The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17

more cautious than the occasion required
and l said, would thank you TO come
with me to the door here, that you can
see that no communication takes place be-
tween me and my son. l went to the par
lor door where my son George
was, and beckoned him TO come in.
did not speak to him or
see him between the parlor and nv
room, and when lie got in my room, /
asked the gentlemen TO state their bust
ness to him, and told my son whatever
the matter was to tell the truth about it.
he then stated to those persons in my
presence that he had bought some sugar
stock on April II or lS He put up q mar
gin of $40. which he paid the broker on
sugar stock. He said that on the same
day he put up a margin of $25 on cot
ton. DE said he lost the money
on the cotton and made $40 on
the sugar; that dfterward he
repeated the bet on sugar but not on cot
ton; and think he lost the second time.
He also stated that he and Capt. Barnes,
a messenger here at the commerce com
mittee room Senator Ransom's commit
tee), after that, on two occasions, bought
$40 worth of sugar stock a piece they
went in together, and asked this CORE
spondent to examine my son fullyas much
as he pleased and to see Capt. Barnes
and examine him too.
CAPT. BARNES STORY.
About two weeks ago, Capt Barnes
came to me At my room in the committee
on commerce. Ee is messenger of the
committee and a North Carolinian and
mas been here for some time and he told
me he had something to tell me, and it
was enough that a particular friend of
his had told him that they had paper on
which my name was down for so much
sugar stock and that ] was deeply in it.
l told him how it was, how.absolutely
false. and asked him to go to his friend
and tell him the same thing and to Insist
upon his inquiring lnLo it, and let
me know in what shape and form
it was; what way it was and what it
meant, and how it was. The next day he
came to me and told me his friend had
lookeu into IL and thought there was
nothing in it and l told him he must look
into it thoroughly to see and know that
there WAS nothing in it; that ! could not
live if there was anything Of that sort in
anybody's breast about it, and he must go
and see. He returned The next morning
and told me his friend said it was all
myth, all nothing, and not to
give myself any concern about it;
that he was very much grdtihed to know
who it was. This correspondent asked
me the name of that person, and told
him it was given to me in confidence, and
! had no right to give the name without
Capt Barnes consent; but have no OBJ
lection to giving the name to the commit
tee. l have seen Mr. Rowland about it,
L have Just notified him that l wo uld ask
the committee to summon him TO give the
account of his interview with me TO you.
I may not have stated correctly as to the
details of this purchase by my son.
asked him yesterday morning to go TO the
broker shop and get an account, a paper,
to show the exact transaction and TO be
ready to come before the committee to
examine him.
The Chairman-Had you any knowledge
whatever until this interview with Mr..
Rowland, that you speak Of, of the bets
of Your son with this broker in sugar and
coLtonl
Senator Ransom-I never dreamed of
such thing. | never thought of it,
would not have believed it, The truth OF
it is that | went TO my son with great
| deal of confidence, when this CORE
spondent waited to see him. A paper
shows that when he bought the first
stock was out of the city. The 18th of
April was when we were at Gov. Vance, S
funeral at Ashville. 1 may state to the
committee that / have no interest what
ever and never have had in any stock or
trade or aynthing else in any way since /
have been in the Senate.
INDICTMENT OF THE CORRESPONDENTS.
John S. Schrver and f. ]. Edwards,
! the newspaper correspondents who re-
| fused to answer questions asked by the
| sugar trust investigating committee, and
| whose, cases were referred to the grand
! Jury for action, appeared at the United
! States court house this morning with
! their bondsmen in the expectancy that an
! indictment against them would be handed
! i Z . . nlA
| 1 hey were informed by the district at
torney that indictments had been found,
! but would not be delivered to the crimi-
| nal court until next Tuesday, and they
were notified to appear on that day.
An indictment against Elver on X.
! Chapman, of the stock broking firm of
| Moore u SchleY, who refused to tell
whether senators had speculated in sugar
stock through his firm, or to produce its
books, will also be handed down Tuesday,
| and he has been notified to appear on that
! day. 1t is understood that the district
| attorney will make Mr.. Chapman's the
| test case on the constitutionallty of the
! law providing for criminal action against
witnesses who refuse to give information
! to senatorial investigating committees.
QUAY sPEoULATED IN IT.
While Senator Quay admitted having
specUlated he answered all the other
! questions in the negative. His evidence
! was short and to the point. He was eX-
! amined by Senator Lodge, who asked
| "Have YOU bought or sold since the be-
! ginning of this session of congress any So
! called sugar stock or stocks, certificates
! of the American Sugar Refining Com
panyP'
Senator Quay-I have. have bought
and sold not continuously, but incidentally
with other stocks. stock of the American
Sugar Refining Company during the last
twenty months, beginning, say, twenty
| months ago. The last transaction, think
was on the day that was fixed for the vote
upon the sugar schedule, when | closed
out at some loss to enable me to vote
without having any interest in the stock
Ihad been away a week and aid not know
| the schedule was about to be voted upon
have done nothing in it since l do not
feel that there is anything in my connec-
ti1n with the Senate to interfere with ms
puying or selling the stock when L please
and propose to do so.
Senator Lodge-Have you at any time
been connected with the American sugar
refining Company, or nave you at any
time been in its employ as attorney, agent
or otherwise2
Senator Ouay-I have not, and will say
further, inasmuch Gs have testified that
I have dealt IN the stock that have nc
acouaintance with either of the Have
u,evers or Mr.. Terrill, and have
never met any one at Wasning,