The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-22
SPECULATION In SILVER.
DoCKERY TELLS WHY he INTRo-
DUCED THE RESOLUTION,

DOCED THE RESOLUTION.
Senator Vess the First One Who Put tt
into His Head-vest Takes the STAND
aud Denies That He Was Ever Inter.
ested in Silver DeaI-Cameron Was
Foxy.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2l.--It seems 10 be-
true that the adjournment of the House
silver pool olinvsstigation from Monday untu
to-day was designed to give Senator Don
Cameron chance TO be reelected before
tsse testimony Of Sepator Vest, whose sub
stance the investigation committee knew
could be given. IL might have interfsred
with his recollection, but Il Is not expected
TO cause hls resiguatioa
The members of the honsa coinage COM
missns who have been proposing as coaa-
promise free eosHags bin limited 60 Amer
lean silver. which they say the Presidens
would sign. whereas he also has stated that
he Will veto an unlimited free coinage bill,
find more opposition among the eastern
than the western republicans. At present.
the chances favor the Senate bill
SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE.
| WAsHrEGToN, Jan. 2L--The silver pool
| Investigation committee resumed its session
| this morning, Mr.. Dookery Of Missouri.
| who introduced the resolution OK investiga-s
| ton. taxing the stand. Mr.. Dockery said
| he had no personal knowledge of specula-
1 tson by the senator's or representatives
| He had heard no congressman say he was in
terested In any silver pool. but had heard q
senator say that n senator or member the
| could not remember whioh) was implicated.
Senator Vest, Mr., DockerY admitted after
some hesitation. was the man who made the
| remark.
Chairman Dingley said Senators Vest and
CulIom had asked to be summoned.
WHY THE RESOLUTION WAS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Dockery stated to the committee in
response to an inquiry that he introduced
the resolution calling for an investigation.
inasmuch as IL waJ alleged in the ST Louis
Ctobe-DeDlocrdt that democratic repre-
sentative from Missouri was interested i'm
the silver pool. He further stated that he
had made an investigation on his own
account, and was convinced that the state
| ment, 90 far rs 1t related To Missouri DEM
ocrat, was wholly untrue. =
Francis j. Newlaudg OF Nevada and
Thomas j. Hickey OF Missouri, both OF
whom have been previously mentioned in
this investigation, testified that they had
been concerned In silver speculation and had
promoted public agitation for FREQ silver
tOluhkbs Uub buBy HAu iiOL JeSJIBeu
lllegitimate methods, nor had they any COM
nection with any public officer In their
speculations or knowledge of any public
man being 30 concerned.
VEST on THE STAND.
Senator Vest. who had asked to be hear d .
took the stand. He said in part: 81 SIM
ply want TO say that for some weeks have
heard 1t said around the corridors that
was implicated in some sort of a way with
the so-caled silver pool. I want to say that
neither directly nor indirectly did ever at
any time nave any interest In silver, and
that know nothing whatever about
it OF my own knowledge; and, so far
as / am concerned, all the stories
about silver speculation are absolutely with
out a shadow of foundation. / never had
any silver except what believe the finan-
cial gentlemen call subsidiary coin. No
Bland dollars, only quarters, dimes and car
fare. never had any idea of going
into a silver pool and have never
contemplated anything Of the sort.
make this statement, not that | care any
thing about these rumors as they do not
annoy me, bnt the New York Sun printed
dispatch In which it was stated that
Dockery was after me, TO use an expression
, in that paper. and that dispatch was copied
in the Globe Democrat, the leading re-
publican paper In my state, and for these
reasons think 1t due to myself and friends
that should make this statement"
NEVER ASKED TO TAKE STOCK.
Odd any one ever approach you upon
this subject by pressing you to take stocks
A-No, sir; | was in New York some
time ago and heard gentleman talk about
buying silver, but nobody ever approached
} me or asked me to go into any pool OF
course / have heard the usual talk that
silver was going up, and 1 thought so my
self, but was never interested.
Odd any person ever, in conversation
with you, say anything about being inter-
ested In silver speculation2
| A.--Well, one of my colleagues told me
very frankly after the resolution for an in-
, | vestigation was introduced, think that
he was interested. Tnis resolution OF course
excited some comment among NJ issourians,
it being said that Missouri senator or rep
resentative was concerned; and in con-
n9ctlon with that matter one of my
colleagues said he had bought
silver--I am pretty positive he said it was
after the bill was voted on. He said he did
not think he had done anything wrong.
J and he would make that statement before
the committee. Il was Senator Cameron.
wish to say that did not come here to
involve anybody, but merely to
, said TO me, after the vote
? on the bill had been had in the Senate-he
voted for free coinage-that he had bought
and sold silver. and he thought he had as
. : mnch right to do that as to buy corn and
wheat, or any other commodity. His ac-
: ton, the senator said, had not been influ-
enced by his interests, because 1t was after
the thing was over. He said he had noth-
ing to conceal. Senator Cameron said he
bought it after the legislation was passed
in the Senate, and that David
7. Littler managed the matter for
Q him. Senator Cameron said that Mr.. Lit
8 tier came to him and told him he could make
some money buying silver, and that he
= (Mr. Lirtlerl was going to buy some. Sen.
ator Cameron said that he told Mr.. Littlsr
to buy some for him, and Mr.. Littlsr
? bought and sold it for him. I, myself. had
. no interest in it, and there was never a
more baseless fabrication than that was
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