The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-30

Washington. May 29.-The question
of the right OF newspaper correspond
ents to refuse to give Senator Gray S
bribery and sugar investigation com
snittee the sources of their information
was brought before the Senate in re-
port from the c, -lmittee concerning
the refusal of Cor 5ponoents Edwards
and Schiver to answer questions.
IN the morning hour, Mr.. Kyle, in or
der to avoid further conflict over the
passage of the resolution declaring the
sense of the Senate against the nom
interference with affairs of the Ha-
waiian islands, agreed to waive vote
on his resolution if a vote could de
secured on the Turpie resolution re-
ported from the committee on foreign
relations.
Vest offered as a substitute for Tur-
pies resolution one declaring that from
the facts and papers before the Senate
it would be unWise and ineXpedient to
consider the project of annexation;
that the highest international interests
require that the people of the Sandwich
lh.ands chose their own form Of govern
rlent and line of policy; that foreign in
reference with the affairs OF these
islands he regarded as an act unfriend-
ly to the United States. motion by
ESar to lay Vests amendments on the
table was defeated-1S yeas, Sc nays.
The tariff bill then came up and
Mr.. Proctor addressed the Senate in
opposition.
Pettigrew and Tariff.
Mr. Pettigrew Representative of
South Dakota) said he voted for the Ia
riff bill of 1890. as it was amended by
the Senate, but refused to vote for the
conference report. because the Senate
had receded from its amendments re-
ducing the duties and providing for a
tariff commission. He was not against
protection, out against excessive du-
Ties which enabled the formation of
trusts and combinations to rob the peo-
pie"
He then advocated the creation of a
tariff commission, non-partisan and
with full power TO thoroughly inVesti-
gate the whole tariff question, and re-
port at the next Congress. He then
discussed the sugar trust and said that
the proposition to place refined sugar
on the free list in the Mckinley bill,
was met with great opposition and a
demand or one-half cent pound on all
tafined sugar was granted. He con-
Snued: LAS soon as the bill was
passed, the sugar trust was orga nized
with a capital Of 5000, 900. l am in
formed that the total value of the prop
q y ONIlCO ny Tie trust WdS less IHdIl
25,000,0 GOO. The stock of this company,
or trust, rose above par and paid u per
cent. dividends, and S50,000.0 900 were
thus taken from the purses of the peo-
pie and put into the pockets of the COM
binations of Inscriptions spectators.
1t is now admitted that the total cost
CT refining sugar is not over one-tenth
CYa cent per pound, yet these people
Have the effrontry to come here and
ask that their business shall be again
protected, and the trainers of the bill
have responded to their request. If
this bill fails TO pass, 1 shall be pleased
to vote for an amendment to some ap-
preparation bill. placing sugar on the
free list, and for fear the Wilson bill
shall pass I shall offer an amendment
to that effect, and thus destroy their
conspiracy"
He declared: That the Wilson bill is
a swindle upon the people of South Da-
kota in every respect 1t robs the
farmer. it robs the tin miners and ruins
our mica industries
Feeling of Contempt.
Senator Pettigrew said in conclusion:
Mr.. President, 1 have a feeling which
approaches contempt for the represen-
tate5es of New England and the east
1I< this body, who in making tariff
SPEECHES. have shown = silver lining to
the dark cloud Of their inSincerity For
twenty years and up to date. they have
voted on every occasion to destroy sill
Yer and put the country on a gold
pasls, ana having accomplished their
OBJECT and ruined the silver. cotton and
wheat producers, and in fact, all other
producers, they now turn to us and saw
we are friends of silver I saw 10 Won
gentlemen of the Senate, we are going
70 vote with you against the Wilson
fraud from principle, because we be-
lleve in protection TO American laoorers
and American industry. Your smiles
and your talk about silver does not fool
US one particle; we see your cunning.
and your duplcity. 1 am convinced
that the only people who hold a logical
posIuon IN this controversy are the sill
yer men OF the west, who insist that the
free coinage of silver and protective ia
riff go hand in hand; that this is the
true doctrine of the Republican marry
and that upon this platform alone can
the Republican party remain in power =
Do Newspaper Men Lie.
Gray, at the close of the speech BY
Pettigrew, presented the report of the
committee delegated to investigate the
Kharges of improperly in framing the
sugar schedule.
Hill objected.
Gray said it was privileged; the Sen
ate agreed and the report was rec.
The committee, after reciting the testi-
m ony of Edwards and Schriver, and the
QueSlOnS Iney refused TO answer, saws
the witnesses are in contempt of the
Senate and ought to be dealt with un-
der the law prividing a fine OF from 500
to $1,000 and Imprisonment from a
month to a year.
Senator Gray submitted to the vice
president a warrant directing the dis
trict attorney to proceed against the
witnesses The discussion was renewed
as to whether the report was privileged.
Mr.. Hill claiming that it was not.
The vice-president ruled it was.
Mr.. Hill appealed and made a vigor-
Gus speech.
Mr.. Hill proceeded to discuss the
questions involved in the decision. He
argued that the Senate could not lose
jurisdiction, simply because a commit
tee made a report; that X still had a
right TO recommit the report and if
lAommitted in law, it was as if the re-
p9St never had been made. Mr. Hill
Hill said he had no personal interest
in the investigation. He thought it
proper enough to investigate the
charges of attempted bribery, but he