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Show WHERE CAN IT BE? Tbt Raulins Letter from Vasblngton Is Sllll Missing. Tim iiiumt wams ir iiaik. Uottr.ior Most Intcrtlewed on llio Subject by n "cm" Itfporlcr llils .tflcrucou. Tlienntlery lurroundtng tho where-nbeuls where-nbeuls nf tbe letter coiililolug the resignation of Dtlojato rtnilme, said to hava been potted In Wnshlngton on Buuday, thu 7th lest., still continues t) bo tho ulorliing toplo of uonversi-tlon uonversi-tlon In local j olltlcal circles. Willi n vlow of learning whither anything line yet been heard of tho missing nolo nt the executlvo ifllcr, arefnrlrrof Hie Nms wslleil utwu Uorernor West shorn bifro.t o'clock Hi Is ultel noon. Ills excellency ansmred the questions addreeseel to him frankly mm without the (lighted riscrvatlo; but It la quite clear that ho la aa greatly niystlfiud over the matter asuvirybudyelie. "I can glvo no rxrlinatlon whatever for tho nun-terelpt of that Inter," said thu UoMtiior; "1 know no more of It than do thu general public. Iluljoualo qultoat liberty to usu this rommunt-cation, rommunt-cation, which I received oil, 1 llllovc, llio morning of IholSth Inst." It runs u follow. i Kai.t I.vui. I'nr, Ulali,Msy 11th, 1S03. Oovornor Calob W. Wosl: My Hour fill Kindly hand mo letter inallril to jour addreas from Wastilng-tou, Wastilng-tou, 1). C, .May Teh, IcXI, to hold (lending (lend-ing Airebor eoniUcrailou of tbo manor of iho roslguallnn thoroln coulalned, Yours cry inly, J.Ik ItAWLlMi. Atked whit waa the reason for not nuking publlo nuutlon of tbo forego lug until this lime, Uovernor Wist said! Blmtly bo-cause bo-cause I expected to receive thu original orig-inal letter referred lo by Mr. itiwllni. 1 would thou hnveatitod to the rubllo what my opinion was on tbo subject of tho resignation. Now, however, you can say what woull have bteu my oonvlcllou of duty In the premises. If the letter had arrived, In duo course of thu mall. I ehould hafo handed It to Mr. llanllns unopened, un-opened, as ho requests lu his communication commun-ication of thu 11 eh of May; aud eivcn If It should reach me hereafter It Is certainly my purpose and Intention to comply with that request. To another Interrogatory the Uovernor Uov-ernor said I havu always made It a ruleto receive and open my own mall each day and I know thtt Iho letter haa not been lost, or luU.ald, In my otllre. "Has Mr. ltawllns had an Interview with you very recently?" lurtber Inquired In-quired Iho NEUa representative. "Yes," rejoined his Kxcellenoy, "he waa here this morning." "Do YOU know what he Intends to do7, "I cannot answer that at all," was tbe prompt response. "I do not know what course Mr. ltawllns proposes to tako In tbo future; you must queatlou blm yourself as to that." A News reporter callel at Iho ofllne of Mr. lliwllns this afternoon with a vlow, If pcsslble, to obtain additional Information as lo bis now notorious letter. That gentleman, howuvtr,waa oaiofully closeted tn his private cilice, It Is said, with Parley Williams and other advisers and friends, and could therefore not be seen. |