The Incorporation or 1 the Hawaiian 1 Islands I Into l the body politic of the I United Slates t IB the necessary and biting sequel to tbe chain ol events I wblck Track a very early period ot our history his controlled the intercourse adpreiorlbed the atioelatlon or the I United Butei and the Hawaiian I I Islands The predominance I ot American I Ameri-can Interests In that nelghoorlng I territory we fl hni asserted In 1320 toy I lending to Hit Manila a repres ntallve i agent ol tbe United States It found l turtber exirtsulon by the signature ol I u treaty ol friendship commerce and navigation wltb the king lu 1820 the Brit International compact negotiated by Hw I It waaslgnully announced la 1843 when The Intervention ol Ibo United Btatsa caused the Brltlih government I gov-ernment to disavow the seizure of the Sandwich Islands by a Urltlib naval commander and to recognize tbem by treaty an an Independent state r < nuunclng forever any purposed annexing annex-ing the Islands or exerting a protectorate pro-tectorate over Ibm In 1851 Ibo Cousin of the Hawaiian kinguom lu the United State wai formally offered and allbougu not trials accepted elate government proclaimed lie duly to preserve alike the bonor and dignity ol the United States and tbe safety 01 Ibo government of the Hawaiian Islands Is-lands From this time until the outbreak out-break 01 tile war 10 1801 tbe policy of the United BIo toward Hawaii and ot the Hawaiian eovereliin toward tue United elate was rxempllflgj by continued con-tinued neirollatloua for annexation or for a reserved commercial union The latter alternative was leiiglu acmnj Pllibed by tbe reciprocity treaty o loTB the provisions of wblcb were renewed re-newed and expanded by the convention conven-tion ol 1884 embracing Ibe perpetual cession tu the United Blatei or the barbor or Pearl river In Ibo island ol Oahu In 1839 a proposal for the joint guarantee of the neutrality of I I the Hawaiian Islands by the I United Btalei Quimsny and I Ureat Britain wa declined on the announced ground that the relation re-lation of tile United States to Ibo Islands was suflloleul for Ibo end In view In brief from 1820 tj 1893 the course of the United Btatei toward Ibo Hawaiian Islands has consistently favored Their autonomous welfare wllb the exclusion ol all foreign Influences In-fluences eave our own to the extent of upholding eventual annexation at the iieceaaary outcome of that policy Not only li the union of tbe Hawaiian territory to Mrs Us lied States no new scheme but It Ii the la I evitable ooniequence of the relation steadfastly maintained wllb that mid 1aolBo domain for tbreequarleri of century Ito accomplliument despite de-spite luooetilve denlali and poitpoue I mint baa been merely a quettion time While its failure lu 189 may nol be a cause of congratulation It u certainly a proof of Ibe disinterested nets of the United States the delay of four years having abundantly ituffloed to establish the rlgat and ability of the republic ot Hawaii to enter aa a sovereign oontraclant upon a conventional union wild the Ualted State thus realizing ft purpose held by the Hawaiian people and proclaimed by successive Hawaiian government through some tevanly years ot their virtual dependence depend-ence upon the benevolent protection t I ol tbe United States Under such cit oumitancer annexation la I not a change It Is a consummation The report ut Ibe secretary of Ito exbl bin tbe character and course of the recent negotiations and the features of tile treaty Itself The orgaaliitlon and administrative details ol Ibo Incorporation In-corporation life neceaiarlly Jolt to tile wisdom ot the Congress and I cannot doubt when the junction of tbe con etltulional treaty making power shall be accomplished Ibe duty of the ua lloi al legislature In tile one wll be performed With tile largest regard lot Ue Interest oljthli rich insular domain and the weliare of tile Inhabitants thereof WILLIAM McKiNLty xeoulivu Muoalou Wasulngltn June 18tb 18U7 |