Communication 19.2 from Dwight Vicente re Resident Population

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I I A N REVOLUTION MEMOIRS OF LORRI N A . THURSTON manded." [The speaker was Charles F. Crisp.- ' Editor.] "Mr. BOUTELL& I think this involves a matter of privilege. "The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the resolu- tion. "The Clerk read as follows: /C "'Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- tives in Congress assembled: ® "'1. That the United States of America congrat- ulates; the people of the Hawaiian Islands on their just and peaceful assumption of the powers, duties, and re- constitution of the Republic, concluded sponsibilities of self-government as indicated by their recent adoption of a republican form of government. nvention, which was held in May, " `2• That the Republic of Hawaii is entitled to ex- ercise and enjoy international comity and the benefits of July. The constitution was pro- all rights, privileges, and advantages under existing trea- 4, 1894, and the transition from ties that were concluded between the United States of Government to the Republic Of America and the late Kingdom of Hawaii. Ice on that date Without incident. " `3. That the Republic of Hawaii is hereby recog- nized by the United States of America as a free, sover- the constitution of the Republic eign, and independent republic, and the President of the ter IX of the Dole memoirs "Or_ United States shall give proper notice of the recognition public of Hawaii," pages 163 to to the President of the Republic of Hawaii.' "Mr. DOCKER. make the point that this reso- lution should go the Committee on Foreign Affairs. hire year of 1894., the Hawaiian "The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Missouri continuous interest in the United makes the point that this is not a privileged resolution.. "Mr. BOUTELLE. I desire to state that this reso- .owing discussion in the House of lution, with the exception of a single word, is a verbatim ,Single Word (Congressional Record, Volume - copy of a resolution introduced by the gentleman from of Kentuckian y-third Congress, second session, Kentucky (Mr. MCCREARY), the distinguished chair- Changed Here man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The resolu- [awajj Library) on July 3o and tion is his production, with the exception that a single gal. 1 word has been substituted, the word `Hawaii'. "Mr. McCREARY of Kentucky. What resolution TION OF REPUBLIC OF HAWAII. . does the gentleman from Maine refer to? ;LLE. Mr. Speaker, I send up to the "Mr. BOUTELLE. It is the text of the resolution for which I desire to ask present con- + introduced by the gentleman from Kentucky himself, on the 27th day of January, 1890, asking the House to pass ER. The regular order has been de- a resolution recognizing the Republic of Brazil. {486} {487 ) i 4