New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-19

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short communications constituting the instruc-
tons given by Secretary Gresham October lS,
November "a and December 8 (the day before
| Congress metz. These. thought. could he READ
I'm five minutes. and therefore i indicated them.
made no invidiOus selection.
Mr. Butler was again on the floor. when Mr..
Harris O)cm., Tenn addressed the Chair. The
South Carolina Senator yielded. and Mr.. Harris
said ,
"A Presidents message is always read to the
Senate. and every precedent Is against reading
the accompanying documents. Let the message
go with the accompanying documents to the
appropriate committee and that committee can
determine at once which Of them shall he
printed and published. That is not going to be
very prejudicial To- the interests Of the country
or to any individual Now yield with great
pleasure, to the Senator from South Carolina,
and apologize to him that | did not squat al
once"
| Mr. Butler expressed (sarcasticay) his pro
| found obligations to the Senator from TennS-
see" and said that he took the floor with great
trepidation and alarm" He only desired to say
that he thought that the senators from ron MeW
country would survive until tomorrow when.
perhaps. all the documents could be printed. He
| (Mr Butler) had not the slightest objection to
| everything in connection with the Presidents
message and the Hawaiian matter being given
to the public. from beginning to end. lie had
no such motive when he made The objection.
| He had no desire to suppress anything. tie now
renewed his motion to refer the message ana
| accompanying documents to the Committee on
| Foreign Relations.
| Mr.. Voorhees, explained that his objection had
been made on the ground so well stated by Mr..
Harris. Every precedent in the Senate was
| against such proceeding az that suggested by
Mr.. Chandler. He (Mr Voorhees, did not want
to suppress the reading Of anything-of course
| not. We" he exclaimed. with a passionate
| accent. will be ready. not merely to have read.
and to read ourselves. but to consider all these
questions before the American people
The discussion was continued by Mr. Faulkner
| Dem w Va, Mr. Mills Dem. Tex. Mr..
| Chandler Rep.. y. H. Mr Hoar Rep.. Mass),
Mr.. Allison Glep. Iowa). and other Senators.
WAS THE PRESIDENT DisINGENCOus.
| Mr. Chandler Insisted that. for the benefit Of
| the country the instructions to Mr. Willis should
be read at once. lie asserted that they would
| show that the reasons why the Presidents plan
of restoration had mscarried were not the rea-
| sons assigned by him in his message and that he
disingcnuous in his statement. The failure
(Mr. Chandler declared not because the
Queen was not willing to accept the conditions Of
amnesty. but because she could get no assurance
that the United States forces would be used 10
restore her to the throne and to maintain her on
the throne 1t was therefore important. Mr..
Chandler argued, to know what Mr.. Williss IN
structiOns were.
Mr. Voorhees, remarked that Mr. Chandler
knew that those instructions were now in type
| in the newspaper Offices in Washington and were
being flashed all over the country.
Mr. Chandler do not know II.
Mr. Faulkner asked Mr.. Chandler whether he
| knew Of an instance wheIe portion OF docu-
ments accompanying a Presidents message was
| read, to the exclusion Of the rest.
Mr. Chandlcr-Over and owe! again
Mr. Hoa. was occupying the floor when Mr..
| Faulkner interposed a remark
II do not yield the floor" said Mr.. Hoar with
some asperity. but now yield 1t with great
| pleasure.
Il am greatly obliged to the Senator from
| Massachusetts,. Mr. Faulkner SAID sarcastcalIE'
for his extreme courtesy II Is not very OFTEN
| that the Senator from Massachusetts, yields to
| anybody
in1p hp
! tarians on the Democratic side Of the Chamber
| that their objection was futile 10 prevent the
| reading Of the papers because the motion 10
refer was a debatable motion. and any Senator
| could read the papers or have them read as
part of his remarks.
I Mr. Voorhees, declared that the idea OF any
| desire on his part. on the part Of the Demo
| cratic side OF the Chamber TO suppress anything
| in the correspondence was utter nonsense lie
had thought, however that an unfair step was
| being taken. TO the prejudice OF the message.
| Mr.. Allison. Gep. Iowa. confessed to desire
to have read at the clerks desk the instructions
| given 10 Mr.. Willis. He thought that II had
| been uniformly the custom Che would not say
| the courtesy Of the Senate because that seemed
| to he rather a low phrase and TO have got into
| disrepute) of the Senate. when n Senator asked
| for the reading Of public document that was
| on the table to have 1t read. Those three pa
| pers Of instructions could have been all read in
| ten minutes And now the Senate was informed
! by the Senator from Indiana that they would
be printed in THE Evening star so that the
| public would have an opportunity To read thein
| an hour or two In advance OF Senators. he sub
| mitted that these documents were OF great i'm
| portance. and that the people Of the United
| States were greatly interested in them. AZ
| matter Of courtesy. even to the President and
the Secretary Of State he thought that they
| ought to be read
SUPPRESSION NOT IN THEIR THOUGHTS.
Mr. Butler declared that there was not a syl
| liable or word or line In those papers that he
| desired to suppress The idea that he had any
such motive was mere idle nonsense. But his
| toto of q
| had been that that Senator had some object In
view when he called for the reading Of those
| papers-that he had some nigh-cut which he
| wanted to take against the President or against
| the Democratic party. lie knew perfectly well
| that he had to be on the lookout for that S~ha-
| tor all the time. U.aughter).
| Mr.. Chandler thanked Mr.. Butler for the COM
| pment.
| tircly welcome to the compliment assure him.
But II Is fact all the same. have not "A single
particle Of objection 10 having the papers read"
We'll. let il be read" Mr.. Cullom Uiep.. lid
Il have not yielded the floor yet said Mr..
Butler IF the Senator from Iowa Mr. ALI
SOM had made the same request might have
suspected that his desire was to indulge in the
utmost courtesy to the Secretary OF State and
to the President, and that no other motive actu-
ated him"
81 thank the Senator said Mr.. Allison. with
one of his broad. genial smiles.
That" Mr. Butler continued would be uni
yersally conceded our side. But II Is a little
surprising that the impetuosty of the Senators
from Massachusetts,, New-I1ampshire and Iowa
(Messrs Hoar, Chandler and Allison) could not
| be restrained until tomorrow morning. | think
| the country will survive. whether these papers
be read not. The anxiety and earnest
ness and assiduity with which these Senators
are following up this question praiseworthy.
| and | commend them for it."
| Mr.. Chandler humorously protested against
| the assumption Of the Senator from South Caro-
| lima (Mr. Butler) that whenever the Republicans
desired to accomplish partisan purpose "slyy
they put forward the Senator from Iowa tMr.
Allison). and he further protested against the
charge OF craftsmanship as far as IT affected him
self (Mr. Chandler stating that for three
| months during the extra session he had humby
followed the lead OF the Senator from Indiana
, (Mr Voorhees,. and as the Senator from South
| Carolina had dissented from the recommends