The morning times., 1896-02-01

there was general and natural movement
OF nearly everyone on board to that side
OF the yacht.
1t is very much to he regretted that, If
Lord Dunraven's suspicious We're not dis
PEELED at the time of the remcasurcment
of the Defender on the Sth of september, he
did not say so then. instead OF accepting
in silence the result which verified the
previous measurement. The remeasurement
was the committees response to the com
munfcat tion which they had received
through Mr.. Fish In connection with their
knowledge OF the circumstances, which made
it impossible that the imputed fraud could
have been perpetrated without Mr.. Iselin's
concurrence. and their knowledge of Mr..
Iselin. it satisfied them: and. as We have
seen, it Justly satisfied them.
WAS APPARENTLY SATISFIED.
To all appearances it satisfied Lord
Dunraven. He was present at the re-
measurement, and met there the members
of the committee and Mr.. lselin. He made
no request for further action. He made no
objection to proceeding without further ac-
ton. He made no inquiry as TO how orhow
fully his oral meSsa ge through Mr. Fish had
been delivered, and no suggestion that any
request which he supposed to have been con-
tained in that message had not been com
Piled with.
He sailed the next race in the series that
had been agreed on without protest or OBJ
lection on account of the change which he
had told Mr.. Fish lie believed to have been
made in the load water line of the De-
fender before the first race. And he tes-
titled that his belief that such change
( had occurred did not influence him in his
final withdra wal from the match at the
third race. The cup committee seems to
have been warranted in supposing that
Lord Dunraven's suspicious were allayed.
and that no further steps were necessary 10
settle any question OF fact or to Vlndlcate
any ones reputation.
Upon careful consideration of the whole
case. the committee are unanimously OF the
opinion that the charge made by Lord Dun-'
raven, and which has been the subject OF
this investigation, and its origin in mi =
take: that 1t is not only not sustained
by evidence, but is completely disproved;
| and that ali the circumstances indicated by
him as giving rise TO his suspicion, are
| entirely and satisfactorily explained.
| They deem 1t, therefore, but just TO MIR.
| Iselin and the gentlemen concerned with
him. as well as the Officers and crew OF the
| Defender, that the committee should eX.
press emphatioally their conviction that
nothing occurred whatever in connection
with the race in question, that casts the least
susniciop upon the integrity or propriety
| of. their conduct.
WOULD HAVE WITHDRAWN 1T.
And the committee are not willing to
| doubt. that If Lord Dunraven had remained
present throughout the investigation, so
| as TO have heard all the evidence that was
| introduced, he would of his own motion
have withdrawn a charge that was so
plainly founded upo nniistake. and that has
! been so unfortunate in the publicity il has
| attained and the feeling 10 which IL mas
given rise.
| The committee append full stenographlc
report, revised by the counsel on both
sides. of all the evidence laid before them,
and of all the proceedings on the hearing,
and likewise copies of all the documents
and papers introduced on either side, as
considered by the committee.
| And they ask to be discharged from
further consideration of the subject re-
ferred to them.
The committee cannot take leave of the
| case without expressing their regret thai
| a part of the evidence now annexed should
have been surreptitiously obtained by a
| New York newspaper owned by one OF the
| Oldest members of the club. and published
| with comments very adverse to one OF the
parties, on the morning OF the goth OF
| January They had deemed IL important