Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

raigned.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. June l6.-Sena-
tor Ransom created slight sensation
when he appeared before the Senate
sugar trust investigating committee to-
day. He was asked, as were other Sem
ators who were brought before the com
miitee, the following question by Sena-
tor Lodge: HAS any member OF your
family or any person In your employ or
any clerk employed by the laws OF the
United States In your service, been TO
your knowledge interested in any OF the
ways indicated In any OF the preceding
questions in any transactions in sugar
stocks or certificate during the period
mentioned?"
Replying TO tho question, Mr.. Ran
som asked leave To make statement
On the night OF last Thursday be had
been visited at his home by Mr.. How
land, correspondent Of the New York
Press, who asked him substantially the
same question as had been put 10 him
by the committee. Mr.. Ransom made
explicit denial, whereupon Mr.. How
land informed him that brokerage
firm in this city, Sllsbee & Co., had an
entry In their books which indicated
that the Senator had specnlAted In
sugar stock during the period Of tho
tariff debate.
"Mr. Howland," continued Senator
Ransom, asked me- II / knew any
other person by the name Of Ransom In
the city. told him | knew Of but one
person IN the city by the name Of Ran
som and that was my son George, who
was my clerk. He asked me whore be
was and said he was In the parlor aud
| would step in and bring him In. He
was perhaps more cautions than the
occasion required and / said 20 Mr..
Rowland that / would thank him TO
come with me TO the door, so that be
could sec that no communication should
take place between me and my son.
went to the paror door where George
was and beckoned him to come In. I
did not speak TO him or see him,
but the parlor and my room, and
when he got In nv room,
asked, the gentlemen EsstaIe their bust
ness to him and told my son 1~isteve-
the matter was 10 tell the
lt llb tuOu hN9hOA w hhooo 30
ence that he had bought s9aie ST..
stock on the nth or 18th OF APRIL He
put up margin OF so which he paid
the broker on sugar stock. He said on
the same day he put up margin OF S25
on cotton. lie said he lost the cotton
aud made $40 on sugar; that after that
he repeated the same, bat on sugar but
no cotton, and think he lost the sec
ond. He then stated that he and aCsp-
tain Barnes, a messenger here at the
Commerce Committee room, after that
on two occasions bought $40 worth or
sugar stock apiece. They went In to-
gether and asked the correspondent TO
examine nv son as fully as ho pleased.
Senator Ransom proceeded 70 relate
that about two weeks ago Capt. Barnes,
previously alluded 70, had come to him
10 tell bin that friend had Informed
him that he, the Senator, had been
specuating in sugar. The Senator de-
MED the story and sent Barnes to In
vestlgate II. The latter returned With
the assurance that there was no truth
in the assertion. The Senator bad told
Correspondent Rowland about this in-
cident.
Senator Ransom advised the commit
tee To summon Mr.. Hov1 I'D and see "
his story did not correspond with what
had Just been stated TO the CON mittee.
Senator Gray asked: "HAd YOU any
knowledge whatever, until this inter-
view with Mr.. HowlaDd on the evening
you speak, OF the bets OF your son with
this broker In sugar and cotton2'
Senator Ransom replied: ~ never
dreamed OF such a thing. / never
thought OF. would not have believed
IL. may state 20 the committee that
/ have no interest whatever and never
had In stock or trade. or anything else
in way since ] have been In the
Senste."
Senator Quay was before the Sugar
Trust Committee this afternoon. he
told the committee that he bought SUI
gar stock for speculation, and that be
would do go again.
Senator Quay said he had been deal
ing in stocks more or less all his life and
for the past twenty months had bought
and sold sugar stocks. The day before
the vote was taken be sold all be bad st
a loss. so that II could not be charged
that IL Influenced his vote. He
said that be had not been furnished
with any information as 70 what the
Finance Committee would do with the
schedule, and that formed no part OF
basis OF purchase or sale. he saw no
reason why a United States Ssnator
should not avail himself OF plsiD bus
mess proposition and he intended 10
transact any such business ia the future
as he had In the past.
Anumbsr Of other Senators were er-
amIned during the day bat none OF
gave any testimony beyond the denial
of the categorical questions concerning
the purchase and ownership Of stock
stock or knowledge Of any purchase by
any one connected with them either
officially or domesticaily.
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