The herald., 1894-05-30

resolution of the senate. and that each
of said witnesses is in contempt OF sne
senate and ought to be dealt with for bis
misconduct. and that each Il said wit
nsssas. bv his various refusah 70 answer
the questions as herein set forth, have
violated the provisions in the act OF con-
gress in such cases maids and provided,
being chapter OF the revised statutes
Of the United States.
Here the report cites this old law,
which provides that witness who re-
fuses to answer questions put by COM
petent committee shall be considered
guilty of q misdemeanor, punishable by
. fine of not more than $1,000 nor less
than 800, and by imprisonment In
common Jail OF not more than one year
nor less than month.
The law expressly provides that no
Witness shall be excused from testifying
on the ground that such testimony
would disgrsce him, and directs that IN
such cases the president OF the senate
and the speaker of the house shall GER
tify the facts to the district attorney OF
the District OF Columbia. The report
closes as follows;
Wherefore the committee request that
the president of the senate certify as to
each witness his failure TO certify and
his aforesaid refusals to answer, and all
the facts herein, under the seal OF the
senate. to the United States district at
torney OF the District of Columbia, to
the end that each of the wi theses may
be proceeded against in manner and
form provided by law.
Senator Gray has prepared and sub
mitted to the vice. president war; ant
ha ,okr or of - n nrnQa0d
against the witnesses, Edwards and
Schriever, under the act of 1885. This
warrant certified the facts set forth in
the report and is signed by the vice-pres-
ident. Senator Gray had a consultation
with the vice-president when the writ
ten document was fret presented to him,
and explained that it was to be issued
when the senate authorized it.
In the report of Mr.. Edwards testimo-
ny, which is not quoted specifically to
the committee, has been printed the
part of his letter referring to the presi-
dont's alleged interest in the Hawaiian
question sugar interest, is given. Refer
ring to this matter, Mr.. Edwards said:
s'In September of last year l met
gentleman who spoke to me about an
article / had written concerning an OPP
Grafton on Mr.. Cleveland's jaw for can
Ger, or malignant growth, which opera
ton had taken place somewhere on BEN
edict's yacht. This gentleman Hald to
me: AS important as the news ia, there
is something much more important to
this country than the fatal disease is
now becoming
81 asked him il it was something that
he could give me. He said not then, as
he was under confidence. Later, when
he had the information that an attempt
had been made to restore the queen of
Hawaii and it failed, the gentleman
stated that that was the news he had
spoken of. My recollection is that he
either told me it was on Mr.. Benedict's
yacht at some resort or pleasure excur-
sion of some kind. Mr.. Havemeyer,
Mr.. Benedict, Mr.. Cleveland and some
others were present. They had q gen.
eral conversation about Hawaiian island
sugar interests. and l think Mr.. Have
meyer-at all events it was said by some
one-that there would be a sensation in
the country before congress met"
Chairman-Who said it?
Mr.. Edwards-Either HavemeyeY,
Mr.. Benedict or some one in the party,
because il would be found there was
peace in Hawaii and the queen would
be restored.
This gentleman was q Col. w. R. Hoyt
of Greenwich. He had been speaker of
the Connecticut legislature.
Mr.. Edwards said he had not talked
with Colonel Hoyt since, but had writ
ten him letter, and that the colonel is
now dead. Mr.. Edwards said Colonel
Hoyt did not tell him where he got the
information, but his impression Was that
he had gotten it from one OF the party.
Mr.. Edwards admitted that some of
the conclusions were his own, and mere
conjectures.
Mr.. Edwards stated that it was a mat
ter of common report that Stephen b.
Elkins was interested in the sugar trust
and that he and Senator German being
related by marriage had very great bus
mess interests in common. Also that it
was common report that Senator Brice
was closely related to II. L. Terrell OF
fNe sugar trust. Mr.. Edwards could
not recollect from whom he had received
the information that 100000 had been
contributed to the campaign fund by
persons connected with the trust. He
had heard that Cord Meyer, jr., said al
the Manhattan club that the trust owned
the senate and that Mr.. Meyer was g
lr6Qu0NJ VlelbUE VI p6CT6IdTy LhuOub.
1t was common report, Edwards said,
Senator Mcpherson had declared in the
presence of the finance committee, that
the Democratic party was preparing to
stab the men who had saved it.
Other testimony presented with the
report besides that of the newspaper
correspondents was that OF r. A. CAT.
ferry, Bourke Cochran and ex-Repre
sentative Benjamin Lefevre. Senator
Caffery denied that he had any confer
ence with Havemeyer or with any of the
others of the trust, and that when he
wrote the sugar schedule Havemeye 81
was looking over his shoulder. Mr.. CAT
ferry said he met Havemeyer one day
going out of the capitol grounds and
was introduced to him and had one con-
ference with him, which was held two
or three weeks before the finance com
mittee reported the specific sugar seized
ule. That conference was held at Sena
tor Brice's house.
81 was asked" said he, "to see Mr.
Havemeyer. He commenced an argu.
ment in favor OF the ad valorem rate on
sugar in preference to the specific rate
and number of figures were presented
to show, or attempt to show, the correct
ness of his argument"
In reply to question az to whether
there bad been other senators present
at Senator Brice's house when he me-
Mr.. Havemeyer, he said there WERE
several persons, among them Senator
White of Louisiana and Senator Hill
and his recollection was that Sem
ator German had also been present