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...change from the present system is needed. - (a) Present workings not in accord with the intentions of the framers: Story, S S 703-715. - (b) General movement toward political liberty has produced a change of conditions: Sen. Turpie in Cong. Rec. Dec. 17, '91, p. 79. - (1) This change demands popular elections. - (c) Wishes of the people now ignored; e.g., an election in Rhode Island: Public Opinion, XII, No. 20 (Feb. 20, '92). - (d) National and local politics now too much confused: Nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 3/4/1895 | See Source »

...character of the Senate would be improved. - (a) The nearer a government agency is to its real source of power, the greater is its efficiency: Cong. Rec. Dec. 1, '91, p. 78. - (b) Senators would not be dependant on political machines: Public Opinion, XII, No. 20. - (c) Incapable men would not be chosen. - (1) Corporations could not elect their men: Public Opinion as above. - (2) The Senate would not be a field for party manipulation; e.g., Hill, May, Foraker: The Nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 3/4/1895 | See Source »

...Annexation is desirable politically: Forum, XV, 1; North Am. Rev. vol. 156, p. 270; Cong. Rec., 1894, pp. 2208-2212; pp. 5009-5010. - (a) Gives U. S. a naval base for offence. - (b) Prevents Hawaii becoming a base of hostile attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 1/7/1895 | See Source »

...Protectorate would not guarantee security: Cong. Rec., 1894, pp. 5009-5010; Cong. Rec., 1894, pp. 2209-2210; North Am. Rev. vol. 157, p. 743. - (a) Treaties subject to abrogation e.g. Pearl Harbor. - (b) At outbreak of war Hawaii would be seized. - (c) Liability to insidious change of sentiment e.g. by Japanese or British getting control: Ad. Walker in Boston Advertiser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 1/7/1895 | See Source »

...KLEECK and J. W. WORTHINGTON.Best general references: C. Schurz in Harper's Monthly, vol. 87, p. 737 (1893); T. M. Cooley in Forum, XV, p. 387; N. A. Rev. vol. 156, p. 282; ibid, vol. 159, p. 745; Nation, vol. 56, pp. 75, 96; Cong. Rec., XXVI...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 1/7/1895 | See Source »

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