Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-21
THE SUGAR QUEST.
Not Much More Testimony 10 Be
Taken.
RESULTS THUS FAR.
Exactly What Information Has Been OBJ
taincd-No Proceedings Yesterday
Againstthe Newspaper Men.

WASHINGTON. June 20.--The prospects
are that there will be no further testi-
mony heard before the Sugar Trust In
vestlgating Committee, except that OF
few senators whose absence from Wash
ington prevented their Answering to the
"drag-net" questions. One by one as the
senators return 10 town they will be ex-
amined. The committee has heard a large
number of Witnesses. including newspaper
men, officers OF the American Sugar Re-
finlng Company, stock brokers' and all
but about half a dozen members OF the
Senate. The result is summed up in this
way:
Several senators have told Of talks they
had with President Havemeyer and Sec
rotary Searles. OF the American Sugar Re
iining Company and with u. L. Terrell.
whose testimony was not clearly estab-
Iished, but there has been no direct evil
dence of any formal conference between
the sugar men and senator's. The allie
cations that Senator Brice had specu-
lated In sugar stock and had been thus
improperly influenced in helping the re-
filming Interests were not supported by
the evidence. These allegations were con-
tradicted 10y the testimony Of Senator
Brice himself. corrcborated by Broker
r.. X. Chapman.
While the committee ascertained that
the Sugar Trust had contributed TO the
Democratic and the Republican parties
In state campaigns, 1t failed 10 secure
any evidence showing that contributions
were made to either party in national
oil. L.
denied that such contributions had been
made, and Senator German. a member Of
the Democratic National Committee. and
the manager Of the national campaign In
1884. and several other senators said they
had never heard of any
QUAY'S DEFIANCE.
one senator. Mr.. Quay, told the com.
mittee point-blank that he had specu-
lated In sugar prior 10 the time the tariff
bin came to the Senate. and that he had
a perfect right to do so. Another sena-
tor. Mr.. Mcpherson. said he had mad
vertently become involved In sugar specu-
lation during the tendency Of the bin
through the blunder OF a servant IN
sending n telegram directing the purchase
Of Sugar stock after the Senator had
decided that it would be improper for
him to buy the stock. II was also shown
that a son Of Senator Ransom's and tbs
messenger OF the Senator's committee had
placed small bets on Sugar without Sena-
tor RansOm's knowledge. Senator Ran
SONS testimony was enough 10 show
that he was blameless in the matter
To-day Senators Gray and Lindsay. the
Democratic members Of the investigating
committee. have been busy arranging tho
case Of Havemcyer and Searles, when
viii be reported TO the Nice-P President
for certifcation to the District AttOr-
ney because Of their refusal To answer
que stions.
so far the committee has reported and
the Nice-President certified three recalci-
trant witnesses. Correspondents ShriVeT
and Edwards and Stockbroker Chapman.
Other witnesses who refused to answer
questions were Messrs Havemeyer,
Seurles, Mccartney. n stock-broker, and
Fisher. telegraph-Operator. The latter
will probably not be certified for crimi'
nal prosecution.
Senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, appeared
before the committee this afternoon, and
answered all the drag-nct questions In
the negative.
The expected formal indictments Of the
newspaper correspondents, Messrs. Shriver
and Edwards, were not handed into
court to-day by the grand jury. The rea-
son. as given at the District \ ttorney's
once is that no similar cases are on
record and the office. in the absence OF
precedent, is exercising great care in
framing indictments that Will hold water,