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Show CHAnOED WITH TREASON. forloM AllexslUk. llsde Acslnil the Ha walla ll.lcsl la tjn,r..i, A petition containing charges waa inbmltted rlday to the bouae commit lee un elections against itobert W. ftllcox, the Hawaiian representative a the houso of representatives The lhargeaare made In writing by (Icorge D. Gear, of Hawaii, who aubmlttcd etttra purporting to be coplea of letters let-ters written by Wilcox lo I'tllplno of-Sclals of-Sclals The alleged letters are of a Uglily aanaatlonal character, declaring that Wilcox had at dlrera tlmaa declared de-clared hit wltllngnett to Join the Filipino Fili-pino ofllclala In war against the United Htatea, that Wilcox secured hit election ja-s delegate by fraud an 1 by telling tbe natives that If he waaelected the queen would be restored The petition alao brings peraonalehargeaagalnat Wilcox aa to his marriage, and also to bis ca iraer under the kingdom of Hawaii j Mr. Wilcox declined to make any extended ex-tended answer to the chnrgea died by Mr Gear He aaya he haa no faara of the chargea made. |