St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-12
CLEVELAND SCORED.
Senator Hoar Accuses Him OF
Usurpation
Nv DEALING WITH HAYAH.
Thinks the President Is on
Slippery Ground.
SENATOR GRAYDEFEHDS GR0KER
He Wants Opinion Suspended
SENATOR eRAYDEFERDS GR0KER
He Wants Opinion Suspended
Until the President
WRITES HIS SPECIAL MESSAGE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. u.-In the senate
today the unexpected happened, and
the expected failed to materialize. The
expected political debate on the federal
elections law repeal was averted by Mr..
Hill, of New York, acGuiescing in the
suggestion of Mr.. Hoar that the bill
should be referred to the committee on
privileges and elections.
On the other hand, no one expected
debate on the Hawaiian question until
the resolution calling for information
agreed to by the senate last week had
been complied with by the executive.
Today, however, Mr.. Hoar submitted
another resolution calling upon the
president for specific answers to ques-
tiOns which, literally complied with,
would lay before the senate and the
country the history of the actions of the
present administration on the Hawaiian
matter. After lively debate between
the author of the resolution and Mr..
Gray, of Delaware, the resolution went
over until tomorrow.
The house joint resolution for the
protection of those parties who have
heretofore been allowed to make entries
for lands within the former Mile Lacs
Indian reservation i'll Minnesota was
reported favorably from the committee
on public lands and passed.
Mr.. Hoar offered the following res0lu-
ton, attacking by Implication the pres
ent Hawaii an policy:
That the president be requested to
inform the senate if in his opinion it be
not inconsistent with the public inter-
est that any person should be appointed
to represent the United States in for
eign countries without the advice and
consent of the senate; whether any
person whose name has not been sub
mitted to the senate for its advice and
c0nseut has been so appointed by
him; 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 president of the eXecu-
tive and advisory council of the Ha-
waiian Islands, and whether such person
has been presented to the head of the
government of the Hawaiian islands;
ami whether any, and if so, what
authority, has been given to such person
touching the relations of this govern
ment to the then existing or other gov
ernment of the Hawaiian islands and
the protection of American citizens
therein; and whether any discretion or
power has been committed to such per-
son to determine when the naval force
of the United States should be landed
therein or withdrawn therefrOm; and
whether any authority has been COM
mltted to such person to use physical
force in the territory Of said govern
ment, 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 person, newspaper or
any other periodical, or has been
authorized to or has in fact undertake n
TO receive Ill said Hawaiian islands the
testimony of any private person. or has
requested or received written communi-
cations from any private person in
regard to the lawful and existing gov
erIment there as to the circumstances
under which said existing government
was established, or any other matters
relating to the
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
thereof; and, if any such appointment or
authority has been made or given, fur
ther to inform the senate whether the
same was made or given at time when
the senate was in session, or has con-
tinued III force during any session of the
senate or of congress, and any part
thereof, and, further. whether such
appointment or authority was communi.
Gated to the senate during any session
thereof; and, further, whether any per
son has accepted, or undertaken to ac
cept, the Office of commissioner or pub.
lie minister with the powers aforesaid
or any of them, or has undertaken in
any correspondence with the govern
ment OF Hawaii. or with any private
person, to describe himself as commits
Sioner of the United States'
Mr.. Hoar commented upon the fac
that the information communicated by
the president to certain senators under
tie seal of confidence had been freely
given out to the representatives of foul
newspapers known to be jealous, thor
ough-gOing, he had almost said un
scrupulous, supporters of the admins
tratiOn.
If that allegation were true, said Mr.
Hoar, it seemed to him as gross viola
ton of the constitution of the United
States as was ever charged upon or i'm
puted to any public official. 1t was no
necessary to say to the senate or to the
administration people that an attempt
TO
USURP THE POWER
of appointing or commissioning such al
officer without the consent of the sen
ale was an attempt to usurp all TIL
diplomatic relations of the government
Mr.. Hoar read the Associated Pres
cablegram from London i'll which Mir
lister Bayard expressed his opinion O
the Hawaiian question. He said If tina
dispatch were true, it was also true tina
Great Britain had been taken int
confidence which the America
senate and the american people ha
not shared. II 1t were true that th
PRESIDENT, the senate being in session
had authorized an officer to exercis
paramount diplomatic authority in an
other country with which the Unite
States was at peace, directed the consl