The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-18
The Senate 10 Probe to the Bottom tns
ALLEGED Attempts at Bribery
Buyvoys STRAIGHTFORWARD SPEECH.
nuo, the Alleged would-he brioer' SUD
miss Letter Denying tha' lie o"''s'
q Hrlpe and Courts Investigation.

and rcciting the allegation that
nation exists in the nature Of
.oiy. known as the Sugar Trust
.. directing the Attorney-General TO IN
.-. whether any action has been taken
-v court of the United States. either
,. or criminal. to restrain or punish the
..s5ns engaged in such violation oil law
,-. sherman, author Of the antitrust
.., remarked that the Attorney-Genera'
Dad very curtly and very impoiteiy re-
....l 10 the antitrust law in rather
,ic way. and he thought that the mat
-.r should not be referred 10 nm
,rr Morgan said he wanted it referred
ri,n i'm order 10 have an official state
,.lnt. The resolution went over uh To-
morrow.
THE LODGE RESOLUTION.
The Lodge resolution offered yesteIudY
for Investigation OF the attempted bribery
~ TWO senators TO vote against the tarlll
hill. and Of the alleged contribution oI
half n million dollars TO the Deiiloei az
national campaign by the sugar iiuST
was laid before the Senate
Nr. Lodge explained the reasons which
lsd him 10 offer the resolution. In reia-
,ion 10 the Sugar Trust matter. he SAID
that the article in a Phiadelphla paper
we're signed by Mr.. T.. }. Edwards Us
correspondent. a gentleman whom ne oIu
not know personally, but Who' ne wac
told. was a man OF staaulhs aHu Ie'py.,
sibility. a graduate OF ldie Noles.' "'I
we'll known in the newspaper worid. IL
80 yrae any truth in the allegations
made in that article it ought to be known
10 the public. If the allegations were
false IL was a criminal libel OF the gross
est kind Forty-eight hours atter the
appearance Of that article there hau ap
peared in the New YORK sun s'ate
ment from its Washington correspondent
charging attempts az bribery OF two sena-
- 10 graver charge could be made;
no graver crime committed The charge
was made accurately and speclhcaliy'
such a charge certainly should not go
unnoticed or uninvtstigated. II there was
a person who had been offering brlbes
he presumed that he would come within
the reach Of the statute law.
GENERAL. BUNTON's STATEMENT.
Mr.. Hunton said "As my name has
been connected somewhat with the reso-
luton I merely desire 10 say now that
hope the Senate will adopt unanimous
lv the resolution and investigate this
matter to the very depths. II Is probably
uubccoming in me- IN view Of the fact
that this investigation IL 30 be had 10
say more than this or TO state what
understand 10 be the fact In regard to
this all ec1 attempt 10 bribe; because l
think every member OF the Senate knows
trat this man never approached me at
all. ( have never seen him in connection
with the matter Put I DO feel annoyed.
and very deeply annoyed, that anybody
should supposa that ] could be bribed.
nd lrt4.|s I'd. larf cd INT
this man 10 reach me, because the aver
ment is that he wished 10 reach me
through a well-belOved son. who is as
high above anything Of that sort as /
claim 10 be. But l desire TO say now
that l hope that the resolution Will be
adopted unanimously, and that the in
vcstigatiOn shall be most through"
Mr.. Coclrel made objection to the
resolution on the ground thar, ii is not
wide enough. He therefore moved to
amend boy inserting And 10 inquire fur
ther whether any contributions have been
made by the so-called Sugar Trust 10
any political party for campaign pur-
poses"
Mr. Lodge: I shall most cheerfully ac-
cept the amendment 1t is stated I'm the
article 10 which l have referred that
contributions were made by the Sugar
Trust TO both campaign funds. and hope
The matter will be probed 10 the bottom
and that the influence Of that trust in
our politics Will be thoroughly exposed.
LITTER FROM THE woULD-BH BRIBER.
Mr.. Hansbrough Rep.. y. ID said:
zone Of tho individuals mentioned in the
resolution Is "A constituent Of mine being.
believe. a resident Of Ransom county,
y. D.. and being engaged there I'm the
Business Of farming. He called upon
me last evening TO confer with me in re-
gard TO this matter and concluded that
the proper thing 10 do would be to court
am investigation and have il as speedily
as possible. He submitted to me a let
ter which / ask TO have read"
The letter Of Mr.. Bu;tz was read by
the clerk. as follows:
MY Dear Sir The newspapers charge
that 7 attempted 20 bribe Senators Hunton
ana Kyle 10 vote against the pending
tariN bin. Senator Lodge has intro
duced a resolution directing an investi-
cation Of this charge with one other
'I respectfully ask you. as one Of the
senator's representing my State. TO urge
the adoption Of the resolution and the
speediest possible investigation.
"As The scandalous stories derogatogy to
my character have been given 10 the
press and published in every part of the
country. ! beg OF you 10 state that
deny them entirely. IN whole and in part
and denounce them as falsehoods and
sanders.
"Of course my words do not refer at
an 20 the two honorable senator's men
toned. ! believe them both 10 be incapable
~ telling anything but the truth I mean
simply 70 stamp the newspaper state
ments. charging me with attempting TO
hrhe the senators ia question, as utter.
ly without foundation,
Very respectfully,
&C w BUTTZ."
Mr. Harris: Inasmuch as the name Of
the senator from South Dakota kyle
seerns 20 be connected with this charge,
desire 10 say from my personal knowl
edge Of that senator. that II he were
present he would join Senator Hunton
IN urging a thorough investigation of
this matter
THE RESOLUTION
Several other notifications Of the reso-
luton were suggested and adopted until
the resolution az finally agreed TO read:
Resolved That a committee OF five
senators be appointed 10 investigate these
charges. and TO inquire further, whether
any contributions have been made by
The Sugar Trust 10 any political party
Tor campaign or election purpose or
secure or defea. legislation; or whether
any senator has been speculating in sugar
stocks during the consideration Of the
tariff Bill