The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-05-18
THEY WANT The FACTS
Senator's ResolV, 10 Investigate Those
Charges Of Bribery.
ALL SAY THEY'RE ANXIOUS
Some Sensational Talk and a Whole
Lot of Nonsense Heard in
the Upper House OF Con-
gress Yesterday.

tion to investigate the charges Of at
tempted bribery of Kyle and Hunton
was discussed in the senate to-day and
passed with amendments that makes the
resolution yeritable dragnet, including
all charges OF bribery, all allegations of
contributions made by the sugar trust. di-
rectly or indirectly, TO the campaign COM
mitiee or TO he used in the elections by
either or any senator, or to in any way
improperly influence tariff legislation.
llausbrough read letter from Buttz,
asking an investigation. Hunton asked
speedy investigation, so did Harris. Allen,
in behalf of Kyle, who is absent, declared
he would demand an investigation. Allen
made the resolution more specific by add
ing: "Or whether any senator has been
specializing Ia what is known as sugar
stock while the tariff bill has been pend
ing.n
Senator Gallnger gave another INSTALL
mcnt Of his speech against the tariff bill.
Morgan opened the proceedings by of.
fering a resolution which, after reciting
tho existence OF the sherman antitrust
law of June, lSl2, and the alleged exist
ence of the sugar trust, called on the at
torncy general for information as to
whether any proceedings were pending
against such corporations; IL SO, what
stage they had reached; il not, whether,
in his opinion, there was any defect in tho
antitrust law.
The Lodge tariff, bribery and sugar in
vcsiigation resolution, which came over
from yesterday, was then laid before the
senate.
Lodge took the floor. On Monday, he
said, an article had appeared in the Phila-
dclphia Press charging that enormous
profit would accrue the sugar trust by the
fixing Of the date when the sugar sched-
ule would 90 into effect as Jan. 1, which
profit was estimated at $5),0oo,0oo. IL
charged that the schedule was exacted by
the trust in iultillment of tho pledges
made To 1t during the campaign of 1892. Ii
also charged that amendments were in
the hands OF a firm of New York brokers,
whose names were given at the very tImo
when their existence was denied by tho
chairman Of the finance committee and
others. These charges were made by T.. j.
Edwards, we'll known newspaper man.
who wrote over the nom do plume of
"Holland.r II there is any truth in 1t the
public ought TO know 1t; II false they con-
stiiutcd libel Of tho grossest kind.
Yesterday. a New York paper, from its
CORE spondent here. had printed the story
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