The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-08
REFUSED TO ANSWER
MR. WARNER BEFORE THE SUGAR
.NVESTIG ATING COMMITTEE.
lie Declines to Answer Some Of the
Questions President Cleveland
aud Secretary Carlisle In Harmony
Regarding the Tariff.

WASHINGTON, June ,. - John Dewitt
Warner of New York. a congressman and
free trader was before the sugar IN
ves;igatiou committee to-day. by some
ii i, believed Warner is the man to whom
The wire manufacturers told the story
ahout Havemeycr and Brice making
deal When Representative Warner an
nouurrd before he was sworn his lnten-
tiou Of reserying the privilege as n mem
Der of the house of answering only such
questions as might be thoNI proper.
several times during his examination he
fell back upon this privilege and refused
10 answer some of the questions WAlch
were asked. The committee decided that
il has no right to make Il member OF the
horse testify before a senate committee,
aad all that it can do is to certify the
{, ct to the other house.
It is understood that one of the points
On which the committee sought to OBJ
tain a statement from Mr.. Warner was
as 10 the influence brought to bear upon
him to cease his opposition to the sugar
adty. but this failed. Mr.. Warner told
the committee that large amount OF
his information came from conversation
with members of the house. who were
discussing the events relating TO the
SUGAR duties He was asked who these
men bers were, and in every instance de-
clined to give the names OF any OF ms
fellow members Of the house. The COM
mittee announced that the testimony
which Mr.. Warner refused to give was or
| a te;r rsay character, and not OF such I'M
portance that would warrant any CO.
ercionary methods to obtain. There Is
EXPRESSED great desire to have the tcsti-
| mony that has recently been taken
| printed for use in the senate before the
/ vote is taken on the sugar schedule. Inc
/ points of most interest are those relating
| to the testimony of Secretary Carlisle ana
others relating to the sugar schedule The
| point in Mr. Edwards story as to how
| the schedule was drawn, together Win
| certain proceedings Oh Sunday aL tne
capitol have been denied by all witnesses.
Senator Jones has testified that he re-
duested Secretary Carlisle to draw the
sugar schedule and the secretary has
frankly said that he drew it. Senator
| Mills has testified that Havemeyer came
to hiln with a letter of introduction from
Seert tary Carlisle but that he did not
see Hayemcyer. The committee will not
go to New York to take testimony.
1t is stated on the best authority that
President Cleveland and secretary Car
lisle have been i'll entire and perfect
harm ony in all their actions III regard to
the tariff bill Secretary GarllsleS part
III the preparation Of the sugar schedule
Of that bill is officially stated as follows
Senator Jones called upon and informed
him that the subcommittee had agreed
uron the sugar schedule and requested
I that he put it III proper form. This tht
secretary did, the paragraph prepared be
ing one Of i few lines. In the Afternoon
ii, response to Il request OF Senato
Jones. Secretary Carlisle visited the capl
tol and was informed that more chanse
were under consideration, and, beng re
qrlestel to do so, made some interlnln;
in the amendment Tie story that Alr
Carlisle called upoa the committee
his motion and insisted that certal
schedule for sugar should be adopted, 10
the reason that the sugar trust had ;nad
IL liberal contribution to the Denocfali
funds, is denied emphatically by the see
atlt.