President. without regard to this Declaration of Independence. our people annexed those islands and transferred their allegiance to us. More than that. The Senator from Georgia offered an amendment to the annexation resolutions. which reads as follows: That this resolution shall not be operative and of binding effect upon either the United States of America or the Republic of Hawaii until the same shall have been consented to and approved by the majority of the voters voting at an election to be held in the Hawaiian Islands. at which election all male natives of said Islands of the age of 21 years and all naturalized male persons in said islands of the age of 21 years. shall be duly qualified voters. The said election shall be held at a time and in the manner and under regulations to be prescribed by the President of the United States. That was voted down.
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