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Preparations for Self-Government--Call for a Constitutional Convention--The Election--Meeting of the Convention--General Wood's Address--Organization of the Convention--Framing the Constitution--Debates over Church and State, and Presidential Qualifications--Signing of the Constitution--No Americans Present at the Convention--General Provisions of the Constitution--Relations between Cuba and the United States--Controversy between the Two Governments--Origin of the "Platt Amendment"--Attitude of the Cubans Toward It--Malign Agitation and Misrepresentation--A Mission to Washington--Final Adoption of the Amendment.