The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-02
FRYE ENDS HIS FUSILADE.
He Looks Upon BlOunt'S Report as
Devoid Of Truth.

IO-udy resolution was O1ered 0Y MIR.
Cullom, rep, of Illinois, and laid aside
temporarily for the appointment of a
tariff committee of nine members to equal
ize rates of duties on the basis of Euro
pean and American wages.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Voorhees, appointing Mr.. Mills a member
of the committee on finance during the
absence and disability of Mr. Vance was
laid before the Senate, and Mr.. Voorhees,
withdrew it, saying: by the request
indeed, by the demand, of the Senator
from Texas, from which he has refused
to be persuaded, withdraw that resolu-
ton. -
Mr.. Frye resumed his speech on the
Hawaiian question. taking it up where he
had left off yesterday--the consideration
OF MIR. Blount's report. He had hereto
fore, he said expressed his belief that
there was not one plain, unparalleled,
unvarnished particle of truth in that re-
port; and did not now desire to rev Use
that opinion. He could not account for
Mr.. BlOunt's report, or for his methods
of investigation. He did not know where
Mr.. Blount'S prejudice came from, unless
it was from that old bitter feeling be-
tween cavaliers and round heads.
BLoUNT' SEARCH FOR FACTS.
Facts were to be found by Mr.. Blount:
but Mr.. BlOunt did not seek them where
they were to be found. He did not seek
them from President Dole, or from the
mem bers of the provisional government,
who were familiar with ali the facts
Mr.. Blount went for his facts to the
men who had eaten the crumb s from the
queens table. He went to her parasites.
de went to British sympathizers on the
islands. Over sixty of those men had
come before Mr. Blount. He had called
on the members of the queens cabinet
on Colburn, Sam Parker and Cornwell.
These, as the chairman of the committee
on foreign relations said, were wretched
men, and in them the truth did not lie
They deceived Commissioner Blount and
led him to deceive the President of the
United States. 1t was thus that the
chairman of the committee on foreign re-
latiOns excused Mr. Blount and excused
the President.
DIDN'T QUESTION OUR NAVAL OFFICERS.
Mr.. Blount had not gone for facts to
the officers of the United States ship
Boston, which was lying there. Her Off
GERS were intelligent men-men who
would never tell an untruth, as Mr.
Blount knew. They had been participa-
tors in the entire affair. They had been
on shore, investigating from the time it
commenced until the time it closed. They
could have told him all about it, But
yet he had never called on a single officer
of the ship Boston to find the facts, ex-
cept Lieut.. Swinburn; and he had simply
asked Lieut.. Swinburn to inform him, in
writing, at what time Minister Stevens
recognized the provisional government
Mr.. Blount had never asked Minister
Stevens one single question. He had
taken the testimony of witnesses dispar-
aging to Mr.. Stevens, but had never com
municated to him one word of what they
said.
Mr.. Frye quoted largely from the testi-
mony in condemnation of Mr.. Blount's
course in his investigation, and read por-
tions of the statements of Mr.. Stevens,
Mr.. Thurston and President Dole, who.
he said, this country had learned to
respect.
He had read, he said, the statements of
at least two witnesses to show that the
entire provisional government practically
called on MIR. Blount and offered to give
him any information which he might de-
sire, and that Mr.. Blount said in reply,
that he should be happy. to receive it,
and that he would notify them when he
could.
FELT A DELICACY.
Mr.. Gray reminded Mr. Frye that Mr.
Blount had called on President Dole and
his cabinet and signihed to them that he
would be glad to hear them, but that he
felt delicacy in requesting them to come
before him, as members of the govern
merJ itself.
Mr.. Frye said that he had read testi-
mony giving direct contradiction to that
statement of Mr.. Blounu.
Mr.. Gray said that Mr.. Blount had
testified, under oath, that the members
of the provisional government had had an
opportunity to make statements before
Nj ~ .
general of the provisional government,
said the same thing.
Mr.. Frye passed away from that point |
and proceeded to. disclose the question
whether there had been any conspiracy
to provoke a revolution. The President of
the United States. he said, asserted that |
there had been; and MIR. Blouut asserted
that there had been. Mr. Frye argued
that there was no proof of it, and he
denied that there had been any.
LANDING OF THE TROOPS.
Mr. Frye rea numerous extracts from
the testimony to show that the landing
of the troops for the protection of life and
property of Americans had been neces-
sary. He also read testimony to negative
the idea that any aid had been given TO
the provisional government by the United
States troops; that any promise of aid
had been made, or that there had
been, on the part of the pro-
visional government, any expectation that |
it would receive any aid from the United
States troops.
Mr.. Frye, in conclusion, apologiZed to
the Senate for having wearied it with |
such extensive extracts from the testi- |
mony, and said If there is any weight |
to be given to character, behind words if |
ther7 is any such thing as preponderance |
of testimony, then the foundation on !
which President Cleveland has builded |
his structure has disappeared, and the
edltice has fallen forever"
GRAY DEFENDS BLOUNT.
Mr.. Gray thought that something ought |
to be said in relation to Il very honora BILE. |
able gentleman tMr. Biount,) who was
not present. and who had been attacked |
by the senator from Maine, for the man |
ner in which he had CONDUCTED most i'm |
portant public duty. The specific charge |
vas that Mr.. Blount had sJudiously alb |
stained from taking the testimony or |
hearing the statements of those who |
were members Of the provisional govern |
ment, or who were its supporters or sym |
pathieeIs. MIR. Gray read Mr.. Blount's |
statement before the committee under |
oath, TO prove the contrary, and to show |
that it was not true that he had ignored |
such testimony, and had confined himself |
to the testimony of those who were CD |
posed to the provisional government.
The matter went over without further !
discussion.