The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-12-14

Of the diplomatic ofEt es in the act of COZ
gress, he was standing upon very slippery
81 ound, and he had better step on terra
hrma rapidly and at once. One of the
allegations was that the president OH
March 7, 1893 Qhe senate being in ses-
s;on) commissioned a person to go to
Hawaii, accrediting him by letter as a
and said, in the letter of in
structions, that he was to he
paramount as representative of
the United States in the Hawaiian
islands. If that allegation We're true,
said Mr.. Hoar, it seemed to him as gross a
violation of the constitution of the United
States as was ever charged upon or i'm
puted to any public official. 1t was not
necessary to say to the senate or to the
administration people that an attempt to
usurp the power of the appointing or
commissioning such an officer without the
consent of the senate was an attempt to
l:surp all the diplomatic relations of the
government. The resolution was further
debated by Messrs. Hoar and Gray and
was then laid over until ton GROW. The
Mile Laos bill was then passed. Sen
ator Hills bill to repeal the federal cleo
ton law went over by consent.
The session oft he house was brief and
uninteresting. Several bills of minor i'm
portance were passed during the morn-
ing hour, and an agreement was reached
by which tomorrow will be devoted to
the consideration of the bill for the adn,is-
sion of the Territory of Utah. The bill
to review the claims arising out of the
captured and abandoned property act
IF
Republicans and notice was served on
the Democratic side by Mr.. Reed that
this bill could only be considered under
the stress Of special order from the
committee on rules. The remainder of
the session after the expiration of the
morning hour was devoted to District of
Columbia matters.
Washington, Dec. 13.-The first gun of
the inevitable parliamentary battle in
the senate upon the repeal of the federal
election laws was fired yesterday, and it
came from one of the opponents of re-
peal-Senator Cullom of Illinois. In the
course of his remarks Mr.. Cullom at
tackled the New York machine, and es-
pecially Isaac H. Maynard, the defeated
candidate for judge. This brought Sen
ator Hill to his feet, and long dialogue
was begun. The Democratic managers
are very DESTROYS of having the federal
elections bill disposed of in the senate be-
fore the holidays. They are especially
anxious to have the bill out of the way
before the tariff bill shall reach the SEN
ate. In this they may be antagonized by
the Republicans, who have shown dis
position to discuss the bill at length
=! Senator Stewart of Nevada, in a short
speech, advocated the repeal of the cleo
ton laws, and incidentally gave express
sion to some of his we'll known views on
the financial question. The resolution
calling upon the president for additional
information in the Hawaiian matter was
laid over in order that Mr.. Frye of Maine
might submit some remarks.
The house discussed the question of
pnning another star on the American
flag. The consideration of the bill for
the admission into the sisterhood of
states was begun. The principal point at
issue was whether the enabling act
should contain proviso imposing pains
and penalties for polygamous marriages,
the contention on the one hand being that
the state should come in on an equal
footing with other states, unhandicapped
by such provisions, and on the other that,
as polygamy had been stamped out by
federal statutes, and as the admission of
the territory would repeal that statute,
congress should make it practically part
Of the enabling act.