The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-06-02
THREATS OF THE JAIL
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ne Arrested.
Washington, H. C.. May Ex-senator
Gray. chairman Of the select committee
20 investigate the alleged operation of
the sugar Trust in connection with the
tariff legislation, to-day submitted a
partial report OF the proceedings of that
committee bearing upon the refusal of
the newspaper currcspondents-Ed-
wards, >hryer and Walker-to answer
questions propounded 10y members Of
the committee. The report after recit-
ing the reason by which the com
mlttee was authorized 10 sit. states
that +, j. Edwards, whose Holland"
letter was one of the melting causes of
this investigation had refused TO reply
to questions by the committee. The
chairman read to him the portion Of his
letter III which he stated that Secretary
Carlisle had secretly visited the Demo
cratic members of the finance commit
tee, and had demanded that the sugar
interest he taken care of, because the
Democratic party was under obligations
to the sugar interest. The report then
gives the various questions asked of Mr.
Edwards, and which he declined to an
swor. They include the question about
Mr.. Carlisle; also regarding the infor-
mant as to the meeting of senators in A
Washington hotel with representatives
OF the Sugar Trust; also the statement
that the sugar schedule was in the
hands of Moore and Schlev, brokers'
before being reported to the Senate,
and also rs TO the statement that the
sunday before the tariff bill was re-
ported there had been a delegation Of
Sugar Trust representatives at the
capitol who dictated the sugar schedule
10 each OF these questions Edwards
SAID the same person gave him the in
formation and declired to give his
name. The report next cites the ex-
animation Of John s. Shriycr. another
Washington correspondent, who also
refused to answer.
Mr.. Shriver would not say any more,
however, in response to the committees
urging than that he had received his in
formation in confidence. After these
proceedings Mr.. ~hriyer requested time
IN which to consult counsel. The next
day he rcappeared before the commit
ice and announced that he had consult
II 4 LAWYER and adhered to his decision
not to reveal the name of his inform
ant. The recommendation of the com
mittce is as follows
In the opinion of the committee each of
the questions put to each OF said witnesses
was proper question and pCrtineut to
Iulttee, and was necessary to the examina-
tiou ordered by said resolution of the Sen
ate, and that each OF said witnesses j.
lu contempt OF the Senate and ought to he
dealt with tor lI~ misconduct, and that
each al said wtrcS>e, 10y his various re
tn~al~ TO answer the questions as herein set
tulth has violated the provisions of the
act ni Congress in such cases made and
provided, being chapter OF the Revised
statutes OF the nltcd states
Here the report cites this old law
which provides that a witness " no re-
fuses to answer questions put by a con
gresSOnal committee shall he deemed
guilty OF misGcmcanor, punishable by
a fine of not more than 81 900 nor less
than 500, and by imprisonment in a
common Iali OF not more than one wear
nor less than a month. The law es-
pccially provides that no witness shall
be excused from tcstlfying or the ground
that such testimony would disgrace him !
and directs that in such cases the presi-
dent OF the senate and the Speaker of
the House shall certify the facts TO the
district attorney of the District of Column
bla. The report closes as follows:
Wherefore the committee report and re-
quest that the president of the senate certify
as 10 each witness his aforesaid failure to
testify and his aforesaid reiusals to answer
and all the facts herein under the seal of
turncy of tho District Of Columbia to the
end that each of the witnesses may he pro
cecdcd against in manner and form pro-
yidcd hy law.
In the report of Mr.. Edwards testi-
mony, which is not quoted specifically
by the committee but which has been
printed, the part of his letter referring
to the President sailcged interest in the
Hawaiian question because of the sugar
interests is given. Referring to this
matter, Edwards SAYS:
September of last year | met gentle
man who spoke to me about an article
had written concerning All operation upon
Mr.. Cleveland Jaw for cancer or malignant
growth, which operation had taken place
som" weeks before upon MIR. Beuedict.s
yacht This gentleman said to me. "AN
important as that news is there
j something much more important
to tins country besides fatal
disease and which IS now brewing.
asked him if it was something which he
could give me. He said not then, because
he was under confidence not to Ito it, Later
when he had the Information that an at
tempt had been made to restore the Queen
81 Hawaii and that il had failed, this gen
tlenan stated that that was the news which
he had and could not give Nv recollection
i that he either told me it was on Mr. Ben
CdIrt~ yacht at his place, or at some
resort. q pleasure excursion IF some kind
Mr. Iiayemeyer, Mr. Benedict. Mr. Cicve-
land and some others were present. There
had been general conversation about the
Hawaiian Islands sugar interest and Think
he said iir. liaEemcNer, at all events il was
said hy some one that there would be a sen
satiou in the country before Congress met
The chairman Who said it
Mr. Eiwards-Eithcr hir. Havemever.
Mr.. Benedict. or some ono In the party.
This gentleman was a colonel II " T. .
Hoyt. of Greenwich. He had been speaker
ot the Connecticut legislature.
Mr. Edwards said he had not talked
with Col. Hoyt since he had written his
letter and that the colonel is now dead
Mr. Edwards said Col. Hoyt did not
tell nim where he got the information.
but his impression was that he had
gotten il from members Of the party
Mr., Edwards admitted that some Of the
conclusions were his own and were con
Jectural
Senator Gray has prepared and sub
mIttcd to the yiCe-presIdent a warrant
directing the district attorney of the
District If Columbia to proceed against
the witnesses, Edwards and Shriver,
under the act of ls57 This
warrant certities the facts set
forth in the report and il signed bv the
ice-presldent. Senator tray had
consultation with the vice president
when the written document was first
presented to him and explained that il
was TO be issued when the senate au-
thuriZel !