The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06
SENATOR'S MAY TESTIFY.
Investigating Committee Likely tn
Examine Them One by One.

Investigating Committee Likely to
Examine Them One by One.
WASHINGTON. d. c., June 1.-The
senate committee to investigate the
! operations of the sugar trust may
not resume its sittings until Tuesday be-
cause Mr.. CASTOR. the wilkesbarre wire
manufacturer. will not be able to come
| to Washington before that time 1t is
| evident from ;nis that it is the intention,
| if his testimony shall warrant it, to go
into this branch of the inquiry next and
to follow up the clue fully as it can
be done.
1t has been stated that Senators Brice
| and Smith participated in this conversa-
| ton as we'll as Messrs. Havemeyer and
| Terrell and other members of the sugar
| trust, and that besides growing very in
| dignant over The then apparent intention
of congress TO fail to provide any protec-
| ton for sugar. Mr.. Havemeyer assured
| these senators that the proper protection
| Of sugar by congress would cause an APP
| probation of sugar stock to the extent
| of thirty points in as many days and
! that Mr. CASTOR heard all this and more
| and afterward stated what he had heard
| to others. If his testimony should con-
| firm these statements 1t will then be the
i the corroborative evidence possible, in
| Guiding sugar stock quotations. Members
| Of the sugar trust and the senators them
| selves and probably others who would
| be likely TO know facts bearing upon the
| incident will be SubpOeaned, it is stated.
Unfortunately for the purposes of the
| committee Mr.. Havemeyer. who is repre-
| scented as having taken a leading part
in the conversation, is now in Europe and
cannot be called.
| the senate will be called one by one,
before the committee and questioned as
| to their knowledge Of efforts on the part
| Of the sugar trust to influence tariff
| legislation.
WASHINGTON. D. c., June 4.-Sena-
| tor Gray, as chairman of the special
| committee TO investigate the alleged
| operations of the sugar trust in connec-
! tion with tariff legislation, today SUBJ
mitted to the senate the second batch of
testimony taken before that committee
in the examination of the democratic
members Of the finance committee, in
Guiding Senators Voorhees,. Jones' Har-
ris. Vest, Mcpherson, Mills and Secre-
tary Carlisle and the Hon. John Dewitt
| Warner OF the house.
Senator Mills denied all knowledge Of
the reported secret interview of Secre-
tary Carlisle on the sugar question, and
said that he and Senator Jones and Sena-
| tor Vest had prepared the sugar schedule
as IL was first reported, and he knew
nothing of any memorandum for the
schedule from the secretary. He also
denied all knowledge of the alleged Sun
day conference of the finance committee
with those interested in securing sugar
legislation. He said he had never heard
Of members of the sugar trust being in
the capitol while he was acting as a
| member of the finance committee, and
that he had never met any of the MEM
/ hc4rd Of fhn "a 1af nf fafr
duction was merely formal note con-
tanning only two or three lines. He de-
clined to see Mr.. Havemeyer Senator
Mills also denied any knowledge of con-
| tributions to the democratic campaign
committee.
Secretary CarIisIe's Statement.
Secretary Carlisle's statement, as it
appears in the published testimony, is
not materially different from that given
to the press the day after he was before
the committee, but some points are pre-
| scented in greater detail. His memory
| does not correspond with that Of Senator
Jones as to the time and place that he
was asked to put the sugar schedule into
shape. Mr.. Carlisle stated that Mr..
Jones had requested him to have the
sugar schedule prepared on the morning
Of Saturday, the 5th day Of May, and
had come to his house for that purpose,
and had handed him a memorandum
stating what he wanted done. He had
agreed to do this, as the service was one
that the treasury department was in the
habit of rendering the members of the
finance committee. After he went to his
office he dictated the schedule providing
for the ad valoren duty OF 40 per cent
and the additional ono-eighfh of I cent
on sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard
At 2 o'clock that day he went to the
capitol. in response to telephone mes
sage requesting his presence, taking the
sugar schedule. which he had put in
shape. with him. He found Senators
Jones. Vest and Mcpherson and Repre-