The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
Gray Committees Sugar Report a
y .,! General Exoneration,
A Bad Character Given to the
:. Missing Mr.. BattershaIi.
Alleged Havcmeycr- Cleveland Inter-
& .. view Did Not Occur.


!, Tho main. report is signed by all the
eaensto aof- the Committee. but sena-
tors Lodge and Davis present a supple
Hentaiwreport and Senator Allen also
fspfesefits his own views on some features
OF the case.
!: The report, which has the approval
of the full Committee, recites the causes
which led up to the investigation and
'duotes the -artfclc from the Philadelphia
Press on which the charges against
); Senators were based 1t also recites the
facts which have been published al
ready, as to, the refusal of the cor
respondent, Edwards, to answer queries
put by the Committee.
Secretary CarliSle is exonerated, and
the parts of the article rejecting on
MIN are declared to be without founda-
tlon, The conduct of Mr.. Edwards.
says the report, in publishing specific
charges against public men, without his
personal knowledge, calls for serious
.reprobat ton. Of the Senate
:; The; Committee. also says: "There has
been no testimony presented before your
Sommlttee, and your Committee has been
unable. to discover any ten ling to show
Snat the. sugar schedule was made up
ne U then stood ln the proposed amend
! Of large or any sums of money paid fJr
campaign purposes OF the Democratic
81. :sNo witness. has testified before your
! Complittee that such was the fact, and
AL the Democratic members of the RI
: npnce Committee and all the Senators
Whose names have been mentioned i1
the public press as especially interested
1n protecting the sugar refining indus
tries, or In whose States sugar reilneries
irexisted, have under oath denied that
u II IN a m mat Ia Int hos lac Il
any knowledge or Information as to any
sums of money, large or otherwise, hav-
ing been paid for campaign purposes Of
the Democratic party by the Sugar
y anybody, az a consideration for favor
able treatment of Its interests BY said
The Committee also reports the sub
stance Of the testimony OF the sugar re-
liners, asserting that campaign con-
tributions were made only to the local
committees, and not for the purpose OF
influencing National campaigns or for
the purpose of securing or defeating Ma
tional legislation.
No other testimony has. the Commit
tee says. been offered. suggested or dis
covered which would tend to support the
statements Of Edwards in this regard
evidence, in support of the statement
shat either of the Messrs. Havemeyer
had an Interview with, President Cleve-
land on yacht in tn Summer OF 1883! or
of the Hawaiian Islands or any other
sugar interests. or the policy of the Ad
mlnistratlon In regard to them.
ION the contrary II has been affirma-
lively shown" they say, that the state
mept Is untrue as 70 any such inter-
view having occurred"
the evidence that one or more officers OF
the Sugar Trust were in Washington,
and that they saw several Senators.
generally those representing States in
. rpflnprieS located.
with the view OF influencing legislation;
but these gentlemen deny the use of
any improper means to that end.
Both the members of the Trust and OF
the Finance Committee denied that any
meeting took place between them ut the
r Capitol; or elsewhere, as was stated in
evidence In support of the statements in
The Committee also unite in saying
that no evidence has been adduced tend
ing, to show improper conduct on the
/ ppH of those engaged in the framing
OF the sugar schedule In the. Tariff bill.
the duty imposed upon your Commit
J. tee" they say, they take occasion to
strongly epreoate the importantly, and
members are subjected by the repre-
I septattses of great Industrial combina-
lions, whose enormous wealth tends TO
suggest undue influence and to create
n the public mind a demoralizing be.
- lief in the existence OF corrupt politics."
As to the third branch of the inquiry,
whether any Senator has been specu-
< sideration or the Tariff Bill the Com
mittee deem It only necessary to refer to
-.,ths testimony, "a, -..... ....
Shows that Senators Mcpherson and
= quay have held and sold Sugar stocks
during the tendency OF the Tariff bills.
!. bnt their. testimony shows that before
Z The voting began they closed out their
Referring to the more recent branch
of,fhe inquiry which brought photo
:stocks. dated March 2. purportng to be
~ signed by Senator }. n. Camden, of
West Virginia. the Committee say:
50 1t Is shown by the evidence that the
original order was written in lead pencil
on what purported TO be an old en-
yelope. The order was not addressed
or directed to any firm of brokers or
The original paper, the Committee
finds was destroyed after the photo
graphic copy was taken, upon the APP
i pearance Of the article in 4 New York
paper calling attention 10 1t. The order
= was first found In the hands of one
Battershall, who has eluded every effort
OF the Committee to serve subpoena
on him, and who IL is understood had
I Red 10 Canada The report says:
a"Froma the evidence of one witness
Z and the circumstances disclosed by the
testimony, nattershall appears to be a
man of doubtful character. which. with
3 tile, facts of the destruction OF the
original tends to discredIt the original
paper and there Is testimony Tending
TO SHOW that the party who had the
photograph taken contemplated using Ii
for improper purposes.
Upon an eNamna ton OF the auto
graphic copy. Senator Camden said tina t
: the purported signature resembled in
some respects his genuine signature, and
!, flance to his own handwriting He
? stated 1t as his belief and best Judgment
that the paper Is fictitious or a forgery,
Il, but he does. not in express terms declare
IL 10 be forgery, and declines to swear
writing
He denies however, substantially
that any such order was ever executed
or that any Sugar stock has been bought
or sold for him since the Tariff biz, has
been under consideration, and there Is
no testimony tending to prove that the
supposed order was ever executed ~
any firm, o. that any Sugar stock ha'
- been bought or sold by or for Seuato
session of Congress"
With reference 10 the connection OF
the name OF Senator Smith with tho lat
Ter part of the Inquiry the Committee
!. ssy: In the course OF the inveSliCa
q tion,r continued as described above 1
letter was put I'm evidence written h,
~ Mr.. Gaillaudeu, a broker doing husineF,
n I'm New, York. TO Mr.. A. n. SeIp, OF
~ Washington. This letter. IN addition
10 making the statement about Senator
\ Camden already considered, stated fur
Their that James Smith. jr,. Senator
from New Jersey. had speculated II