The evening world., 1894-08-02
Gray Committees Sugar Report a
General Exoneration.
4 Bad Character Given to the
Missing Mr.. BattershaII.
Alleged Havemeyer- Cleveland Inter-
view Did Not Occur.

the Committee to the Senate. to-day and
asked that the Committee be discharged.
The main report Is signed by all the
Senators Of the Committee, but Sena
tors Lodge and Davis present a supple
mental report and Senator Allen also
presents his own views on some features
of the case.
The report, which has the approval
of the full Committee. recites the causes
which led up to the investigation and
quotes the article from the Philadelphia
Press on which the charges against
Senators were based. 1t also recltes the
facts which have been published al
ready as to the refusal of the cor
respondent, Edwards, to answer queries
put by the Committee.
Secretary Carlisle is exonerated, and
the parts of the article rejecting on
him are declared to be without founda-
ton. The conduct of Mr.. Edwards,
says the report. In publishing specific
charges against public men, without his
personal knowledge, calls for serious
reprobation Of the Senate.
The Committee also says: There has
been no testimony presented before your
Committee, and your Committee has been
unable to discover any tending to show
ment to the Tariff b BIZ P In peonsideTaton
OF large or any sums of money paid for
campaign purposes OF the Democratic
mo witness has testified before your
Committee that such was the fact and
all the Democratic members of the FL
nance Committee and all the Senators
whose names have been mentioned In
the public press as especially Interested
In protecting the sugar refining indus
pG
existed. have under oath denied that
such was the truth, or that they had
any knowledge or information as to any
sums of money, large or otherwise, hay-
ing been paid for campaign purposes of
the Democratic party by the Sugar
Trust. by those connected with it, or by
anybody. as a consideration for favor
able treatment OF Its interests by said
party"
The Committee also reports the sub
stance of the testimony OF the sugar re-
flners, asserting that campaign CON
tributions were made only to the local
committees. and not for the purpose of
the purpose of securing or defeating Ma
tional legislation.
No other testimony has, the Commit
eeSeres when Sod end 70 support
statements OF Edwards in this regard.
Nor is there, they unite In saying. any
ttSy ai n,sha IN support OF the statement
had an interview with President Cleve-
land on a yacht in tn Summer of 1882 or
Of 1893 In regard to the, sugar interests
OF the Hawaiian Islands or any other
sugar interests. or the policy of the Ad-
ministration In regard to them
ON the contrary II has been affirma-
lively shown" they say, that the state
ment Is untrue as to any such inter
view having occurred"
1t Is the Committee says. shown by
the Sugar Trust were in Washing ton.
and that they saw several Senator'S
generally those representing States in
which sugar reineres were located,
with the view of influencing legislation;
but these gentlemen deny the use OF
any Improper means to that end.
Both the members of the Trust and of
the Finance. Committee denied that any
meeting took place between them ut the
Capitol. or elsewhere. as was stated In
the " Holland" letter, and there is no
evidence In support OF the statements in
this regard.
The Committee also unite in saying
that no evidence has been adduced tend
ing to show improper conduct on the
part of those engaged in the framing
of the sugar schedule in the Tariff bill
Though perhaps outside the scope of
tee" they say, they take occasion to
strongly deprecate the importantly and
pressure to which Congress and Its
members are subjected by the repre-
sentatives of great industrial combna-
tons, whose enormous wealth tends to
suggest undue influence and to create
n the public mind a demoralizing be-
lief in the existence of corrupt politics"
As to the third branch of the inquiry
whether any Senator has been specu-
latins In Sugar stocks during the con-
sideration of the Tariff bill" the Com
mlttee deem 1t only necessary to refer to
the testimony.
The Testimony of Senator's, they say;
shows that Senators Mcpherson ana
quay have held and sold Sugar stocks
during the tendency of the Tariff bills,
but their testimony shows that before
the voting began they closed out their
., Referring ;ss ,n, to the , more rsssn. branch
soass d GSP # sn order S tny
signed by Senator J. n. Camden, OF
West Virginia, the Committee say:
IT Is shown by the evidence that the
original order was written in lead pencil
on what purported to be an old en-
velope. The order was not addressed
or directed to any firm of brokers or
The original paper, the Committee
fnds, was destroyed after the photo
graphic copy was taken, upon the APP
pearance OF the article in New York
paper callinG attention to it, The order
was first found In the hands of one
Battershall, who has eluded every effort
on him. and who 1t is understood had
Ned to Canada. The report says:
From the evidence OF one witness
and the circumstances disclosed by the
Testimony. Battershall appears to be n
man OF doubtful character, which, wifi
the facts OF the destruction OF The
original. tends to discredt the originaI
paper, and there is testimony tendinp
to show that the party who had tn,
photograph taken contemplated using il
for improper purposes.
Upon an examination OF the auto.
graphic copy. Senator Camden said that
the purported signature resembled In
some respects his genuine signature and
the body OF the paper has some resem,
blance to his own handwriting. lie
stated II as his belief and best Judgment
that the paper IL fictitious or a forgery
but he does not in express terms declaTt
IL TO be forgery. and declines TO swea,
positively that II Is not In his hand.
He denies. however, substantially
that any such order was ever eXecut ed
or that any Sugar stock has been bough
or sold for him since the Tariff bill Ia,
been under consideration, and there is
no testimony tending to prove that tn,
supposed order was ever executed IN
any firm, or that any Sugar stock ha,
been bought or sold by or for Senator
Camden at any time during the present
session OF Congress"
With reference 10 the connection of
the name of Senator Smith with the LAT
ter part OF the inquiry the Committee
say: In the course OF the inVestiea
tion. continued as described above /
letter was put In evidence written bS
Mr.. Guillaudeu, a broker doing business,
IN New York. TO Mr.. A. N. Selp, OF
washington, This letter, in addition
10 nlaElnR the afatamant about cana,a,