The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07
SUGAR AND BRIBERY
SENATE COMMITTEE FINDS LIT.
TILE TO REPORT ON.
Refusal Of Newspaper Men to Reveal the
Source Of Their Information About Dem-
ocFatic Senators and the Sugar Trust
Proves q StumblilS block.
Suggest Wholesale Arrests.

Senator GRAY. Chairman Of tho
select committee to in,es;igate the
alleged operations o. the Sugar Trust
in connection with the tariff leSi>la-
tion. submitted Il partial report to the
Senate Of the proceedings Of that COM
mittee bearing uron the refusal of the
newsI aper correspondents. Edwards,
Shri.er and Walker. to give the source
Of thei' information to the commit ,e
The printed report Of the committee
consists of five printed pages. some Ut
it being quotations from that part Of
the testimony where answers were re-
fused.
The committee sta'es that it over
ruled the objections to Judge Ditten-
hoetfer. T. iwarus' coun ell. and insisted
upon an answer to the questions.
These questions sought to ascertain
the authority for the statement that
Carlisle signiiieu his Willingness him.
self to prepare an amendment to tho
sugar schedule which he thought
would be fair to the Government and
Yet JUS, to his interests who gave tho
information concerning the allc ed
interviews between officers of the
ator Brice. and Senator smith:
who was his Informant; that. on tho
day Mr.. Voorhees, denied any amend
meht, Were prep ,sed to the bill, ~
originally rep T. eli to the Senate, tho
list of 400 mendments, H.. prepare by
Senator Jones, was in tho hands OF
the brokerage firm of Moore l. Schley;
that the draft Of the su gar schedule,
rs finally adopt ID Is u result Of u con-
ference between Senator Gallery and
representation of the trust, meeting
In one room OF the Capitol Building,
while the committee was in SO - ion In
another.
All Of these questions, the COM
mittee say, Edwards, acting upon the
advice OF his counsel, refused to
answer.
Refusal Was an Illegally.
Referring co tho testimony of John
Shriver, correspondent Of the New
York Mail and Express. tho COMMITTEES
quote from MIR. Shriver's letter detail
ing what a prominent wire manu-
factu' or was alleged to have overheard
at tho Arlington hotel n u talk 10.
tween certain Senators and Representa-
tives of the Sugar Trust.
MIR. Shriver said that a member Of
Congress gave him the information,
and the committee says that in response
to direct que ,tion he declined to give
the name o. .ther the Congressman or
the wire manufacturer t. whom he re-
ferred in his ews dispatches. In con-
clusiOn the committee saws:
la the opinion OF the committee ca IN Of
the questions put to each OF said witnesses
WAS proper question and pertinent to
the question under inquiry be tore the com.
mittee and was necessary to make the OK
animation ordered by said resolution OF
the Senate aud that each Of the said wit
nesses Is in contempt OF the senate aud
merits to be dealt with for his misconduct:
and that each OF said witnesses. by hts
various refusals to ans wer the questions
a. herein Sc. forth. has violated tho pro-
visions OF that certain act Of Congress In
snch cases made ard prov ided. being chap.
ter seven OF the Revised statutes OF tho
United State<
The commit c, gu tes in full sections
TO-, lob and lOl Of tho Rev scd Statutes.
being the act of 1861.
Indictment Is RECON- mcnti-d.
The closing words of the report are:
Wherefore. the committees request that
the President Of the senate certify as tn
each witness his aforesaid failure tD testi.
~ and his aforesaid refusal to answer, and
all she facts herein. under the sOal Of the
Senate. to the United States Di>trict Al.
torney for the District OF Column ia. To tho
end that each Of said witnesses may bo
prov ided by Law.
It will he seen that there is no refer
ence to the case OF MIR. Ha nv Walker,
correspondent Of tho New York Daily
America.