The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-17
STILL INVESTIGATING SUGAR.
The Senate Committee is PIod-
ding YEARLY Along.
A Majority of the Senators Have Boon
Examined Senator Ramon Fxplodes
the Rumor That He SpeouIated In
Sugar-Li.t of the Questions That Are
Asked the Witnesses

WASHINGTON, June l6.-Many Sena-
tors were examined today by the Sena-
tortal com mittee engaged in investigat-
ing the relations between the sugar
trust and Senators When the commit.
tee adjourned it had heard the testimony
OF seventy four OF the eighty-fve mem.
bers Of the Senate The eleven who ara
yet to be examined are Butler, Cameron.
Dixon. German, Irby Mitchell, of Ore.
Ron, Pettigrew, Walsh. Washburn, Will
son and Walcott. Most of these are out
OF town and Walcott is i'll in Paris.
For some time past there have been
rumorS that Senator Ransom, of North
Carolina, had been specializing in sugar
stock, but the reput ation for integrity
held by him has etfectually prevented
the rumor. To day the basis for these
rumors was shown by the statement of
the Senator to the committee that his
son George, who is his clerk, and Cap.
tain Barnes, his messenger, had in
vested small sums in bucket shops. The
| explanation OF General Ransom was q
! mplete vipdicstion for him from the
accusations contained in the rumors.
Nearly all the Senators who testified
to day made negative answers to the
i
and were allowed to 60 without further
examination. All those, however,
whose names had been mentioned by
witnesses in c-cnnec ton with sugar leg
islation were questioned at length. They
were the mem bers OF the finance com.
mittee and Senators Smith, OF New Jer.
sey; Murphy, OF New York, and few
others The categorical questions asked
by the committee OF every Senator who
appeared before it were as follows:
Have you given any information. to
anyone interested in sugar stocks, or in
any stock of the American Sugar Rein-
ing Company that was intended or cal
culatei to affect Its value?"
Have you bought or sold, directly or
indirectly, since the beginning OF this
session of Congress, any so-called sugar
stock or stocks, or stock certificates of
| the American Sugar Refining Com
pany?"
Have you been ct ncerned with any
one III interest, direct or indirect, con-
iingent or otherwise, in any operation
! Whatever by purchase or sale of said
stocks or cnrtihcates?"
Has any one bought or sold f,r you
on your account, or given you to under
stand that you would share in the
profits Of any operation in such stocks,
or placed any money TO your credit as
the proceeds OF the purchase or sale OF
such stocks or promised or agreed to
place such money to your credit?"
Has any member OF your family, or
any person in your EN- ploy, or any clerk
! employed under tho laws OF the United
States in your service, been, to your
knowledge, Interested, in any OF the
ways indicated in any of the preceding
questions, in any transactions in sugar
stocks or certificates during the period
mentioned?"
Have you, or has any member of
your family, or any such clerk, owned or
held certificates Of the Amer'c IN Sugar
Refining Company during the period
heretofore intentionally"
"Have you ut any time been con.
nected with thu American Sugar Rein
Ing Company, or have you at any time
been in its employ as an attorney. agent
or otherwise?"
They Will be Arraigned Tuesday.
WASHINGroN, Juno I6 John s.
Schriver and E J. Edwards, tho news
paper correspondents who refused to
answer questions asked by the sugar
| trust investigating committee and
whose cases were referred to the grand
| jury for action, appeared at the United
States courthouse this morning with
their bondsmen in the expectancy that
an indictment against them would be
handed down and that they would be
arraigned. They were informed by the
district attorney that indictments had
been found, but would not be delivered
to the criminal courtuntil next Tuesday,
and they were notified to appear on that
| day.
An Indictment against Elverton r.
| Chapman, OF the stock broking firm of
| {. Snh no
whether Senator'S had speculated in
sugar stock through his firm, Or to pro.
duce its books, will also be handed
down Tuesday and no has been notified
to appear on that day. 1t is under
stood that tho district attorney will
make Mr.. Chapman's the test case on
tho constitutionality OF the law pro-
viding for criminal action against wit
nesses who refused to give information
to the Senatorial investigating COM
mittees.
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