Speech #570019297

By the joint resolution of July 7.1898. annexing Hawaii. it was provided. among other things. as follows: That said cession is accepted. ratified. and confirmed. and that the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies be. and they are hereby. annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and are subject to the sovereign dominion thereof. and that all and singular the property and rights herembefore mentioned are vested in the United States of America Tile existinglIww of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such landsin the Hawaiian Islands. but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition: Provided. That all revenue from or proceeds of the same. except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil. military. or naval purposes of the United States. or may b3 assigned for the use of the local government shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the .waiian IsElnds for educational and other public purposes. * * The municipal legislation of the Hawaiian Islands. not enacte for the fulfillment of the treaties so extinguished. and not inconsistent with this joint resolution nor contrary to the Cons itution of the United States. shall remain in force until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine. Until legislation shall ba enacted extending the United States customs laws and regulations to the Hawaiian Islands the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian Islands with the United States and other countries shall remain unchanged. * * * There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands. except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States. and no Chinese. by reason of anything herein contained. shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands. In the case of Alaska it will be observed that the uncivilized native tribes are excepted from the "advantages and immunities of citizens." and that they "will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States may from time to time adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country." In the case of Hawaii "the municipal legislation." limiting suffrage and citizenship as it does. "shall remain in force until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine." It thus appears in the case of Alaska. under the terms of the treaty. the uncivilized native tribes. and in the case of the Louisiana. Florida. and Mexican cessions. by implication and judicial interpretation. the native Indian tribes. are held and deemed to be outside of the pale of American citizenship.