The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
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THE SUGAR TRUST AND 81,
ToRIAL BRIBERY SsNA

Newspaper Men on n.
Special Senate COMMITTEE NS %
Keport--KelIy Will Talk wakes a
loon. "om a Bal.
Especial Cor. PROGRESSIVE
WASHINGTON, D. G., NAV 81 N,
The Senatorial bribery com M, ~,
makes some progress. II is inlftee
ing the charges of the attemnt , "a
senators Il n'on and Kyle, And TilOe
other committee, the charoe IL Tul an
Sugar Trust paid 100000 i raa' The
Democratic campaign fund W. The
day two newspaper men were o0. =
rack. They positively refused "a ~ sls
how they got certain information veil
which they claim to have basod UpOn
sensational newspaper stories .S u'tt
these matters. "OOut
The Special Senate Committee
report to the Senate yesterday I %s
substance of the report is as foIIoua LUG
1T appears from the testimonev o.,
mitted that a certain Charles W BntU
OF North Dakota, but domiciIo5 e
Washington since December Ioa.
where he has been engaged as a Iobhr
ist and claim agent, did, on Or oboS.
the 1st of April of this year, at tba
house of Senator Hunton, in Warron,
ton, Va, during the absence of the Son.
ator, say to his son, Eppa Hunton, II
that he would pay him a CONTINGENT
fee OF $25, 900 if he would, by presenting
arguments as to the pending tariff hin
induce his father, Senator Hunton f.
vote against it.
This offer was declined at once nor.
emptorily by Eppa Hunton, Jr.. az set
forth in his testimony, and the whole
matter was communicated by him IN
his father. Senator Hunton ayaiIed
himself of the first opportunity to dis.
close the matter to certain of his
friends in the Senate, as appears in the
and was in no other way
connected with the transaction.
1t is also established by the testimony
that the same Charles W. Buttz, dur.
ing the month of March last, an,
preached Senator Kyle, of South Da.
kota, with a proposition that SAC
would be paid to him Senator Kyle if
he would vote against the tariff bill.
The said Buttz, when making this
proposition, also stated to Senator Kyle
that the money was in the hands or
control of certain bankers and capital.
lists of New York city, and that the
money was in Washington,
Senator Kyle's testimony is con.
frmed by that of Mr.. Duncan McFar.
lane, clerk to the committee on educa,
ton and labor.
Senator Kyle is shown by the testi.
mony to have communicated this inter.
view with MI. Buttz and the offer
made to him, to several Senators short
~ after the said interview took place.
Your committee find nothing from
their investigation to impeach, in the
last degree, the honor or character OF
Hunton and Kyle.
There is no evidence to show the
truth of Buttz's statements to Senator
and to Eppa Hunton, Jr., that a
syndicate of bankers and capitalists
had raised a sum of money to be used
for the purpose of defeating the pend,
ing tariff bill, that there was an agent
Of such a syndicate in Washington, Or
that he made any such statement, OF
hat he had or has any knowledge
If the existence of such a syndicate, OF
hat he was the agent or representa-
i've of any one. He further denies
hat he had any money himself
II, during the further prosecution o.
he investigation your commlttee d
charged with any evidence be OILS,
covered or suggested tending to sup
bort the statements made to Senas"i
Kyle, or to Mr.. McFarlane, or to MI
Eppa Hunton, Jr., by Charles '"
3uttz, it will be promptly laid OelUI'
he Senate. Until then your commune
8 compelled on the evidence suoml'sSa
them, to the conclusion tha' VIZ
Itatements of Charles w. BUZZ }"
untrus worthy"
Kelly's industrial army is at Quincy,
IL. It is the largest n on the way
Washington. It is reported nerV .nt
Kelly is determined to speak III n "ta
If the capitol. To avoid Co1eys Iai II
le will get a balloon and SPEAK Ll0 ~.
Is it is suspended in the air. In n
way he expects to keep off the gl' bv
nd dodge all other laws m'0'
Congress, ill visit
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