The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-18
on SENAT0lS' OATKS
The Sugar Investigation Commit
tee Depend for Information.
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. ILL
The Po>tofiCe Appropriation Bll Reportei
to the ~Senate-The Recent Appoint
ments Washing
ten News ard Gossip.

~ AO-H ~@-~ 49,
burn has reported the ~pOstottice
appropriation bill to the senate. The
amount of the estimates for the year
ending June 80. 1895, aggregated $780,
$40, 4S5 and the house appropriation
SS7,24O. 59y. The senate makes a re
ductiOn Of Il. 900, leaving the apprO-
preparation as carried IN this bill So
$50. 599. The estimated postal revenues
for 1895 are Ss4.t24. As. The bill as re-
ported is therefore less than the esti-
mates by s., 1G2. $50 it exceeds the es-
timated postal by s., 500, s5l,
and exceeds the appropriation of 1894
by S3.232, 2S5. There are but two items
of Increase ST 900 for advertising, and
SO. 900 for payment Of rewards for de-
lection OF crimes etc. The item of ad-
vertising expenses in the Office of the
first assistant postmaster general is re-
duced $1,000. Sherman offered an
amendment to the bill appropriating
500. 900 for special facilities for the
mail service between Cincinnati and
Cleveland and between Cincinnati and
Atlanta, all of which is to be expend-
ed at the discretion OF the postmaster
general.
Senatorial Combinations
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation Of Campbell p. Berry assistant
United States treasurer at San Fran
cisco. Pendleton King, of North Car
DINA. chief Of the bureau Of indexes
and archieves in the department of the
state.
c.. y. Jordan, Sub-treasurer at New
York and w. i. Trenholm, eX-cOmp-
trotler of the treasury addressed the
house committee on banking and cur
rency in support of the bill of Mr..
Coombs of New York authorizing the
appointment of d commission to in
quire into the monetary question and
report some plan for its selection. Mr..
COombs in introducing the
speakers said that they We're the au-
thors of the bill and would make a
thorough statement concerning it.
In of the resolution adopt
ed at the previous meeting of the com
mittee on banking and currency, a sub
committee was chosen consisting of
Cox, democrat Of Tennessee; Cobb,
democrat of Missouri CulbersOn, dem
ocrat of Texas: Henderson. republi-
can Illinois Haugen, republican Of
Wisconsin. BY al agreement the acitly
reached by the members Of the com
mittee, this subcommittee. was to
consist Of members who had not in
troduced general banking or currency
bills, which accounts for the fact hat
chairman Springer. Mr.. Sperry. Mr..
Warner were not selected as a part of
this committee. All bills relating to
the currency and banking will be re-
ferred to this subcommittee.
Mr.. Have;neyer Added >othing New.
The sugar investigating committee
met a !1:3O o'clock with Theodore Hav-
emeyer Of the sugar trust as a witness
Mr.. Havemeyer explained that he at
tended to the practical affairs of the
American sugar and refining company,
such as the manufacture of sugar and
the purchase and fitting of the machin-
ery. de and Senator Allen had a long
passage at arms over the attempt of
the senator to bring out the alleged
connection of the trust and members of
the senate. Mr.. ~Havemeyer added
nothing new to the facts gathered by
the committee. He said that he knew
that contributions had been made to
political parties, but he knew nothing
concerning the Details. That branch
of the business was in the hands OF
Searles and II. O. Havemeyer.
Examining the Senators.
Yesterday afternoon the committee ]
began it's examination of every member
of the senate with reference to whcth-
er they have specialized in sugar stock:
whether attempts were made to intlu-
ence them by members or agents Of the
trust; what arguments We're advanced
to the members of the finance commit
by the SOcalled conservative sena- |
tors to secure a change in the sugar
schedule, and. in general, what they
now about the connection of the
trust with the schedule Iegisla- |
ton. The senators will be summoned
in alphabetical order after the mem |
bers of the committee has had their
turn. These. Gray. Lindsay. Davis. |
Lodge and Allen. took the oath and
gave testimony. Each answered that
he had nothing to do with sugar spec
~ulation or with the attempts of the
sugar trust to have the sugar schedule |
modified. |