Ben Harrison: “The effect of this provision will be to bring to the Supreme Court many cases that in my opinion should be finally…”

We lift the flag to-day over one ship, a magnificent specimen of the naval art, one of the best on any sea.

Such a possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world.

If it meets the approval of the Senate, peace and good order will be secured in the islands under existing laws until such time as Congress can provide by legislation a permanent from of government for the islands.

The provisional treaty, it will be observed, does not attempt to deal in detail with the questions that grow out of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.