The Portland daily press., 1894-08-03
Sugar Investigating Committee Re,
tires From It's LabOrs.
SUGAR CAUSES CONSIDERABLE
DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE.
The House has Quiet Session with Little
of Congress Yesterday-Senater Chand-
Ter Calls for an Investigation Regarding
Other Trusts.

Washington, August 2.-In the Senate
today the conference report on the Dis
trlct of Columbia appropriation bill was
presented and agreed TO. The House
anti-option bill was reported from the
committee on agriculture and placed on
the calendar.
Mr.. Hill, Democrat, of New York, from
the committee on immigration, reported
back the House bill for the inspection of
immigrants by the United States. .consuls,
with substitute, aimed at the excIus-
ion of Anachists He also presented two
secetarles OF the state and treasury.
These were ordered printed and the
bill went to the calendar.
Mr.. PETER, POpulist, of Kansas, pre-
sented petition from representatives of
the United States industrial army, now
encamped near Washington, asking for
immediate employment on the public
works at fair wages, or else tor national
assistance to supply their own wants by
cooperative industry, andsforwarding
draftSof bill to carry out their ideas.
Mr.. Gray, Democrat, of Delaware,
chairman of the Senate committee on
the sugar INVESTIGATION, presented a
unanimous report" with all the evil
dence then, and asked that the commit
tee be discharged from further action
under the resolution appointing it. To
this request, Mr.. Chandler, Republican,
of New Hampshire, objected, and it
went over for the present.
4 The Vice President laid before the
Senate the resolution offered by Mr..
Chandler for an investigation of the
history of the Dominion Coal Compa-
ny of Nova Scotia, in connection with
tariff legislation. Mr.. Chandler ad-
dressed the Senate, giving a statement of
the circumstances which he thought had
justified him in offering the resolution
He quoted from the prospectus of the
company TO show that the principal to
held out the sale OF it's stock and bonds,
which consist of, he said, SIS. GOO in
common stock of which $13,, 500, 600 was
water, three millions of preferred stock
three millions of bonds, one half of
which preferred stock and bonds was
to be retained in the treasury. He gave
the names of Henry Whitney of Boston.
Frank Jones of New Hampshire, and
John E. Russell of Massachusetts, and
spoke of the latter gentleman as one of
the Presidents inn-kitchen cabinet adj
visers, who had been cosulte1 as to the
famous Wilson letter, and who had been
loud in his declarations about the host
lies and in every road to insist on free
a revenue bill, and if $2l, 900, 600 COM
pany was organized. with it's prospect ty
pending upon the removal of duty
through the passage OF a tariff bill, that
company was one which Congress could
afford to watch. Mr.. Chandler said he
would mention no names, because if the
resolution was carried out all facts
would appear, and it would be shown
if any senators held stock in that COM
pany. If not no harm would be done.
Mr.. Chandler said it was tim to investi-
gate the Dominion Coal Company, and
Broad Cove Coal Company, and Ma
tonaI Lead Company, and all of those
, companies thatswere ,withtheir millions
Of watered stock ready to be given away,
surrounding Congress and plotting in
iquitous plans against the interests of
the people.
Mr.. Hill moved to lay Mr.. Chandler
resolution on the table.
Mr.. Chandler modified his resolution so
as to have the Investigation made, not by
Mr.. Gray's special committee, but by an
other special committee of five senators.
The motion to lay the resolution on the
table was rejected, yeas 16, ays 3d. Un-
der the rules the resolution has gone to
the calendar and can only come up again
by vote of the Senate.
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed, and af-
ter several amendments had been agreed
to the bill was passed. MIR. Gray re-
newed his request that a committee the
be discharged.
sMr. Chandler withdrew his objection.
and the comm ittee was discharged.
The Senate adjornued.