The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-03
THE HAWAIIAN INQUIRY.
TWO WITNESSES BxAMINsD nj TEE
SENATE sur COMMITTEE

Get. epsuidi-e, ~ One Ti-e Our Ninister -
Hawaii, and Ne. r. &. Joss-, first Mia
ister OF Finsues ror the Provisional Cow
ornament, Ds-y Nr. Biosnrs Assertions.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-Ths second days pro-
eeedinRs ofthe Senate Sub Committee on For
eIRn Relations. now engaged In investigation
Of the Hawaiian matter under the resolution
OF Senator Morgan. were begun under condi-
tions quite differont from those that prevailed
when the committee nrst assembled on We'd
nesday OF last week. To-day q messenger
stood guard at the outer door OF the commit
tee room. and no one was permitted to enter
who had not been sunni ned TO appear before
the committee As soon a. those gentlemen
did appear they we're hurried inside the ante
room and kent there until they had given their
testimony and then dismissed with q caution
to say absolutely nothing about their testi-
mopy or the questions asked By the COM
mittee.
Senator Morgan, the Chairman was the frat
committeeman to arrive. but he was not
prompt. He was soon followed By Mr. FRYE,
and later By Mr.. Gray. the special friend Of the
Administration on the committee. No other
Senators were present at the session to-day.
II fret Impressions amount TO anything, the
evidence being adduced before this sub-com-
mittee certainly will have a strong leaning to-
ward the Provisional Government. for all that
has been delivered up to this time has been
from the friends Of the existing Government
OF Hawaii.
About fifteen minutes after 10 o'clock Mr..
Hastings, Secretary OF the Hawaiian Legn-
ton aud Charge d'Affaires during the alb
sence OF Minister Thurston. reached the Capt.
toll. accom- panied by Mr. T. c. Jones and Col u.
SpauldinR, two new Witnesses whom he de-
sired to present to the committee. and the
Rev. o. L. Emerson, who gave his testimony
at the last m Getting. IL is not at all probable
that the committee will ask Mr.. Hastings to
TESTIFY. as such proceeding woulo DO without
precedent, the statements OF the representa-
ives OF iofe ,a,a u no'n, ,h,nroh az
conveyed to this Government through the
NJ Emsrson.s testimony had b.en redue.d
mr. nnefeos .esuivny 10. Soon 'euuooe
sno questions ae S' he W"s requested aS ito to
;sn ss Srsn' T Thh he he da SSs
committee s lite appears to ' BE- handling this sub.
4 II seins oas seoro aons
on the stand. be required to subscribe to his
'e The testimony Of 's Mr' r c jones wa: Of an
important char acter. and gave 20 the nit
Gs Sn at % sP S "a e pTS
s ssS The .Ss LED e y
and q member Of the firm Of brewer 4 Co.
which has large branch house II Ia Honolulu
is said to be as largely Interested Hnsn-
ciallv in the islands ae any Ameri-
can there. and among his INTERESTS 10
that Of the purchasing and handling OF
surars in large amounts He was Minister OF
Finance in the 40 called Wilcox Cabinet from
November 1So2 70 the following january. lie
has aIwavs been an annex ationist and was
member Of the Committee Of Safety and a
memberiof the first Cabinet, holding the port
folio OF FINANCE. that now held BY Mr. Damon.
He left the Islands for America last month
and cnme Fast directly his object in coming
baino 70 IooE after some business nffairs and
to do what he could to present, from his point
of yiew the facts Concerning the establish
ment OF the Proyisiopa Government Mr. Jones
WAS before the COMMITTEES a long time and
his examination was searching. the Chairman
aud other members Of the committees expresses
ing n wish 10 learn ali that was BOSS bic touch-
inc me The w matter, "'' "''
Mr. Jones was followed nv Col. SpnuldInp,
During the war Col. Spauiding was at the head
~ an Ohio regiment Ijnder Secretary Seward
he was sent TO Honolulu as United States Con-
AMI fer the close of his official career
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