Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-03
CHANDLER SPEAKS.
Nova Scotia Coal SvndI-
cate Needs Watching.
NO MINCING Of WORDS.
The Tariff Conferrees Are Said to Be
Making Fair Progress.

Il
appropriation bill - the deficiency = re-
mains to be acted on by the senate, the
sundry civil having been passed after
three days discussion.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Chandler
directing special committee to invssti-
gate the Dominion Coal company of Nova
Scotia, whether IL was organized or IL be-
ing conducted In the expectation that
congress would repeal the tariff tax on
| coal, whether any officers Of the govern
ment are interested In the company, and
whether any assurances that the duty
would be removed were given the COM
pany, and II SO. who gave such assur-
ances and what steps are being taken to
fulhll the assurances, was laid before the
senate and Mr.. Chandler urged Its adop-
tion.
He said that facts which had como to
his knowledge justified him In Offering
the resolution, and was contained In the
prospectus Of the company. This showed
that a corporation OF eel. .o000o0 was
formed or exploited In February, 1898.
for the development Of Nova Scotia coal
mines, contingent upon a presidential cleo
tion and the repeal Of the tariff on coal.
He read from the prospectus. which was
dated at Boston, February, 1893, the
names Of the officers and directors. Nearly
all the common stock was ''wstsred," he
said. to the amount of 50,000,o00 The
New York World had stated that Presi-
dent Whitney Of the company had pur-
chased $1,000 shares Of stock, at $40 a
share, and the other directors also had
got in on the ground door.
Tho Dominion Company's Prospectus
| II now come to the popularity Of the
prospectus" he said, (which leads me to
offer this resolution OF investigation. 1t
Is evidently scheme which is 10 70 for
ward In case Of Legislation Of a certain
kind by the congress Of the United States.
The scheme of the company 10 to 90 for
ward In case of the success of some such
Idea, or the election of some president,
when the duty Of 20 cents ton on coal Is
to be removed, so that this company can
make money"
He also referred to the prospectus OF a
similar mine on Cape Breton island-"Ths
Broad Cove mine"-to which success was
to be given by the removal by congress of
the existing duty on coal The paragraph
In the prospectus of the Dominion Coal
company which, he said, gave the motive
for Its organization was as follows:
L
cents ton be removed IL seems evident
that this company will find a large mar
ket on the New England seaboard."
| This" continued Mr.. Chandler, els a
company which congress can afford to
watch. Any company like the Dominion
company. or the Broad Cove company
which had its certificates ready to be is-
sued a. soon Is the duty on coal was re-
moved, needed Watching"
Speaking Right Out.
| There was one name which he would
mention, Mr.. Chandler said. which was
avowedly connected with the Dominion
| Coal company, and that was John f.
Russell. the recent Democratic candidate
for governor Of Massachusetts This
John e. Russell svowed his connection
with the Dominion Coal company, and
was to be an avowed participant In the
profits to come to the company from the
removal of the duty on coal He came
on to Washington to give counsel AID
advice to the president and urge him to
stand fast on the Democratic principle of
| free coal.
The president wrote q letter, without
addressing 10 TO any one In particular,
| dating It July Q, as a sort Of stock In
trade, or a charge Of dynamite, ready to
be launched without warning on some
unsuspecting purpose. About q week
| afterward. he continued. the president
had found himself In consultation with
Russell, Don Dickinson and some other
Kitchen cabinet advisers" and the ques-
| ton Of publishing the letter was dis
cussed by this conolave. and II was de-
oided TO address IL to the chairman of the
house committee on ways and means
| IL was accordingly sent 10 Mr.. Wilson.
and after due course Of time and after an
agonizing birth (who was the accoucheur
at the advent he did not know IL saw the
light Of day, very much TO the surprise Of
the senator from Maryland (Gorman) aud
the senator from Tennessee (Mr. Harris)
| Considering all these things, he thought
that John K. Russell, an the adviser of
the president on the removal of the duty
on coal. would bear investigation, and he
believed that the facts which had been
submitted not only warranted the senate
In Investigating the charges, but required
IL to do so.
The question was then put on the mo-
tion by Mr.. Hill 10 lay the Chandler re-
solution on the table, and the vice presi-
dent declared it carried, but Mr. Chand-
Ter subsequently, asked that the vote be
reconsidersd, and this being done the
motion 10 lay on the table was defeated
1870, The resolution then went TO the
calendar under the rules. aud II will re-
quire vote Of the senate to again bring
10 up for consideration
| sliding Scale finds Favor
The Democratic tariff eonferrees held
an unusually long session yesterday. The
eonfsrrees said that fair progress wss
making. One Of the house men said Il
would take two OF three days yet before
IL could be said with certainty that bill
| would be agreed on
| As hsrstofore, sugar, Iron ore and coal
are the items at issue As to iron and
coal, there seems to be good ground for the
report that q sliding scale ompromiss is
under discussion, by which the 10 cents
| per ton duty will be gradually reduced
during ths next three or four years until
entirely extinguished. II is understood
that this plan commends itself TO the
president and Mr.. Wilson, - IL will In
time bring n realization Of frss raw