The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-19

bers Of the Committee oE Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate. Nothing would
be given out for publication, and this
fact seems 10 indicate that surprising
developments may be expected at any
moment.
The Press correspondent succeeded
in confirming the story that President
Dole's answer TO Willis, substantial
ing the charge that the latter had been
plotting TO overthrow a friendly gov
eminent, is now in Washington aud
its contents known by the State De-
partment.
MISCELLANEOUS POINTS.
The Senate Hawaiian COMMITTEES
is still investigating but has not sent
in a report. The only feature was
Gresham's interference TO keep Thurs
ton from testifying. How he did this
is detailed in the following dispatch.
"WAsHINGToN, Feb. 6.-It had been
the intention of the Senate Hawaiian
Investigation Committee to have
Minister Thurston appear as wit
ness just before the close Ct the inyes-
tigation, but Secretary Gresham took
especial pains TO prevent this. The
Senators asked Gresham 10 request
Mr.. ThurstOn TO appear before the
committee, as they wanted 10 have
him say something about the causes
which led to the revolution. The
information which they sought had
been prepared by Thurston, and was
of such character as 10 refute many
of Blounts statements. Gresham is
said to have urged Morgan, who made
the request that Thurston should lie
asked to appear, TO withdraw that reo
quest. Gresham argued that by testi-
tying before the committee Mr..
Thurston was sure TO 60 on record III
such a manner that he could no
longer be friend of his great and
good brother, President Cleveland,
and that he would, without doubt,
Immediately become a persona non
grata to this country, or SD much OF il
as is represented by the Administers
ton. Thurston was accordingly not
asked to give his evidence 10 the
Senate committee
Minister Thurston went TO Phila-
delphia on the 9Th and will visit New
York before he returns 10 Washing
ton. He made no statement of what
his mission was, but it is said that he
has gone to confer with some friends
of annexation among the sugar re-
finers in Philadelphia. Since free
sugar appears to be threatened the
members OF the Philadelphia Asso-
citation of Refiners have been in COM
munication with Thurston and are
said to have advanced q proposition
that will be of interest both TO the
Provisional Government and TO the
Hawaiian planters. They want to
take an active interest in aiding the
annexation OF Hawaii and also desire
TO bond some of the plantations on
the islands and assume something of
the position which used to be held by
Claus Spreckels. 1t is believed that
Thurston will not give his assent to
any close union with the capitalists,
as he wants annexation to succeed on &
its merits as constitutional PROPOSE
tion rather than as financial scheme
of a company of rich men.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The Presi-
dent today transmitted to Congress
the dispatch received from Minister
Willis on last Saturday. The letter
of President Dole is not included from
lack of time to transcribe it after Mr..
Willis received it. Dispatches 25, 26
and %, which are withheld, are mere
ly statements OF accounts, legation
acquisitions, etc. The dispatch Of
Minister Willis is as follows:
CONFIDENTIAL
No. % 1-2.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES
HONOLULU, II. l., Jan. u, 1894.
HON. w. q. GRESHAM, Secretary OF
State.
SrR:-On yesterday at $50 p. MI
received the Hon. 5. b. Dole's answer
to my letter of January |, requesting
him lat his earliest convenience to
give me the specifications contained
in prior letter. His answer is about
fifty pages of closely written official
paper, and has been delivered TO me
too late to either copy or reply to In
time for the steamer leaving at p. NJ.
today.
There is one extract, however, TO
which | think your attention should
be called, wherein ii is stated This
government has been, and new is,'
subjected to the necessity of increased
watchfulness, and large additional
expense, which, but for such attitude,
would have been Unnecessary The
emphasis above is mine. I'm pre-
vious letter of December %, Minister
Dole had stated, "the government
offices have been placed and still con-
tinue in a condition of defense and
preparation for Siege, and the COM
munity has been put into state of
mind bordering on terrorism The
emphasis above is mine. Some por-
tions of the letters from which these
extracts are made confirm the above
while others seem 10 ne i
gative them. With this explanation,
| submit them for your consideration.
The next steamer leaves here Febrtl-
airy 3, which would place you ia pos
session of Mr.. Dole's letter and my
purposed reply thereto, about Febru-
airy is.
Very respectfully,
ALBERT s. WILLIS.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.
The following is the letter of the
President transmitting the Hawaiian
"To Congress: I hereby transmit
q communication from the Secretary
of State, accompanied by dispatch
received few days ago from our Min-
lister Mt Hawaii