The San Francisco call., 1898-02-22

year with a great deal of vigor, and the appeal to the people to elect Demo- cratS to the Legislature to re-elect White would have unusual force. But if White is not a candidate Southern California will have no Democratic aspirant for the honor who will cut any figure in the contest and there will, therefore, be lacking the inspiration a local candidate always arouses with which to rally the somewhat scattered forces of the Democracy White can bring them together, but no other Democrat can.
 Speaking of the Hawaiian treaty Senator White said:
 ''The Hawaiian treaty is doomed. It will never receive the two-thirds ma jority necessary in the Senate to ef- feet its passage. I speak by the card, for we have polled the vote and know exactly where we stand. I was agreed upon as the leader of the forces op- posed to annexation. Before l left we had a little consultation and Senator Faulkner was agreed upon as the proper man to act in my place in my absence. He is a very able and tactful man, possessed of all the necessary knowl edge of the subject to handle it and to meet all arguments of those favoring the treaty. He is at the same time able as pdrlld0enldrldn 10 meet our friends, the enemy.
 The treaty was, of course, discussed in executive session, and what trans pired in the way of discussion of the subject never reached the people. This was a matter of great regret to us who were of the opposition. We made an earnest endeavor to have the doors opened during it's discussion, but we did not succeed. There existed really no reason why they should not be opened, and there were many reasons why they should. The people of the country, taken as a whole, really know nothing about this matter. I have found that wherever it is discussed and they become fully posted as to the facts they are opposed to it. I should have liked very much to have had the arguments against and for annexation made during the executive sessions of the Senate gone before the people of the United States. During the dis cussion with closed doors nothing of sensational nature transpired, and if there had been 1t would have leaked out almost as soon as 1t was uttered or developed in the executive session. Executive sessions of the Senate are now executive only in name.
 If the treaty should come up for ap proVal during my absence it would make no difference, as 1 have two votes in favor of the treaty paired with me-
 As soon as the treaty is defeated am inclined to think an endeavor will be made to annex Hawaii by joint reso- lution. Should a measure be intro- duced I feel confident that it would be defeated. It would be open to discus sion, and it would give us an eppor- tunity which we have not had yet to educate the country on the subject ha 1nI ta | 4l,o whole matter would be presented with the invincible arguments we have against the proposition, to annex these islands. The result of this debate, I am certain, would be the defeat of the joint resolution.
 With regard to the disastrous catas- trophe to the Maine In Havana harbor the other day, see no reason to change the views 1 expressed at Chicago. There is no cause as yet for any war with Spain, and I do not think there will be any The affair looks to me at this distance as though it was purely an accident, and do not see how it can be regarded in any other light until we are in possession of evidence to the con- trary. That can be given us only by the naval board of inquiry. There is no reason for any war scare, and there will be no conflict at arms between the United States and Spain"
 The Senator gave an exhibition of true Senatorial courtesy in what he said of Marcus A. Hanna of Ono. He was questioned as to the possibility of MT. Hanna losing his seat in the Sen ate, and he said: T feel very delicate about speaking for publication in re- gard to matter of this kind. Up to this time there is nothing before the United States Senate upon which to base any question as to the legality of MT. Hanna's election by the Ohio Legis- lature. If there were it would not be good form for me to express any opin- ion as to the case or what I thought about it. l would be called upon to sit