The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-15
DoLE'S LETTER HELD BACK.
EVERY POSSIBLE MEANS TAKEN TO
KEEP ITS CONTENTS SECRET

n, and II Is Relieved that the President
VIII withhold I. UntiI Amer the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee Makes It's
Report-The Insult to Minister Thurs
ton Discussed by the Diplomatic Corps.
wAsHINaroN Feb 14-Ex-speaker Reeds
remarks in the House OF Representatives yes
terday. that President Cleveland's neglect to
send TO Congress the letter Of President Dole
OF the Provisional Government OF Hawaii.
made in reply to the demand OF Minister Willis
for specifications OF the charge that he had been
hostile to the Provisional Governm ent, was due.
perhaps to the fact that there are no special
delivery stamps in Hawaii. has recalled public
attention to this remarkable incident in the
Hawaiian controversy. This letter OF Minister
Dole's has been in Washington three weeks, and
the Presidents excuse that Minister Willis had
not had tim to COPY the letter before the dcpar-
ture of the steamer is therefore absurd. Sew
etnl steamers have arrived at San Francisco
since that excuse OF Minister Willlss was sub
mitted. and there is little doubt that the Adj
ministration is attempting to withhold the
Dole letter until after the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations shall have made its re-
port The Dole letter Is known to be caustic
and convincing arraignment of the Admins
tratiou's course in actively cooperating with
the supporters ofthe deposed Queen to restore
her alter ONeUnrOWlnE Ine IEONlblOnht wv
eminent. 1t IL understood that the letter ABB
solutcly convicts the Cleveland Administra-
ton OF every imp ortant charge brought against
It In the Hawaiian controversy.
The President will not send the letter to
Congress-. however II he can avoid it. IL the
Committee on Foreign Affairs should demand
the letter. they might get It. as the ReDubli-
can Senators would endorse a resolution call
ing for its production. Secretary Gresham has
shrewdly adopted every possible means OF
keeping the contents OF the letter secret. He
convinced Chairman Morgan OF the Foreign
Affairs Committee that It would be very en-
barrassing in a diplomatic way for Minister
Thurston to be put on the witness stand. He
succeeded In this by showing that 1t would be
very embarrassing II q Minister from u
foreign Government should attack the Ad-
Illustration. and thus render his further stay
in Washington as Minister impossible. Tho
President does not hesitate. however. to send
to Congress the communication pointing out a
plain question OF veracity between Secretary
Gresham and Minister Thurston. and practi-
| caly calling the latter liar. 1t is the subject
OF general comment in Washington that Sec
rotary Gresham's version OF what took place
between him and Minister Thurston and Mr..
Thurstons version OF 1t are almost identical
! 1t Is now hoped that the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee will have the courage to call upon the
| Secretary OF State to produce the letter. Such
! q demand as this could not be ignored.
| The reflection made upon Minister Thurs
| toms truthiulness by the President and Secre-
| tary OF State IL regarded here by every body as
| a very serious matter. and members OF the
| diplomatic corps are especially earnest In the
| assertion that Minister Thurston Is called
| them seem able to point out what course the
Minister should follow; He has been n i2I-
tons COMMITTEES. he cannot very well defend
! himself in the newspapers, and, according to
all the rSes e P 70 etiquette sn
but to communicate to his own Government
the insult that ne has received and let them
| communications besides the Dole letter that
have been withheld from Congress by the
! not soon forthcoming. the Provisional Govern
ment will find some means OF making them
The general Hawaiian policy OF the Admins
| tration IL Just rs unpopular In Washington,
even among Democrats as !. seems to he
and defending the ADMINISTRATION. although
| probably as good u speech as could be made
by any Administration man in the Sen ate, at:
| tracted little or o attention. and did not meet
heard it The announcement that the Admin.
| istTation has ceased it's efforts TO restore the
ion the least, and the desire that the American
I flag shall yet float over the Government House
no Ss ST. s
the nag on the island, and as the disappoint,
ment and indignation when Blount hauled Il
| down. good idea Of tho state OF public opin
| ion on the Hawaiian question. regardless o.
political con siderations. was afforded by an In
banquet Of the Loyal Legion OF this city
There we're present on that occasion between
army arm ST and the navy during the war. There
! were also present distinguished CongressmeT
othe o. story
and general hilarity that took place, politics
was not once mentioned. Minister Thurstor
his subject being the loyalty OF the, American
colony in Hawaii during the civil war NJ
in The speech. except incidentally, toward III
close. when the Minister said that he. being q
coSntrS. hoped to i've under the Stars anc
Stripes. II; rerchance. the Tag OF the nltet
so am mr. Oqf the
these words every soldier. sailor and etylliar
the great e his and tSas
not been aroused by the most eloquent
speakers Of the evening. who had done thsll
breasts Of their comrades There was no pol,
itics in the cheers. which were given spOn'
msHt sxpressed by the. speaker. II was al
interesting incident and most Significant
it is understood that Senator Morgan is now
at TSTS the b5spG RayS s
there Is intense anxiety to know whether
he will submit report that will form
the basis OF Gnother whitewAshing o
the Administration. or whether he vii
have the courage OF his convictions and OH
eially condemn the President and Secretary o.
state as every man OF importance aud abilti
in both the Senate and House has privately
done. A Republican senator who is n membel
OF the sub-eom mittee that has conducted th'
Investigation. has expressed the fear. whether
well grounded or not that Mr., Morgan 10 pre-
pairing 10 make himself the protector OF the
| President by submitting report In the natur'
OF an apology Of the Hawaiian policy OF thu
| Administration which will enable the Admin
istTation party to claim that while, perhaps
their policy has not been endorsed, the com
mittee's Investigation fails to condemn It
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