The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-10
1|LLMAN TACKLES THE SUGAR TRUST.
AN INvEsTIG ALTON IS DEMANDED

AN INVEsTIG ALTON IS DEMANDED
The Senator from South Carolin
Shakes up the Sugar Senators 1
Lively Fashionable makes N
Charges. but Gives Damaging Ev
dence Against Senators.
WASHINGTON, May 28.-Once agai
is che Senate going to attempt the solr
tfon of the sugar trust problem
Once again Is the calcium light Of
Senate investigation to be thrown upo
the mysterious methods employed b
the sugar trust In its control of tarii
legislation.
Once again will an effort be made e
find out whether there is truth in tn
newspaper charge that Senators have
been specuiating in sugar and othe
stocks, end If SO, who the Senators are
The fiery Tillman started the thinl
going this afternoon. Tillman ha@
given Indication Of his purpose to "sa,
something" And that was enough t(
draw a crowd to the galleries. Wha,
ne did say was, to those who enjoy the
dramatic. worth listening to.
Iillman talks in the Senate like he
talks on the stump in South Carolina
He does not mince words or juggle with
high sounding phrases. He is blunt,
emphatic, foroeful, and today he made
the most sensational Bpeech which the
Senate has had in months.
For bimself he made no charges. AT
The outset he disclaimed all knowledge
OF the truth OF the insinuations and
charges which have found lodgment
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involving Senators and members Of a
Senate committee, had been made ia
newspapers of prominence and over the
signatures of correspondents of repute.
Ho mad these charges read. One was
that Senator Smith, of New Jersey, had
speculated in sugar. Another was tn at
broker had the Senate sugar sched-
ule In his hands day, and more, be-
fore 1T was reported to the Senate and
became public property, and the infer
ence, If not the direct charge, was thai
some member of the Republican sub
committee must have given it out.
There were other stories of the in
Huence brought to bear on the tariff
makers ia the interests Of the trust.
Till nan declared that these charges
should he Investigated, and he went
further He talked Of the former in.
vestigation and said the whole thing
should be taFen up. He disclaimed any
politics, but declared he wanted Demo
Gratis as well as Republicans investiga-
ted-ail who fell under the ban.
.|Aldrich replied for his committee,
making strong, straight Onward, Wig
orous denial. He courted an investiga-
tion.
The charges are such that they can
not be ignored. There is feeling
among Senators that such an investi.
cation cannot possibly avail anything,
that 50 far as practical results are con.
cerned, 1T can avail nothing, even in
view of the recent decision Of the su-
preme court in the Chapman case but
1t Is bound to come.
Senator Tillman's speech was no less
dramatic in its delivery than sensa-
tiOnai in its allegations. He preceded
1T by presenting q resolution for the ap-
pointment of q special committee of
five Senators to investigate charges Of
speculation by Senators while the tariff
bill was before the finance committee.
In advocating the resolution Mr.. Till
man threw aside the usual convention
alitios of the Senate and with plain
ness Of speech seldom heard about the
halls OF Congress called on his asso-
ciates to investiga ate the published
s
IL they wore found to be true to purge
the Senate OF those who debauched it.
The Senator had published articles
read from the desk stating that Soma.
tors had recently made large sums OF
money in speculating in sugar stock
and in one instance the name of 2 Sena
tor was mentioned. Mr.. Tillman spoke
for nearly an hour, every line Of his
speech being punctuated with intense
invective.
The Tillman resolution was referred
to tho committee on contingent ex
penses Of the Senate.
.TILLMAN FOLLOWED THE TIA RIFF.
Considerable progress was made or
the tariff bill, thirteen pages being Gov
cred. Several votes were taken dur
ing the day, but the finance committee
had a liberal majority in every instance
The Democratic members Of the finance
committee made a strong effort to re
duce the rates on window glass, but
their amendments to this effect were
defeated.
Mr.. Tillman rose to question o.
privilege and presented a resolution fol
another sugar investigation. The res
olution, omittiug the preamble, is as
follows:
"Resolved, That q committee OF five
be appointed with power to send fol
persons and papers, to employ q steno
grapher and to administer Oaths, to in
quire into the truth or falsehood of the
charges made in May. 1894, and int
the charges recently made; and the
scope Of the investi cation shall cover
everything embraced in the resolution
OF May II, 1894, as we'll as the method,
pursued by the American Sugar Re
fining Company, better known as the
sugar trust, in controlling Legislation
In it's favor at the present time. Espe
cial)y whether it has in any wise con
tributed to, or controlled the election
of Senator in this body at any time.
Mr.. Frye, who was in the chair
owing to the absence Of Vice Presden
Hobart, promptly ruled that the reso
luton should go to the committee OF
contingent expenses. But Mr.. Tillmal
was not to be stopped. He asked con
sent to make q statement on the resolu
tion, and this being granted, the SOutl
Carolina Senator began o speech whicl