Ben Harrison: “Such aid should be, as it always has been, suggested by some exceptional conditions.”

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.

It has been the policy of the Administration not only to respect but to encourage the continuance of an independent government in the Hawaiian Islands so long as it afforded suitable guaranties for the protection of life and property and…

The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were appointed and qualified.

If this article of the treaty is in force, the obligations assumed by the United States should be fully and honorably observed