The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-30

guilty Of n misdemennor, punishable by
u u o not more thNn $1,000 nor less
VnNh slOO, and by imprisonment In Il
common jail OF not more than ono year
hVT lcaa than n month. Tho Law cspOc.
lh'Iy provides that no witness shall bo
Excused from tCstityIng on tho ground
,Iat such testimony would disgrace
MN, ma directs that III such cases tho
president OF tho senate aud the speaker
OF tho house shall certify tho facts to
IhG district attorney Of tho District Of
Columbia.
Tho report closes az follows: "Whcro.
.ore' mo committee report aud request
Inat tho president OF tho aonlto certify
rs 10 zach wltnoss his aforesaid failure
TO testify md his aforesaid rofusals to
answer, and all tho facta hcroln under
INC aeal oil the senate 10 tho United
States distrIct attorney Tor tho District
Of Columbia to tho end that each Of said
WitnesScs may be proceeded against In
INC manner and form provided by lnw."
IN tho report OF Edwards testimony
winch 10 not quoted specifically by tho
committee, but which has boon printed
by tho committee, tho part OF his lettcr
referring 10 tho Ptosidont's alleged in.
'cfcst IN tho Hawaiian question brcausc
Of mo sugar interests Is given. Rotor.
ring TO this matter, Mr.. Edwards eaId
that IN September OF last year no mot n
'Eontlc'nnn who spoke TO mo about an
article | had wrltton concerning nh
operation upon Mr.. ClCveland's law for
cancer or malignant growth, which
operation had taken place somo wcClss
before upon Mr.. BoncdiCt'O yacht. This
gentleman said to me: 'Aa important
az that ncws Is. there Ii something
much moro important to the country
besides tho fatal disease, and which Is
not becoming
asked him II It was something which
he could give the. Ito said not then,
because ho was under confidence not TO
do 1t. Later, when he had the informQ.
ton that mn attempt had been made to
restore tho queen Of Hawaii, aud that
II had fnilcd, this gentleman stated that
waa tho nows which he had md would
not giyo. My recollection Ia that ho
either told mo 1t was OIL Mr.. BcncdIct's
yacht. at this place, or at aotne resort. n
pleasure excursion OF some kind. Mr..
llavernoyer, Mr.. Benedict. Mr.. Glove
land and some others wcro present.
There had been q general conversation
about tho Hawaiian lslanda sugar inter-
ests, and ! think he aaid Mr.. Have
meyer; Mt ali events it was said by somo
one that there would DO n sensation in
the country before Congress met.
Tho ChairmRn-Who aaid 1t?
MIR. Edwarda-Eithcr Mr.. uavomoycr.
Mr.. Benedict or some one in tho party.
because it would be then found that
there wac peace in Hawaii and tho
queen would DO restored. This gentle.
nan was Colonel II. ". r. lIoyt, OF
Greenwich. IIu had been speaker OF
tho Connecticut legislature.
Mr.. Edwards said he hni not talked
with Colonel IIoyt since he had written
his letter, and that tho colonel ia now
dead. Mr.. Edwards said Colonel Iloyt
did not tell him where he got the in
formation, but his impression was that
lie had Cotton it from members OF the
party.
Mr.. Edwards admitted that some OF
the conclusions were his own and con-
jectural.
at tho conclusion Of the reading OF
the investigating committee's report,
discussion was renewed as TO whether
or not 1t was q privileged one.
Mr.. Hill said that tho matter OF spec.
ulation in sugar stock would involve
only u question of proprIety.
Senator Lodge said this was q qucs-
ton OF general parliamentary law. Tho
report OF tho contumacy Of q witnoas
was 4 question Of highest privilege. Tho
only thing before the senate was for the
chair to decide whether the matter was
n privileged report. Vice President
Stevenson ruled that IL was Il privileged
report.
The effect OF tho decision would be to
shut of debate upon the report.
Mr.. Hill appealed from tho decision OF
the chair and asked to DO heard. lie
made a vigorous speech against tho de-
Cielon.
The vice president refused to allow
any resolutions regarding tho news
paper correspondents to DO introduced
regarding the report OF tho committee,
and held that tho presentation OF the
report was privileged; that the statute
prescribed tho duty OF tho chair, and,
upon demand OF the regular order,
stated that the tariff bill was before the
senate. This means that tho report
will be certified to the district attorney
for proceedings against Edwarda and
Shriver.