The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
Little Attention Paid to the Reading
of the Praaident'a MesHaRe.

Washington, Dec. lS.--There was q
very small attendance OF senators at tho
opening Of to-days's session, although il
was generally known that the Presidents
message in relation to Hawaiian affairs
was ready to be delivered.
The Journal was read and the routine
morning business was proceeded with.
At 1918 O'Clock Mr.. Pruden, one of the
Presidents secretaries, appeared and de-
liyerea the long-loeked FER message 70
congress.
Mr.. George was sending up a petition
in the morning business when MIR. Harris
interposed and said that the Presidents
message ought TO be laid before the
Senate.
THE MESSAGE READ.
The Vice President was of the same
opinion, and Immediately laid before the
Senate the message, which was thereupon
read by the secretary. Printed copies of
the message having been furnished in ad-
vance, senators on both sides of the
chamber followed the secretary as he read,
but not for long. The interest in the mat
ter slackened before much progress had
been made on the message, and soon a
majority of the senators were neither
reading nor listening, but were engaged
ence. There was much more attention
paid on the republican side of the cham
Der than on the democratic.
The reading Of the message was finished
at l O'Clock p. m, having taken about
forty minutes.
THE INSTRUCTIONS CALLED FOR.
Mr.. Chandler Immediately rose and
asked for the reading of the instructions
to Minister Willis of Oct, Is, Nov. "A and
Dec. 3.
Mr.. Hoar suggested that the list of the
accompanying documents" be first read
that the Senate might know what they
were. In response to this suggestion the
Vice President laid before the Senate
further communication from the
President transmitting, in compliance
with the resolutions Of the Senate, copies
of all instructions given to the represen-
tatives Of the diplomatic service and
naval representatives Of the United States
since March 4, 1881.
The clerk then commenced the reading
of Secretary Gresham's instructions to
Minister Willis Of Oct 19. They are
marked confidential" and say they are
supplemental to the general instructions
which you have received in relation to
your official duties"
BUTLER OBJECTS.
The clerk had got no farther, when the
reading was interrupted by Mr.. Butler,
who objected to the waste Of time,
and said that the documents would all be
printed tomorrow. He accordingly moved
that the message and the accompanying
documents be referred to the committee
on foreign relations.
This motion was debatable, and debate
followed. The republican senator's backed
Mr.. Chandler's efforts TO have read the
papers named
Mr.. Voorhees, objected to reading a
part only of the papers submitted,
''garbled extracts" as he called them
while Mr.. Butler and others insisted
that the reading Of any would be waste
of time.
MIR. Allison. by way Of bringing the
question 10 issue, moved that the three
documents indicated be read at the clerk IS
desk pending the question Of reference to
the committee on foreign affairs, in order
that he, for one, might know what these
instructions contained
Mr.. Hoar also called for the reading Of
the papers for information, under rule
eleven, and asked the yeas and nays on
the motion.
Mr.. Butler withdrew his motion to
commit and Mr.. Wilson renewed his mo-
tion for the reading of the papers, and
no objection being then MADE, the papers
were read by the secretary of the Sem
ate.
AT the close of the reading, Mr. Hoar
moved to refer the message and accom-
panyings documents to the Senate COM
mittee on foreign relations, and himself
expressed wish that this motion might
lay over that he might speak upon it.
This was done.
NEW BILL.
MIR. Morgan, chairman of the commit
teee on foreign relations, offered a bill
having an apparent bearing on the
Hawaiian situation, which, at the request
of Mr.. Frye was read for Information be-
fore being referred to MIR. Morgan's COM
mlttee. The bill provides that
whenever the United States shall acquire
dominion over any foreign country by
annexation, cession, or otherwise, the
President of the United States may ap-
point q governor and council of five,
whose acts shall be subject TO the revis-
sion of congress, such governor and
council to form the provisional govern
ment of such country.
Morgan also offered Joint resolution
for the appointment OF committee Of
three senators and three members OF the
House Of Representatives on the Nicara-
qua canal. The resolution was referred
to the committee on ontingent expenses,
with request from Mr.. Morgan for
speedy report.
The rest of the day was devoted 10
speeches from Mr.. HaDsbrough, of South
Dakota, advocating an appropriation of