Show MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT On HIP Proposed Irtut Vllh thc Illlinlluil lillllliU WASHINOIOV Pcb Ifho President yes I onlay sent tile following mcssnRO to tho Houso Jotlnlluuic of Itijiiisentntiies In ro I spouse to tho resolution of the House of tcprcsonintlves adopted < on the Iml ultimo cnlliiiK upon mo for n copy of tho treaty or I convention proposed the Senate and rallied rall-ied by that body between the United States and Iho Government of tho Hawaiian Inlands I transmit herewith the report of I ho Secretory of State with tho nccornpnnv immg papers It 1s proper to remark In this relation 1 that no convention whatever has boon agreed to amid ratified by tho Presl lontnndtho Senate fa ns 1 is recited I in the Preamble to said rosolutlon of the Moose oC teprosontntivcB but tho documents ro fcrrcd to exhibiting f the action of the hx ecutivo and Honnto respectively nro com numcated < in compliance with the request of tho resolution Signed < JIOM u CILMT NU iho report of the Secretary of Htnto which accompanies his communication embodies the text of tho supplementary treaty extending thu Hawaiian reciprocity treaty soven jcnrsnnd tho tinnscript of tho proceedings of the Senate of January JOth on which I day ftt6 resolution sun adopted i ratifying tho treaty but with an amend < ncnt ceding part of tho river harbor to tho United States for mm coaling station The explanation of this apparent contradiction lOLins to bo that tho amendment made by ho Senate requires the approval of the lt vNa lf xccutwo nnd time notion ofl the Hawaiian authorities before the transaction can bo considered < < complete Iho President < seems to have felt nt liberty to stnto to tho Houso that certlnn things have not been done < and < also to communicate certain papers which were directly tiled for hut under tho rules and currant practices icgnrding tho Lxecu ivo business in which tho Sonata takes part ho was prohibited from commenting on tho matter fnrthoi 01 entering into explain ions |