Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-30
THE INVESTIGATION.
Voorhees,, Jones, and Vest Examined by
the Committee.
GENERAL SENATORIAL DENIAL,
All the Charges Pronounced Baseless-Mr.
Caffery's Testimony-The Journalists
Supported by Their Papers.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May @.-The
Senate Sugar Trust Investigating COM
mIttee continued It's investigation to-day
and examined Senator'S Voorhees,, Jones,
and Vest, of the Finance Committee, in
regard TO the allegations made concerning
the efforts Of the Sugar Trust to infiu-
ence legislation They made a general
denial Of all the charges made OF the eX-
ercise Of influence by the Sugar Trust,
and specifically contrsdicted the story that
Secretary Carlisle had made secret
visit to the committee and demanded that
the sugar interest be protected because
OF the Democratic party's indebtedness
to the Sugar Trust. They agreed that
Carlisle had not made such a visit TO
the committee and that no such demand
had been made upon the committee for
the resolutions given in the Edwards let
ter. or on any other account. They also
denied the report that meeting had been
held by the committee on the Sunday be-
fore the tariff bill was reported for the
consideration of the sugar schedule ana
said that If the sugar people had been
together In an adjoining room while the
committee was In session at any time
they were not cognizant of the fact. Sen
ator Vest denied emphatically that ne
had informed j. Hickey Of the progress
of the committee i'm considering the sugar
schedule while the bill was in commit
tee
The committee adjourned over until
Thursday. The examination OF members
of the Finance Committee will then be
continued.
CAFFERY'S STATEMENT.
The following are the salient features
OF the testimony OF Senator Caffery Dem
ocraD. Of Louisiana, as laid before the
Senate to-day:
After reading the Holland" letter
where reference was made TO his Caf-
fery's) making a schedule, Mr.. Canery
said:
Insofar as any part OF this statement
connects me with any conference with
the men named as belonging to the Sugar
Trust-Mr. Havemeyer and Mr.. Terrill-
insofar as it connects me with any con-
ference with these people, it is unquali-
fedly false. Insofar as the statement
makes me the craftsman Of schedule
which Mr. Havemeyer accepted, and when
that is unqualifedly false. l had no con-
ference with Mr. Hayemeyer, nor any one
OF the Sugar Trust"
Mr. Gallery said he had met Mr.. Have
meyer on two occasions, and had talked
over the sugar question, but that their
views were antagonistic. Mr.. Caffery said
he did not know OF Mr.. Havemeyers
ever having been before the Senate Com
mlttee or any subcommittee. Mr.. CAT
fiery characterized the story that there
was a meeting at the Capitol on Sunday,
and a protracted struggle over the sugar
schedule between the Representatives
Of the Sugar Trust and members Of the
Finance Committee az which he was
present, as absolutely false.
LEFENRE.
Ben. Lefevre, also mentioned, stated
emphatically that he had never been in
the employ OF the Sugar Trust, did not
know some Of the men mentioned, and
had not been at the Capitol or elsewhere
with them. There was, he said. so far
as he was concerned absolutely no fOun-