The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-03
NO FRAUD UNEARTHED'
Sugar Trust Investigating Committee
Makes Its Report to the
Senate.
FOUND NOTHING IMPROPER.
But They Deprecate the Importantly
Ito Which Congress Is Subjected
From Outside.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.--Senator Gray,
chairman of the sugar investigation
committee, presented the report Of the
committee to the senate and asked that
the committee be discharged. The main
report is signed by all the senators Of the
committee. but Senators Lodge and
Davis present q supplemental report,
and Senator Allen also presents his own
views on some features OF the case. The
report which has the approval of the full
committee, recites the causes which led
up to the investigation, and quotes the
article from the Philadelphia Press on
which the charges against senators was
based. 1t also recites the facts which
have been published already as to the
refusal of the correspondent, Edwards
to answer questions put by the com
mittee
Carlisle Exonerated.
Secretary Carlisle is exonerated. and
the parts of the article rejecting on him
are declared to be without foundation,
except that it is fact, according TO
Secretary Carlisle's testimony, that he
did, at the request OF Senator Jones Of
the finance committee, draft an amend
ment to the sugar schedule, copy OF
which, as described by Mr.. Carlisle, il
attached Is an exhibit to the testimony. !"
The conduct OF Mr.. Edwards, says the
report, In publishing specific charges
agains public men without having pers
sonal knowledge Of the facts calls f0a
the serious reprobation Of the senate.
No Knewiedes of Bribery.
The committee also says.
There has been no testimony pre
sented before your committees and youa
committee has been pnable to disOovea
any tending TO show that the suRas
schedule was made up, as it then stood
in the proposed amendment t0 the tarifs
bil in confederation OF large or any
sum oS money paid for campaign pun.
poses Cf th6 Democratic party. No
Witnea @ ltE1 lEiS e6aEly
IsAitt q u u - tsS d i SS'aF III flit
Denocrn4ic haszhaIIs aIIssrs a 81 alxszica a.
lnittee, and &El the ashil a5ks " gSOss nssaass
have beell. men li0n6d aS being int rested
in protesting The sugar rsfEning indus-
tries on In whose states sugar is raised,
denied that such was the truth; or that
they had any knowledge or information
90 70 any sums 0f money, large or other
wise, having been paid for campaign
purposes uk the Democratic party BY the
sugar trust, by those connected with it,
or by anybody. as d consideration for
favorable treatment of it's interests by
said party. !" '
The committee also reports the sub
ject OF the campaign contributions were
made only to the local committees and
not for the purpose of Influencing ma
tional campaigns, or for the purpose Of
securing or defeating national legisla-
tion.
No Improper Conduct.
The report concludes by saying that
no evidence has been adduced tending
to show improper conkuct on the part
of these engaged i'm the framing of the
suga- schedule in the tariff bill.
Though perhaps outside the scope of
the duty imposed upon your committee, =
they say, they take occasion to strongly
deprecate the Importantly and pressure
to which congress and its members are
subjected by the representatives Of great
industrial combinations, whose enor-
nous wealth tempts TO undue influence
and to create in the public mind de-
moralizing belief in the existence Of cor
rupt politics. =
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