Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-02


Refuses to Answer the Committee.
WASHING TON, June 2.-Thc battle royal
ever the sugar schedule began, but it be
gan tamely with the booming of distant
cannon. The entire day was occupied by
two speakers-Senators Henderson of Ne
hraska and PETER of Kansas, both of
whom favored a bounty instead of duty.
There were no exciting incidents. 1t is
probable that the hard hand to hand fight
ing over this schedule, on which it is gen
orally admitted depends the fate of the
bill will begin Monday.
1t is not considered possible on the floor
of the senate that the sugar schedule can
be defeated outright rs the Republicans
are not absolutely united, but there is be-
licvcd TO be possibility that the discrim-
mating duty in favor of the sugar retinCr
may be partially or wholly defeated 1t is
the intention of the Democratic managers,
as indicated by the notice given by Mr..
Harris Just prior to adjournment, to force
still longer sessions beginning on Monday
next. The senate is now sitting from 10
n. III. until p. III. The sessions hereafter
will probably be protractcd until 10 p. III.
Sugar Trust Investigation.
When Representative Warner of New
York went before the Sugar trust inveSti-
eating committee, he announced before he
was sworn his intention of rcServing the
privilege rs member of the house of an
swcring only such questions rs might be
thought proper. Several times during his
examination he fell back upon this privi
lcgc and refused to answer some of the
questions which We're asked. 1t is said
that some of these We're not very impor-
tant, while others were pertinent to the
examination.
The committee decided that it has no
power to make member of the house tes-
tify before a senate committee, and all
that it can do is TO certify the fact to the
other house. This was the method pur-
sued in the celebrated Credit Mobilier af-.
fair, when senator refused TO testify be-
fore a house committee.
The investigating committee has not
decided to take this course with Mr.. War
ncr yet, and it may not SO decide. 1t is
understood that one of the points on which
the committee sought to obtain a state
mcnt from Mr.. Warner was as to the in
flucncc brought To bear upon him to cease
his opposition to the sugar duty, but this
failed Mr. Warner told the committee
that large amount of his information
camo from conversation with members of
the house who We're discussing the events
relating to the sugar duties. He was asked
who these members We're and in every in
stance declined to give the name of any of
his fellow members of the house.
The committee says that the testimony
which Mr. Warner refused to give was of
a hearsuy character and not of such impor-
tancc that would warrant any extraordi-
nary methods to obtain. There is eX-
pressed great desire to have the testimony
that has recently been taken printed for
use in the senate before the vote is taken
on the sugar schedule, and it is probable
that if it is available several blocks of it
will he read in the senate today. The
points of most interest are those relating
to the testimony of Secretary Carlisle and
others relating to the sugar schedule.
The points in Mr. Edwards story to
how the schedule was drawn together with
certain proceedings ON sunday Mt the
capitol have been denied hy all witnesses.
senator Jones has testified that he re
qucStCd SECRETARY Carlisle 10 draw the sug
ar schedule. and the secretary has frankly
said that he drew it. Senator Mills has
testified that Havcmcycr came to him
with a letter OF introduction from Secrc
tary Carlisle, but that he did not see Have
meyer. The committee will not go TO New
York 10 take testimony, nor will it resume
its sessions until next Monday.
Secretary Carlisle Explains.
1t is stated on the best authority that
President Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle have been in entire and perfect har
mony in all their actions in regard to the
tariff bill. Secretary CarlisleS part in
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 up
on the sugar schedule and requested that
he put it In proper form. This the sccrc-
tAry did, the paragraph prepared being one
of few lines. and providing that after
Jan. /, 1895, there shall be levied and col
lCCtCd on all sugars duty of 40 per cent
ad valorem, and upon all sugars above No
Ii Dutch standard in color duty of one
eighth of l cent per pound in addition to
the duty of 40 per cent ad valOrcm. This
amendment was sent to Senator Jones at
the capitol. In the afternoon, in response
to a request of Senator Jones, Secretary
Carlisle visited the capitol and was in
formed that other changes were under con
sideration, and being requested to do so he
made some interlineations in the amend
ment.
AS already stated. Secretary Carlisle
prepared the original amendment in &C
cordance with the compromise that had
been reached by the Democratic members
of the finance committee, and the altera-
lions made in the amendment at the capt
tol were made 10 mot the Niows OF The
committee.
The committee then decided that q pro;
vision should be incorporated providing
that the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty
should not be affected by the schedule.
The book containing the treaties was OBJ,
tanned by Secretary Carlisle from the room
of the foreign committee, and he wrote
the proviso which preserves the Hawaiian
treaty. All this is in the handwriting OF
Secretary Carlisle.
The Sunday Morning Visit.
This event occurred on Saturday, May
3. That night it occurred to the secretary
that the first paragraph of the schedule
providing for the repeal of the bounty fix
ed the date of repeal for July l, 1894,
while the duty on sugar was not to be OPP
crative until Jan. l, 1898. Knowing it to
be the intention of the committee to issue
a print OF the amended bill on Monday,
Secretary Carlisle on Sunday morning
took a coupe and called at the house OF
Senator Jones for the purpose of directing
attention to the discrepancy. If the
bounty should be repealed on July l, 1894,
and duty should not be imposed until six
months thereafter there would be a pc
Rod during which there would be neither
bounty nor duty