Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-06-26

liable basis; that Is. according to the value Of
the crude sugar. Senator Jones then took mp
other practical on estions of detail as 70 why
q differsntial was meet ssary between the crude
and refined. and II necessary. TO what extent.
He also questioned him pointedly rs to meth
ods and cost of refining. and as to the yield OF
refined sugars from different kinds Of raw
sugar, and put many questions TO Mr.. Have
meyer. some of which were not answered to-
Mr.. Jones satisfaction. At any rate, in a
short time Senator Jones bundled up his tables
of satisfies. calculations, etc, and remarked
somewhat nnceremoniously that he had given
as much time to the matter as he could spare
MUST GO TO THE SENATE.
Mr.. Havemeyrr aud Mr.. Terrell left at the
sam time or within few minutes. !
never had a conversation myself y ith Mr..
Havemeyer upon the subject of sugar. other
than perhaps q few casual remarks. and to the
best of my recollection had never seen 3Ir.
Hayemeyer before his visit to Washington at
that timc. bnt it had been understood that SEN
ator Jones Wonld call at my rooms about 8
o'clock the evening before, which Mr.. Jones
afterwards contested he conld not do, but
Mr.. Hayenower called for few minutes and
was informed he could not see Mr.. Joues until
next morning. He then left without any con-
Vcrsatiou with me abnnt sugnr. This was the
first time had seen Mr.. Havemeycr dnriHg
his visit 10 Washington. and the second time
was when he met Senator Jones at ten o'clock
the next morning. was not a member of the
Finance Committee, nor did seek in any way
to impress any views upon any member of the
committees on that or any other sEbject- Sly
whole object was to help the committee gain
reliable information, and to ma common
ground on which all Democrats could stand.
I did have several talks with the Louisiana
SENATOR, especially Senators Cnffrey and
White. before Senator white accepted the of
fee of Associate Justice. aad IN conversations
with them as my colleagues in The Senate.
urged upon them the necessity Of some AMIGA
BILE arrangement, and that they must expect
to make come sacrifices and concessions In
order to make the passage of
A DEMocRNTIc FARIYF BILL
possible, aud US Democrats they conld not af-
ford to stand in the way of any measure that
would give reasonable recognition to the great
sugar interests they represented. and that they
ought not to hope to get all they wanted.
This, as fur as recollect it, is full expla-
nation Of the interview ut my rooms. which /
will add, in my view. was only fulfilling the
repr esentatiVe duty of Senator, who is pre-
snm ed to lrgislate In the intereets of the whole
| country, to see and confer with any persons
whose interests are to be affected by legIsIa-
tion. With this view, had no hesitation III
meeting anyone who called to zee me. met
the representatives. OF the domestic cigar In
terests of my State and presented data which
induced the committee to modify the tax on
| domestic cigars. also met and tonferre d
with the sheet iron interests of my State, and
the facts that they presented Induced tue COM
mitteeto make some changes which were un-
important to the schedule. but imp rtant to
the different parts and grades of the articles
manufactured. also met with the coal men
of my Suite, aud discussed that matter, and
will add that / think my views ON that subject
were never very satisfactory to most of the
representatives of that interest. / have a per-
sOnEl interest in coal in West Virginia. but the
interes represent in that is in my judgement
in nowisc affected by trrih. The geograplI-
ical location ~ the conl section in which /
am interested does not come ipto competition
in any way with the coal that would be shipped
! from Nova Scotia to the Eastern seaboard.
and therefore could not influence either
NY JUDGEMENT OR INTERESTS
upon that question, have no Interest in to-
bacco or cigars, or Iron mills, or manufactures
of any kind affected by tariff legislation, nor
in sugar, or, far as 1 know in any other
special interests affected by tariff Iegiilation,
except lumber. I have, perhaps, larger NJ
terest in lumber than any other thing affected
by the present tariff bill, but 1 consented to
have lumber put wholly upon the free list.
where it now stands.
I very rarely deal in stock of any kind, md
l haYe not spcculated in sugar stocks. nor
bought or sold sugar stocks, nor have | been
Interested in the same, either directly or midi
rcctly, since the meeting of this session of Con-
gross.