| Show HAWAIIAN ANNEX annexation ArION the NEWS has baa received from hon W 7 H king representative from utah the she following copy 0 of f house resolution no 68 introduced into inlo the national house of representatives eo may ilay 6 1897 and referred to the he corn com elltee on forel foreign ign aft ire and ordered to be printed taint joliat el ailon lins ter lor the of albe Ast aluide citizens olti xeni of abs tbs united tate fl some ome of whom reside upon the hawaiian islands Is lande naye have property bod and extensive A financial upon said eaid lalande islands and whereas many of the citizens of the republic ot of hawaii were formerly alti BONN air of ane be united states and aad by the ties tie of and od consanguinity are indissolubly bogad to this government and its if people and whereas notwithstanding the rights tad and liberties libert lei of the people of said raid re public lire are guaranteed by its tion and have thus thue far been protected the perpetuity of the republic is IB not assured aured by reason of efforts to secure liuro european or asiatic domination and Whore sethe of european or asiatic influences influence and forces in said ald republic would work its ito uc it str action and prove perilous peri loui to thu liberties of its if people especially the americans and native dangerous dae gerou to the property rights of 01 all classes including citizens off the ibe united states state who buo have late reata upon said aid islands laoda to and wheres shereaf reaf it nai has been the policy ol of thin nation for more than halt half a oen can t tury to prevent foreign control over or intervention in mid islands lande Is and also alio Soo lebare secure the annexation of the same whenever designed by the hawaiian government and whereas the acquisition ot of the be islands constituting the republic of hawaii by the united state ot of america would prove of an inestimable advantage to the citizens cit izena and people of amid is islands lauds as a well as aa to the united states and its ita people and whereas by the constitution of said aid republic and the repeated official declarations la of its leading executive and legislative officers it la Is manifest that annexation by the united states of the republic of hawaii la is desired by ite therefore cre resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in Cos congress gress assem bled that congress Congre ai doth consent that the territory properly pre perly included within with in and rightfully belonging to the republic of hawaii may be received and become a part of the united states and whenever the president and legislative department ment of ef the republic of hawaii shall code cede to the united states by proper enactment all of the territory embraced within said republic and shall ah all burron der all governmental powers powen and functions and the sovereignty of the republic the said bald territory shall ahall be received into the union and become a part of the united states and it Is and na the people residing thereon shall hall be subject to the jurisdiction of congress Con grew which may make all needful rules and regulations regula tlona for she government of the same an aa soon icon an B said bald cession shall have bare been wade made the president deat of the united states la in authorized and he be la Is hereby directed to ie issue a proclamation pro olama a declaring that said gald hawaiian islands belong to and are a part of the united states and he la Is also alio author anther ased and hereby directed to take poh pe session of and occupy the territory ceded by the republic of hawaii and for wat that purpose to employ any part of the army and aad navy of the united stater I 1 all laws lawa not inconsistent with the constitution of the united lo in said aid republic at the time of said ald proclamation shall remain in force until congress Con greBa shall otherwise deter mine and until congress Con greBB shall ahall provide for the government of said islands the P president eal dent of the united states state shall take all necessary neoe wary mops to maintain and protect the inhabitants of mald lalanda islands in the enjoyment of their liberty property and religion the persons who sire are chissoe of the republic of hawaii ahall upon the issuing of said aid proclamation by the president Pre aident of the united states become citizens of the united states the laws law of the united states beatea relating to the entry of into ita if territory shall ball be in force upon said bald hawaiian islands upon said eaid proclamation being issued and no chinese residing upon laid islands shall ahall be permitted to land in any other part of the united states unless congress Congre ai shall ceball otherwise enact whenever the he cession of said eald islands shall ball have been completed and all the public soda harbors and other property now belonging to said ald re public shall ahall nave have been transferred to the united states the latter shall as ume some the public debt of said bald republic it if during daring this extraordinary session of congress the committee on for foreign elger relations shall ball not be appointed by tho the speaker speak r the president Is hereby authorized zed zd and directed to appoint three per periong hong to act with a like number to be appointed by the president of the republic of hawaii aud and said aid comale shall report at be earliest practicable date such legislation as aa they may doom deem necessary for the government ROT of the hawaiian lalanda islands |
