Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
OF tho Mexandris Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June l, 1894.

SCuCuult VI liIc pSuulllS Iolii anu
that various Senators have been specu-
lating in stocks, stated to the commit
tee Yesterday that he had purchased
1000 shares of sugar certificates, bat
that he promptly transferred them TO
his son and that he purchased another
block OF 500 shares. The Senator de-
MED that he speculated in tie sense in
which that word is generally used. He
bought the certificates outright, but of
course. when their value increased 10
an extent TO justify it, ne sold the stock
for the profit there was in it. On one
occasion he and his son decided that ii
would be good thing TO own more SUI
car certificates, and they accordingly
wrote out q telegram TO their broker
directing him to purchase 800 shares of
sugar for them. This telegram, Mr..
Mcpherson said, was laid on the table,
and they proceeded to discuss the mat
ter further. The result was that it was
agreed that it would be improper for
the Senator 10 invest in sugar certii-
Gates. inasmuch as this matter would be
up for legislation, and it was decided
that the order should not be placed.
The telegram was not, however, de-
strCyed. On the contrary. 1t was sent,
and the stocks purchased Mr.. McPher-
son told the committee that the message
was found on the table by one of MS
servants and sent the next morning
and the stock was purchased without
his being aware of it. As soon as he
learned OF it, the Senator ordered it
all sold. In response to question re-
garding the profit made, it is under
stood that Mr. Mcpherson said be sold
it without waiting for any rise
in the market, but that he Melted pro-
fit of something like 81 800. The inves-
tigating committee spent more than an
hour to-day examining congressman
John Dewitt Warner with reference to
allegations that the sugar trust attempt
ed to secure his vote while the tariff
bill was under discussion in the House.
It has been rumored that Mr.. Warner
was approached by representatives OF
the trust and that they endeavored 10
persuade him to desist in his efforts
with regard to the sugar schedule and
the story goes that Mr. Warner refused
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his examination he refused TO give an
inkling the character Of his testimony,
saying that he had promised the com
mittee not to divulge anything he had
said. 1t is understood, however, that
Mr.. Warner practically admitted the
statements made in the press that when
he was making his fight for free sugar
in the House the effort was made TO
cause him 10 desist and the statement
made TO him that it was desirable from
a political roint of view that sugar
shonld be given duty.
Representative Marshall of Virginia
has been requested by Representative
Oates, the democratic candidate tol
Governor Of Alabama, to come to his
State and speak in his campaign. Mr..
Oates says the populists and republi-
cans have combined against him, that
he has big fight on hand, and that he
needs all the help he can get.
Representative Patterson, Of Tennes.
see, submitted to day vouminous re-
port accompanying the bill to permit
the pooling of railways, which latter
was favorably agree ed to by the House
commerce committee several days ago.
The report argues that it is absolutely
necessary in order to prevent unjust
discrimination aud in the interests of
small shippers and individual enter
prises, TO allow railways under proper
restrictions to make contracts for the
division Of their net or gross earnings.
General Frye has arrived and the
Boston contingent has departed. The
communicating of the western
Coxeyites reached Camp Bastile, near
Highlands, Md, yesterday and took up
MS headquarters at the adjacent bar
room and hotel, the Stagmaier House
He claims that Galvin's corps, which
reached here Tuesday go strong and
very lean and hungry, was only his ad-
vance guard and that he has 5000 men
all told on the march here from va
rious points in the West. Frye visited
Coxey, Browne and Jones in the Dis
trict jail and did not seem very favor
ably impressed by the fate which had
met his predecessors. There was trou-
BILE from the start. the western men
claiming the right to occupy the old
colored church in Bladensburg which
the original Coxeyites claimed had been
given to them. 1t required consider
cradle effort on General Galvin's part
to adjust the difficulty. The citizens
in the vicinity of Highlands are becom-
ing alarmed. The supply of provisions
in the CommonWeal camp has been eX-
hausted for several days, except bread.
The western contingent are disposed to
be ugly, and are deporting themselves
very differently from The peaceful
methods of the Coxeyites The Boston
industrial delegation, which was only
45 strong originally, have ended their
mission and took up their line of march
for Boston at 8 o'clock this morning.
Senator Hoar and and Representative
O'Neil will present their petition to the
House and Senate.
Governor Thornton of New Mexico,
whose people are Nirginians, was at the
Capitol to-day. He says at the April
term of the Z. S. court for his Territory,
Judge Smith, the chief justice, tried
thirty-tive cases, all felonies, in which
there were thirty-two convictions.
Judge Smith is from Warrenton, Va.
An attempt will be made in the SEN
ate to put sugar on the free list, but it
will fail as there are some republican
Senators who will not support it. In
this connection it may be mentioned
that a rumor is current at the Capitol
today to the effect that the President
is very much annoyed at the Senates
proceedings and the resulting scandals,