The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-18


senator. SO as to force "A vote faVoraois
to the reduction of the tariff on lead.
| X IS stated that some years ago ny ~
! formant lost about $4,000 through 'ne
| Lead Trust. and that ever since theh ~
! has been waiting for the time Wheii ne
/ could get back with a TREMENDOUS D''" ",
| had heard that Senator Cameron, ~
Pennsylvania, was the one VINO haI ~, ;,
| the order for Sugar but the Sehlle"i"i'
| Interviewed denied this,
ONE or TEES FOUR.
"You have made a mistake, he said !.
| but the name of the one whose "' ~
/ has been PHOTOGRAPHED sounds mucH IKE
! the name Won have mentioned. III say
/ this. lie is one Of the four senators
/ ferred TO in the Herald's Nashlhston US US
/ patch Of Friday last as lnslsths tha' l,.e
/ House shall not place coal ana IRON Oie
/ on the free list"
These four senator's are Camden ana
+ Faulkner. OF West virginia, anu boimah
/ and Gibson. Of Maryland. senator Am am.
den is brother-in--aw 10 fresl -.liI. l.
| Thompson. who controls the mlilohs upon
+ millions Invested IN the Nahohai h@o@1
XIV informant. who Is anxious to have
/ the schedule reduced Happened 70 De
chatting recently with "a eA-k"oNn
/ broker. who had a brancn once IN " assn
I inrtou The question Of the tariu Was
talked over. ard then that OF SUGAR came
up. After a l0ug discussion oi nc va
I IiDIs lNds-S ga tlt sr"+'''' 49, - ''~'
wei 1 happen to have n document
here that would prove Interesting to the
public.'
OF paper on which WIS written an order
ID 0uv SUGAR Trust shares and signed by
q senator. The broker was ihlerr"Bated
closely as TO how the order came INTO
his possession, and this was MS eApidha-
,in the first place this belongs to an
emplOye Of mine, from whom ] borrowed
10. lie was ln charge oi our bidnch once
at Washington until just before the sugar
scandal came about. |oeu, OWING 70 tne
fact that business had become SLACK. the
branch was closed and he was recalled 10
New YORK. where he now T..
Il was talking to him about the scandal
when he showed NE this order. IT Was
the only one he had preserved OF large
number, ana he had preserved II quite ny
accident, placing it I'm his pocket tnouTht-
iessly win several private letters when
he closed the Washington Once re
pointed To this hole in the bit or paper.
which YOU see. and said that showed II
"Has he any other knowledge OF Ike
Sort l asked my informant
CLAIMS r-rru ENoVlrDor.
ooh. yes" the broker replied. "He says
that seventeen or eighteen other senator
purchased sugar who have since d"nleu
such transactions 50 the inVestigaths
committee. He could unfold tale II ne
SO desired"
My informant borrowed the original or
der. and within four hours II had Deeh
photographed and returned.
knowledge Of the existence OF that iac
smile came 10 me in roundabout way
and | went directly 10 the owner OF the
photograph. Before speaking worn upon
the subject he cNacted promise thdt MS
name should not be used In any way IN
connection with the matter. Iheh ne
said.
The story you have heard is true. /
am glad YOU heard il. for | cannot eX-
press my indignation over the way certain
of the senator's have testified that they
did not speculate IN sugar, when nave
had the original order Of one In my own
hands. and when | now hold photo-
graphic copy Of it. Tho whole thing Is
Infamous"
"Will you let me print a copy of that
photograph in the Herald?"
II think / can do what Is better yet
put you in the way OF obtaining the orls1-
nal order. Come I'm tomorrow
I called the following day, but he had
not seen the person who possessed the
original: Another day went BY and an
other Then he told me Of a telegraph
operator I'm a brokers' office In New York.
who. just before sugars dizzy leap up
ward, had overheard a message come IN
Ia wire from their Washington branrh
office The message ordered 100 shares
OF Sugar Trust stock for one n the most
famous senators of the United States
and said that his account was guaranteed
by another senator. who has been beloi-
the nation prominently Of late.-New
York Herald.