The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-25
DEALT IN STOCKS.
Senators and the Sugar
Trust.
POINTS ON LEGISLATION.
Traded for Points on the Stock
Exchange.
PRACTICAL SCIENCE OF POLITICS.
Even the Anti-Snappers Were Not
too Pure to Receive Campaign
Contributions.
PRACTICAL SCIENCE OF POLITICS.

WASHINGTON, May "a - The Senate
Bribery Investigation Committee has sent
the testimony taken in the first part of its
inquiry relating to the attempted bribery
Of Senators Kyle and HuntOn to the
printer, and expect 10 report to the Senate
within few days The result Of the inYes-
tIgaiiOD. 1t Is understood the report will
entirely exonerate Senators HuntOn and
Kyle in the matter.
The committee to-day began secret in
quiry into the connection Of the sugar
trust with tariff legislation.
Z. }. Edwards author of the Holland"
letter in the Philadelphia Press, was before
the committee for several hours. 1t is
known he presented his written memo
randum giving some CT the sources of the
information contained in his letter. He
declined to state his authority for the in
formation that Secretary Carlisle appeared
before the Tariff Subcommittee Jones,
Vest aud Mills before the original
Senate bill was reported, and in
sisted that sugar be given protection.
because OF party pledges made
before the election, or for the statement
that Carlisle himself had revised and had
written the sugar schedule. This schedule.
as prepared by Carlisle, he said. was still
in existence and The fact could be de-
fnilely asceTtained by summoning the
members of the Finance Committee. The
other statements, the authority for which
Edwards declined to give. we're that
S500.000 was contributed By the sugar
trust TO the Democratic campaign fund of
1892 ana that Brokers Moore and Seey
(whO. he said, were Senator Brice's
II Ln
latest amendment to the tariff bill when
voorhees, still insisted that no amendment
had been agreed to. This firm, be said,
had a representative In Washington 10
whom amendments were handed.
Edwards stated that according to his in
formation monAy had not been contributed
directly to the National Committee, but
given to other organizations. Nor was his
information positive that the sugar trust,
as such, made q contribution. 1t may have
been made through individuals with the
understanding that In the case of success
the trust should be protected against dam
aging legislation. He instanced the state
ment made by Governor Waller of Con-
necticut before the investigation commit
tee Of that State that wealthy men of New
York contributed 100000 toward Demo
said half had been contributed by Have
meyer and half by E. c. Benedict. BE said
it was notorious that the leading memb bers
of the Democratic party in Colorado had
been in consultation with wealthy Demo-
Gratis Of New York prior to election.
Edwards said his first Information as TO
The interest of the sugar trust in politics
had come TO him in the spring of 1892
when it had contributed $4,000 to the
cause of the "Anti-SnappeIs" in New
York State, but he had thought compare
lively little Of this until he had heard of
its further large donations 10 the fall of
that year. His first intimati0n of Mr..
Havemeyer's interest in tariff legislation
had been received from an Interview with
that gentleman published in the Brooklyn
Eagle as early as the 25th of last January,
in which he said the tariff bill would be
looked after when 1t should reach the
Senate.
Eve are not without influence in the
Senate" Mr. Havemeyer was reported 10
have said. I'VE are not impotent there"
Edwards also SAID that Harper's Weekly,
of W bich ex-Secretary Schurz is editor,
had asserted that the sugar trust was not
without friends in the Cabinet and in Con-
gress. and be said be had obtained his in
formation about the reported meeting of
Mr.. Havemeyer and Senators Brice and
Smith at the Arlington Hotel in this city
from newspaper publications.
With reference 10 the speculation of
Senators in sugar-trust stock, be said it
was matter of common report in New
York that four OF FIVE Senators had en-
gagged in this speculation, but he said
owing to the fact that their dealings came
under the class known as privileges, puts
and calls, there was no record kept of
them, and the fact of their trading would
be difficult of proof. He suggested that
Messrs. HavemeyeT, John Searles. ex-
Congressman Lefevre, Cord Meyer, II. M.
Terrell and Mr.. Reed be summoned as
men who would be able to throw light on
the operations of the sugar trust.
The afternoon session was brought to
sudden halt by the committee demanding
that Edwards give his authority for the
statements made in his testimony concern
ing Secretary Carlisle's interview with the
subcommittee of the Finance Committee
and the committee drafting the sugar
schedule. This Edwards declined to do,
and the committee insisting he asked to be
'4'4O"tu W CUuSult DIS attorney, JuORH Dll-
tsuhoefer. who was in the city. The re-
quest was granted, and the committee
LOOK another recess while Edwards went in
search OF his lawyer.
Edwards returned to the ecommitiee-room.
after an absence Of an hour. accompanied
by Judge Dittenhoefer. After brief con.
ference the committee decided to postpons
further consideration of the onestion of
excusing Edwards from divulginp bts an
thority for certain of his statements mill
10 O'Clock tomorrow, to allow judge Dit-
tenhoefer to consult authorities bearing on
the case.
John Scnriver. the Washington CORE
spondent of the New York Mail and Fx-
press, was examined in regard To die
patch which appeared in MS paper on Nav
49, stating that an interview between GER
tam United States Senator's and members
of tho sugar trust, held In a parlor of the
Arlington Hotel. had been overheard by
wire manufacturer who occupied the ad-
Joining room. Schriver was asked tho
name of his authority aud also the name
of the wire manufacturer mentioned.
SchEiver said the story had been given