Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-03
SOME MORE SUGAR.
Reports OF the Senators Who
Have Been Inquiring.
NONE OF THE STATESMEN GUILTY.

Tho Republican Inquisito-s Use the Testi.
mony to Point . Political Moral and
Allen. the Populist, Proposes to Hedge
lawmakers About with the Divinity of
Law-The Smith and Camden Evidence
Given Out-Doings in Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The sugar in
vestigators have finished their labors and
prepared their reports-three of them.
The first is that of the Democratic mem
bers and it finds in substance that the
Holland" letter was a tissue of false
hoods based on the statements Of man
who didn't want his name mentioned, and
on vague insinuations and inuendoes that
never had any foundation except in the
imagination of some other anonymous
parsonage. No senator is guilty of any Of
the charges against him, the committee
even preferring to take Senator Camden's
word than that of mis- accusers, and he
and Smith were the only senators against
whom there was an iota of evidence.
How tho Republicans View 1t.
Davis and Lodge, Repu blican members,
submitted Il supplemental report devoted
entirely to the subject of the influence of
the sugar trust, so called, on the making
of the sugar schedule as it now stands in
the tariff bill. They say that mo evidence
has been submitted to the committee
which proves that the sugar schedule was
made up in order to fulfill obligations to the
sugar trust for campaign contributions"
but they consider it their duty to go into
some detail as 10 the method employed in
making up the sugar schedule for which
the Democratic members of the finance
committee, it is pointed out. are publicly
responsible. The report concludes: 1T
is matter of complete indifference to the
trust what duties are levied upon sugar so
long as the form is ad valorem and a suf-
| ficient differential is given in favor of re-
fined sugar"
Contributions of the Trust.
The sugar trust, the report says, by the
| evidence of its president and treasurer has
contributed freely TO the state and city
campaign funds of both parties, and their
contributions have been made in years
when national elections were held. This
is a thoroughly corrupt fern of campaig On
contribution, tor such contributions beiDg
given to two opposing parties are not for
the purpose OF promoting certain political
| principles but TO establish an obligatio n
10 the giver on the part of whichever
party comes into power. The trust does
not give TO political parties Tor the promo
ton of political principles in which it be-
| lieves, but for the protection of its own in
| terests.
| Testimony rs to Camden and Smith.
The supplemental report Of Allen of Ne
braska is also submitted with the re-
| port. 1t favors legislation TO prohibit
| congressman from dealing in anything
while members of congress. The supple.
mental testimony taken by the committee.
but kept secret heretofore, is submitted
| 1t contains the statements of Albert NJ.
Seip, Emil Gillaudeu, Senators Camden,
| Smith and Others. Seip said in his testi-
mony that he was in the Office Of Carson
& Mccartney, of this city, more or less
| and that his purchase Of sugar stock had
been largely influenced by seeing senators
in the Office and by the common talk that
they were dealing in sugar stock. He said
he had seen Brice, Quay and Smith there
frequently this spring. but had never
heard either Of them give an order for
sugar stock.
| A Letter from Emil Gillaudeu.
He produced letters from Emil Gillau-
den, of the New York brokerage firm OF
| Wheeler d Co., the first bearing date June
10 and reading: Il see that Smith of New
| Jersey and Camden of West Virginia
both swear that they had not speculated
in sugar stock. could produce a man
or, that is, l know a mau Il do not think
he would 90 back on them)-who was in
my office this morning that received or.
d RS in sugar from both of them, and he
| has CaInden's written order. / should
| think that when a senator swore falsely it
was a pretty serious matter. Do they
answer these questions under oath?"