The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-06-07
ALL MAKE DENIALS.
PARTIAL REPORT OF TUE SENATE;
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Senators MCPHERSON and Mills and
Secretary Carlisle Deny That They
Did Anything Wrong In Regard to,
the Sugar Trust. II. ~ 4

Washington, June 5.-The following is
an abstract Of the testimony of United
States Senators Mcpherson and Mills
and Secretary Carlisle before the sugar
trust investigation committee as present.
ed to the senate: ea -
Senator Mills denied all knowledge Of
the reported secret interview of Secre--
t;ry Carlisle on the sugar question, and
said that he and Senator Jones and Sen
ator Vest had, prepared the sugar sched-
ule as first reported and he knew moth
ing of any memorandum for the schedule
from the secretary. He also denied all.
KIN Wedge of the alleged Sunday con-
ference Of the finance committee with
those interesteu in securing sugar legis-
lation.
Secretary Carlisle's statement as it ap-
peared in the published testimony, is not
materially different from that given to
the press officially the day after he was
before the committee Mr.. Carlisle de-
MED in emphatic terms that he had ever
made secret call upon the finance COM
II ittee, or made a demand upon it to-
protect sugar because of the Democratic
rarty's obligations to the sugar trust.
Senator McPherson's testimony is de-
voted largely to an explanation of stock
purchases, and the method Of conducting
them. He said that he had agreed with
the finance committee as to the sugar
schedule. He repeated that he never
knew OF any obligations to the sugar
trust, but said he had heard the state
ment made that the sugar refners were
in the habit of giving the Democratic
side small contribution and the Re
lblicans large enc. Mr. Mcpherson
stated that while he kept an Office III
Wall street, and he had been in the
habit for the past seven years of buy
ing stocks as an investment and sell
ing them, he had not considered himself
an operator in the usual acceptance of
the term. He said that in addition to
the purchases of sugar stock made by
his son in February, he had purchased
some sugar stock in October and No.
vember, and had sold it in December
when congress convened. Questions put
by Senators Allen and Davis developed
the fact that Senator McPhersons son
had made profit of about 81 900 on the
stock bought on the 22d and sold on the
10Th of October.
Representative John De Witt Warner
was examined on the basis of a news
paper statement that an effort which
had been instigated by men of great
prominence in the Democratic party had
been made to Cause Mr.. Warner to
cease his fight for free sugar
while the tariff bill was pending in the
house. Mr.. Warner said that the sug-
gestion had been made to hin. that if
there was not a duty on sugar, the
sugar trust would beat the bill, but lie
declined to state from whence the qucs-
ton had come; it was from members of
the house of representatives. Senator
Davis asked witness how many times in
the course of the consideration of the
bill in the house it was intimated to
him that persons in the sugar interest
had contributed to the success of the
Democratic party in New York.
Mr.. Warner answered that this phase
of the question had frequently been sug-
gestcd to him, not as information, but
as to probability. In regard to al
legged contributions to the campaign
funds by the sugar trust, Mr.. Warner
said he had often heard it charged that
there was, amounting to perhaps $780,
900, but he knew nothing about it.