Arizona republican., 1894-01-21
LOVE LETTERS AIRED.
More Hawaiian Correspond
enCe in the House.
Willis and Dole Appear to Have Been
Engaged in Pen and
Ink Duel.
By the Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The considera-
tion OF the tariff bill was interrupted
today by message from the president
transmitting the correspondence called
for by Hits resolution. The message
includes particularly "The most ex-
traordinary letter dated December 27,
| 1898, signed by Sanford B. Dole, minis
ter of foreign affairs for the provisional
government. addressed to Minister
Willis after the arrival OF my message
st Honolulu with copies Of instructions
given our minister"
The correspondence contains also
Willis reply, as we'll as Willis letter
asking for a wi5hllAwal Of all .o.4o5-
poudence up to date (Decembs 29)
and Doies' refusal of the request. The
correspondence IS uninteresting and
adds nothing to the information al
ready received by the Corwin conesrn-
ing tina situation on the isltnds. L is,
however, of zasLer fiery chavacs~. aid
on Dola's part, consists of an arraign-
ment Of the policy OF the United States
government, and on Willis, of de-
precation of the terms used by Dole
and OF the conclusions arrived at by
him.
After the roadils Of the H.s y @ii.l
message OF transmission, at the request
of Hit, the Dole letter was read. 1t
elici5ed Republican applause at several
/ points. Afterward, at the request of
McCreary, Willis reply was read and
in turn received the applause of the
| Democrats. Subsequent cores pond-
ence evoked alternate applause on one
side or the other, the Repu blicans sig
nifying approval of President Dole's
letters and the Democrats of Willis
communications. Party lines seemed
strictly drawn. At the conclusion OF
the reading of the message ana aooo.n-
panying papers they were referred to
the committee on foreign affairs and
the consideration of the tariff bill was
resumed, but for the rest of the after
noon Hawaii was the sole topic of con-
versation on the floor.
That feature OF the tariff debate
which was in progress when the presl-
| dents message was recel 7ed was the
amendment of Henderson, of Iowa, to
substitute existing rates on agricultural
products for the agricultural scedule.
Wilson asked consent that on Tuesday
three hours be set aside for the discus.
sion of the schedule and three hours for
the iron ore schedule which was agreed
to.
McRae, Democrat of Arkansas, gave
notice that be would on Monday offer
an amendment to strike out the sugar
bounty.
Henderson's amendment to substi-
tute the present law for the agricul-
tural schedule WAS lost by lie = e5
after some discussion.
Dingley's amendment to change the
rates on lime from ten per cent ad val
orem to specific duty of 6 cents per
100 pounds and Grains amendment to
reduce the duties on cotton and wool
ten goods from forty-fve per cent to
twenty-five per cent were lost.
AT 5 80 the house took recess until
D. m. with an amendment by Hit
pending. to force Canada to admit our
] coal free in return for the admission of
Canadian coal into the United States.
) When the house resumed its session
tonight Talbot, Democrat, OF South
Carolina. spoke in favor of the tariff
+. bill and was followed by G. W. Stone,
, Repu blican, of Pennsylvania. in op-
pOolbiOAs bOd1hCi, DCI1IOSIdb, vi LOu'
, isiana, censured the ways and means
committee for reporting bill which be
, asserted sayored SO much of the protec-
tive policy. He thought the ways and
means committee should have nlacad 3
duty on sugar instead of maintaining
the bounty on that article.
Strong, Republican, of Ohio, spoke
in opposition to the bill as did Wheeler,
Republican of Illinois, after which the
t house adjourned.