The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-23

such person to determine when the
naval force Of the United States
should be landed therein or
W it h drawn there from and
whether any authority has been
committed to such person to use
physical force in the territory of
said Government, or to land armed
force there and whether such per-
son has been authorized or has in
fact corresponded in regard to the
public affairs of the Government of
the Hawaiian Islands with any
private person, newspaper or any
other periodical,or has been author
ICED to or has in fact undertaken
to receive in said Hawaiian Islands
the testimony of any private per-
son, or has requested or received
written communication from any
private person in regard to the law
full and existing Government there
or the circumstances under which
said existing Government was es-
tablished, or any other matters
relating to public affairs thereof !;
and if any such appointment or
authority has been or given further
to inform the Senate whether the
same was made or given at the time
when the Senate was in session or
has continued in force during any
session of the Senate or Congress
and any part thereof; and further
whether such appointment or au-
thority was communicated to the
Senate during any session thereof /;
and further whether any person
has accepted or undertaken to &C
cept the Office of Commissioner or
public Minister with powers afore-
said or any of them, or has under
taken in any correspondence with
the Government of Hawaii or with
any private person to describe him
self as Commissioner of the Unit
ed States"
Hoar, in the course of his re-
marks on the resolution, said if
it were true that the President, the
Senate being in session, had author
lied an officer to exercise para
mount diplomatic authority in an
other country with which the
United States was at peace, and
authorized him to employ at his
discretion the naval force of the
United States, and had given him
a title, which was enumerated as
of the diplomatic officers in an act
of Congress, he was standing upon
very slippery ground and had bet
ter step on to terra firma rapidly
and at once. Laughter.
"The ostrich puts his head in
the sand" said Hoar, "and thinks
he will not be seen. The rhinoceros
hides in his mud puddle and
breathes through his nose, and
he cannot be seen; but
of these is a suitable prece-
dent for the President of the United
States. The people will know the
truth of the matter"
Hoar commented upon the fact
that information communicated by
the President to certain Senators
under seal of confidence had been
freely given out to representatives
Of four newspapers known to be
jealous and thorough-going - he
had almost said INSCRIPTIONS
of the Administration.
One of the allegations was that the
President on the 7th day of March,
1S93-the Senate then being in
session-commissioned a person to
go to Hawaii, accrediting him as
commissioner from this Govern
ment, and said in the letter of in
structions that he was to be para
as the representative of the
United States in the Hawaiian
Islands.
"If that allegation was true"
said Mr.. Hoar, sit seems to me as
gross a violation of the Constitu-
ton of the United States as ever
was charged upon or imputed to
any public official. 1t is not neces-
sary to say to the Senate or to the
American people that the attempt
to usurp the power of appointing or
commissioning such an officer with
out the consent of the Senate was
an attempt to usurp all diplomatic
relations of the Government"