The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25
WASHINGTON. D. c.. MnY "a

LIZ oouHtO pLIpoly iuNeSblBtlluB
committee today began the in
quiry into the Connection of the
II sugar trust with the tariff legis-
lation. L. J. Edwards, the author of
the Holland" letter in the Philadel phia
Press, was before the committee. Mr..
Edwards declined to stats his authority
for the information contained IN his
letter to the effect that Secretary Car
Isle had appeared before the tariff sub
committee before the original senate
bill wes reported. and hal insisted that
sugar be given protection because OF
the party pledges made previous to
election, or for the statement that Mr..
Carlisle himself had revised aud writ.
ten the sugar schedule.
Mr.. Edwards stated that much of his
information was what would be called
in court Of justice hearsay ard that
while he considered it reliable it was
probably not just what the oommittee
wanted. He also emphasized the fact
that he had charged no personal cor.
ruption against any official, and he
said he knew no facts that would i'm.
licate anyone in that way and that all
he had heard and written referred only
to the Influence Of the sugar trusts in
Democratic politics.
Mr. Edwards finally gave to the COM
mittee the names of persons who had
told him that thu Sugar Trust had con
tributed to the DeGocratic campaign
fund, but the committee failed signally
at the afternoon session in an endesvor
TO obtain from him the name OF his in
formant about the alleged so-called
Carlisle conference.
The next witness was John S.
Shriver, the Washington correspondent
Of the New York Mai! and Express, who
was examined in regard to dispatch
which appeared in his paper on May 10
headed How the Conference Lsaked
Out" in which 1t was stated
that certain wire manufacturer
staying at the Arlington had overheard
n conference betwsen Democratic sen
atcrs and the sugar trust representa-
tivss. Mr.. Shriver said the story had
been told him by congressman but
he must decline to give his name or
the name OF the wire manufactures.
IN REFERENCE TO BoURKE COCHRAN.
The last witness was Mr.. Harry
Walker, the Washington correspondent
Of the New York Daily America. Ills
attention was called to a dispatch from
Washington in tue Daily America last
January in which il was stated that
Congressman Bourks Cochran, mem
Der of the ways and means committee
which was then engaged Ia making up
the tariff bill was the attorney OF the
sugar trusE and would endeavor to have
u duty put on sugar, and furthermore
that he would not vote for the bill if
sugar was not suIasiAgy protected.
MIR, Walker acknowledged that hewas
the author Of the dispatch and he sail
tnat two members Of the ways AMI
means committee constituted his uu-
thority. Mr. Cochran said the witness
came to see him ABOUT the allegations
made and in the explanation
which the congressman made he
gave Mr.. Walker information on
which he based dispatch intimatiug
that the pfetident and cabinet
officer had stated that the Demo-
cratic party was under obligations to
the sugar trust Mr.. Walker said that
Mr.. Cochran had told him that the
president and cabinet officer had
made this statsmcnt. Mr.. Cochran did
not mention the name of the cabinet
officer, but the witness said he subsa-
uusntly ascertained that Mr.. Carlisle
was meant.
The witnessed who were before the
committee today will be called tonor-
row aud the committee will try to
force them to give the names of their
authorities Judge DIttsnhoeffer,
counsel for Mr., Edwards, will PROB
ably make an argument before the
committee on this ma tier.