The morning call., 1894-05-18
A WIDE SCOPE.
Bribery Charges to Be
investigated. 4.
!. LODGE HAD HIS WAY.
Cheerfully Accepted All
Amendments.
SENATORS 3 OFFERED com,
Others Accused of Buying. Sugar
..:G Stocks. s:
Como TO THE BOTTOM. OF IT.
The Committee Has Been Given
+ Ample Power to Get at the
Wilole Truth.
SENATORS OFFERED COIN,
Others Accused of Buying Sugar
..:.. Stocks. H
ioINd TO THE BOTTOM OF 1T.

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WASHINGTON. May 17.-There was an
area of lew barometer and indications
threatening a storm: when: the Senate met
to-day. Morgan opened the proceedings
by Offering a resolution which, after recit-
ing the existence. of the Sherman anti
trust law of June 2, 1892, and. the alleged
existence of a sugar trust, called on the
AttoTuey-Gene for information as. to
whether any proceedings were pending
against such corporations; If so what
stage they had reached; if not whether, in
his opinion, there was any defect la the
antitrust law. ;..@:-:' T.. - :. :; -
F The Lodge tariff bribery and sugar In
vestigatidn. solution. (which cams over
from yesterday. was then laid before the
Senate BY Stevenson and Lodge took the
foor.- On Monday, he said an article had
appeared inthe FhiIade lpniaP Tess charging
: that enormous profit would accrue to the
sugar trust by the fixing of the date when
the sugar schedule would go inlo effect
Jan GaTY i, which profit was estimated at
$4,000. 000. IL charged that The schedule
was eXaeted by the trust in fuidflmentof
pledges made to It during the<cam paign of
-1692. Il also charged that the Jones
mendmentsr were in the hands of a. firm
of New York brokers'. whose names we're
given at tile very tnIe when their existence
was denied by the chairman of the Finance
Committee and others. These charges
were made by E. j., Edwards, a well-knoWn:
newspaper man, who wrote ever the nom
de plume "Helland.' If there was any.
truth in lit the public ought to know ft.
If they were false they constituted alibel
/ Of the gEoSsest4 kind. Yesterday q New
+ I Ork paper. from Its correspondent here,
had printed a st9ry#of an alleged attempt
F to bribe Senators. that since had been
confirmed By an interview with ore of the
Senators. ....=.:..'.. ::.:..-.:: i: T.
+ Hunton of Virginia said that his name
had been conn ected. with the charges. He
desired TO say he hoped they would be in.
vestfgated te*the lowest depth. 1t was not
beco ming in him to say more than this at
this time. AS a matter of fact: he had
never been approached at ALL: He feltan
noyed that any one should suppose he
could; have been bribed, and especially in
the form in which the attempt was made,
through. a MeEl-beloVed son who stood as
high above anything of the. sort as he
E(SeAator HQnton) claimed to. be- /: .:~~.:.
Cockrell of Missouri suggested that the
resolution be amended so the inquiry reIat.
f. ing 10 the sugar trust: should. extend TO
CONT buttons. for any political party for
campaign purposes. .:.. -. I. : T.
+ Lodge: declared rhathe would cheerfully
accept the amendment. - = -:
|; Hans bEough of North Dakota said that
as CIV. Buttzof Hanson County. n. Oak,
one of his constituents, was charged with
having made the attempt he desired to
make a statement. Mr. Buttz had called
: upon him last night for conference and
had concluded that the best thing to do
would be- to couTta full Investigation He
had letter from Buttz W hich ne desired
TO have read:in the Senate, and he sent it
to the clerks desk. ~.
I The letter: asks that the Senator from
North Dakota demand speedy investi-
CATION Of the. allegations, which. so far as
the news papers publishing them are con-
eerned, Butrz stigmatizes as falsehoods
and ISLANDERS, utterly without foundation.
COckten suggested another amendment
to include, after the words sugar trust"
:'''or any persons connected therewith,"
and also after the words, ''money paid to7
campaign purposes" or "to secure Iegisla-
:tion." ...:. +: ~: ... "
Lodge accepted this amendment also.
+: Allen thought the scope of.the resolu-
ton should be made so as to include in