The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-30
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y VI
the close Of speech in the senate on the
tariff yesterday by Senator Pettigrew, pre-
sented to the senate the report of the in
vestigating committee delegated to inves-
tigate the charges of impropriety in the
framing of the sugar schedule. There
were some objections to its presentation,
but Senator Faulkner, in the chair, de-
cided that it was n question of the highest
privilege, and that the report should be
read
The report details at length the exam
nations of the newspaper men, Edwards,
Schriver ana Walker, substantially as al
ready published, and then gives the testi
mony of Senator Caffery, Representative
Bourke Cochran and ex-Representative
Ben Lefevre. The paragraph in Mr.. Ed
wards letter to the Philadelphia Press
in which he had referred to Mr.. Caffery in
connection with the preparation of the
sugar schedule was read to Mr.. Caffery.
and he said;
"In so far as this statement connects me
with any conference with the men named
here as belonging to the sugar trust
Havemeyer Terrell and Mayer-the last
two of whom do not know, it is unqual-
ifledly false. In so far as the statement
m axes me the draughtsman of a schedule
which Mr. Havemeyer accepted, and when
l wrote 1t was looking over my shoulder,
that is unqualifedly false, had no con-
ference with Mr. Havemeyer nor any one
Of the sugar trust"
Mr.. Caffery said he had met Mr.. Have
meyer one day going out of the Capitol,
and was introduced to him and had had
one conference with him, which was held
two or three weeks before the finance COM
I'D
ule. That conference was held at Senator
Brice's house. 81 was asked, ;" he said,
ito see Mr. Havemeyer. He commenced
an argument in favor of the ad valorem
rate on sugar in preference to the specific
ate and a number of figures were pre-
seuted to show or attempt to show the
correctness of his argument"
In reply to a question as to whether
there had been any other senators present
at Senator Brice's house when he met
Mr.. Havemeyer there, he said there
were several other senators present.
Among them were Senator White, Of
Louisiana, and Senator Hill, of New York,
| and his recollection was that Senator Cor
man had also been present, but Mr., Have
meyer did not meet any of the gentlemen
| but himself.
Asked IL he had ever been present at a
meeting of the finance committee at the
Capitol on Sunday, Mr. CafferY said he
had slipped into the building once on the
| Sunday before the bill was reported on
the following Monday, and had met SEN
ators Jones and Vest, of the committee,
| there on that day.
| Ex-Congressman Lefevre denied explic-
lily the statement in Mr. Edwards letter
concerning the Sunday meeting at the
Capitol He said he had not been in the
employ OF the sugar trust, and lad not
not been at the Capitol with any Of its
members.
During the course of his testimony Mr..
| Walker stated that he had seen senators
at the Arlington go up stairs with gentle
men whom he was told were members OF
the sugar trust, and go to Mr., Havemeyer' s
room He said he had seen Senator Brice
90 to Havemeyer's room in the Arlington
hotel repeatedly while the tariff bill was
pending in committee He said he had
heard Mr. Roessle proprietor Of the Ar.
lington, talk Of slipping the senators up
the back way He had also seen senators
come in at the ladies' entrance and alsc
representatives Of the trust He had, he
said, in his reports mentioned Joe Hickey
as a gO-between between Senator Vest and
the sugar trust. IL have seen" he said
"Joe Hickey with Mr., Vest, and in little
while 90 with Mr. Reed or Mr.. Terrell
and get in a quiet spot and talk" He
had, however, only once seen Hickey witt
n Mr.. Vest, and on that occasion he haC
, seen him within an hour in conversation
with Mr.. Terrell. He had also seen Rickey
| around the finance committee room doors
Hon Bourke Cochran said Walker had
, asked him upon one occasion whether h'
was the attorney for the sugar trust, anG
he had told him that he had never beer
the attorney for that organization, but
that he had declined to represent the trus
in the courts in New York in 1886 or 's7
He also denied having told Walker tina
he favored a duty on sugar.
The investigating committee continued
its inquiry yesterday, and examined Sena
tors Voorhees,, Jones and Vest, of tn
finance committee, in regard TO the allie
t cations made concerning the efforts of tn
trust to influence legislation. They mad
a general denial of all the charges mad
of the exercise of influence by the suga
trust, and specifically contradicted tn
story that Secretary Carlisle had made
secret visit to the committee and de
mandsd that the sugar interest be pro
: tected because of the Democratic party
q agreed that Mr. Carlisle had never mad
9 such a visit to the committee, and that n
such demand had been made upon tn
committee for the reasons given in MI
Edwards letter, or on any other account
They also denied the report that a meet
: ing had been held by the committee o.
the Sunday before the tariff bill was re
ported for the consideration of the suga
! schedule, and said that il the sugar pee
4 pie had been together In an adjacent room
9 while the committee was In session at an
. time they were not cognizant of the fact.
Q Senator Vest denied emphatically tina
he had informed Joe Hickey Of the pre-
1 gress of the committee in considering TIA
a sugar schedule while the bill was in con
: mittee.
, The committee adjourned over unit
!. Thursday. The examination Of member
of the finance committee will be resume
I at the next meeting.
: More Industrials Sent to jail.
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