New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-03

by the Senate was followed up and explored
MR.. CAMDENs ALLEGED ORDER
Taking UP the allegations which caused inc com
mittee to reopen the inquiry. the report says mat
the committee came into possession OF P'o''
graphic copy Of an order buy sugar stocks dated
March 2 and purportlng TO be signed py Seh"'or
Camden from West Virginia. and says
II Is shown by the evidence that the original order
was written In lead pencil or what appe5red 10 oe
an old envelope The order not addressed or
directed to any firm OF brokers or to any one Inc
original paper was DESTROYED as arrears ss py aken
and upon the appearance Of the article. in The The
Mew r9 ork S mSfad Tho bands Of on" atersha who
has eluded every effort OF your commttee TO
h,s asS 10 Can,do' From the evidence OF one wilt
ness and the circumstances disclosed by the tesu,
Which wth ne fact N the destruction Of
the original tends to dlscredt the original papsh,
narty who had the photograph taken contemplated
using It for improper purposes poh C an who
w wss r. recalled as witness sad that the purported
SIGNATURE resembcd in , some p r bore .e
resemblance TO his own handwriting rye sla.en ~
hs belief and lest mdsneni od mat no "G In
terms declare II 10 be forgery ana neGints ~
lie denies however. substantially. that any such
order was ever executed. or that any sugar stock
has been bought or sold for him since tnN Tariff
XII has been under consideration, and there ls no
testimony tending 10 prove that the suppO..' orr,
stock has been bought or sold bj. or FOR senator
camden at any time during the present session OF
Congress.
tn. committee then refers 10 a letter put In evil
dr,,e by Mr. Guillade.i. New-fork broker 10 ~
y Sclp. OF Washington. in which II IL stated tha'
both Senators Camden and Smith had spccuiated IN
Sugar stocks during the pendency OF the larH Dill
CuiIIadcu testified that Battershall had given MIN
the information. and that Senator Smiths ORDER
was verbal Senator Smith was recalled ana swore
that the statement made by battershail ana quou'u
by Guiadcu was entirely false. and that ne had
never at any time bought any stock from WASH
ington nor had Ire bought any Sugar stocks during
the tendency OF the Tariff bill in the Senate ana
thar he had never known seen Bd;tcrshall
In conclusion the committee says no charge mas
been fled before 1t alleging that the action OK any
senator has been corrupty or Improperly lhnu-
enced IN the consideration Of the Tariff bill or that
any attempt has been made to so influence lesisla-
ton -. ,,
The minority report OF Mcssrs. Lodge and Davis
Is follows:
Three questions were involved In the resoIu,
charges OF bribery against certain Senators me
bribc senators Hunton and Kyle. and upon tina,
branch OF the inquiry the committee mas "'feauy IT,
The second question In reference 70 the sI"cn'
aton Of Senator's In the certificates OF the Anirri-
OF the present Tarln bill. and upon that the com
mit,e now reports without division or opinion, ,,o
me third question related 20 ne lnhuehce CT u
Sugar Trust 80 c-ied on the MAKING Of the sugar
schedule Il stands IN the laf.I bii
As to this third question. the undersigred desire
70 suSmlt their views 20 what has been sara IN
miei TO The committee which proyes mat me sugar
schedule mad" IN order - fun ohIiHauoms 70
w wiz ns@ have denlS in h mos; explc manner
that such Obligations Existed or pa!el an; RH't IN ~
dcrslgn@i fcc II Is tn.r duty 10 point oui now
that schedule was finally mad" Ito, ,,..s Tho
sugar schedule made and rcporied - ne Srrn,e
tee The senators composing the Democratic ma
Iorlty - that committee are therefore. pIo.c'y r.,
!, ~ ,rcvai by ~. ,wofn testimony Of every Wit
called TINT The prescni FORM OK ne &c Snr
Tr,s, The unlerslgn-d believe that s ~ in,erse
ana mpor ,ai,~ - 'h, pS sa,r,opv herewith sub
m,ci by witch MS schedule vas formed ana re, re.
cncty stated without going beyond the sworn 'eS'-
There were three sets o. interests opinions in
volvei IN the settlement Of this sugar question
~, ,se matter whScvcr but who believed
IN o general proposition mat Oh sugars s"o''' '0'e
sccond There w~re the producers Of raw sugar
in This country who desired protective duty LOT
Thiri There were the renners who dcsired pro so
tcc;lye DUTY Tor ma, 'Wbsn tho biz cnmc from
tho House 1t in conformity with ne nrst OF
free OF duty II therefore encountered the oppo-
sition both ~ those who represented me prVu,rs
b"camc eyidrn, TINT no bill could pass the senate
which did give some protection 10 pom I'm 'n r
ht.rr ISIS, ~ appar.nt Nv a schedule which pro-
vdcd or graded sPecc duty on ssar rod 1Sw
satisfactory the producers was very u''atlS'n ~
tory 70 the renn"rS ana form ,no IG"' @as admitted
that there must h" some duty on slearss ana tns
question which now arose wa'. what KIND 81 "a
duty Here tho producers and tho rchn"rs came mo
conflict, The producers favored The spcGi"G h "u,
as first reported The refners f9Nor"n tn' o ne
valorcm duty and this latter principle Is ths on, o
embodied in the ian R ,b Ss wi mH~ who we're
Questioned testified without exception 70 inc IA
that the producers demanded ana desirr' a sir' ,
dutv while the r-nners demanded ad valorern ratcs
Tho point OF interest Is 10 earn nVN siore,u gu,irs
substituted for them.
WHY WE'RE SPECIFIC DUTIES ABANDONED?
II appears in the testimony that the representa-
lives OF the Sugar Trust. Mr.. Iavemeyer, the
president OF the company: Mr. searrs' its treas
urer; Henry Il. Reed. representing the Boston re-
nners. cord Meyer. and II J." Terrhl were !"
Washington more less constantly aucr t mT
possagc OF the Tarln hill through the Housc; ana
that they urgel the adoption or an al vat.sIs'n
that these REPRESENTATIVES Of the sugsr I'qS ar
s.nci their views fully I, m'p1rs o, nr IN, be-
cause public hearings as TO various ih1.' u.s. ~,
volvei in tho tarln had been retus 81
the sugar Trust saw certain other senator nor NJ
isss ir se1,rs we're In ali cases the same They
ais, saw Secretary Of the treasury VINO , 49,,
Mlt,es The Senators not members ~ ne FlnhnSse
COMMITTEE 10 whom ne reIrrS r,n were soma
,"r Price II Onto: senator Gorman, ~ MARYLAND;
senator's nm and Murphy. Of New YORK; majors
smith ami Mcpherson Of Ncw-Jrrssy; Srh So,ns
W'bi,e and Cancry Of Louisiana, and senator Naih-
don Of West virginia. Various meetings IL ap-
pears by the testimony. were held 10 dl-suss me he
sugar schedule between the representatives OF t"e
re, and these Senators VINO nave been nhin'l
Amer the Tariff hill had been reported con
,e,erc. vns held by all the Democratic senators
aand I, Vas then decided appears by the tc'tl-
.nnnv mat the Tariff bill. as first reported must
~ , so chonped as 10 command the votes OF forty
three democratic Senators The chnnGe III nc
sugar schedule from specific to "a va'orccm ra,fs
~. made by the Finance Committee atcP this
ncriod and az the result Of this conference
4 SIGNIFICANT CONFERENCE.
II appears by the testimony OF Senator Vest tn''
Senator Brlcc OF Ohio. Senator German. OF Mary
IA. senator Smith OF New-Jersey; Senator Hi.