Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-30
WHEELING ". VA. WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 30 1891


take part. He positively denied that
Mr.. Havemyer was present "nen the
sugar schedule was written.
Senator Gray's report closeo Win
warrant directing the District ATTORNEY
to proceed against the correspondents
When Senator Gray had closed, Sena-
tor Hill rose to discuss the report. DE
had no personal interest In the ilVesh-
cation, but if the Senate began 10 IN
vestigate whether newspaper men al
ways told the tluth, or ever told the
truth, it would be kept busy TIL
the end of time. This caused
very broad smile throughout
the Senate. II have grave doubt, II
Senator should come before commit
tee and refuse TO answer questohs re-
lating TO his private business, Whether
the committee could compel him 10 90
so. A Senator who speculates In sugar
stock violates no law"
But" interrupted Mr.. Allen, 'wouio
it be more proper for Senator TO lnVest
money in any enterprise 10 be aHecteu
by his vote than it would be for ludge
on the bench 10 render a decision IN
cases in which he was interested?'
"a Senator has legal right TO 90
what is not prohibited. 1t might De an
act of improperly, but it would not
constitute a crime. If the committee
desired to get at the facts why ola they
not
CALL THE SENATORS
whose names had been connected with
these charges, instead of prosecuting
pewspaper men who had no personal
knowledge and whose information was
obtained from confidential sources"
But" interjected Mr.. Allen, III the
Questions asked the newspapers were
relevant they should not be exempt from
testifying."
"Why call the newspaper men In
stead of the men themselves" retorted
Mr.. Hill. Mr.. Gray said: "The eye
witnesses are wanted"
"Well, you are going a long way
around the horn TO look for them" re-
torted Mr.. Hill with some irony In his
tone.
"How are We to get themP" asked
Mr.. Gray. "Call the Senators, replied
Mr.. Hill impulslvely, that is the best
way"
"How are we to tell who the Sena-
tors are?" asked Mr.. Allen.
"If you don't know" said Mr.. HILL
with great emphasis, "call them all:
So long as you have foolishly, as L
think, entered upon this investigation,
ills our duty to exhaust it.
Mr. Hill said: 81 deny the right OF
the Vice President to certify those facts
to the District Attorney under the stat
ute without affirmative action by the
Senate, and l believe the Senate has no
right to 60 further than it has gone
After long wrangle among mem oers,
in which Senators Harris and Hill
figured most prominently, the vice
president announced that lhe matter
would go over. 1t is generally under
stood, however, that he has decided to
certify the names Of the correspondents
to the District Attorney requested by
the committee.
The tariff bill was again taken up,
but no further action was had and the
Senate adjourned.
The committee to-day examined SEN
ators Voorhees,, Jones and Vest, OF the
Finance Committee. They maze gem
eral denial of all the charges, and spe-
officially contradicted the story that Sec
retarv Carlisle had made secret visit
to the committee and demanded that the
sugar interests be protected because
of the Democratic partYs Indebtedness
to the Sugar Trust. They agreed that
Mr.. Carlisle had neither made such
visit to the committee and that no
such demand had been made upon the
committee for the reasons given In Mr..
Edwards letter, or on any other ac-
count. They also denied the report that
meeting had been held by
the committee on the Sunday before
the tariff bill was reported for the con-
sideration Of the sugar schedule, and
said that If the sugar people had been
together in an adjacent room while the
committee was in session at any time
they were not cognizant of the fact