The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-03
NEW HOPE FOX HAW All
Tess Vote Shows the Treaty
May Pass.
PLArr STEAKS FOR THE ISLANDS
Accuses sugar Trust OF Fighting anneNa-
tlon and Asks senate TO Not Give Fer
to the Representations Of Monopoly.
Pritigrew and white Oppose.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The condition
Of the senate respecting the Hawaiian
annuNati0n treaty has greatly improved,
and the friends of the treaty, including
Senator Davis, chairman of the foreign
relations committee, are confident that
so senators. whose votes are necessary
for two-thirds majority, win vote for
ratification.
Confidence in the changed condition
is found in the determination of the
friends of ratification to press forward
the treaty to "A final vote. This feeling
was shown when the proceedings of the
senate Oh the treaty in executive session
were opened. Senator Thurston made
q motion for the pustponGment of fur.
thcr consideration of the treaty until
March t. The motion was discussed at
length and was voted down viva vOce.
Senator Platt Comm opened the de-
bate with carefully arranged argu-
ment in favor of annexation. He spoke
for about an hour and half and dwelt
particularly upon the importance of the
acquisition of the islands from COM
merc.al point of view.
Senator Platt charged that the sugar
| trust was opposed to annexation. He
| said there were certain parties, whom
| he did not name, who were supposed to
| be identified with the trust, who had a
| grievance against the present govern
| ment of the islands, and alleged that
| Shcy were using all the means at theil
command to prevent the acquisition OF
this country by the United States. He
said that money was being used to this
| 4. Il al, hn sol hui
there was any effort to corrupt con
gress, but he thought that some inter
ests had been unduly influenced. ii,
urged upon the senate the Importance
of not giving ear 90 the representation
of the trust.
lie spoke also of the character of tn
men constituting the present Hawaiian
government, and said it was such tina
we took no risk whatever in entering
upon an alliance with them. At tn
conclusion of his address Senator Plat
was generally congratulated upon tn
logical character of his argument.
senator Pettigrew took the floor
oppose the treaty. He made carefu
analysis of the constitution under whic
the Dole government exists, showing
that it had been adopted by what b
termed an alleged constitutional conve1
ton composed, he said, of 10 member
one Of whom was Mr.. Dole, who ha
been members of the committee o
safety which played such promineI
part during the revolution, and of
other delegates.
He argued that while these latter del
gates had been elected by what WI
called popular vote, such was not II
case. OF $4,000 persons entitled to su
frage, he asserted that only 1000 ha
voted for them. This convention of
persons thus chosen had adopted tl
constitution, and it had never been su
mittcd to popular vote. Mr.. Pett
grew dwelt upon the fact that Mr., Do
had boon member of this Conventio
N and said that the gentleman had hi
himself elected president of the repu
n hc and that in doing so he had pract
Cally arranged the matter so as to /
sure his permanenCe in office. He res
the constitution to show that Mr.. Do
was named in it for president, and tn
it was provided that he should rema
in that Office until the year 1900, OF u
til his successor should be elected. ~
successor was to be chosen by the hou
's and senate sitting together, and the
II was to be no election of anyone unle
:, he received majority of the vote
n the senate.
Il He then attempted to show how &
matter was practically in the control
q Mr.. Dole and of the sugar grower
% According to the terms of the constit
u ton senator must possess $4,000 wOr
n of property or have an Income of $l,2
n, per year, and Il person who was II
Is worth b 800 in taxable real estate or hi
re- an income of 5000 was disfranchis
+. from voting for senator. This quail
cation practically, ne said, shut out ,
persons except those connected with {
sugar industry from ether becomil
senators or from voting tor senators.
n He held that III view of the facts
mentioned the present government W
n. monarchy.
:, Senator White (Cal.) also spoke
:, opposition to the ratification Of t
- treaty. His was in the main cons
IA tutional argument, intended to she
a that the annexation of territory viii
d. would require navy to defend it h
been from the beginning opposed to o
~ theory Of government. He quoted c
e. tensively from the works OF Thorn
ed jefferson to show that he had ney
'r. contemplated the acquisition of ter
ne tory situated, aS were Cne SanuWlcn L
lis ands, where fleet would be necessa
n to their preservation. This remark d
d, not, however, apply to Cuba, which "
N, so near our own coast that no ma
x would be necessary to its protection.
ly A large part of Senator Whites
i'll marks We're given up to quotatlo
m. from and comment upon Secreta
sherman utterances upon the subj'
of annexation of Hawaii. Mr.. VIII
read liberal extracts from Mr.. Sh
,es mans book, in which the secreta
et. dwClls upon the wisdom of making
le, island part of the United States, a
ur he laid especial stress upon the sec
D.. tary's remarks in the latter part of
ot. book, to the effect that he hoped tin
ist Eould be no further effort TO annex
,rt islands during his lifetime.
IN Mr.. White said that most Of the SCI
oe tors who were pOpularly believed to
Ill, interested in the sugar trust were fov
", able to the treaty,
Roosevelt Praises Civll Service.