Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
written and compiled for the HERALD

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Written and compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, June IS, 1884,
Had the Senate investigating
committee brought out the fact
that Senator RansOm's son bad
been specializing IN the stock OF
the sugar trust before the testimo'
ny of the HavemeyerS and other
sugar trust magnates was taken 1t
would have created a sensation;
but, after the statements Of the
sugar kings concerning the method
of smoothing their legislative path
by making liberal contributions to
both of the old political parties
aud of their coming TO Washington
to get the trust taken care Of in
the sugar schedule of the tariff
bill, il could not be expected that
the bad taste-nOt to give 1t a
worse name-of young Mr.. Ransom
in using a part Of the money he
received from his Sc day sincure,
as clerk to his fathers committee
in specuIat.ng in a stock the value
of which would be affected by his
fathers vote, would create a sen.
sation. 1t was but the splash of a
mlnnOw after the blowing of whales.
There is a general feeling Of sym
patty for Senator Ransom.
Senator QuaS's cool confession
Of specializing in sugar stock and
his Tweedly manner OF saying in
effect to the Senate what are you
going to do about it, together
with the Ransom episode were
about tbe only interesting things
brought ont by the committees
adoption of Senator HIPS suggeS'
tor, to swear all OF the Senator's,
although all of them, except two
or three abSentees, bave been
asked a series of eight questions
covering any possible connection
or knowledge they might have OF
speculation in sugar stock. Among
the absentees Is Senator German,
who has been on the sick list ever
since directly after the sugar
schedule Ct the bill was reported
to the Senate.
The suicide, S ,turday morning
at his residence here, Of eA-Rep-
resentative Thomas NJ. Bayne, of
Pa, was about as unexpected a
thing as could have happened.
Since voluntarily retiring from
Congress Mr.. Bayne has lived here
in handsome style, devOting his
time to social enjoyment and few
men have made more friends, or,
as ex- Speaker Reed APPLY put 1t,
observed more" His health had
been bad for some time and in a
ct of dependency following a
hemcrrhage OF the lungs he shot
himself.
The Coxey bill providing Tor
the building of roads by the issue
OF non-lntereSt bea.iDg bonds by
the government he's been introduce
ed in both branches of Congress-
in the Senate by Mr.. PETER, of
Kans., IN the House by Mr. Geary,
of Cal.-and COxey and Carl
Browne haye been granted hear
lngs by the Senate committee on
Education and Labor, but their
made so little impress
sion on the Senators that they
now speak of the Senate as the
twelfth Juror does OF the obstinate
eleven. The supply Of food at the
camp of the Coxeyites is once more
shOrt-very Shorthand appeals to
the public for contributions are
being made. These appeals bring
in less and less each time, and it
requires no prophet to predict
that the time will soon come when
they Will bring in nothing, and
the men will be compelled to scat
ter IN order TO obtain sustenance.
Even those who are in sympathy
with the objects sought now say
that nothing can be gained by
keeping several hundred idle men
clmped in the suburbs of Washing
ton. If anything can be accom-
pllshed anywhere 1t is in the
Congressional campaign and cleo.