The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-08-11
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Report of Sugar Investigation
Committee Submitted.
MAIN REPORT SIGNED BY ALL

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ties u the Dsaistes Csei Company
Before the sssaas-As Testimosy -
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WAsHIsoros, August 4.-Senator
Gray. Chairman Of the Sugar lnvestigs-
ton Committee, presented . report 70
the senate to-day. and asked that the
committee be discharged. The msiE re-
port is signed by oil the members OF the
committee. Lodge and Davis present .
supplementary report, and Allen pre-
cents his own views on some features Of
the case. The report recites the facts
which have been published rs to the re-
fusal OF Correspondent Edwards TO
answer questions. Secretary Carlisle 10
exoneratsd, and parts Of the article in
the Phiiadelphis Press rejecting on him
are declared without foundation, except
that IL 10 4 TACT according To Secretary
Csrlisle's testimony he did at the re-
quest Of Senator Jones draft an amend
ment To the sugar schedule. The con-
duct OF Edwards. says the report. in
Publishing specific charges against pub
lie men without having personal knowl-
edge Of facts calls for the serious repro
baton Of the Senate. The COMMITTEES
also SAYS:
There has been no testimony pre-
senied before your committee, and your
committee has been unable 10 discover
any tending to show that the sugar
schedule MAS made up rs il then stood,
in the proposed amendment TO the tariff
bill. in consideration OF large or any
sums Of money paid for the campaign
purposes Of the Democratic party. No
witness has testified before your COM
mittee that such WAS the fact and all
the Democratic members Of the Finance
Committee and all Senators whose
names have been mentioned in the pub
lie press ~ especially interested in pro-
t~rting the sugar refining industries,
or In Whose states sugar redneries
existed. have under oath denied that
thry had any knowledge or information
~ 10 any sums Of money, large or other
wise. having t.een paid Tor the campai gn
purposes of the Democratic party by the
sugar trust. by those connected with il
OF by anybody ~ a consideration for
favorable treatment Of its interests by
said party"
The COMMITTEES also reports the sub
stance OF the testimony Of the sugar re-
6ness, asserting that the campaign con-
tribu,ions were made only 10 the local
committees and not for the purpose OF
influencing national campaigns or for
the purpose OF securing or defeating ma
tional legislation. The report then
rrsds:
mo other testimony has been offered,
suggested or discovered which would
tend 10 support the statements Of Ed
~Ar,is in this regard. Nor IL there any
evidence in support OF the statement
,ha, either Of the MeerrS- Havemeyer
had any interview with President Cleve-
land on the yacht in the summer Of 1897
OF 1898 in regard 10 sugar, the Hawaiian
IslAnds or any other sugar interests or
the policy Of the administration in re-
gard to them. On the contrary, i, hAs
been afiirmaiively shown that the state
mrnt 10 untrue ~ to any such interview
having occurred. II 10 shown by The
evidence that one or more otficer al the
sueAF trust ucrr in Washington, and
that they saw several Senators. generally
thosc representing States In which sugar
rc6neriea were located, with the view Of
insuriag legislation, but these gentlemen
deny he use OF any improper motives
10 thss end. Both the member Of the
trust and the Finance Committee denied
that any meeting took place between
them 1t the capitol or elsewhere. ~ Was
stAtsd In the Holland letter TO have
taken place. and there 10 no evid, ice in
support OF the statements In this re-
gard"
The committee also unites in sayins
that no evidence has been Adduced tend.
ing 10 show improper conduct on the
part of those engaged in the framing Of
the sugar schedule in the tariff bill, aad
strongly dcprecates the pressure TO which
Congress and its members are subjected
by the representative Of great Undue
| trial combinations, Whose enormous
wealth tends 10 suggest undue influences
and 10 create in the public mind . de-
moralizine belief in the existence OF cor
rupt politics.