The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-14

| first SuQag Trust ana the present one HA't
| NOT endeavored 10 control legislation OF
| congress With a view TO protecting us
| interests and with a view OF making
| money out OF such legislation. The wiz
| ness said he had contributed 10 the Delho-
| cratic State campaign fund last year W
| the amount-he forgot the exact hRlires.
| lie always contributed 10 the kepu.iica a,
| state campaign fund. but he could nov
| say he contributed last year witnou,, Is
! ference to his books. His recollec ,,i h,,
| were that no contributions we're mIue OS
| him I'm 1892. ,,.to,s IN
Mir Uaveneyer said: Contributions 10
| local political organizations nave a." tSe
| been made by corporations psI'' ,,er-
| truat. and by the trust, and the amer AZ r.
| lean Sugar Refining Company; "u ,,er,,
| doubt wM continue 70 be. ~ a.
suitable and proper b thin a65o nj III the Amer
| ican Sugar Refining CoInpSSnS ew York?
TO either political paarues ., rye inter
| Mr.. Havcmeyer: we has ,yant police
ests IN ms a State' Every individual and
| az anrrnratipn and firm, trust. or whateNsr
| So,i call r. do these things, anu We uo
| them. 80 con contribute TO
| st""so tics with the expectation or
| vyhateVer party succeeds 10 our lh'eieS's
| will be guarded1 ~. 49,. oa dooI
| iI...oc,ion for our contribution.
OF p,sDtor alien: Contributions were also
,,,,,Sr 70 the Republican party in Massa-
| chusetts? , ,..,o,
.t"t wherever there Is a dominant party.
| ,,.bcrcvor the majority is very large mat
| ,s The party that gets the contribution.
| because that is the party which cohttoiS
"e senator Allen: Then the Sugar Trust
L. a Democrat in q Democratic state ana
Penublican in n Republican state
Mir Havcmeyer: AS far as local matters
are concerned I think that is about IT.
He would have TO look up Where ins
oontrihutions went in Pennsylvania ana
New Jersey. He could not give IL ~
amount contributed ny r'e ,,s,ter 70 SEN
10 campaign funds. but. IN answer 10 10 go
o,or Alien he said it did not amount 10
$lMQe0
Here is a confession that this octopus
sticks its filthy claw into the ahairs Oh
both branches of Congress, into those OIL
,taesachpsetts. New York. Pennsylvania
n-ou. Tersev and wherever else 1t thinks
i,s interests will be advanced by money
contributions. and. says Havemeyer' we
| have good deal of protection for our
oo,.r,hptlons" -! No doubt. no doubt.
U-bo, before the war, we bought slave
we owned him, and we got Whatever scr
! ,.,ca from him we desired to have When
! Mr. Havemeyer contributes money 10 erect
q United States senator or member OF
| state LEGISLATURE he equally owns 'hdt
| senator or member, and he naturally gets
! from him "a good deal Of protection -
| ali indeed. that Havemeyer wants. inns
testimony Of Havemeyer Is all that mas
been wanted to prove the worst that mas
been suspected of this giant and corrupt
ing monopoly. This man unblushingly ana
de6antly tells the Senate committee N""e
his monopoly buys Legislatures and all
other public bodies that stand in its way
because. says he, 1T Is very sullaD'e
and proper thing TO do and "al cor
norations and firms and trusts do these
| things. and we do them
| It is mere clubbing TO affect not to
understand that this is what Havemeyer
means He is entirely candid ana thor-
| oughly defiant. lie never speaks Oh Seha-
tor This or the Hon. That. lie speaks
out boldly Of his interviews with HILL
! German. Brice and Smith. He mas a
proper contempt for them and for all the
| others. and ne makes no pretence OF con-
cealing it. 1t is as though he had sald'
"You all know that l buy these people
un whenever ! have need for them Why
| all this mockery and affected virtue.
And the way that he put White or
Louisiana. an incorruptible and upright
man. into juxtaposition with another sena-
tor was truly edifying. Hear the dia-
logue:
| Senator Alien: Did you see Senator
| White Of Louisiana?
Mr.. Havemeyer: No.
| Mr. Allen: Senator German?
| Mr.. Bavemeyer: Gorman-oh, yes; saw
| German twice.
If ever the truth of the old Latin maxim
-noscitur a sociis-came out ii was here
! He did not see the one whose interests
were naturally with his, while he saw
the other. who ought to have had nothing
in common with him, whenever ne chose
"And." said Havemeyer naively'
thought German and Bice apprehendec
the subject better than any one else
Naturally.
This testimony of Havemeyer Will &c
a long way towards making up the ISSUE
between the people and the protected
! monopolies, and, to beat the monopoheS
the noople must force the election OF
United States senators by-their own direc
vote. The United States Senate IS I'M
STRONGHOLD Of the monopolies and trusts
Thov give United States senators money
with which TO debauch the election o.
State LEGISLATURES, and the United state.
senators in return keep up protective
duties that enable them - fatten anC
grow rich on other Americans. The peo
ple must demand that senators be elected
bv their own direct vote.