Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-09
NOBODY GUILTY.
so SAYS THE SUGAR TRUST IN
VESTIGATORS.
The MinOrity's Criticism-Lobbying by
Wealthy Corpora tons Should Be
Deprecated

Washington, Aug. 3.-The senate
passed the sundry civil appropriation
bill yesterday. The most important
amendments adopted were an in
crease in the quarantine fund from
1924, 900 to $1,OU0,OO0 and donating
100000 acres Of desert lands to
states to which the desert land laws ap-
ply, as well as to Nebraska, Kansas,
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa and appropriating 100000 for
the recoinage of fractional silver coin
in the treasury.
Mr.. Gray, chairman Of the special
committee to Investigate the charges
of bribery against senators, presented
the unanimous report of the commit
tee.
Secretary Carlisle is eXonerated and
the parts of the article rejecting OH
him are declared to be without fOun-
dalton, except that it is fact, accord
ing to Secretary Carlisle'S testimony,
that he did, at the request OF Senator
Jones, of the finance committee, draft
an amendment to the sugar schedule,
a copy of which as described by Nh
Carlisle is attached as an exhibit to
the testimony"
The committee also says: There has
been no testimony presented before
your committee, and your committee
has been unable to discover any tend
ing to show that the sugar schedule
was made up, as it then stood in the
proposed amendment to the tariff bill,
in consideration of large or any sums
Of money paid for campaign purposes
OF the democratic party. No witness
has testified before your committee
that such was the fact, and all the
democratic members Of the finance
committee and all the senators whose
names have been mentioned in the
public press as especially Interested
in protecting the sugar refining indus
tries, or in whose states sugar refiner-
les existed, have under oath denied
that such was the truth, or that they
had any knowledge or information as
to any sums of money, large or other
wise, having been paid for campaign
purposes of the democratic party by
the sugar trust, by those connected
with it, or by anybody, as a consider
alton for favorable treatment of its
interests by said party"
''Nor is there" they unite in saying,
amy evidence in support Of the state
ment that either of the Messrs. Have
meyer had an interview with Presi-
lent Cleveland on a yacht in the sum-
mer of 1892 or Of 1893 in regard to the
sugar interests of the Hawaiian ISL
ands or any other sugar interests, or
the policy of the administration in re-
gard to them
''On the contrary it has been affirm
atively shown" they say, that the
statement is untrue as to any such
interview having occurred.
1T is the committee says, shown
by the evidence that one or more Of
ficers OF the sugar trust were III WASH
ington and that they saw several sen
ators, generally those representing
states in which sugar refineries were
located, with the view of Influencing
legislation. but these gentlemen deny
the use of any improper means to that
end.
Though perhaps outside the scope of
the duty imposed upon your commit
tee.' they say, they take occasion to
strongly deprecate the importantly
and pressure to which congress and
it's members are subjected by the rep |
resentatives Of great industrial COM
binations, whose enormous wealth |
tends to suggest undue influence and |
to create in the public mind demon |
alizing belief in the existence Of cor |
rupt politics.
Messrs. Davis and Lodge, republic |
ans, submitted a supplement report !