The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-06
IS THE BEST DAY OF ALI HAWAII IN THE SENATE
TILLMAN ATTACKS SUFFRAGE
CLAUSE.
Platt of Connecticut Offers an Amend
ment Relating to Appointment and
Tenure of Judicial officers.

WASHINGTON, February "a
Throughout the sessions today the SEN
ate had under consideration the Ha-
waiian government bill. The discussion
took a wide range, but the basis of II
was an amendment offered by Plat of
Connecticut as 20 the appointment and
tenure of officers of the courts of the
Hawaiian government. Tillman of
South Carolina embraced the opportu-
nifty to make characteristic speech,
in the course of which he made an at
tack upon Morgan of Alabama and Wig
orously opposed many provisions Of the
bill, particularly those which related
to suffrage.
After the passage of a number of
minor bills consideration of the Hawai-
ian government bill was resumed, the
pending question being the amendment
of Platt of Connecticut, providing that
the President should appoint the Chief
Justice and the Justices of the Supreme
Court and Judges of the Circuit Court
and that the Governor of the territory
should appoint the other officers, the
amendment limiting the tenure of office
of appointees to four years.
Platt of Connecticut in an extended
speech supported his amendment, hold
ing that the provisions of the bill were
| Inconsistent with those incorporated In
previous territorial enabling acts.
In a vehement speech Tillman at
tackled the bill as reported to the SEN
ate and arraigned Morgan for alleged
lack of courtesy. Referring to an in
cident which occurred the other day in
which Morgan of Alabama declined to
yield to Tillman to reply to a state
ment made by Wolcott of Colorado
concerning the suppressed vote" OF
South Carolina, Tillman said: "I have
felt indignant at the treatment I re-
| ha ,,N
Never in my experience in the Senate
have l been treated so discourteously
by any member of the Senate"
Morgan endeavored to interrupt Till
man, but the latter waved him aside
saying: 'T decline to yield to the Sen
ator He has put himself outside the
pale of courtesy and consideration sc
far as L am concerned"
In the course of a criticism of the
measure Mr.. Tillman said "I dom
object to a protection of the whites Of
Hawaii but what do object to is the
Hypocrisy of those in this chamber who
maintain that the people of Hawaii are
to be treated differently from those peo
pie who reside in Louisiana, Mississippi
South Carolina and other Southern
States. The whites of the South ar,
patriotic Americans. I want YOU t.
Protect the whites of Hawaii, but dom
try to do it by hypocrisy"
Tillman then read a letter from
person unnamed, who declared that "t
man who dares to oppose the suga
barons in Hawaii is in jeopardy of hi
, life"
Clark of Wyoming asked for tn
name of the writer of the letter, say
ing such charge ought not to be mad
lightly in the Senate. Tillman decline,
to give the writer's name.
After expressing some sympathy wit
nf orly Of Wv
oming said: when the Senator fror
South Carolina charges Senators on tn
Republican side of the chamber wit
hypocrisy, it comes with very poo
grace for him to declare by Almight
God that the negroes of the Sout
. should not vote"
: Tillman-Such q construction canno
in fairness be put upon my remarks
Clark-Will you say to this Senat
that you are not trying in the Sout
to suppress the negro vote?
Tillman with great vehemence)-NC
| Will say that in South Carolina W
have done our level best t. keep III
''nigger" from voting.
Tillman gave the notice of an ar1end
mGnt substituting the suffrage provis
ions of the South Carolina Constitu
tion for the suffrage provisions of tn
5 pending bill
l At 4:4O the Senate went into execu
4 tive session and at 4:45 adjourned
WASHINGTON, February 26.-Sena
= tor Perkins today succeeded in havir
I the Senate adopt the amendment {
= the Hawaiian bill which reads as fo
= lows: "All coasting trade between Ha
waiian Islands and any other porto
of the United States, shall be regulate
in accordance with provisions of la
applicable to such trade between an
two great coasting districts" TIL
= amendment will prohibit vessels load
ing in Hawaii as foreign and is of gres
interest to the Shipping industry of Sa
Francisco and the Pacific Coast bC
cause the amendment simply extend
the shipping and coasting laws of IL
United States to Hawaii.