Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-12-12
SUBPGNAED.
Cleveland Again Asked
to Take the Stand
And Tell What He Knows
About Hawaii.
Federal Election Bill Repeal
Delayed by Hill.
The First of the Territorial Admis-
sion Bills Came Up Today-The
Revised Tariff Measure.

By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-In the senate
the unexpected happened and the ex-
pected failed to materialize. The ex-
pected political debate on the federal
elections law repeal was averted by
Hill, acquiescing in the suggestion OF
Hoar that the bill should be referred to
the committee on privileges and cleo
tions. On the other hand no one ex-
pected the debate on the Hawaiian
question until 2he resolution calling for
information by the senate last week
had been complied with by the execu-
tive.
Today Hoar submitted another reso-
luton calling upon the president for
specific answers to questions which if
literally complied with would lay be-
fore the senate and the country bis
tory of the actions of the present ad-
ministratiou in the Hawaiian matter.
After lively debate between the au-
thor of the resolution and Gray the
resolution went over until tomorrow.
The resolution is as follows:
That the president be requested to
inform the senate, if, in his opinion, it
be not inconsistent with public inter-
est, whether any person whose name
has not been submitted to the senate
for advice and consent, and if SO, what
person has been appointed since the
4th day of March, 1898, to represent the
United States in the Hawaiian Islands
and whether such person has been &C.
credited to The present executive and
advisory council of the Hawaiian is
lands, and whether such person has
been presented to the head of the gov
ernment of the Hawaiian islands and
whether any, and if so, what, authority
has been given such person touching
the relations of this government to the
then existing or other government OF
the Hawaiian islands and the protection
OF American citizens therein.
Whether any discretion or power has
been committed to such person to de-
termine where a naval force OF the
United States should be landed therein
or Withdrawn therefrom; and whether
any authority has been committed to
such person to use physical force in the
territory of the said government or to
land an armed force there; and whether
such person has been authorized or has
in fact, corresponded in regard to the
public affairs of the government of the
Hawaiian islands with any private per
son, newspaper or any other periodical,
or has been authorized to or has, in
fact, undertaken to receive in said Ha.
waiian islands the testimony of any
private person, or has requested or re
ceived written communications from
any private person in regard to the
lawful and existing government there
or the circumstances under which sale
existing government was established
or any other matter relating to public
affairs thereof.
If any such appointment or authority
has been made or given, whether tht
same was made or given at time wher
the senate was in session or has contin
ued in force during any session of tn,
senate or congress or any part thereo
while such appointment or authority
was communicated to the senate dur
ing any session thereof and further
whether anv person has accepted or un-
dertaken in any CORE spondence will
the government OF Hawaii, or with any
private person to describe himself as
commissioner OF the United States.