The Washington times., 1894-06-17
GEoRGE FOUGHT THE STOCK.

GEORGE BOUGHT THE STOCK.
He said he would do that, and asked me if
knew any other person by the name Of Ran
som in the city. l told him 1 knew OF but one
person in the city by the name OF Ransom
now. and that was my son George. who was my
clerk. He asked me where he was. and said
he was N the paflor and l would step in and
bring him III. l was, perhaps. more cautious
than the occasion required, and l said to Mr..
Rowland that l would thank him to come
with me TO the door, SO that he could see that
no communication should take place between
me and my son. | went 10 the parlor door
where George was and beckoned him to come
in. L did not speak to him or see him be-
tween the parlor and my room. and when he
got in my room | asked the gentleman to
state their business 10 him. and told my son
whatever the matter was to tell the truth
about il.
lie then stated TO those persons in my pres
ence that he had bought some sugar stock
on the I7th OR the 1Sth of april. He put up
q margin OF SO. which lie paid the sugar
broker on sulT- stock. He said on the same
day be put up margin of S25 on cotton.
He SAID he lost the cotton. and made SO on
sugar. That after that he repeated the same
bet on sugar but not on cotton and thinI; he
lost the second. he then stated that he and
a Captain Barnes. a messenger here at the
Commerca Committee room. after that on
two occasions bought $40 worth OF sugar
stock piece. They went in together. and l
asked this correspondent to examine my son
fully rs nuch as he pleased and 10 see Captain
Barnes and examine him, too.
About two weeks ago Capt. Barnes came
to my room in the Committee on Commerce.
Hc IS messenger of the committee a North
Carolfnian, and has been here some tine.
Il t told me that he had something 20 tell me.
and it was very rough:' that particular
friends of his had told him that they had
paper on which my name was down for so
much sugar stock. and that l was deeply in
it. l told him how false it was. how abso-
iuseiy ia.se. ana asked him 20 so TO his
friend and te.i him the same thing, and to In
sist upon his inquir:ng into it. and to let me
know in what shape and form il was, what
way it wGs. ana what it meant. and how it
was. he ncXt ,:Ay he came to me and told
me his f-iend had looked into it and thought
there WIS nothing in it, and l told him he
must look into it thoroughly to see aud know
thai there WAS nothing in it; that | could not
1--we ii there wGs anything of that sort in any
Godys breast about ~ and he must go and
sec. He returned the next morning and told
me his friend said it was all myth, and
not to give myself any concern about it.
NEVER DREA7IED HIS son sPECULATED.
This correspondent (Eowland) asked me
the name OF that person, and I told him it
was given to me in confidence and had no
right to give the name without Capt. Barnes
consent. but have no objection to giving the
name TO The committee. l have seen Mr..
Howlald about it. lust this minute sent
for him aud told him that should ask the
committee to summon him to give the ac-
count of his interview with me to you. l
may not have stated correctly as to details Of
this purchase by my son. l asked him yes
terday morning TO so TO the brokers' shop
and get an account. paper, to show the eN-
act transactions. and to be ready to come be-
fore the committee.
Senator Gray asked: Had you any knowl-
edge whatever until this interview with Mr..
Rowland on The evening you speak Of of the
bets OF your son with this broker in sugar and
cotton?'
Senator Ransom replied: "I never jreamed
of such thing. 1 never thought of it. l
would not have believed it. The truth of it
is. went TO my son with great deal of con-
fldence when this correspondent wanted to
see him. The paper shows when he bought
the first stock l was out of the city. The 18th
OF April was when we were at Gov. Vance's
funeral at Asheville.
II may state to the committee that have
no interest whatever. and never had. in any
stock or trade or anything else In any way
since have beenin the Senate
Senator Smith. of New Jersey. whose name
has been connected with the rumors regard
ing sugar, answered AL the categorical ques-
tions put by the committee. and denied tina.
he had given any information, directly or in
directly, to persons interested In sugar stocks;
said he had not bought or sold such stocks:
had never been concerned with any person in
the sale OF such stocks or certificates; no one
had bought such stocks In any way In which