The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-09
SUGAR INVESTIGATION.
Mr.. Terrell, of the Trust, Before
the Senate Committee.
DENIES PUBLISHED STATEMENTS.

There Were No Senators Present at tho
Midnight Meeting In His Room at the
Arlington Hotcl-senator Brioo's inter
view with Mr.. Havemeyer.
WASHINGTON, June 9-Mr. Terrell, Of
the sugar trust, was before the senate in
vestigating committee yesterday. Mr..
Terrell said he had no doubt from Mr..
Gaston's testimony that he was in his
room on the night of March Z, and he
thought it probable that Messrs. Have
meyer and Reed were in the room, rs the
three were in the habit of meeting in one
another's rooms every evening No SEN
ators were, however, in the habit of meet
ing with them. He and Senator Brice
were, he said, old time and intimate
friends, and the senators generally dropped
in upon him at the hotel about once
week, but he was not in the room OH
March 7.
Mr.. Terrell said he could remember only
one occasion when Senator Brice had come
into his room when Mr. Havemeyer was
there. II remember it" he said, dis
tinctly, because they had some talk on
sugar"
The Chairman = Was anything said
about engaging Mr.. Brices interest as a
senator?
Mr. Terrell-No, recall now that there
was one remark that Mr.. Havemeyer
made that rather started Mr.. Brice's tenn
per. He is red headed man and very
quick sometimes. Mr.. Havcmeyer talked
as ii he felt that if the sugar refining in
terests Of this country had been scattering
into separate concerns there would be no
trouble about its getting what he called
fair treatment or reasonable protection
with other great interests of this country,
but, as he put it, there was such a great
clamor against the sugar trust that no.
body dared stand up and fight what was
really right in its behalf.
Senator Brice got little hot about that,
and said TO Mr.. Hnvemeyer: II do not
want to hear anything of that sort There
Is no subject that do not dare face and
discuss or defend if ! think it is right, and
the fact that so per cent. of it is controlled
by single company would make no diff
ference to me. T."
Mr. Terrell said that while he had
talked with Senator Brice many times
about the sugar question, he had never
said word to him on the subject that he
would not have been willing for any one
to hear, and that he had never been asked
by the sugar trust to use his influence
with Brice to secure legislation in its in-
terest.
When Mr. Edwards account of the sup
posed meeting between himself, Senators
Brice and Smith, Mr.. Iiavemeyer and Mr..
Reed, of Boston, was read to MIR. Terrell,
he said that no such thing had ever oc-
Cured at any place, but he remembered
one occasion when these gentlemen met in
his room, and that was the evening on
which Mr.. Havemeyer had been discuss
ing the sugar question with Mr.. Smith.
He, Brice, Havemeycr and Reed were in
the room when boy came to the room
saying that Senator Smith was down
stairs and wanted to see Senator Brice.
Senator Brice told the boy to tell him to
come up. Senator Smith came up, and
| said he had been over to Senator Brices
| house, and not finding him home had
| come over to the hotel.
Senator Davis cross-questioned the wit
ness closely with regard to the conycrsa-
| tion at the Arlington after Senator Smith
| went in, but he maintained that he could
! not recall the tenor of it. He was sure
that Mr.. Hsvemeyer had concluded his
| talk with Senator Brice on sugar before
Senator Smith appeared.
Mr.. Terrell denied the truth OF the story
of the meeting of the refiners and planters
| in a committee room at the Capitol adjoin-
ing room in which the finance committee
meeting on the Sunday preceding the re-
porting of the tariff bill. He said he had
never been at the Capitol on Sunday. and
had never on any day participated in such
a meeting any day of the week.
Mr.. Terrell said he had represented Mr..
Havemeyer in Washington in the capacity
of an attorney after Mr., Hayemeyer left
Washington on the 10th of March, but he
had never before been attorney or counsel
for any of the membe of the trust.