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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1807
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THE FUSION FREEHOLDERS.
THE ef!ortß of a certain boodle newspaper in this city io
make it appear thai the Board of Freeholders nomina.ed
by the Republican, Democratic and Fcdu ist county
i rganizaiions is the result of a corporation conspiracy are suffi
ciently aeoniziiij: to rend even a yellow journalist's Heart. Not
one scintilla of evidence has been produced to prove any such
cbaree— unless tho slanderous vaporings of an imaginative and
irresponsible j < li;ical reporter can be called "evidence." Every
person in San Francisco knows that even if the local cor
porations were aDle to form a political combination capable of
working in harmony, they never could succeed in controlling
the action of three county committees ana in securing the will
ing obedience of fifteen such men as have been selected by the
fusionists for Freeholders.
The fact is, the boodle newspaper referred to aspires itself
to political boss-ship. In the name of "the people," whose
champion it insolently claims to be,u desires to conduct the
government of Snn Francisco. "The people" are it and its.
friends and supporter.^— those who bring it advertisements and
subscriptions anil who, when it is hard up for money, will sub
mil to blackmail or make contracts with it for its "forbear
ance" in business and politics. Every political organization,
as well as every man who declines to pay tribute to its treasury,
is marked regularly for the slaughter. Ihe curious thing about
it all is that this boodler imagines itself possessed of influence
ana deludes itself with the idea that a few peoDle pay attention
to what it says.
No reasoning person familiar witn municipal politics need
ask why ihe fusion Freeholder ticket was nominated. Those
nominees issued out of the necessities of the local situation.
There was a demand for non-partisan action. There is a strong
popular belief that the people of San Francisco will never adopt
a partisan charter— tbat is to say, a charter made by and rep
resentative of the interests of any one political organization.
"What more natural than that, in view of this feeling and for
the purpose of giving it expression, the leaders of the three
j'rincipal municipal parties should get together and name for
Freeholders fifteen citizens divided among their respective
political belieis ?
If there is any foundation for the public sentiment to which
we have referred tho fusion Freeholders will be elected on De
cember 27 by a huge majority. In point of character, ability
and qualification no single party can name a set of candidates
at all comparable with them. Notwithstanding the wealth of
material at their command the Citizens' Committee has not
chosen so able a board, nor one so palpably free of corporation
or political influence. Moreover, the fusion ticket is thoroughly
:inti-br>s; it is anti-newsparer boss as well as anti-political
boss. We think the people of Sail Francisco are sufficiently
keen to discern the motives of the Mission-street railroad
bioder, and they are not likely to pay much attention to its
harrowing stories of corporation "conspiracies," especially
since they already understand the selfish purposes which lurk
behind them.
Out at the City and County Hospital, a place supposed to
be fcr the benefit of the poor, the internes are said to each have
fifty patients in charge. It must be remembered that the in
ternes are yonng doctors just acquiring their first practical
experience, and it will be understood readily tbat they are get
ling it in too large dose?. Also tender- hearted reople might
tnink tbat toe fifty patients have reasons for kicking while
they have strength enough.
To watch the outcome of the trial of Captain Loverins? will
be interestinc, even to a civilian who nevar in his life claimed
the richt to kick a fellow man in the riDs or jab him with a
piece ot steel as lie was being dragged bound to a place o* pun
ishment. If soldiers are expected to submit to treatment of
tuis sort they ought, as a matter of self-respect, to resign from
the army and go Into some honorable employment like picking
rags. (
Certainly it is an unfortunate coincidence that anybody
named Fake should have been found to sign a sort of petition
that is being boomed by the Examiner. It casts over tfco
scheme a color of bad faith. Fake was supposed to be editor
of the sheet. Still, as Mr. Fake is ably seconded by Ah Sing
sad Suey Wan he may be all right.
TITE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1897.
WE NEED NO ISLANDS.
SENATOR MORGAN is out in an interview on- strategy as
an argument for annexing Hawaii at the request of 2 per
cent of the people of that oligarchy. He is positive that the
continental nations arc in danger unless they own islands. He
is sure that from Esquimalt Great Britain "can cut the. Pacific
Coast in two" unless we own Hawaii, 2000 miles away, in the
tropics.
Now let us look at our martial history as a continental
people owning no islands out of sight of our own coasts.
In the Revolutionary War, when we met Great Britain,
the greatest naval power in the world, in a struggle which we
began with no ships at ail, while she had that navy which
fought later on at the Nile and Trafalgar, we lost only 24 armed
ships, while she lost 102, and we captured in addition 800 of her
merchant ships, while she took none of ours. Again in 1812 we
beat her on the ocean and on the lakes, though she had then
in the Atlantic ail the islands she has now, and we had none
out of hailing distance of our shores.
In our own Civil War the Confederacy had no islands and
no seaports which Its ships could enter. It: had no coaling sta
tions and shared with us only perfect equality in neutral ports.
Yet the Confederate cruisers destroyed our commerce at sea to
the extent of $15,000,000, though there was not a port in the
world where Confederate prizes taken at sea couid go before a
prize court.
The Alabama alone, between her launching in the Clyde
and her burial In the sea by the Kearsarge off Brest, destroyed
more of our merchantmen and our commerce than did England
in our two wars with her.
Yet she had islands, while the Confederacy consisted
principally of a Great Seal and great expectations.
If one could suspect Senator Morgan of sinister motives,
which heaven forbid, one might say that he remembers the
overthrow on land of his side in the late Civil War and desires
to betray the country into a policy that will weaken it and
leave us ;he prey of some power strong enough to avenge the
Confederacy.
Our history has proved that continental nations as
dominant as we are have nothing to fear from the outside,
and that they need no distant islands nor far outposts to se
cure their commerce or to de.'end their coasts.
The English are an insular nation to begin with and their
polky is insular. The British isles had hardly a single natural
harbor. Their harbors had to be created artificially, The i
English policy naturally was to acquire jurisdiction of islands
where there was natural anchorage and fortify that. This
policy originated h the weakness of the home position of
Great Britain. Had her locus been continental, the policy
which is now both her strength and weakness would never
have been followed.
It is folly to talk of the strategic necessity for our acquisi
tion of Hawaii. In strategy it will be weakness instead of
strengih. In international policy it will be folly instead of
wisdom. In national morals it will be a crime rather than a
credit.
PROBABLE CABINET CHANGES.
REPEATED reports from Washington to the effect that
Cabinet changes are likely to occur this winter recall to
Cslifornians the ncco-sity of a vigilant watch on the situa
tion, lost the State should lose the prestige of having a repre
seniative in the councils of the adminisiration. It seems to be
definitely settled that At;orney-General McKenna will be ap
pointed to the Supreme Court, and as The Call pointed out
time ago, the vacancy in the Cabinet caused by his retire
ment should be rilled by a Califomian.
According to the latest reports from the capital it is proba
ble there will be changes in i tie Department of State and the
Postofhce Department, as well as in that of the Attorney-
General. Secretary Sherman is exppcted to retire on account
of old af. r e, and Postmaster-General Gary is believed to have an
ambition as well as an opportunity to enter the Senate as the
successor of Gorman. If all these changes take place there will
be three vacanc es to fill, and surely California may rightly ex
tiect to receive one of them.
Tiie issue is one of imm diate importance. It will avail us
little to have sained representation in the McKinley Cabinet if
we are to lose it before the year is over. The reasons which
made our claim for a Cabinet place valid when the administra
tion was organized last spring are equally valid now. No
changes have occurred in the political situation to weaken in
any way the right of California to expect tha huhest official
recognition from this administration so long as it continues in
oilioe.
In politics, however, as in business success comes only to
those who work for it diligently and in trie right way. If the
prospect of a vacancy should lead to a scramble far the posi
tion and a tight among rivals for the office we will be sure to
lose it. California has had more than enough experience of
that kind to teacli her the wisdom of unity at home in order to
accomplish anything at Washing on. We must agree upon a
man whom all are willing to support and have our Republican
delegation in Congress unanimously recommend him to the
President.
The issue cannot ba postponed. If the reported changes
are to take pace they will probably occur shortly after the as
sembling of Congress. This, therefore, is the time for the
Republicans of California to take counsel with one another
and determine w;iat man shall be put forward for the
position. The Call has no favorite. It will support any man j
who can be counted on in the Cabinet to r°flect credit upon the
Republican party and do honor to Calilornia by rendering dis
tinguished service to the nation. Let us have harmony as well
as promptness in this movement, remembering that while Cal
ifornia is entitled to a representative in the Cabinet it depends
upon the Republican leaders in the State and Representatives
in Congress to obtain it.
According to a correspondent of Durrant's official organ the
"toxin" now "sounds' 1 in Wyoming. Toxin is known to
possess some remarkable powers. It is much in vosue for the
mitigation of human ills. It has been tried with some success
in the treatment of smallpox, diphtheria, cancer and various
other maladies less virulent than yellow journalism, but of
course there is a limit to its capabilities, and this disease is
believed to be beyond them. However, it would be interesting
to observe the toxin in its new role of "sounding."
Those English papers which take for granted that this
country will annex Hawai seem to be guid-d by the idea so
prevalent in their owi: territory of grabbing everything in sight.
Such baa never been the policy of Uncle Sam. With com
mendable consistency he has thus far refrained from stealing,
and there is hope of his still being above entering into a scheme
cf robbery, even when counseled to do so by the original lar
cenists, wiio are fearful that unaided they will be unable to
retain their loot.
Perhap; it would be as well to permit old General Clay to
settle his own matrimonial rows. Nobody asked him to marry
a half-grown girl, and if he had had much sense he wouldn't
-have done it. There are plenty of people who deserve sympa •
thy, and who did not deliberately create their troubles ond
then howl about tnem.
Ther. 1 are evidently a few tilings that the San Jose rine
considers too sacrovi to be laid befose the public, for the public
is apt to be critical, and its way of calling a spade a spade can
uuder certain circum#tances be very distressing.
While Miss Cisneros lips a guardian now it is to be regretted
that the yellow journalist who is responsible for much of the
senseless noise made about her is still without one.
If Spain is having troub'e in. arranging for raying for more
rifles the cheapest way out of the difficulty is to take the
n.-cessary number away from the Cubans.
President Eliot of Harvard has come to the defense of foot
ball, and '.here is uo denying that as generally played it needs
& defender.
PERSONAL
H. H. Seaton, a merchant of Arbuckle, is at
the Grnnd.
Judge and Mrs. S. M. Buck of Eureka arc
guests at the Lick.
T. J. Fitid, a banker of Monterey, is stop
ping at the Palace.
Senator Thomas Flint Jr. of San Juan is a
guest of the Grand Hotel.
George L. Hoxie, one of Kresno Comity's offi
cials, is visiting at the Lick.
Professor E. H. (irlggs of S'.anlord Univer
sity is registered at ihe Grand.
K. S. Babcock, proprietor of the Hotel Coro
nado, Corunado Beach, is at the Palace.
John W. Uuwell oi Merced, surveyor for the
German Bank, is registered at the Lick.
1) W. Hiichccclt, genernl agent of the. Union
Pacific Railway, left yesterday for Los Angeles.
Mrs. John P. Jones, wiio of Senator Jones, of
Banta Monica, and Miss Jones are at the Pal
ace.
Perry L. Shuroan, the mining man from
ChicflKO, who is interested in mines in Sutler
County, is a guest at the Palace.
George M. Clayton, general passenger agent
of the Wabnsh Railway, who hag been In tne
city for several days, left yesterday for Los
Angeles.
R. R. Ritchie, general ngent of the North
western Railroad, who has been East for
almost a month, is expected back at his office
here to-night
Captain William E. Dougherty, U. S. A., from
the I:. dian Reservation at Hooua Valley, is at
the Occidental. He is superintendent of the
Indian school there.
Among the arrivals at the Palace yesterday
were Mr. im.l Mrs. Russell E. Suwall, Miss
Kcwnll und Miss Willis of Portland, Or. They
havi! come here to attend tho Thanksgiving
fooihail game.
Andrew Hamilton, an attorney of Albany,
N. V. , is at tho Palace. He has been repre
senting an assurance company in a suit for a
hea?y life policy that was recently heard by
the courts of Tacoiaa.
Fred Felgl, editor of the Tammany Times of
Now York, and Mrs. Felgl arrived in the city
last night on the overland train arid are at the
Palace. Fcigl is visiting the West on v holi
day trip and in search of a rest after the hard
work of tho recent New York political cam
paign.
CALIFORNIaN^. IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.— At the Imperinl— R.
Graham, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Buck; Holland— J.
W. Aliyne, Mile, de La Mouianya; Nethei
land—Miss F. G. Dean, Miss O. Holbrook;
Astor— F. E. Hesthal; Stuart— F. P. Jacobs;
Bartholdi-F. A. SheDard.
CALIFOhNIANS IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22 -At the Auditorium—
S. N. Stoip, Han Francisco; Auditorium An
nex — Thomas H. B. Vnrney, Sari Francisco;
Great N'ortnern— J. Q. Pixon, John A. Gil!, San
Francisco; Sherman— L. F. Blackburn, l?au
Francisco.
CALIFORNiA.NS IN ..AbHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22— Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Shepherd of San Francisco are at the Welling
ton ; J. I. Gilion and wife of Pan Francisco and
J. P. Gilion of Los Angeles uro at the Ebbitt
House; R. F. Harrison of Grant, C'al., is at
Willards.
THE PUEo Of- JARGAI.
OCTOBBB '..' ', i!~07.
[In the lead of the ctmrKe were the piper*, one of
wuom was shot through both ankles. He con
tinued pi pin*, sitting where he fell, amid a hall of
bullets.— Daily i'aperj
•Tls a ball In my heel, and the pipes cannot go
Where ma '1 tirlau* go swarming,
'Tis a ball In the other and Koobie lies low,
While in ■ Gordons an- storming. ,
(Hails, can fight if the pibroch ba dumb?
<> laiis, has your Hobble yet throttle aDd thumb?
Then it'it after and after and after you come
My piping and I to the storming.
Rob's down on the dust, in the pelt of the balls.
. \\ bile the Gordons are stunning
The bonnets a-dancv in the reek of the squalls
Are fal Ins— are forming
Ob. Kob h«s no foot with the Gordons to go.
But brea.h In his cheek has their Bobbie to blow,
Ana the pibroch goes on with the bonnets a-row,
Aud the piping is Urst nt the storming.
J. 11. skbisk, in the Speaker.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
New York Tress
A woman's willingness is otten her best pro
tect or.
What worries most girl* U just how far a
man will let them go witnout getting scared.
No girl knows how much she thinks of a,
man till sha begins to wonder how much he
thinks of her.
Hairpins are used principally to cut the
leaves of now inauaziues ami 10 button up
long kid gloves with.
If ihere is anvtninp that makes a man mad
it is a woman that leaves out all the pronuuns
when she writes to him.
Trio only reason why an old bachelor doesn't
know how to «ew on his buttons is because he
can always afford to hire some woman to do It
for him. ____^________
FLASHES OF FUN.
"But you might learn to love me," pleaded
the young man 10 the elderly heiress. "One
is never too old to learn, you know." — In
dianapolis Journal.
"These shoes you sold me last week squeak
so thai they keep me awake nights," said the
customer, entering the shoestore.
"My dear bir," replied the shoe-dealer, reas-
Ruringly, "you shouldn't sleep la them. "—
Yonkers .Statesman.
"What has become of Julia? I haven't seen
her for tereral days."
"Well, you won't see her for several more.
The lust time I saw her she was plucking
petßls from a chrysanthemum and saying:
'He loves me— ho loves me not.' "— Chicaso
Record.
"An old bachelor," said the sweet girl, "is a
man who confesses that he does not think he
is smart enough to take care of anyone but
himself."
'To my mind," said the mean man, "he
shows tnat ho is too smart to take care of any
one but himself."— Cincinnati Enquirer.
"We might as well consider our engagement
as broken, Reginald."
"I don't see why! Your father said post
poned."
"Postponed until you arrive at years of dis
cretion. And in your case. Reggy dear, you
know what that means."— Harlem Life.
Bullett— Lambley made $50,000 by a single
transaction In oil yesterday.
Benrett— ls It Dossible? How did he man
ago It?
Hullett— A rich aunt of his tried to start a
fire with a cm of It.— Chicago Daily News.
SEEING WITH A GLASS EYE.
It seems a little funny that a man should be
able to see with a false eye; but a recent
surgical discovery has made even this possi
blo. It can be itccoinpllshed only by a ditii
cult operation, whicii is but rarely performed.
This consists of an Incision in the sclerotic, or
outer, coating of the eye, and the insertion in
the wound oi a false pupil. A peculiarity of
tho persons whose eyes have necessitated this
operation is that darkness makes but little
difference to them. They are, in fact, In a
constant twilight, as only a limited number
of rays, as compared with tho normal eye, con
verge on the center. But even these ure use
lui, and without them blindness would ensue.
ROSE-TINTED SNOW.
Montreal star.
The rosy light which tinges so beautifully
the summits oi lofty snow-clad mountains in
Alpine regions, before sunrise and after sun
set, is due to the circumstance that the yellow
and red rays of light unve more penetrating
power than th«i biue. They make their way
through stretches oi the atmosphere which
entirely arrest and turn bacK the blue, and
they do this the more especially if the air is
laden at the time with extraneous panicles
that augment their opacity. When the sun is
below t.:e honzo:i tne red and yellow rays
strupgU? through the air as '.ht as the snowy
heights, dropping tneir associates; by the way,
and thus paint their fleecy surfaces wun re 4
and yellow tinted light. This roseate aiter-
g .<>w is very boautitullv seen exnibited by
the Jungirnu. The blond-based cone is sud
denly covered in the deepeuing twilight wttU
the crimson hue of me rose, and this then
grsdually fades until the whole has almost
vanished into darkness.
Low's horehound cough syrup cures
bronchitis, price 10c, 417 Sansome st. •
PROPOSED ANJMEXAJIOJM OF HAWAII.
DISCUSSED BY HON. HENRY Z. HIQHJON.
San Francisco, November 18. I£'J7.
To the Editor of the Call— Sxv.: In the discussion uron the proposed annexation of Hawaii
there are some points which ought to be more conspicuously presented in the journals oi the
country.
The necessity for internal reform and development before the United States reaches out
toward foreign countries, if the proper time for such a movement can ever come, appears to
me to be c ear. The ulffi-ier.ee between our theories and our practices with our present ter
ritoriiil possessions is painfully apporent. What would become of us if we attempted to
absorb the population of Mexico and Central America, which, at all events, belong to tiiis
continent, it is difficult to predict. But if we adopt the policy of Imperial Rome or of Great
Britain in modern times and attempt to extend our possetsions '2000 miles off into the Pac.iic
Ocean, and, indeed, HIS miles beyond that, in the direction of China and Japan, any intelli
gent and thinking man, who has observed the African question in the south and the Asiatic
question in the west and who has studied ancient and modern history, can easily foresee a
result destructive to the Republic.
The annexation of Hawaii, under the pretext of a treaty with the Dole Government,
would be a ruinous precedent, directly in the teeth of our Declaration of Independence, and
contrary to the most essential principles upon which our national and State institutions rest.
Ii would be a breach of faith towards the fathers of this republic and a menace to every
citizen who values his birthright, wlui'h wou:d not be compensated by any commercial ad
vantages, even if they could not be otherwise secured, nor by the concentration of Imaginary
navnl power in the center ol the Pacific, while our own coasts nre virtually unprotected.
The Government of the United States was established for the development cf a republic
on this continent, with a blended population, representing.' the best strains of blood in the
civilized wor,M, ana not to conquer or colonize foreign tesritory. Jt wss warned by Wushing
on agalnit entangling alliances nnd, so far, it has heeded the admonition. The Monroe
doctrine, which wits a polity oiighially adopted in aid of constitutional objects, was .framed
•and -applied, upon the ns-sumption that we had a sort of protectorate over North nnd Smith
America, and, by nersisteht adherence to that doctrine, which has also beeu tacitly or ex-
Dressly recognized by foreign powers, it has nardened into law.
What does it mean and what is its extent? It means that empires and monarchies shall
not extend their d< minion upon this continent and that as American States or countries,
between the two oceans, find outside of the United States, successively separate themselves
trom Europe nnd establish republics, more or less assimilated to our ow n form ot government,
they shall not be subjugated nor forced to retrograde. It means definite and effective resist
ance to the policy of coi quest or of enforced and divided colonization which has prevailed in
Asia and which has now materialized within the tributary states and the "spheres of influ
ence" in Africa. It means that America shall be dedicated to individual freedom along the
lines of genuine democrncy. It means firm and unrelaxing opposition to every principle
which is or can be involved in the conception of Hawaiian annexation.
Thus interpreted, the Monroe doctrine was and is more than a policy— a necessity for the
maintenance of our own republic. It became, so to speck, an integral part of our constitu
tional system. It guaranteed the safety and the orderly advancement of political communi-
HENRY E. HIGHTON.
ties in North and South America. And it slowly gained universal recognition because of its
territorial limitation, and because while, in a certain sense, we Held America witnin our grasp,
we followed the injunction of Washington and held aloof irom all European and Asiatic entan
glement:-—and while wo warned foreign powers from interference with us or our neighbors,
we held ourselves aloof from all interlerence with them in Europe, Asia, Africa or the islands
of t he sea.
This doctrine, then, as I have already said, thus defined and circumscribed, has gradually
ripened into law, innumerable applications of which can be found in the archives of the Gov
ernment. It (erred us in Venezuela. It will serve us in the Isthmus of Dai ien and in Nica
ragua.
But if. with the expressed or implied consent of the powers, we stretch our arms across
the Pacific '2000 mites or more and grasp Hawaii with its native and Asiatic population con
stituting 98 per cent of the r.-hole, what wculd become of Jthe Monroe dectrine? It would be
practically annulled by our own act. We should then enter, doubtless as an honored member,
into the family of nations, European and Asiatic, and not only would we ourselves repudiate
tne Monroe doctrine, but we would abandon every line of "argument that has ever been
adduced in. its support. This proposition, thus briefly outlined, seems to me incontrovertible.
It is true the republic of Hawaii is small, but (lie precedent of annexation subverts the oid
law nnd establishes the new. Every great revolution in history has hadasmall beginning.
It is iaid ihiU the Declaration oi Independence ittelf was a manifesto agains a preimbie. and
such WM the wet Nevertheless it. transformed America. And tlu- precedent of annexing
Hawaii, once fixed, can be followed everywhere so longas our constitution survives the shock.
We may yet annex Turkey through the treaty-making power, aud, in that outlying portion of
the t nlon, become the buffer of Europe.
1 c laim, then, that the annexation of Hawaii, logically and inevitably, would be the aban
donment of t:io Monroe dectrine. But Igo beyond this and insist that it would be a revolu
tionary act, and a breach of our national compact.
On the question of power, as distinguished from that of mere policy, I offer two proposi
tions: r
First— That, upon the face or and by fsir implication from the language of our Federal
const itUtlon, as at plied in our practice and interpreted by the courts, so far as territorial ac
qinsition apart from military and naval stations is concerned, both Congress and the treaty
mukinsr power are limited to this continent.
Second— That, except, mr m iiitary or naval purposes, namely, for the national defense our
Government cannot acquire, constitutionally and in just subordination to the objects ior
which It was !orme<l, nin! cannot bring into political union with the country, ar.y territory
W nlcn is not capable of being erened into Stales on a precise equality with the" other States in
the I ninn and within the specified purposes for which the republic wos established
In all our history territories have been simply the womb of States. When the Northwest
ern territory was coded it was on tue conditions prescribed in the ordinance of July 13 1787
of winch Justice story wrote that it was "equally remarkable for the brevity and the 'exacN
nessot its text and for its moMcrly display of the fundamental principles of civil and re
ligious liberty _(2 Story on the Constitution (Fourth Edition) Section 1318. p. 1!)1)
lh«t ordinance, which is among the most famous recorded piects of legislation, pro
vided for tue erection of State, in all respects corresponding to the original thirteen. In
subsequent acquisition* of teintory. by purchase or otherwise, its provisions have been riedly
followed, lliey were substantially incorporated into the Treaty of Guadalonpc Hidalco
I ndur these guarantees aud on Hits applied iuterpretatio-n oi the Preamble of the Federal
Constitution ona of Article 4. Section 3 of that instrument, the Middle and Western S;ate«
to the verge of the Pacific, have been .idded to the Union, and no territory hasever been
acquired or politically umttd to the country except for the purpose of being converted into
The s ole poorer of admitting States into the Union has been vested in Congress by the sec
tion of the constitution above mentioned, and, as has been observed by a great writer on the
constitution, "no State once admitted to the Union can ever be deprived of its equal suffrage
in the Senate, without Us consent." If this be true, as it is, and if it be also true that, in the
acquisition of territory, the treaty making power is restricted to such torritory as can be
converted into Mates then, unless foreign territory, witn foreign populations, and espe
cial.y when composed of servile races, is fit material for the erection of States such ns
those now composing the Federal Union, the proposed annexation of Hawaii is unconstitu-
I have not the time, nor has The Call the apace, to amplify and illustrate'thls argument,
as may be done in the Senate. But, b-fore I end this communication, let me furnish a few
extracts from pertinent authorities, which pass upon the question.
Speaking of nrucle JV. section 3 or the Federal Consiitution John W. Burgess, professor in
Columbia (outre, says (volume II of his "Political Science and Comparative Constitutional
Law, pp. 101, 102): "The languages of the principal paragraph of this clause is not well
chosen, it appears to confer upon Congress the power' to connect foreign States with this
Union by an act of legislation. Nothing of this sort wn« Intended by the framers."
And, says the same nuthor in the same work (p- 107). "while there is no express hmlta
tlon on the power of the President as to the scope or the terms of the treaties winch he may
make, yet his authority is subject to certain restrictions necessnrily implied from various parts
of the constitution. There is an implied limitation which would prevent the political depart
ment from entering into any stipulation calculated to change the character of the govern
ment, or to do that which could only be done by the constitution-making power, or which
would be inconsistent with the nature and structure of the Government or the objects for
which it was formed."
Tne sme author, like many others, denounces the acquisition of Texas, by joint resolu
tion, in 184 a, though it w«s a part of this continent, as unro'istitutional, nnd Georre Tlcknor
Curtis. In his "(onstituii-inal History of the United States" (volume 11, p. 257), speaks of that
annexation as having "brought a foreign ulave-noldinsr republic into the Union."
Referring to tne territories in his work on "Constitution*! Law" (Second Edition p 20)
Mr. Black uses this language: "It may be said that they are held in tutelage by the General
Government; that their territorial condition is transitory, and that their system of govern
ment is temporary and provisional .only. For it Is always understood that the people of * ter
ritory are destined to create and maintain a State Government as soon as, in the judgment of
Congress, they are prepared therefor and be admitted to the Union on an equality with the
older Slates. "
These extracts are gathered up and applied In the following passage from one of the lec
tures delivered between 1393 and 189(3 before the graduate students of the Johns Hopkins
University by James a no;ed professor of law and author of the "History of lhe
UnitM Slate's Under the Constitution": y
"Under our present Constitution the discretion to admit new States is lodged unreservedly
in Congress, like ordinary leßis.ation, nnd ever since tfle Louisiana purchase o: 1303 that dis
cretion, wnich had ckarly comprised the original territorial area 6i tlia United Stales west
ward to the Mississippi, has been repeatedly extended in prnctice so as to compre
hend without constitutional change whatever adjacent foreign territory on this
continent between the two oceans may be acquired at any time dv war
or peaceful purchase. Both as to policy and constitutional right so vast
and unreserved 8 power to Congress, or to the treaty-making department without
limit oi ponular referendum, cons itutional amendment or unusual constraint whatever to
change the wncl? scope and charterer of this Union by the incorporation of foreign soil and
lorew. populations or trcos. is worth challenging on every new occasion' tor iAs a power
pregnant with ih» gravest dangers, suca as debauched and finally destroyed the Roman
hrupire. l'his confederated system of ours recognizes no permanent pjlitica'l condition aiiv
wnrre but tnat of co-»-qiial Su tes."
These citatioris.exnress ihe accurate constiiutional doctrine, and could be enforced by cases
and by extracts from the messages of our Presidents, from the opinions of the Attorneys-
General, anil iron many documents in the archives of the Government
r- l S : 2 s< \ ty . ftdor>ti »«f -he words of one of your contemporaries, when it save that -the
united State* has no cause whatever to interfere in Asiatic politics. It has quite enoueh to
do to keep European hands off the two Americas without trying to burueu itself with a
similar obligation in the far East." * he.sky E. Highton
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Female Infanticide— M. M., City. Female
Infanticide in China wes prohibited by law ia
Jua», 1872.
Romola— M. G., Hanford,, Cal. Romola is
pronounced as Rom-o-la, with the second "o"
as "o" in move and the final "a" as "a" la
fate.
The Twentieth Century— E. J. C, City. Tbe\
ycnr 1900 will close the nineteenth century
and the twentieth will commence with tf»3^^
year 1901. Sg-ffifii '
Evergreens— C. O. X., City. One who is
well versed in such matters says in reply to
your question': "1 know of no evergreens that
do not bear fruit or flower."
Tareshing Machine— F., City. The credit
of having invented the first tnreshing ma
chine for v-(! in the fields is given to Michael
Menzieaoi Edinburgh, Who built such a ma
chine in 1732. _
Peroxide— N. N., City. If you have in con
temptation the use of hydrogen peroxide, tho
advice of this department is, that before you
do so you consult some reputable physician,
who will tell you all about its effects.
Players' Pa y-R. H., City.. The parlies in
terested in the particular ball games that
were played last month do not desire to mako
public the amount paid to each player, conse
quently the information as Iced for cannot be
iurnished. ■' ,
Maher-Goddard-O. a, Suisun, Cal. Peter
Jlaher was knocked out in a three-round con
test by Joe Goddard December 8 1892. Maber
weighed 175 r>ounds and Goddard 187. Tha
contest was for a *7500 purse before the
Coney Island Athletic Club.
Hanover— P. H. M.. City. In 1714 George
Louis, the elector of Lutieberst, ascended the
throne of Great Britain as George I. After
that, until the reign of William IV., Lunebers
or Hanover had the same ruler as Great
Britain. It was in 1830 that Hanover sepa
rated from the crown oc Great Britain.
Pot of England— M., City. A peer of
England is iree from all arrests for debt a.3
being of the sovereign's hereditary counsell
ors; therefore a peer cannot, be outlawed^Jp
any civil action and no attachment JrSit
against his person; but execution may bo «■
taken upon his lands and goods. For tho same
reason he is free from all attendance at courts
leet or sheriff's turns, or, in case of riot, from at
tending the posse comitatus. He can act as a
justice of the peace in any part of the king- r f
dom. \t
Casino— H. W. W., Oakland, Cal. In the
game of casino a player cannot build from the
table— that is, if a seven and two be upon the
table ana the player put an ace on the seven
and call it eight his opponent cannot employ
the two upon tne table to build it up to ten.
If a player build up a card to a certain de
nomination and his opponent decline to build
it un higher he, the first player, may not alter
his build, but must take it with a card of the
denomination of the build. That is,
A and C are partners agalust B and D.
A plays, places an ace on a two and
calls it three; B, whose turn is next, does
not capture the build or increase it; C,
who is A's partner, cannot alter the build by
adding to it. If D does not take it or alter
the build, which ho has a right to do, as had
B who followed A, if he could have done so,
A must take it with a three. Generally a
partner alters the build of his partner if the
preceding plover has not done bo, but that is
contrary to the rule Uid down by iioyle.
NOTES At-OU. NOTABLES.
George W. Cable has resigned from the po
sition of editor oi Current Literature.
Bret Harte's new book, 'The .Three Part
ners," is the thirty-third volume bearlDg his
name.
Lafeadio Hearn, who has lived many years
in Japan, says that the grotesque pictures
made by Japanese artists now seem to him to
bo true.
Richard S. Croker Jr., son of the boss of
Tammany Hall, is a student at Brown Uni
versity and is making a name for himself aa a
lirst-class lullback on the football field.
Ex-Penator Edmunds of Vermont, who is
now making a visit to Macon, Ga., has been
much impressed with the resource! of the
South and predicts for it a bright and promis- I
ing future. 1
When Tennyson, in 1830, wrote this inf
"Locksley Hall," "Let the great world spin/
forever down the ringing grooves of change,"
he supposed that the wheels of railway cars
ran in grooved rails.
Henry R. Pritchard of Indianapolis, who is
the oldest living preacher in tne Church of the
DisciDles of America, has preached tiOOO ser
mons. He has known General Harrison ever
since the latter was a boy.
Dr. Samuel Wiltard of Chicago, an |old-ilme
friend of Abolitionist Lovejoy, to whose mem
ory a monument has just been erected in Illi
nois, said in speaking oi the death of his
friend: "Lovejoy's body was carried along
the main street to his home, and a man, whose
name I will not give, because I wish it forever
forgotten, said: 'If I only had a rife I would
play the 'Dead March* for him.' That waa
civil war." _^__^_______ —
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.
A wedding is life's prize package.
II eyes were the windows of the soul there
would be more people that squint.
Marriage is a lottery in which men have to
wear the blanks hung around their necks.
If tome men were in business for their
health they'd take the doctor into partner
ship. npBiQBBOBnffIBH
The average man doesn't know much about
women ; if lie did he'd think he knew more.
Babies are helpless little things; every
woman that comes along can grab them up
and kiss them. „; . • .
California glace iruitß, 50c lb. Townsend's.*
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business houses and public men by the Presi
Clipping Bureau (Alien's), 510 Montgomery. * t
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GriLLF.T Thanksgiving mince pies. 905 Lar- 7
kin. Tel. East 193. ■ '
"Golden Poppies," a California calendar of
189 S. Also "Chinese" calendars now- ready
for mailing at Sauborn & Vail's, 741 Market. "
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Mark Hopkins Institute of Art.
The first concert of this season will bo given
on Wednesday evening and every following
Thursday evening. Adroi^<ion reduced to "5
cents. Open daily, including Sundays. *
Hetty Green's appearance has much changed
of late. A few days ago she appeared in court
in New York in diamonds, v<!ivet tad a
trimmed bonnet. She is almost never without
a lawsuit 0:1 her hands, one of the penalties of
great wealth in these days.
" Bbows's Bronchiai, Tkoches" relieve
Throat Irritations caused by cold or use of th«
voice. The genuine sold oaly in boxes.
• — • — • —
Professor Darwin, who is delivering a course
of lectures in Boston, reads generally from
notes, but has a happy way o! dropping into
li: tie impromptu explanatory passages, which
relieve his manner from the style of the ordi
nary scientific lecturer.
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