The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-26

Gresham writes 10 Willis February
eth, substantially corToboratlnR
ThurstOn's version Of the interviews
OF November 18th, except that be did
not say ia either interview that lac
was not AZ liberty 10 answer Thurs
toms question, but did say, 81 eannot
be more explicit az this time"
On the 18th some time was devoted
To the Hawaiian matter in the Senate,
Gray defending the Presidents policy.
The speech Of Gray was devoted prln-
cipalIy 20 an attempt 10 prove the
complicity Of Minister Stevens with
the rey0lutionists, the Senator citing
the evidence OF the members Of the
Provisional Government 20 show that
they were in daily consultation with
the Minister previous 10 the revolu-
tion and expected the protection CT
American troops in q plan 10 over
throw the Queens Government Gray
did not conclude bis speech that day.
On the 18th Gray continued hls
argument and reiterated the state
ment that the revolutionary leaders
were not willing 70 carry out their
plans until assured of support from
the United States forces. He read an
affidavit in which il was deposed that
John II. Soper, nor commander oi The
national military at Honolulu, had
declined at first 20 accept the COM
mand, but afterward accepted, saying:
'I have had satisfactory assurance
from the old man himself lBinister
Stevens) that the American forces viii
give support, and ! intend 10 take u
hand"
On the 14th the following dispatch
was received: 1t is the understand
ing tonight that the State Depart
ment viii have some further CORE
IT
three days. Just what the nature Of
it will be is not known, but nothing
extraordinary is anticipated Presi-
dent Dole's letter will probably ke
submitted. This letter, it will be re-
called, is one in reply TO Willis asking
for specifications, and for which he
was called TO account by President
Cleveland when he submitted il 10
Congress, calling il an Hextraor-
dinary' epistie. The Senate Foreign
Affairs Committee has begun its
labors in the preparation of its report.
From evidence secured there is very
little reason for changing previous
statements TO the effect that the re-
port will probably be of q compromise
nature. and viii probably give an OPP
portunity 20 permit this Administra-
ton to crawl out OF bad predica-
ment without calling the attention Of
the Senate and the public TO the seri-
Gus blunders THAI 1t is pretty evident
still were made in dealing with this
question. Senator WhiIe was again
sidetracked in the Senate to-day ia
the delivery OF his speech on the
Hawaiian question. To the surprise
of every body the Hawaiian matter did
not bob up in the upper branch
to-day"
A dispatch from Chicago, dated the
18th, saws: St. Clair Mckelway, ed
itor of the Brooklyn Eagle, said IN an
interview today: "I am in a position
to know what view Senator Morgan,
chairman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, hopes 70 be able to
maintain in the final report he viii
make on the Hawaiian question In
deed, he appears to be developing and
treating the testimony with relation
TO lines of the report already laid out
in his own mind, rather than defer
ring the conclusion until all the evi-
dence has been heard"
"Do YOU mean that he is trifiing
with or has preiudiced the subiect?''
"No, not at all. He is, however,
such a fertile minded man, and the
evidence his committee Is receiving
in a formal manner las informally
been so coplously set forth in letters.
dispatches aud interv ews, that il
would be affectation on his part TO
maintain judicial reserve on a subject
on which ne other citizen withholds
his views
"What, in effect, VIII his final re-
port be?"
There is reason 10 say from the in
formation at my command that Sena-
tor Morgan will undertake the ingeni-
Gus task of sustaining both Harrison
and Cleveland. He will contend that
President Harrison was misinformed
by Minister Stevens, but that even
within the area Of such misinforma-
ton, he acted with moderation and
patriotism aud left the political dispo-
sition of the matter TO the Senate as
the treaty y-considering power, while
he left the executive or diplomatic
treatment Of it TO the Cleveland Al
in circumstances that
enabled the latter freely to deal with
it."
"What will Senator Morgan in your
Judgment say in effect on Cleveland's
course in the matter aud mp TO what
date?f
''The date will be that on which
Cleveland sent the message 10 the TWO
houses, unloading the whole subject
on them. l think the Senator will
magnify the excellence OF the charsc-
ters Of Blount and Willis, that he will
contend that these proceedings were
only tentative aud at no time in con-
Of the duty OF the EXecu-
tive to strive To undo the wrong which
he believed had been done, and that
as soon as il was found out that repar-
alton was impossible, without conl-
an even greater wrong, the
effort was abandoned and the whole
subject was transferred 10 Congress-" +"
"What will Senator Morgan, 90 yoW
think, advise as settlement o. the
questiouH"
"A course Of mastery inactivity
now. but looking to ultimate anneNa-
tiOn
(Which will be n virtual endorse
meut OF President Harrison's policy2"
Not too quick. Mr.. Morgan will
he unlikely TO put 1T I'm that way 1