The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15
M'kINLEY'S DILEMMA
New York World.

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today. Indicates plainly ;hA, so Ear as he
is concerned any application for the pardon
OF Chapman. the Sugar Trust stock broker.
whether formal or otherwise, must take
the Regular course. and so before the Judge
and the district attorney.
The fact remains. however. thu, the re-
quest for Chapmans pardon. signed ly a
majority Of the senate Investigating com
miuee. was made In accordance with a
suggestion from the White House. l, was
apparently though, by tho interrs ei per
sons that such an informal Application
would avoid reference to the distriet a.
torney who prosecuted Chapman, AMI who
has said that he wil not rocomin eAd a
| harden because she trial was FAIR aad ihe
| sentence lust.
Chairman the man is nothing. but the
Chapman principle and the PRINCIPALS be
! hind Chairman are Of grave impoT -A'.cH'
II Chapman goes 20 Jail II viii probably
| be impossible fer HaNemescr and s'r1ii es,
who are admittedly guilty ot the saTue oi-
| Tense. TO avoid the same fate. II nap
! man is pardoned, any prosecution O. iaNe-
never aud Searles on the same charges
| Will be obviously futile.
4 Chapmans crime Was that he re'vsed to
answer questions put to him by senate
committee engaged in investigating
charges that certain senators hal specu-
lated through him in sugar certificates at
| time when The value OF these certificates
was directly dependent upon The action OF
the senate on the sugar schedule In the
Wilson tsrtff bill.
That such speculation had lax m place.
! and that certain senators had ,heTcoy cor
ruptly enriched themselves in violation Of
! their official oath and personal honor was
notorious fact. but the legal proof ot II
| lay In the mouths Of the senators them
selves or Of Chapman, their agent N his
( Interview in the World Yesterday Chapman
| admitted that the question which ne
senate committee put To- me rotated or-
tirely To tho operaticn 81 certain senators
IN sugar" What was the opera ton9'
| Who were the certain senators ,' Chap
| man saws that following the communest
| principles of business, good faith SDd honor
and the obligations OF secrecy imposed
upon an agent bv nls principals | declined
to reply. and for thai am 10 be pun
shed'
This investigation was not willing one.
IL was forced upon the senate by the
| iashing of the press arouSiug public sem
! timent. Day by day the scandal grew as
! sugar certificates rose and fell In the mar
| ket. The names and the probable gains
s .i ,oSSes ot me sileVut"'.us senators we're
| the n,,hlic tnne,ic
Ii was the most fragrant corruntion ever
recorded in the annals OF the American
sa,,c,, ,,.,. ,,...,. -,
not DEFY the growing rrsss,,rs %, r'bl,c
opinion
With obvious reluctance the Investigation
was ordered. Its progress was attended by
| circumstances indicating mat the real aim
suppress. TO smooth oy.r 70 an -, a.
cover. and to pacifv tho MAMMA ,,;,b
! shan, mo fnrr, - -, 49,
ant questions as TO nolttI,al c,,,riti,t;c,,s
of the trust we're NOT rrosse5 t,, t
Cbanr,an tho ,,,ar, -, -, W." Ia.
ter of corrupt orders IN Van - @.iS ~
distributor Of corr,,rt nrofi,s ~, ",.,.
| was made NV tho rornrit,., th r,ii
ecaneroa. for their corri,ri colIaac,,as I'D
their sugar masters.
/ The committee rcnnrtcd ,b,t -, occour,
! OF tho refusal of vritr.e,.. -. - III
questions tho investirntion h,a Ion fr,,i,"
less. Tho scnnte drained ,ha .,,h,ont
This rtslilt was exnected TIA inves,i.
| CATION had been an obvious farce
|
But II was necessary Go o,,sar,,, ,.,-
sroes bofor, a., ,.,,.,,. "',
| "'''' ''''t' '"e pubic eye to SEND IN
formation as To- The refusal Of Csapmau.
| Havenleyer SrsrIes and other ,y,tness,,s
| tn answer to tho ,,rnsocutirg ofGr,. -,
| -, ,,,, W.
| Wv ''''' '' "i"i'"''' NJ one expected
| that anything would come OF this The
prosecutor is the appointee Of the admins
| ,ra,;o, aud ,ba,., ,,.,. ,,.,o,i ~.
''' '''''' was s'"''"' 'u'a 'ua'
Whdt Is 'al'u me administrator senu-
ment wac not vigorously bent upon op-
| poFlhS the SUGAR trust plans.
hut strange hing happened-a very
strange thng to happen IN the CITY OF
Washington the only city in the United
states Mhere the citizens are not trusted
| WIN the management OF their own AZ
fairs
District Attorney Davis n man Unknown
then but better known now. proved to he
pnbile othcer who actually combined
conscience with talent that could overcome
| tho dlihcnltleS OF detying wealth. and wealth
bought LAWYERS fight for the plain