The evening world., 1894-05-29
HOT WORDS IN
THE SENATE.
Correspondents to Be Prose
Cuted for Not Answer
ing All Questions
IN THE SUGAR TRUST INQUIRY
Hill Says Even Senators Need Not
Tell if They Gambled
in Sugar.
HIS LITTLE SPAT WITH HARRIS.
Warrants Ready to Serve in the
Cases of Edwards and
Shriver.
HIS LITTLE SPAT WITH HARRIS.
tBy Associated Press.)

loAN' way VIC 'ShN Va
newspaper correspondents to refuse to
give Senator Gray's Bribery and Sugar
Investigating Committee the sources of
their information was brought before the
Senate to-day in the hope of a partial
report from that committee.
After %reciting the refusal Of the corre-
~epondents to answer, the report says:
Wherefore the Committee report and
request that the President of the Senate
certify as to each witness his afore-
said failure to testify and his aforesaid
r~efusals to answer and all the facts here
in, under the seal of the Senate, to the
United States District-Attorney for the
District of Columbia to the end that each
Of said witnesses may he proceeded
against in manner and form provided by
law"
At the conclusion of the reading OF the
report, Mr.. Hill arose. and Mr.. Aldrich
wanted to know what was before the
Senate. Mr.. Hill said he would state
what he believed was before the Senate
He said the question was now whether
the pending bill could be set aside, and
this involved the question, Was this a
privileged report?" Mr.. Hill said the
matter of speculation in Sugar stock
would involve only a matter of propriety
and not Of privilege.
During Mr. HIS remarks Mr.. Harris
rose to a question of order. and said the
Chair must hold the report a question of
privilege and debate was not In ORDER,
During Mr.. Harris's remarks MIR. Hill
grew impatient and said he objected to
the Senator making a speech.
The matter OF contribution to the cam
paign, MIR. IIill said. did not involve a
question OF privilege. The only question
OF privilege involved was in that re-
latlng to attempted bribery.
Mr.. Hill said II was Straining q point
to try and make the report upon the two
other branches OF the resolution a priv
ileged matter.
up the discussion. Senator Davis asked
MIR. Aldrich II 1t was not q question Of
privilege when a committee OF the Sen
ate rcportel that certain witnesses be-
fore the Committee were in contempt Of
the Senate. Mr., Aldrich thought 1t was
not.
Senator Lodge said this was a ques-
ton of general parliamentary law. The
report of the contumacy of a witness
was a question Of highest privilege. The
only thing before he Senate was for the
Chair to decide whether the matter was
a privileged report.
Vice-Fresldcnt Stevenson ruled that It
was a privileged report.
Hill appealed from the decision of the
Chair. and asked to be heard. He made
q vigorous speech against the decision.
During the further discussion. Senator
Eili said the Committee would have no
Whether H. had %specuiated in sugar
stock or not. A Senator might specu-
late in any kind of stock n he vio-
lated no law. 1t was Il matter of pro-
priety.
Senator Hill went on to say that he
did not approve. Of Senators speculat-
Ing in sugar stocks, He had no obiec-
Let 1t go to the Senators themselves.
and not prosecute these newspaper
men. The men implicated We're avail
newspaper men TO divulge their conf
Dental sources of informa ton, hut to go
to the men against whom the charges
were made. He would have preferred
source of their information.
In reply to Senator Gray, who cited
the case OF a Coroner's jury, Mr.. HIN
said he would summon eye-witneSses.
Mr.. Gray-That is what we are trying
Mr.. HM-You went a long way around
MIR. Allen asked. How would you get
at this information duplicating Sem
ators?" ., ~
Hill. amid n roar of laughter.
The appeal was finally tabled.
Senator Dolph introduced II resolution
Ito bring Correspondent Edwards, TO the
.sbar of the Senate, m followed 1t up
N with a speech.
NH The Vice-Presldent refused to allow
'kny resolutions regarding the newspaper
correspondents to be considered regarding
||he report of the committee, and he'll
hat the presentation of the report was
&rivileged; that the statute prescribed the
nty OF the Chair. and upon. demand of
x regular order stated that the Tariff
was before the Senate. This means
lint the report will be certified to the
N District-Attorney for proceedings against
a Edwards and Shriver.
e.sSSenator Gray has prepared and sub
. nitted to the Vice-President a warrant
. injecting the Distrlct-Attorney OF the
. Instruct of Colum lia to proceed against
illnesses Edwards and Shr!ver, UNI
" - the act OF 1867. This warrant certi-
tIes the facts set forth in tht report, and
X Ii signed by the e-President.
<.5rAfter another resultless struggle over
r<solutlons on the Hawaiian question, the
Tariff bill was again taken up, Mr.,
n Proctor Rep., VII akinS the floor TO
y deliver a prepared speech.
1.-The major portion OF this speech was
dsvoted to the effect Of the pending bill
on the trade relations Of the United
States with other countries OF the Western
hemisphere.
Pettigrew Rep,, s. D. took the moor
and delivered a prepared speech In op'
position to the bill,