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Ben Harrison: The commissioners representing the Hawaiian Government have consented to leave to the future and to the just and…

On the recordFebruary 14, 1893
The commissioners representing the Hawaiian Government have consented to leave to the future and to the just and benevolent purposes of the United States the adjustment of all such questions.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Treaty to Annex the Hawaiian Islands

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