The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-02

convention of 81 persons thus chosen
had adopted the constitution, ana u
had never been submitted TO popular
vote. Mr.. Pettigrew dwelt upon me
fact that Mr.. Dole had been memper
of this convention. and said that that
gentleman had mad himself MADE pfesl-
dent of the republic, and that in doing
so he had practically arranged the
matter so as to insure his PERMANENT
holding of office.
He read the constitution that Mr..
Dole was named in IL for president,
and that it provided that he should re-
main in that office until the year l9VV'
or until his successor should be elected
The successor was TO be chosen py tne
house and senate, sitting together, ana
there was TO be no election until ne re-
ceived a majority of the votes OF the
senate. He then attempted 10 SNOW
how the matter was practically III the
control of MIR. Dole and the sugar grow
ers According to the terms of the con-
stitution, a senator must possess si,ooV
worth of property, or have an income Oh
| 81 200 per year, and persons VINO Was
\ not worth $l500 in taxable real estate'
/ or had an income of $500, was ms
/ franchised from voting for senator.
! This qualification practically. he SAID,
! shut out all persons except those con-
i nected with the sugar industry Ifolu
either becoming senators or from VOL
/ ing for senators. He held that III view
! of the facts he mentioned. lut piCsSiie
government was practically Il mon
| archy.
Mr. Pettigrew also took up the con-
tention that the Sandwich islands We're
already practically appropriated anu
producing. and argued that TO annex
the islands would mean the neNitdpie
destruction of the sugar peet industry
in the United States.
Senator White of California also
spoke in opposition TO ratification. Ills
was in the main a constitutional arsu-
ment intended to show that the annex
alton of the territory which would re-
oujre "a navy to defend it, had been
from the beginning opposed TO our the-
ory of government. He quoted exteil-
| sively from the works of Thomas Jel-
ferson to show that he had never con-
| templated the acquisition of territory
situated. as were the Sandwich islands
| where a fleet would be necessary l.
| their preservation. This remark dle
not however. apply to Cuba, so neal
our own coast that no navy would DE-
necessary to it's control and protection
. Mr. White also read from Pfesideh
. Tyler's message which he said wa;
. popularly supposed to have been writ
: ten by Daniel Webster. practicall,
maintaining, as the senator SAID, Tn
, same point. A large part OF senate
! Whites remarks were given TO quota
, | tions from and comment upon, Secre
tary Sherman's utterances upon TN
subject of annexation of HaWail. MI
l White read liberal extracts from MI
/ Sherman's book in which the secretar
/ dwells upon the unwisdom of maxim
q the islands part of the United states
r and he laid especial stress on the secre
tary's remarks in the latter part o. M
+ hook TO the effect that he hoped thef
Il would be no further effort to annex tn
4 islands during his lifetime
q Senator White had not concluded n
n argument when the senate ADJOURNED
! He took occasion to remark in reply
Il Senator Platt's statement that the ST
n gar trust was opposed to the treaty.