The record-union., 1894-08-03
speeial to the REconD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Senator Gray.
Chairman of the Sugar Investigation
Committee, presented report TO the
Senate to-day, and asked that the COM
nlittee be discharged. The main report
is signed by all the members OF the COM
mittee.
Lodge and Davis presented supple
mental report, and Allen presents his
own views on some of the features OF the
case. The report cites the facts which
have been published as to the refusal of
Correspondent Edwards to answer cues
tions.
Secretary Carlisle is exonerated, and
parts of the article in the Philadelphia
Press refecting on him are declared with
out foundation, except the fact. accord
ing to Secretary Carlisle's testimony. that
he did, at the request Of Senator Jones,
draft an amendment to the sugar sched-
ule." The conduct of Edwards, says the
report, in publishing specific charges
against public men without having per-
sonal knowledge of facts calls Tor the
serious reprobation of the Senate.
The committee also says: There has
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committee, ana your committee has been
unable TO discover any. tending TO show
that the sugar schedule was made up as
il then stood. in the proposed amendmenr
to the tariff bill, in consideration OF large
or any sums OF money PAID Tor campaign
purposes OF the Democratic party. NO
witness has testified before your commit
Tee that such was the fact, and all the
Democratic members OF the Finance
Committee and all the Senators whose
names have been mentioned III the pub
iic press as especially interested in pro-
tecting the sugar refining Industries. or
in whose States sugar rehnerieS existed,
have under oath uenled that they had
any knowledge or Information as to any
sums of money, large or otherwise, hav-
ing been paid Tor campaign purposes of
the Democratic party by the sugar trust,
by those connected with il, or by any
body, as a consideration Tor favorable
treatment of its interests by the said
party"
The committee also reports the SUBJ
stance OF the testimony OF the sugar re-
liners, as saying that the campaign con-
trIbutions were made only to the local
committees, and not for the purpose OF
influencing national campaigns, or for
the purpose OF securing or defeating na-
Lional legislation.
mo other testimony has" the commit
eee3
covered which would tend 10 support the
statements of Edwards in this regard.
Nor is there any evidence in supporting
the statement that either of the Messrs.
Havemeyer had an interview with Pres
ident Cleveland on yacht in the sum
mer of 1892 or 1893 in regard to sugar,
Hawaiian Islands or any other sugar in
tcrests, or the policy OF the Administra-
ton in regard TO them. On the contrary,
ii has been affirmatively shown that the
statement is untrue as TO any such inter-
view having occurred. 1t Is shown by
the evidence that one or more officers of
the sugar trust were in Washington and
that they saw several Senators, princi-
pally those representing States in which
sugar refineries were located, with the
view of influencing legislation but these
gentlemen deny the use OF any improper
motives 10 that end. Both the members
of the trust and the Finance Committee
denied that any meeting took place be-
tween them at the Capital or elsewhere,
as was stated in the Holland letter to
have taken place, and there is no evil
dence in support of the statements in
this regard"
The committee also unite in saying
that no evidence has been adduced tend
ing to show improper conduct on the
part OF those engaged in the framing of
the sugar schedule in the tariff bill.
The committee strongly deprecate the
pressure to which Congress and its MEM
bers are subjected by the representative
of great industrial combinations, whose
enormous wealth tends TO suggest undue
influence and to create in the public mind
a demoraiiZing belief in the existence of
corrupt politics"
The committee reports in the negative
upon the question. Whether any Sem
ator has speculated in sugar stocks dur
ing the consideration of the tariff bill?"
AS TO the latter branch OF inquiry,
which brought out Photographic copy
OF an order to buy sugar stocks, dated
March I'd, and purported to be signed by
Senator Camden, the committee gives
credence to the denial of Senator Cam
den, and says that "Battershail, whose
testimony was expected to bear upon the
inference from the Photographic copy, is
q man of doubtful character" Senator
Smith is also exonerated from blame.
Summing up. the committee says that
no charge or charges have been filed be-
fore them alleging that the action of
Senators has been corruptly or i'm
properly influenced in the consideration
of the tariff bill, and no attempt has been
made to influence legislation.
All the testimony taken by the court is
submitted as part OF the report.
Messrs. Davis and Lodge (Republieans)
submitted supplemental report, de-
voted entirely TO the subject of the influ-
ence OF the sugar trust, so called. on the
making of the sugar schedule as it now
stands in the tariff bill. They say that
mo evidence has been submitted to the
committee which proves tho sugar
schedule was made up in order TO fulfill
obligations TO the sugar trust for cam
paign contributions" but they consider
their duty 10 go into more detail as TO the
method employed III making up the
sugar schedule. Tor which the Demo-
cratic members of the Finance Commit
tee, it is pointed out, are publicly re-
sponsible.
lit is also submitted - says the report,
sand it is proved by the sworn testi-
mony of every witness called, that the
platform of the schedule WAS that de-
sired by the representatives of the REIN
ers or the sugar trust. The three inter-
ests concerned in the sugar schedule are
stated to be those with no local or pecu-
MARY interest in free sugar, the producer
of raw sugar and the refners. Ii soon
became evident after the House bill came
TO the Senate that no bill could pass that
body which did not regard both the latter
interests. The interests of the producers
and retiners then came into conflict, the
refiners fayoring an ad valorem auty on
raw sugar now embodied IN the bill.
The report says: sit appears by the
testimony of Senator Vest that Senators
Brice, German, Smith, White and Caffery,
alter said conference of Democratic Sem
ators, came TO the rooms of the Finance
Committee in regard To the sugar sched-
ule. Senator Vest testified that German
urged a duty of 40 per cent. ad valorem
and quarter of cent per pound differ
entiaI in favor ofsrefned sugars as the
proper schedule. This was opposed by
the Senators from Louisiana, represent
ing the producers as against the retiners.
Afterward the specific schedule was
changed by the Finance Committee, and
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