The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-19

The New York Herald is a reliable
journal and you a generally de-
pend on what you see in its columns.
1t adds an interesting chapter to the
sugar scandal that the senatorial in
vestigating committee SO neatly
plastered over. 1t is as follows:
Notwithstanding the denials of all the
the United States senators, excepting
Mr.. Quay and Mr.. MCPHERSON, that they
had purchased Sugar Trust stock just
prior to it's phenomenal rise, it is now
declared that there is written and photo.
graphic evidence in existence in this city
to prove that at least one senator who
made such denial did send an order to
his brokers to purchase shares.
1t is stated hat some years ago a GER
tain prominent broker lost about $780,
900 through the Lead Trust, and that
ever since then he has been waiting for
the time when he could get back with a
tremendous blow. l had heard that
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was
the one who had sent the order for
sugar, but the gentleman interviewed
denied this.
"YOu have made a mistake" he said !;
but the name of the one whose order has
been photographed sounds much like the
name you have mentioned. I'll say this:
He is one Of the four senators referred to
in the Herald's Washington dispatch of
Friday last as insisting that the House
shall not place coal and iron ore on the
free list"
These four senator are Camden and
Faulkner, of West Virginia, and German
and Gibson, of Maryland. Senator Cam
den is a brother-in-law to President
Thompson, who controls the millions
upon millions invested in the National
Lead company.
My informant, who is anxious to have
the schedule reduced, happened to be
chatting recently with a well known
broker, who had a branch office in Wash
ington. The question of the tariff was
talked over, and then that of sugar cam
up. After a long discussion of the
various phases of the scandal the broker
suddenly said:
"Well, | happen to have a document
here that would prove interesting to the
public
He then pulled from his pocket a sheet
Of paper on which was written an order
to buy Sugar Trust shares and signed by
a senator. The broker was Intercepted
closely as to how the order came into his
possession, and this was his explana-
ton
in the first place, this belongs to an
employee of mine, from whom borrowed
it. He was in Charge of our branch office
at Washington until just before the sugar
scandal came about, when, owing to the
fact that business had become slack, the(
branch was closed and be was recalled to
New York, where he now is.
Il was talking TO him about the scan
dial when he showed me this order. 1t
was he only one he had preserved of a
number, and he had preserved it
quite by accident, placing it in his pocket
thoughtlessly with several private let
tiers when he closed the Washington
He pointed TO this hole in the bit
Of paper, which you see, and said that
showed it had been on file"
HAS he any other knowledge of like
?" | asked my informant
"Oh, yes the brokerVeplied. He says
seventeen or eighteen other senators
purchased sugar who have since denied
such transactions TO the investigating
He could unfold 8 tale if lie
so desired"
My informant borrowed the original !
and within four hours it had been
photographed and returned.
went to the owner of the photograph.
Then he said:
The story you have heard is true. |
am glad you heard it, for | cannot ex.
press my indignation over the way GER
.ain of the senators have testified that
hey did not speculate in sugar, when l