The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-29
ust i should have IL cent a pounu

ciSe ~ ann. Va s-WO occasions, ne en-
p.A'r ed, Mr.. Cleveland had said to him
tina; lie thought the IA centi,n raW
sugar was necessary tQ the Anl"rir:n
refiners and that 4 is cent rare would
drive the reftners out of business. Pro
ceeding, Mr.. Tillman said that 1t might
be Mr.. Cleveland desired to carry out q
bargain. He (Tillman) did not say this
was the case. But was it the case? If
he the PreSidenD did this the Senate
ought to find 1t out.
Here Mr.. Gray, Of Delaware, chairman
Of the former Sugar Investigating Conn
mlttee, interrupted. The statement. he
said, that sugar schedule had been
made upon Mr. Benedict's yacht when
the President was on board with officers
OF the sugar trust was not true and it's
falslty had been established after the
committee had probed the statement 10
the bottom. Both Mr.. Havemeyer ana
Mr.. Searles had testified that no such
meeting ever occurred and that they
never met Mr.. Cleveland
Mr.. Tillman said he was glad to hear
that would clarity the situation" He
was attacking no one. but one half of the
American people believed, he said, that
there was corrupt dear In 1894, "just
| as some OF us believe there is something
rotten in Denmark now" Both parties
are involved" exclaimed the Sena tor
"and one is as deep in the mud as the
other is in the mire. You know of the
reports against certain members Of the
finance committee and now we have
damning accusations against the present
committee" Mr.. Tillman began to speak
OF Mr.. Chapman, '.who was now living
like little king In the :rict jail" "
Mr.. Pettus, Of Alabama Interrupted a t
this stage. II wi ! ask the Senator said
Alr. Pettus, With much delibe.ation, mot
10 deal in generalit!es. If he desires to
put mark Oh a Senator on this floor,
then demand that he do 1t and not in
dulge in generalitles against all the
members Of the Serate." There was an
awe-lilie hush through the chamber and
momentary expectation that names
| might be given.
That Is what I want an inquiry for
TO mark these men, responded Mir TIL
man. Il want them marked ana | do
not want the poor man to suffer while
the m.lliona!res are turned loose !.
know, there are charges that men have
peen bought and sod. ard are We to sit
quietly? The Senator (Pettus) IS Il new
conner here and he, Of course, is not n
| parttceps criminis."
1t was for that reason, Mr. Pettus de-
| clared that he made his demand True
and honorable men should not have 10
sit here and have a slur cast on them by
gcneralized statements
| why don't you wait for the rest Of
! my speech?" asked A1r. Tillman Of Mr..
| Pettus -
| IL tHe 'oena tof VIII mention just one
| name I will be satisfied" said Mr.. Pe;-
tus. He has given nothing but gen
cralizatio thus far
well, have speciica tions 10 present
II you'll just possess yourself in pa
| tience," answered the South Carolinian
| Sena tor. ,,''
Mr.. Tillman went on to state that
When the former tariff bill was framed
| the finance committee had left their
committee room and had taken quarters
at the Arlington Hotel.
| The SENATOR is grossly mistaken"
| interrupted Mr. Vest of the finance
committee. The Democratic members Of
! the finance committee did not SO to the
Arlington Hotel or anywhere else out
| side their committee room
MI Tillman said he was glad the
Democratic party was relieved to this
extent. He was not dealing with the
| subject as party man, he said, but as
a free man. Parties could afford to be
| rid of men responsible for the occurrence
| OF 1894 and thereabout
Now, no one denies" Mr.. Tillman
went on, that for the last two months
occupied by the finance committee. in
easy touch with the phone to New York
and easy reach Of agents Of the sugar
| trust
Why was it, he asked. that the sugar
trust can always command a specific in
stead OF an ad valorem duty? Why was
1t that they cleared s25,00O,O 900 in three
years? They had cleared it, he added
at the epense of every cup Of tea and
coifee drunk throughout the country. II
was the Republican party who did it
hrst; It was the Democratic party who
did it in 1894.
And now he proceeded. with a dis
gfaced and demoralized Democratic par,
ty out or power and the Republicans in
cnarge OF affairs we have another dam
ming evidence OF the supar tr,,st's nn,,.
err 'iy. ~ 80 >' ~"
Mr. Tlllman said he would now present
sPecliicatlo fIe sent TO the desk and
llad read number OF signed articles in
me newspapers Of New York, Chicago
anu ELSEWHERE, making serious charges
against Senator's. The names of individ
ual Senators We're mentioned for the
first time.
The fl st article read from the desk be-
gan with "Smith ahead on sugar" and
SPOKE OF he New Jersey Senator's sell
ing b,0oO shares OF sugar stock, short n;
profit Of So, 600 :
MT. smith was not in the chamber q t
the time. Then followed the reading Of
many other articles making intimatio
ana charges Of speculation and i.regu-
larity. >' .
Mr. Tillman carried on running com
men5 as the reading proceeded, speaking
prlehy after each article If any man
i,au peen influenced in the manner
charged; the Senator asserted, he was no
better than "the blackleg gambler who
haa cards up his sleeve Such a man