New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-17
WHERE rs TIE OFFICIAL cory
TIE SENATE ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE DOLE LETTER.
IS 1T LOST sTRAYED OR sToLEN'-cURioSrrf
As TO GREsHAMs EXCUSE FOR "iIhsioi'o
INC; 1.-THE SENATE COMMITTEE RE-

- 1T lost eTRAYED OR STOLEN ?-CURIOSiTY
A. IN cprsuAMs EXCUSE FOR WITHHOLD
ING 1.-THE SENATE COMMITTEE RE-
roRT-HAwAu IN TIE House
fsy 1tfrGnAPn 10 TIE TBiBuHgI
,vshirc,o, Feb 1.-THE appearance in this
mornings NEWSPAPERS OF President Dole's missing
letter Of specifications has made ent'reIy lu''Ir any
further pr-tence on the part or the Au'"'n'sNA
ton that 1t cannot furnish copy 10 congress ~
test perhaps the much-shaken veracity ol '"e
st,ta Department. Senator Iloar to-day offered
and the Senate passed resolution calling on 'he
Administration specifically for the myster.ouSS
s,pnressed or vagabond answer furnished by freSi-
dent Dole to Minister WlllsS Inquiries II VIII "e
Interesting to see what excuse Secretary 'resnaih
Will now put forward for not being able 10 iurhls"
in CONGRESS- 4 document mailed from Honolulu
some six or seven weeks ago. when maze pun"
Their. after much delay. has finally reached Con
.ress through the medium Of The newspapers Inc
,.,blir her, IS highly sceptical OF secretary
Greshaln's repeated assertions mat fF"s'en' "'''
answer has really never reached Narh'.lbt"', am
looks upon it, prolonged detention SIMPLY as n,,
"ih~r Exhibition of the furiive and disngenuous
policy which has characei1Zed ihe ADMINISTRATOR"
\ nor. treatment OF the Hawaiian question
Snn.,or Morgan 4. expected % make known to-
morrow TO the Subcommittee OF the ;'rid.e I'm, I'm,
mittee Foreign Relations ms No"ciuSio''9 ~
m. testimony taken during III" last SIX "tthN
Mr. Morgan's opinion viii determine very lis ,,
thu character Of th" report or REPORTS mar " w.
senate. For If he Expresses ms IA ieeiSs ,, oJ'
the lI.waiian btrlcsqu". there VIII ne no ilspp9i
tlnu 10 differ with hin shown except on thr par
Of I'M. on -xtrrrlc cuckoo member Ot me com
uittee Mr.. GRAY. II. on the other mann, ne u,-
cidas 10 suppress his own convictions nnd idln'y
Hhl,ewash the Administration. two oI three ullter-
inc r-poris may be- expected The RepuDlcdn sen
ai3rs VIII make one frankly condemnng the whole
cleveland policy Of restOratiOn. and MI. Gray
among the Democratic members may submit ms
separate Views niorsng the Administration with'
out stint question. - -.
President Dor's letter. 1t IL suggested may IesI
- reoprning the entire Hawaiian question IN the
House Representative liit;. the Republican hsdi
of th. FOr-lgn Affairs Committee. l. considering
the advisabi.i'y Of proposing rtn"drlnS III We"
of the Dole bitter ana She developments OF Tue
senate Investigation. .ir BURROWS has appiopfl-
at-lv suggested that such NOV" would De IN Tue
mature. OF a motion for new tiidl based on NE
discovery 81 new evidence. Mr. HIT rrg"i"S IN"
l,u. letter AZ u very llrcbl" pre'"ntatlOn OF the
subject and b" thinks IL should hay" been IN the
hands of members before they were asked 10 pass
on IN. Me-, reAry resolutions. IL can hardly prove
effective now. however. unless Mr.. Hitt concludes
To- urg. the resembling OF the McCrcary resolution
Mr. NcCrenrS. chairman Of N" Foreign Affairs
Committee voiced the annoyed feelings OF the
Democratic "cuckoos' NJ President Dole's telling
rcn!ud.r when ~, slld concerning the Dole letter:
~ Is DOlcful ! have not read II through: IL ~
too long ! think the House ana the public are
entitled "a "A rest this Hawaiian anair after
We gave ave dass 20 % AMI passed a resolution de-
lining our policy u allowing Hawaii 10 manage her
Affairs.