The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-18

Ing OF inc ses5lon OF the senate, Morgan
offered resolution recitipg the act OF
June Q, 1890, against trusts and combi-
nations, and reciting the allegation that
q combination exists In the nature of q
monopoly, known as the eugar trust,
and directing the attorney general to
inform the Senate whether any action
has been taken in any court of the
United States, either civil or criminal,
to retain or punish the persons engaged
in such violation OF the law.
Sherman, author of the ANTITRUST law,
remarked that the attorney general had
very CURLY and very impolitely referred
to the antitrust law in q rather rude
way, and he thought that the matter
should not be referred to him.
Morgan said he wanted it referred to
the Attorney General in order to have
an official statement from him. The
resolution went over till tomorrow.
The House bill for the admission Of
Utah as State with amendments) was
reported from the committee on Terri
tories, and was placed on the calendar.
The Lodge resolution, offered yester-
day, for an investigation of the at
tempted bribery of two Senators to vote
against the tariff bill, and of the al
legged contribution of half million dol
lars TO the Democratic national cam.
paign by the Sugar trust, was laid be-
fore the Senate.
Lodge explained the reasons which
led him to offer the resolution. In re-
lation to the sugar trust, he said that
the article in Philadelphia paper was
aligned by Mr.. e j. Edwards, it's CORES
pon0ent, q gentleman who he did not
know personally, but who. he was told,
was man of standing and RESPONSE
bility, a graduate of Yale College and
we'll known in the newspaper world.
If there was any truth in the allie
cations made in that article, 1t ought
to be known to the public. If the
allegations were false 1t WAS criminal
libel of the grossest kind. Forty-eight
hours after the appearance Of that
article there had appeared in the New
York Sun statement from its Wash
ington correspondent charging attempts
at bribery OF two senators.
"No graver charge could be made, no
graver crime committed. The charge
was made accurately and specifically
Such charge certainly should no. 20
unnoticed or uninvestigated. II there
was a person who had been Offering
brides, presume that he would come
within the statute law"
Hunton said: "As my name has been
connected somewhat with the resolu-
ton, merely desire to say now that 1
hope the Senate will adopt unanimously
the resolution and investigate the mat
ter to the very depths.
cit probably is not becoming in main
view of the fact that this investigation
Is to be had, TO say more than this, or
RI q n fn xrfho L
facts in regard to this allegation, at
tempt to bride. because I think that
every member of the Senate knows
that this man never approached me at
all. have never seen him in connec.
ton with the matter.
but do feel annoyed, and very
deeply annoyed, that anybody should
suppose that I could be bribed, and
especially in the mode selected By this
man to reach me, because the averment
is that he wished to reach me through
we'll beloved son, who is as high
above anything of that as I claim to be.
But desire to say now that hope that
the resolution will be adopted unani-
mously, and that the investigation shall
be most thorough
Harris-1nasmuch as the name of the
Senator from South Dakota (Kyle)
seems to be connected with this charge,
desire to say, from my personal nowl-
present, he would join Senator Hunton
In urging a thorough investiga ton of
this matter.
Several other notifications of the res.
olution we're suggested and ADOPTED un-
til the resolution, as finally agreed to,
read:
Resolved, That committee of Ave
Senators be appointed to investigate
these charges, and to inquire further
whe sher any contributions have been
made by the sugar trust to any political
party for campaign or election purposes
or to secure or defeat legislation, and
whether any Senator has been, or is,
speculatiag in what are known as sugar
stocks, during the consideration of the
tariff bill.
Resolved, further, that said commit
tee be authorized to investigate and re-
port upon any charge or charges that
may be filed before it, alleging that the
action of any Senator has been corruptly
or improperly Influenced in the consid-
Grafton of said bill; or that any attempt
has been made to so influence legisls-
ton"
The tariff bill was taken up at noon
and Gallinger delivered the second part
of his speech against 1t.
Gallinger concluded the reading of
the second part OF his speech at las,
saying that he would finish the speech
to morrow and the actual consideration
OF the tariff bill was resumed.
The bill was finally brought down to
medical preparations Qtem 5S) at which
point tho bill went over until to-mor-
row.
The naval appropriation bill was pre-.
scented and referred to the committee on
appropriations.