Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-25

and Express and the St. Louis
''Post-Dispatch."
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1.-THE
Senate bribery investigating committee
to-day began the inquiry into the con-
nection of the sugar trust with the tariff
legislation. Z. J. Edwards, the author
Of the HOLLAND" letter in the Phiadel-
phia Press, was before the committee
for several hours.
Edwards presented written memo
randum giving some Of the sources OF
the information and declining TO give
others. He declined to give his au-
thority for stating that Secretary Car
Isle was before the subcommittee con-
s;sting OF Senators Jones, Mills and
Vest, and had insisted that sugar be
given protection because of the party
pledges made previous TO election or for
the statement that Mr.. Carlisle had him
self revised and written the sugar
schedule.
Other statements in his letter, the
authority for which Mr.. Edwards de-
clined TO give, were those that $500, 600
was the amount contributed by the
sugar trust TO the Democratic campaign
fund in 1892, and that member OF the
firm Of Moore 81 Schley, who be said
were Senator Brice's brokers, had been
i'm possession OF the latest estimates
which had been agreed upon to the
tariff bill before the time when Senator
Voorhees, still insisted on the floor or
the Senate that no amendments had
been agreed TO.
Mr.. Edwards was not at all positive
about the sugar trust having given $500, =
600 TO the Democratic campaign fund
in 1892. He was not Informed how or
by whom it was given. As to his state
ment that sugar trust money had been
used
BY DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS
to secure Populist success in Colorado,
he knew only that Colorado Democrats
had been in consultation with men In
New York intimate with sugar trust
affairs. He had for the foundation OF
his statement the Sugar Trust had in
fuence in the Senate and Cabinet, an
interview with Mr.. Havemyer in the
Brooklyn Eagle in which he had said:
1--WE are not without influence in the
Senate" This influence was backed by
a statement in Harper's Weekly that the
sugar men had friends in both Senate
and Cabinet. He also got mis- informa-
tion about a meeting between Have
myer and Senators Smith and Brice In
this city from newspaper publications.
MWith reference to the speculation OF
Senators in the stock ot the sugar trust,
be said that it was matter OF common
report in New York that four or five Sem
ators had engaged in this speculation.
The session was brought to sudden
halt by the committees demanding that
Mr.. Edwards give his authority for the
statements concerning Secretary Car
isles interview with the subcommittee
of the Finance Committee and the Sec
retary's drafting of the sugar schedule.
This Mr.. Edwards declined 10 do, and
the committee insisting,' he asked TO
consult his attorney, Judge Dittenhoe-
fer. The request was granted and the
committee took recess while Mr.. Ed
wards went in search Of his lawyer.
MR.. EDWARDS RETURNED
10 the committee room after an absence
Of an hour, accompanied by Judge Dit
tenhoeffer. The committee decided to
postpone the question until ten o'clock
tomorrow, to allow Judge Dittenhoetfer
to consult local authorities.
John $ Shriver. the Washington cor
respondent OF the New York Mail and
Express was examined in regard TO a
dispatch in his paper, stating that an
interview between certain United States
Senators and members OF ths sugar
trust held in a parlor OF the
Arlington Hotel had been over
heard by a wire manufacturer, who
occupied the adjoining room. Mr..
Shriver was asked the name Of his au-
thority and also the name of the wire
manufacturer mentioned. Mr.. Shriver
said the slory had been given him by a
Congressman. but be declined either TO
give his name or the name OF the wire
manufacturer.
Mr.. Shriver said that the wire manu-
facturer on the morning after the con-
ference met the Congressman and seem
ed in an excited state Of mind. He slap
ped the CONGRESSMAN on the shoulder
and remarked that now be was certain
the Wilson bill would never pass be-
cause the night before he had occupied
a room next to that occupied by some
sugar men and he had overheard enough
of the conversation 10 lead him TO be-
lieve that the tariff bill was dead. The
wire manufacturer also stated that sew
eral Senators were
IN THE. ROOM WITH THE SUGAR MEN
and he had recognized them by their
voices. He likewise volunteered that
at the times the discussion became so
heated and loud that he was unable TO
sleep aud was therefore kept awake and
obliged to hear all that was said. Mr..
Shriver stated TO the committee that
he had no personal objections what
ever TO giving the names Of the parties.
The committee excused Mr.. Shriver
after a brief effort TO arrive at the
sources of his Information until IL
o'clock tomorrow morning.
After MIR. Shriver was excused Mr..
Harry W. Walker, Washington corre-
spondont of the ST. Louis POst-Dis-
patch, was called ani asked to state
where he had obtained the information
published by him in a dispatch in which
he had stated that prominent mem
Der of the cabinet had intimated that
the President himself had confessed
that the Democratic party