Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-05-31
THE BIRDS WON'T SING,
AND SENATOR'S AsKyWRlrs ron THE
MFIf 4 lREcALciTRANfS, / AL

Being the Newspaper Men Edwards, shri
yer and walker, Who Printed Accuse
tions Against Men In High Places and
!, Refase 10 Give the Accuscrs. @g,f ri
~ WASHINGTON, May 3d. The matter d
interest In the senste was the report Of tn.
sugar trust investigating committee Tit
pith Of that report Is recommendation
that ''the president Of the senate certify a,
to each witness, his aforesaid failure TO tcs
tify and his aforesaid REFUSAL to answer
and all the facts herein under the seal Of
the senate to the United States district NJ
torney Of the District OF Columbia, to the
end that each Of the witnesses may be pro
cceded against In manner and form pro.
vided by law',--the aforesaid witnesses be-
ing the correspondents who after printing
the most scandalous stories involving the
president Of the United States, the secre-
tary Of the treasury, and senators In infa-
mics that should impeach them II true, ro-
fused to state where they got their infor-
nation. 'f .#et ~ oesit tf'
Senator Gray prepared and submitted to
the vice president warrant directing the
district attorney Of the District Of Column
bia, TO proceed against the witnesses Ed
wards and Shriyer, under tho not of 1857.
This warrant certi6es the facts set forth
IN the report and Is signed by the vice
president. Senator Gray had consulta-
ton with the vice president when the writ
ten document was first presented to him
and explained that It was to be issued
when the senate authorized 1t. The re-
port gives In full the testimony OF Ed
wards and SAriver, and also that Of doz-
on senator's who fatty declare every
charge made In Edwards letter q lie out
OF whole cloth.
Some of the best passages between the
committee and tho correspondents ID As
given In the report are ms follows,
The chairman read TO Edward the por-,
ton Of his letter In which he stated that
Secretary Carlisle had secretly visited the
Democratic members OF the finance com
mittee and he Ind demanded that the
sugar interest DO taken care OF because
the Democratic party was under obliga-
tions to the sugar interest. This Edward
said was quoted from his remembrance
of what his informant said, but he refused
to give his informant, on tho usual grounds
of violating u confidence.
The informant had Liven Edwards near
ly NIL tho statements 10 tho lannon's letter.
as to the meeting OF senators In n WASH
ington hotel with representatives Of tho
sugar trust; also tho statement that the
sugar schedule was In the hands OF Moore
and 6chley, brokers, before being reported
to the senate, and also us to tho sta tement
that the Sunday before tho tariff bill wns
there had been n delegation of
sugar trust representatives mt the Capitol,
who dictated the sugar schedule. II was
the same way with Correspondent Shriver
he printed tho accusations and would
not tell who made them.
lie had written In his letter; "There
are number Of senators who will be glad
II this investigation should fail simply be-
cause then they could charge the corre-
spondents with circulating scandnlous re-
ports and have another chance to denounce
the press upon the floor Of the senate.
But Ii the newspaper men ARE given
chance to tell all they know some interest
Ing developments will BIZ mnde. !"
The part of Edwards testimony relating
TO Cleveand's interests In tho sugar ques-
don was explained by him as follows; an
september OF last year met n gentleman
who spoke to mo about M article had
written concerning an operation upon Mr..
Cleveland's jaw for cancer or malignant
growth which operation had taken place
,omo weeks before upon Mr. Benodict's
yacht. This gentleman said to me: AS
important nv that news IL, there IL some.
hing more important to this country be-
sides tho fatal disease, and which IL now
brewing. l asked him il II WAS some-
hing which he could give me. He said
not then, because he was under confidence
not to do IT,
Later, when he had the information that
m attempt had been made to restore the
queen of Hawaii, and that IL had failed,
This gentleman stated that was the news
which he had and could not give. my
recollection Is that he either told mo II
was on Mr.. Benediots yacht, ut his place,
Or ut some resort, a pleasure excursion Of
some kind. Mr., Havemeyer, Mr.. Benedict,
Mr.. Cleveland and some others were pres
emit. There had been general conversa-
lion about the Hawaiian islands sugar In |
torests, and | think ho said Il was MIR. |
Havemeyer.
Nv bll tNtHbs ~ Was SblN Wy su1llU One
Of the party, Tint there would DO sensa-
tion In tho country before congress mot"
The ohairman--Who said itP
Edwards-E Either Mr., llavemyer, Mr..
Benedict, or some one in the party; he
cause 1t would be then found that there
was peace in Hawaii and tho queen would
DO restored, This gentleman was Col
onel II. W. II, Hoyt, of Greenwich, lie had
been speaker of tho Connecticut leHsla-
ture.
Edwards said he had not talked with
Colonel Hoyt since he had written HIS
letter, and that the colonel IN now dead
The committees report recommends the
arrest Of the recalcitrant witnesses under
the law which provides that witness who
refuses to answer questions put by u con
gressional committee shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by "a
fine Of not more than s., 900 nor less than
500, and by imprisonment In common
Jail of not more than one year nor less than
IA month. Tho law especially provides that
no witness shall DO excused from testify
ing on the ground that such testimony
would disgrace him.
In the testimony OF senator's the report
quotes Voorhees,, Jones and Vest as enter
ing u general denial Of all the charges and
and emphatically Of tho ono
that Secretary Carlisle secretly visited the