Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-16
NATIONAL LAW MAKERS.
The Fiftythird Congress Conyenes
and Proceeds to Work

The Fiftythird Congress Conyenes
and Proceeds to Work
Washington Dec G.-Senator Voor-
hees opened the pension question in
/ the senate by Introducing two bills,
one declaring a pension 4 vested right,
regulating suspension Of pensions and
granting appeals to the supreme court
/ of the District OF Columbia; the other
( defining sundrv crimes against the
/ United States in the administration
( of pension laws.
/ Mi Henderson introduced ill 20
Iamend the internal revenue laws Mr..
! tullom. Of Illinois offered 4 resolution
accepting from Illinois the statue Of
: Cen. Shields and addressed the senate
culogiziug Gen. Shields. Others also
spoke.
senator Hoars resolution Of yester-
: day calling foI information relative to
Hawaii was laid before the senate and
the author proceeded to attack yigoI-
ously the course pursued by the al,
minsuution Mr. Hoar thought that
the president S intention in the matter
Of Hawaii was Il t1slg which the sen
ate and the people were entitled TO
understand without delay.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, spoke OF Sl,
uoars Smelling the works before he
obtained the information which his
resolution called for He denied that
the president was medtatiug an act
OF war. and asserted that the president
had respectfully submitted the qucs.
ton 20 congress.
The real question was whether the
government of the United States had
intorfcrcd to overthrow the existing
government of Hawaii. If it had Il
WAS the duty of the president of the
United States, representing the gov
eminent, TO make prompt r"paration
and TO reinsiate the government which
it had oycrthr0wu.
Mr. Mills WIS followed I- Senator
Villas. OF Wisconsin, who defended the
administration and argued that the
senate was acting with undue haste in
discussing the subject in the absence
of facts
Senator Villas thought there were
reasons why tho resolutions should not
be adopted AT this time. lie referred
to the remarks of Hoar as to the re-
ported action of The president being
an ACT of war, uld asked whether the
landing Of troops and the overthrow
of government by virtue OF their
force was not an act of war.
Hoar replied that the troops were
landed under the allegation that they
were 70 be used to protect the lives
and property OF American citizens.
The queen yielded TO an armed insr-
rection and not TO American troops.
uoar continued. After the president
sent a letter addressed to My great
and good brother. President Dole il
would Joe an act Of intamy only eN.
cclled 10y the act of Joab when he
stabbed his ueigbuor under the itth
rib ANA then asked Art thou i'm good
health. my wothcr| laughter
Villas protested that vas not the
question. Mr.. Iuar replied that the
whole argument of the senator from
Wisconsin and the senator from Texas
was one that would require the United
states 20 give back Texas % Mexico
today.
we never got Texas from Mexico.
said Mills Texas came into the Tn
ION voluntarily
Without going into the question Of
the character of the instructions Of
the president TO the Hawaiian minis
ter, Villas declared that what the presi-
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