The National tribune., 1893-12-14
MONDAY. DEC IL

In the Senate in the absence of the Vice.
President at Augusta, Ga, the Senate was pre-
sided over by Mr.. Harris.
/. House joint resolution for the protection of
those parties heretofore allowed to make en-
tries of lands within the former Mile Laos In
dian reservation in Minnesota was reported
back favorably from the Committee on Public
Lands by Mr.. Berry, was explained by Dir.
Washburn, and passed.
Mr.. Hoar offered a resolution. and asked for
its Immediate consideration, calling upon the
President for statement touching the appoint
ment by him, without submission to the Sem
ate, of the Hawaiian Commissioners and the
exact functions of that official and for other
matters of information.
One of the allegations made by Mr. Hoar
was that the President, the It'll of March,
1893, the Senate then being in session. commits
stoned person to proceed to the Hawaiian
Islands, accrediting by letter as n Commissioner
from this Government to that Government and
said IN the letter of instructions that he was to
be paramount a representative of the United
States in those Islands If that allegation said
Mr.. Hoar, were true, it seemed to him as gross a
violence of the Constitution of the United States
as was ever charged upon or imputed to any
public official. 1t was not necessary to say to
the Senate or to the American people that an
attempt to usurp the power of appointing and
commissioning such officer without the con-
sent of the Senate was attempt TO usurp all
the diplomatic relations Of the Government
Mr.. Gray replied, and an acrimonious dis
cussion ensued. Finally, the resolution went
over.
The Senate proceeded to Executive bust
ness, and at 2:40 adjourned till tomorrow.
In the House, the fact that the Committees
of the House of Representatives that furnish
the grist for that great Legislative mill have
not yet fairly embarked upon their work was
made evident, for although every committee
was called in order for reports there was but one
response
Mr.. Culbersou, on behalf Of the Committee
on Judiciary. called up the House bill to re-
vive and amend an act to provide for the col
lection OF abandoned property and the preven-
ton Of frauds in insurrectionary districts with
in the United States and acts amendatory.
The bill contains clause allowing claims
rejected on account of the disloyalty of claim
ants to be reopened and allowed Therefore it
was destined TO arouse party icalously.
Mr.. Reed and Mr. Burrows objected to its
present consideration the ground that it
was too important to be considered in the
morning hour.
Mr.. Dockery. Chairman of the joint Com
mission TO Investigate the Government Depart
ments, introduced a bill making certain
changes in the manner of postal notes, etc.
The bill was referred to the joint commission,
with right to call it up at any time
Among other changes made by the proposed
bill is the adjustment Of the postal note 1t
also provides new schedule of fees for money
orders, and authorizes the Postmaster General
to designate certain money order offices TO issue
money orders for sums not exceeding S. These
offices are TO be called limited money -order
Offices. These money-order Offices are to take
the place OF postal-note Offices now existing