The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-20
REST FOR HAWAII.
The Troublesome Question Dis
posed of in the Senate For
the Present.
A COMMITTEE WILL INVESTIGATE.
The House Spends a Day Con.sid-
ering Pending Conference
Reports. {. -.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.--The Hawaiian
question was disposed Of for the present
in the senate during the day, when, after
Mr.. Hoar's argument. the message and
accompanying documents were referred
to the committee on foreign relations.
Later in the day, by resolution offered
by the chairman Of the committee on
foreign relations, that committee was
directed to inquire and report whether,
and if 50. what irregularities lave oc--
Cured in the diplomatic OF other inter-
course between the United States and
Hawaii i'll relation to the recent revolu-
tTon in those islands The resolution
for a joint committee Of three senators
and three members to examines and re-
port to congress upon the Maritime
Canal company Of Nicaragua, with au-
thority to visit Nicaragua, vas agreed to.
The senate also concurred in the house
resolution for holiday recess until Jan
3, 1894.
Mr.. Hoar's Talk.
Senator Hoar, in opening his address
on the Hawaiian question, said that he
would devote himself to a purely Amerl-
can question, a question affecting the
rights of the American people and the
constitutional power, duty and RESPONSE
bility of the various departments of the
government as established for 100 years.
Mr.. Hoar then carefully reviewed the
events in Hawaii up to the time of the
inauguration of Mr.. Cleveland and said
THAT there took place certain trans
action which suggested the American
question, Who is the United States OF
America; who represents in great ma
tional and international affairs its pur-
pose, its honor, its policy as to foreign
relationss" The question as to the le-
gality of proceedings as to Mr.. Blount's
appointment he thought was Il question
which it was the duty of the senate to
deal with. The president, when he UNI
dertook to decide the question and to
withhold from the people Of the United
States what he was doing until it was
settled one way or the other, seemed to
have supposed that he was
The United States of America
and that whatever that phrase meant it
was but a synonym for him.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Hoar's re-
marks the message of the president and
the information sent to the senate in re-
spouse to Mr.. Hoar's resolution Of some
days ago, were ordered printed and were
referred to the committee on foreign re-
1ations.
Mr.. Morgan Dem. Ala.l chairman Of
the committee On foreign relations, then
submitted the following resolutions:
Resolved. That the committee on for
eign relations shall inquire and report
whether, and, if so, what irregularities
have occurred in the diplomatic or other
intercourse between the United States
and Hawaii in relation TO the recent po-
itical revolution in Hawaii, and to this
end said committee is authorized to send
for persons and papers and to admins
ter Oaths to witnesses.
MIR. Morgan explained the purpose of
his resolution, which was to have set
Element Of the charges against this and
the former administration regarding
their Hawaiian policy
The resolution was then agreed to.