Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 2, 1 February 1999 — IN THE NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE NEWS

Kaiilm nā Pua Glosing :

By Kaliin a Souza. P I O in}ein Armed with determination and a 556page petition, four Native Hawaiian men left Hawai'i for Washington, D.C., on Nov. 20, 1897. Their mission: to personall\' deliver the document whieh eontained 21 ,269 signatures of Native Hawaiians protesting the annexation of Hawai'i to the U.S. Senate. On Dec. 9. 1897, the text of the pctition was read on the Senate fioor, and by Feb. 27, 1898, the four men had reduced Senate support for annexation, preventing passage. This victory was short-lived, however, because Hawai'i soon heeame a territory under a controversial Joint Resolution of Congress. More than a 100 years later, on Jan. 4, descendents of the four men attended the Bishop Museum's ciosing ceremony for the " Kaulana nā Pua " exhibit, whieh featured the petition. Former Supreme Court lustice Wiliiam Richardson, Moses See KAULANA NA PUA, page 3

Retired Supreme Court Justice William Richardson returns original pages of petition to representatives of the National Archives.