St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-30
senate certify as to such witness his
aforesaid failure to testify. and his
aforesaid

REFUSAI.s TO ANSWER,
and all the facts herein under the seal
or the senate, to the United States dis.
trlct attorney of the District of Colum.
Ola, to the end that each or the witnesses
may be proceeded against in manner
and form provided by law"
Senator Gray has prepared and sub
mltted to the vice president a warrant
directing the district attorney of the
District of Columbia to proceed against
the witnesses Edwards and Schriver,
under the act of 1857. This warrant
certifies the facts set forth in the report
and is signed by the vice president.
Senator Gray had a consultation with
the vice president when the written
document was first presented to him,
II explained that it was. to be issued
when the senate authorized it.
In the report of Mr.. Edwards testf.
mony. which is not quoted specifically
by the committee, but which has been
printed by the committee, the part Of
MS letter referring to the presidents
alleged interest in the Hawaiian ques-
ton because of the sugar interests is
given. Referring to the matter, MIR.
Edwards said that in September of last
year he met a "gentleman who spoke
to me about an article l had written
concerning an operation upon Mr..
Cleveland's jaw for cancer OF malignant
growth, which operation had taken
place some weeks before upon Mr..
Benedict's yacht. This gentleman said
to me:
"As important as that news is, there
Is something much more important TO
the country besides
II FATAL DISEASE,
n which Is now brewing"
l asked him lit was something which
he could give me. He said not then,
because he was under confidence moi to
DO Ii. Later, when he had the informa-
lion that all attempt had been made to
restore the queen of Hawaii, and that it
had failed. this gentleman stated that
was the news which he had, and could
not give. My recollection is that he
either told Inc it was ON Mr.. Benedict's
yacht, at his place or at some sort of a
pleasure eXcurtion of some kind. MIR.
Havelneyer, MI. Benedict, Mr.. Cleve-
land and some others were present.
There had been a general conversation
about the Hawaiian islands sugar inter-
est. and l think he said MIR. Havemeyer;
at all events, it was said by some one,
that there would be a sensation in the
country before congress met.
The Chairman-Who said ii?
MI. Edwards-Either Mr.. Havemeyer,
Mr.. Benedict Of some one in the party;
because it would be then found that
there was peace in Hawaii. and the
queen would be restored, This gentle.
man was a Col. II. r. w. Hoyt, of Green
wIch. He had been speaker of the Con-
necticut legislature.
MIR. EDWARDS SAIL
he had not talked within Col. Hoyt since
he had written his letter. and that the
colonel is now dead. Mr.. Edwards said
Col. HOyt did not tell him where lie got
the lnfOl nation. but his impression was
that he had gotten it from II bers of
the party. Mr.. Edwards admitted that
some of the conclusions were his OWL,
and were cOnjectural.
Mr.. Edwards stated that it was a mai
ter of common report that Stephen B..
ElkinS was interested III the sugar trust,
and that he and Senator German. being
related by marriage, had very great
business Interests in common. Also
that it was common report that Senator
Brice was closely related to II. l.. Ter
rell, of the sugar trust. Mr.. Edwards
could not recOllect from whom he had
received the information that $780,
600 had been contributed to
the campaign fund by per-
sons connected with the trust.
He had heard that Cord Meyer Jr. said
at, the Manhattan club that the trust
owned the Seuate, and that Mr.. Meyer
was a frequent visitor at Secretary La
mont's. It. was omlno report, Ed
wards said. that 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.
I Other testimony presented with the
report, besides that of the newspaper
correspondents, was that of Senator
Gallery, Representative Bourke Cochran
| and eX-Represehtative Ben Lefevre.
Senator Gallery denied having any coll
ference with Havemeyer. Terrell,
Meyer or with any one in the sugar
trust, and that when he wrote the sugar
schedule Hayemeyer was looking over
his shoulder.
Mr.. Gallery said he had
MET MIR. HAVEMEYER
one day going out of the capitol and
was introduced to him and had had one
conference with him, which was held
two or three weeks before the finance
COMMITTEES reported the specific sugar
schedule. That conference was held at
Senator Brice's house. II was asked"
he said, ITO see Mr.. Rayemeyer. He
commenced an argument in favor of the
ad valorem rate on sugar i'll preference
to the specific rate, and a number of
figures were presented to show, or at
tempt to show, the correctness of his
! argument"
In reply to his question as to whether
there had been other senators present
at Senator Brice's house when he met
Mi. HaVemeyer there, he said there
were several other senators present.
Among them were Senator White, of
Louisiana, and Senator Hill, and his
recollection was that Senator German
had also been present, but MIR. Have
meyer did not meet any of the gentle
men but himself.
EX-CongreSSman Lefevre denied the
statement in Mr.. Edwards letter con.
corning the Sunday meeting at the cap
ftol. He said he had not been in the
employ OF the sugar trust, and had moi
been at the capitol with any of its mem.
berS.
During the course of his testimony
MI. Walker stated that he had men,
toned Joe Hickey as a go-between be-
tween Senator Vest and the sugar trust.
II have seen," he said, Joe Hickey
with Mr.. Vest, and in a little while &c
with Mr.. Reed or Mr.. Terrell and get in
a quiet spot and talk"
tie had, however, only onc seen
Hickey with Mr.. Vest, and on that oc.
casion he had seen him within an hour
In conversation with Mr.. Terrell. He
had also seen Hickey around the finance
committee room doors.
Bourke Cochran said Walker asked
him upon one occasion whether he was
the attorney for the sugar trust, and he
told him that he had never been the
attorney for the organization, but thai
he had declined to represent the trust
in the courts in Now York in 1856 OF
1887. he also denied having told
Walker that he favored a duty on
sugar.