Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-30

Secretsry Carlisle had secretly visited the
Democsatic members of the finance COM
mittee and he had demanded that the
sugar interest be taken care of because
the Democratic party was under obliga-
tions to the sugar interest. This Edward
said was quoted from his remembrance
OF what his informant said, but he refused
to give his informant, on the usual grounds
OF violating n confidence.
The informant had .iven Edwards near
ly all the statements in the famous letter
as TO the meeting of senators In a wash
ington hotel with representatives of the
sugar trust; also the statement that the
sugar schedule was in the hands of Moore
and Schley, brokers' before being reported
to the senate. and also as To the statement
that the Sunday before the tariff bill was
reported there had been a delegation of
sugar trust representatives mt the Capitol,
who dictated the sugar schedule. 1t was
the same way with Correspondent Shriver
he printed the accusations and would
not tell who made them.
He had written in his letter: "There
are number of senators who will be glad
if this Investigation should fail simply be-
cause then they could charge the CORE
sponoents with circulating scandalous re-
ports and have another chance to denounce
the press upon the floor OF the senate.
But II the newspaper men are given
chance to tell ali they know some interest
ing developments will be made"
The part of Edwards testimony relating
to Cleveiand's interests in the sugar ques-
ton was explained by him as follows: "ln
September of last year / met n gentleman
who spoke to me about an article had
written concerning an operation upon Mr..
Clevelands jaw for cancer or malignant
growth, which operation had taken place
some weeks before upon Mr.. Benedict's
yacht. This gentleman said TO me: A
important rs that news is, there is some
thing more important to this country be-
sides the fatal disease, and which is now
brewing / asked him ii it was some
thing which he could give me. He said
not then. because he was under confidence
not 10 10 it
Later, when he had the information that
an attempt had been made to restore the
queen OF Hawaii, and that it had failed,
this gentleman stated that was the news
which he had and could not give. My
recollection is that he either told me it
was on Mr.. Benedict's yacht, at his place,
or at some resort, a pleasure excursion of
some kind. Mr.. Havemeyer, Mr.. Benedict,
Mr.. Cleveland ana some Others were pres
ent. There had been general conversa-
ton about the Hawaiian islands sugar in
terests, and ! think he said it WAS Mr.
Havemeyer.
Al all events ii was said by some one
Of the parry, that there would be Il sensa-
ton in the country before congress met"
The chairman-Who said it,
Edwavds-Either MIR. Havemyer, Mr.
Benedict, or some one il the party; be-
cause ii would b. then found hat there
WAS peace in Hawaii and the queen would
be restored This gentleman was Col
onel II. W. Il Eoys. Of Greenwich. He had
been speaker OF the Connecticut legisla-
ture.
Edwards said he had not talked with
Colonel Hoyt since he had written his
letter, and that the colonel is now dead
The committees report recommends the
arrest of the recalCitrant witnesses under
the law which provides that IA witness who
refuses to answer questions put by con-
cressional committee shall be deemed
guilty OF 4 misdemeanor, punishable by Il
fine of not more than 81 900 nor less than
500. and by Imprisonment in common
jail of not more than one year nor less than
a month. The law especially provides that
no witness shall be excused from testify
ing on the ground that such testimony
would disgrace him.