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for preferment.

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HISTORY REPEATS.

Similarity In Hawaiian and Santo

Dominican Cases.

To the Editor of the Globe.

About thirty years ago an attempt was

made by the Grant administration to annex

Santo Domingo, the second largest island In

the West Indies, which lngloriously

failed, as I hope the present administration

will fall in its attempt to annex the Hawaiian

islands.

Then, as now, a treaty had been signed for

annexation between President Grant and the

president of the Santo Domingo republic on

Sept 9, 1869, which treaty was rejected

by the senate.

In December, 1870, inspired by th« presi

dent's annual message, another attempt was

made to annex said Island by passing a Joint

resolution, which then, as It is now claimed,

could be accomplished by a inajorlty vote.

This was met and it was held that no ter

ritory could be annexed without a treaty

which must be ratified by a two-thirds vote

j of the senate. Finally, a commission of vis

i itlng statesmen was appointed, who, in duo

time, reported favorably, but the whole thing

was abandoned In the long run, and no "for

j eign power" has thus far expressed any de

i sire to absorb that republic.

Then, as now, It was strongly urged how

indispensable that Island was to us for mil

itary and naval reasons.

Then, as now, certain great patriots were

much distressed lest some foreign power

would absorb that island and its dusky in

habitants.

Then, as now, that Island could be had for

the asking, simply the public debt was to be

j paid, which, In certain cases we know of

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The Saint Paul globe. (1897). St. Paul, Minn., 1897-12-31. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn90059523/1897-12-31/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Saint Paul globe, 1897-12-31.