Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-06-28
Sugar Trust INQUIRIES. T"

our distinguished contemporary on
the opposite side of the street, the
News, feigns to be unable TO discover
any evidence of Democratic cor
ruption in the CONDUCT Of the Demo
cratic United States senator's in inn
posing a tariff on sugar. There are
none so blind as they who will not
see.n
The evidence Of the witnesses before
the senate committee clearly discloses
bargain made with the Democratic
leaders in 1892 and the officers OF the
sugar trust, by which IL was agreed
that the present congress Of Demo-
Gratis should pass just such bill rs
the sugar trust should demand; and
in consideration for this promise
upon the part Of the Democratic
leaders, the sugar trust contributed
into the tens Of the tens OF thousands
Of dollars to bring about the election
Of Mr.. Cleveland and the Democratic
congress.
The evidence further shows that in
endcavoring to carry out this agree
ment between the Democratic leaders
and the sugar trust, the Democratic
senators have been true and faithful
to every promise made to the trust.
The Wilson bill, rs it originally
came to the senate, did not conform
to the wishes Of the trust, and in
order that the terms Of the agreement
might be carried out in full, the evil
dencc discloscs that Mr.. Tcrvill, rep
rcsentativc Of the sugar trust, appears
In Washington, takes n room ut the
Arlington, and calls upon Messrs
German, Brice, Camden and others
to complain that the senate bill de-
privcd the sugar reiiners Of protec-
ton. He also brought 10000 shares
Of sugar stock but Tcrvl seems to
made no impression, and Mr.. Scarlc,
the secretary of the American Sugar
Refining Co., which is the legal name
Of the trust, came over. lie saw all
Of these same gentlemen, also Jones
and Vest, but was not successful.
Then came Mr.. Havcmeyer, the sugar
king himself, and campcd ut the
Arlington. lie did not 20 to see the
senators; they came to call upon him
and he had frequent interviews with
Secretary Carlisle at his residence
and the treasury, who gave him
letters Of introduction to prominent
Democrats in the senate. lie had in
terviews with senators at the house
of Mr. Brcc and even Mr.. Jones, Of
Arkansas, who repeatedly declined to
hear the wool mon, the manufacturers
of agricultural implements and the
representatives of various other in
tcrests, answered the summons of
MIR. Hayemeyer, and spent an eve
ming with him at Mr.. Camden's
rooms.
Then, according to the testimony
81 Senator Vest, who, goaded by the
taunts of the Republicans, let the an
Imal out of the bag, Messrs. German,
Brice, Smith and Camden "held up"
the committee of finance and demand
cd a duty on refined sugar. Then
secretary Carlisle fortunately happens
along about that time, so Mr.. Jones
asks him as an experienced legislator
and tariff sharp to draw up the amend
mcnt to the bill, which he did. That
explains how the offensive sugar
schedule happens to be in the hand
writing of the secretary of the treas
nry.
II Is true that the individual sena-
tors who testified stated that no con-
'ideration was paid them for their
services in imposing the duty upon
sugar and the officers OF the trust like
wise deny that they paid the senator's
IN kind for their official services.
Each OF the members of the senate
which reported this sugar
iariif said that he was individually
opposed to the tariff ON sugar, and, so
lar, the investigation has failed to dis
,lose n single Democratic senator
who is in favor of the tariff on sugar.
Mr. Jones, Mr.. Vest, Mr. Camden,
Ill testified that the bill did not per-
'onally meet their approval. 1t must
be then that in reporting the bill n
5ainst their own individual judgments
they were doing so for a consideration
and that consideration has been so
clearly proven by the evidence of the
officers OF the sugar trust that there
Is scarcely n reputable paper in the
Nation which now disputes that fact.
The only persons in this country who
10 not now understand that there was
a straight deal in 1892 between the
Democrats and the sugar trust are
those who are wilfully blind.
The Republicans by their nomina-
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