New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-02


where Dr. Wclcrlc has failed
" JuPERTINENCE" AND "INADVERTENCE.'
Thore IS an element OF probability In the
statement made by the Washington corresponds
emf of a morning contemporary mat inc SUI
ote committee appointed to investigate the
Sugar scandal looks upon that part OF the reso'
luton under which they are acting Which ui-
rccts them 10 inquire whether any senators
have been Specializing In Sugar STOCK as III
pcrtIncnt" II Is not unnatural mat 'he "cn
ate-bcing as described by its presiding ON
cor "the most august dcllbcrativc assembly
known 10 men'-should resent the lhuiiia'o"
that any Of It's members would speculate III
Sugar during the tendency Of Tariff bill when
would materially affect the price OF that com
n,odity The Senate IS very sensitive to any
trining with its dignity or imputations upon us
honor II Il almost always dignlicd. 1here
have bcen times TO be sure. when one Senator
has called another IA liar and few little
things Of that sort and been listened 10 III
silence. but that has happened Only once l"''
". tho Senator who did II was drunk; ana ''he
courtcsy of the Senate" forbade his being IN
terruptcd II had also n high sense OF personal
honor only one member far as We can TO-
member. being self confcss'I fclon ana H.
rrnhalIy would not have been admitted Dut l"r
the narrownrss Of the Democratic majority III
that body. which made II necessary 10 WINK III
crime I'm the interest Of the great reforms whi'h
that party has been up 10 It's ears In Tor Inc
last wear The : nate Is very severe upon per
sons who inslnuaic anything against It's hon"r
or fits dignity. II i now I'm hot pursuit OF Two
corrcspondcnis who have been guilty 81 saying
that certain Senators spcculatcd IN sugar
After the correspondents are lncarc'rA''d
or bebcadol the committee will II II doesn't
forget II by that tlmc-ask the Senators iinph-
Gated II they really did speculate In Sugar
Meanwhile one ~ the senators TO Wit. Sen
ator Mcpherson. ~ Ncw-Jcrscy-has Voiuh-
tarllv and with great candor confessed that h'
did catch himself. 10 his great surprise. tradlhg
in Sugar stock abou; the time the agitation al
,hc question - sugar duties In the pending
Tariff bill sent that stock Tipping mp ana mop
ming down and wiewagsng az such a rapH
rntc and with such wide Guctuailons that I'VE
minutes at tho tape would make SNORT
wasted spectators head swim i'ui u was ~
he explained an "inadycrtcnc"' on III" part OF
his broker His broker. We presume. had gen
cral Instructions 10 buy and sell on his prin'
clual's account whatever stock on The list there
arpcarcd To be any profit In on either side. ana
the broker Inadvertently" struck Sugar J.
was. Of course the mcrcst "lnadv"rt"ncc. II
is quite possible that the broker, being IN very
close Geographic communication with his Gus
TONER ~ most brokers are. may have inquired
Of the senator forgetting In a moment OF III
adycrtcncc" the improperly Of it-what was
the prospect in the Senate with regard 10 the
sugar duty The average broker Is rather apt
To- avail himself OF the best sources OF informa'
ton concerning the stocks he deals In. Ana "
Is not impossible that the Senator In another
moment OF "inadvcrtcncc" may In the intimate
| confidence existing between broker ana Gus
! toner have given him what Is known rs Il
| pointer" or "a straight tip" upon which the
broker Inadvertently" acted II Is n great
! comfort TO know that rs soon ~ the Senator
| discovered what his broker had Inadvertently
done. he ordered the stock sold. If 1t was sold
10 n member Of his own family, "a Is reported
! I'm n Washington dispatch 10 ''rhe New-iork
Sun" It was probably because that member OF
his family thought 1t was good purchase ana
saw no reason why the profit from mad
vcrtcncc" should not be kept in the family.
IT is barely possible that other Senator's who
deal in stocks may through their own "inad
vcrtcnce." or the 'lnadvertence" OF their
brokers, have dealt in Sugar, and that II they
give their clothes good, vigorous shaking
Sugar certificates will drop out Such things
have happened. We recall the case of n colored
man-A very innocent. unsophlstlcated colored
man--who. being found furtively Withdrawing
from Il barnyard. was somewhat under s'is-
picion from the fact that the tail feathers OF
rooster appeared through hole In his hat, until
he said "Fore de Lord. boss. / dunno how
dat chicken got derc; mus crcp up my
trousers leg" lie was simply n victim Of I'm
advertencc" How many Senators have had
"inadvertcnce' during the last two or three
months it Is not possible to tell Some may
have had It and not yet found 1t out