Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-03
MIR. EDWARDS LIED.
Could Not Substantiate the
Charges Made.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE
Exonerates the Accused Members
and Mr.. Carlisle.
SENATOR CHANDELIERS MOUTH
Is Again at Workable Wants tho
Novin Scotia Coal Company Inves-
tiEated--congrcssm Funston I'm
stated In ., Vouse-Approprintion
Bin. P &9~.
Hce II,
SENATOR CHANDELIERS MOUTH

Washington, ~ %s,Wo. Senator
Gray, chairman O. 'ar inves,i-
eating committee pre- a the report
OF the committee to III. senate today
and asked that the committee be dis
charged, The main report is signed by
all OF the senators of the committee
but Senators Lodge and Davis present
a supplemental report and Senator
Allen presents his own views on some
features of the case. The report which
has approval of the full committee.
recites the causes which led to the in
vestigation and quotes the articles
from the Philadelphia Press on which
the charges against senators were
based. 1t also recites the facts which
have been published already as to the
refusal of the correspondent, Edwards,
to answer queries put by the COM
mittee. Secretary Carlisle is exonera-
ted and the parts of the article reflect
ing on him are declared to be without
foundation.
The committee also says: "There
fas been no testimony presented
before your committee and your COM
mittee has been unable to discover any
tending to show that the sugar sched-
ule was made up as II then stood in the
proposed amendment to the tariff bill.
in consideration OF large or any sums
of money paid for campaign purposes
of the Democratic party"
The committee also reports the sub
stance Of the testimony OF the sugar
IT,. saaaaf -
contributions We're made only to the
local committees and not for the pur-
poser OF influencing national campaigns
or for the purpose OF securing or de-
feating national legislation. NO,
other testimony has, The committee
says, been ofered, suggested or dis
covered which would tend to support
the statements Of Edwards in this re-
gard Nor Is there, they unite in say
ing, any evidence in support of the
statement that either OF the Messrs.
Havemeyer had an interview with
President Cleveland ON yacht In the
summer OF 1892 or of 1898 in regard TO
the sugar interest OF the Hawaiian
Islands or any other sugar interests or
| gard to them.
ION the contrary 1t has been
/ aiiirmatively SHOWN" they say, that
| the statement is untrue as TO any such
| Interviews having occurred. Though
| perhaps outside the scope OF the duty
| imposed upon your committee, they
take occasion to strongly deprecate the
importantly and pressure to which con-
| gress and its members are subjected
by the reports Of great Industrial com
| blnations, whose enormous wealth
tends to suggest undue influence and
to create in the public minds de-
moralizlng belief in the existence Of
corrupt politics"
The committee reports in the mega
tive upon the question whether any
senator had been specializing in sugar
stock during the consideration Of th'
tariff bill AS to the latter branch o.
the inquiry which brought uut {
Photographic copy Of an order to buy
sugar dated March 2. and purportint
to be signed by Senator Camden, thu
committee gives credence to the de
NAL Of Senator Camden and says tina
Battershall, whose evidence was ex
pected to bear up the inference from
the photograph copyCts man o.
doubtful character. Senator Smith i
also exonerated from blame.
Summing up the committee says ina
no charge or charges have been FLEE
before them alleging that the actor
of any senator has been coTuply o.
Improperly Influenced In the consid or
alton of the tarin and no attempt ha
been made to so influence legislation
All the testimony taken by he com
mittee is submitted as part az the re
pert