The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-06-01

his willingness himself to prepare an amend
ment to the sugar schedule which he thought
would be fair to the government and yet Just
TO the sugar interests; who gave the informa-
ton concerning the alleged Interview between
officers OF the sugar trust, Mr.. Hayemeyer
Senator Bryce and Senator Smith; who was
his informant that on the day Mr.. voorhees,
denied any amendments were proposed TO the
qill ~ originally reported to the senate the list
OF 400 amendments, as prepared by Senator
Jones was In the hands of one OF the MEM
beers of the brokerage firms of Moore n Schley
that the draft of the sugar schedule as finally
adopted was the result of conference be-
tween Senator Gallery and representatives OF
the trust meeting In one room OF the capitol
building while the committee was in session
In another. Referring to the testimony Of
!0nn Shriyer, correspondent of the New York
Mail ana Express the committee quote from
Mr. Shriver's letter. detailing what q prOmi-
nent wire manufacturer was alleged to have
overheard ut the Arlington hotel in a talk be-
Tween certain senator's and Representatives of
the sugar trust. Mr.. Shriver said a member
OF congress gave him the information and the
committee says that in response to the direct
question he declined to give the name of either
the congressman or the wire manufacturer.
But the committee has kept on taking testi-
mony and has examined six witnesses since
the correspondent episode. These witnesses
were Bourke Cochran who appeared simply
for the purpose of denying the statement of
the correspondent, Harry Walker Of the
Dally America, with regard to himself that he
had said that Cleveland or members high In
the administration had urged that the sugar
trust be dealt with easilv on account of the
contribution made to the Democratic cam
paign fund; ex-COngressman Ben Lefevre,
who came to deny absolutely that he had any
interest in the sugar schedule or had ever
been at the capitol as described by ''Holland"
in the Express or had any connection with
the sugar trust in any way or fashion whatso-
ever. The four other witnesses were Senator
Caffrey and Senators Voorhees,, Vest
and Jones of the finance committee
who all deny the statements so far
as they connected them with any negotiations
with the trust. Senator Caffrey's testimony |
was that he went one evening to the residence |
Of Senator Brice, that he there met Senator's
Hill, German and his own colleague, Senator,
now Justice White. While there he was
taken into another room, and there had a con-
versation with Mr.. Havemeyer, the president
Of the sugar trust, who was in the house, but |
held aIOof from the meeting of the senator's
together; that Mr. Havemeyer and Senator
Caffrey had II long talk, Mr.. Havemeyer urg-
ing the necessity of dd vdlOrem rates, and
MIR. Caffrey standing out for specific duties,
which are better for the interests of the plant
srs of sugar. They came, apparently, to no
agreement that evening, hut it will be noticed
hat, while the first schedule reported was
pecific, the second, now before the senate,
'arries the nd UdlOrem rates demanded by
he sugar trust and opposed by the planters.
The sugar trust people admit these confer
noes but claim that they did only what all
representatives of protected interests have
lone, argued their case, without bribery and
Without drawing any senator's into specula-
i've pools
The house was plunged this week into one
I the most important and difficult issues of
he time, about the repeal of the tax on state
ank circulation. The fight was preciptated
'hen the bill came up to relieve those that ,
ad emitted bills during the panic last year, {
y an amendment by Cox of Tennessee for |
le unconditional repeal of the whole tax,
nd all acts or parts of acts providing for it.
prnger, the chairman of the House Commit
e on banking and currency made one of the !
)lest speeches of the session Saturday in OPP !
osition to it. No man could paint the dam
ers of such repeal more forcibly than he
ID. He gave graphic picture of the injury
used by state bank notes before the war, i
it'll an exposition of the ruin wrought by s
ildcat finance. His argument was SO forcible
at we regard it as really conclusive of that c
sue. He has plan for conditional repeal, '
bstituting carefully guarded system, that it
III have to be considered later. johnson of fl
d, one of the two Republican members of u
e committee followed with another great ID
gument Tuesday. He holds that the ma A
nal bank system is decidedly preferable to
y state bank system of circulation, and sug-
sts that with an extension of the securities II
Id against notes so as to cover state and mu | ge
'ipal bonds, and the reduction of the pre- Of
1t tax on circulation and permission to issue at
ties to the par value of the bonds, the ma en-
nal bank system would furnish all the cur ar
icy required by the country. There is no see
lbt that the Cox amendment will be defeat ha
The majority against it is about 40. un
secretary Lamont discharged nearly 300 wi
)erfluous clerks from the war department ~ ~
esday. He has now nearly accomplished in
reduction of 800 in the force which he ne
'ught practicable without impairing its eff
ncy.
The House Friday voted down, 1877 to 1914. tb
amendment to the legislative, executive su
Judicial appropriation bill for deducting a
pay of members for time absent except ST
ause of sickness. F.
Is expected the spoilsmen of the House flo
ked down promptly when they had to go he
record with regard to the appropriation for
civil service commission, and the action of y
committee of the whole was reversed and or,
appropriation mace by vote of two to tu1
,or 15S to Is. Gel
he Senate had rather a surprise party on ~
Hawaiian question Tuesday. The Demo- i'''
IS finally defeated an attempt of the Re-
'licans and Populists to lay aside the the I
fl bill and continue the debate on Hawaiian ma
tiers, but it was only by two majority, but aun
ore that an amendment by Vest declaring i. II +
nwise to consider any annexation PROJECT, Pa
tabled SO to IS. Seven Democrats voted NJ
b the Republicans and Populists wa