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these were the primary arguments in Congress against admitting Hawaii into the union as a state until some routine "support my other bill I'll support that bill
by vmception 5y ago
these were the primary arguments in Congress against admitting Hawaii into the union as a state until some routine "support my other bill I'll support that bill" all the way till 1959
there were just enough representatives that couldn't imagine the "absurdity" of having Asian representatives for Asian/Polynesian constituents in the United States
- LatteLazy 5y agoRemember as well, Hawaii (pop 1.4m) gets 2 reps and 4 electoral college votes. That's a much easier swallow than whatever 100m Philippinos would get...
- vmception 5y agoPhilippines has a third of the US population size by now, or well it would be one fourth of the US population size if it was included but in 1900 it had 6.5m while US had 76 million. So it would be 8%, not insignificant but nowhere as wild as you would think at the time. in 1960 this proportion would have ballooned to 14% Just some additional perspective