The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-23

mine the truth of a complaint bye
citizen against another with reference to
the most trifling incident of every day
! life.
"As to the clause of the resolution
which claims that the brokers in New
York knew in advance what the commit
tee would report in regard to the sched-
ule on sugar, the committee report they
can find nothing in the clipping from
the newspapers presented in support of
the proposed inquiry
''The attack on one of the correspond
ents is characterized as a deliberate,
unfair and envenomed determination to,
if possible, bring upon the subcommittee
of the finance committee the contempt
of the country"
Whenever" the report continues
1--WE approach a statement that, judging
from the sensation heading of the ar
| ticle seems about to give us definite and
responsible informa ton which could be
reached by an investigation, we are dis
appointed TO find that instead of afford
ing evidence of the alleged fact. the
statements consist of insinuations mys-
terious hints ard indefinite illusions
made on the authority of some person
whose name the correspondent does not
disclose. All these gueSSes, differences
and innuendoes are met in the most di
rect manner by the statement of the
senator from Rhode Island, Aldrich."
Senator Aldrich's reply to Mr.. Tillman,
in which he refers to Senator Jones of
Nevada as the only senator outside of
the subcommittee who had knowledge
of its proceedings is quoted at length.
Replying to this statement, Senator
Jones makes an Individual statement, in
which he says he is a member of the
finance committee of the senate, and
that such information as he gained from
the sub committee on the occasion re-
ferred to by the senator from Rhode
Island was information received in le
Ultimate official consultation with the
members OF the sub committee, and
that such information was conveyed by
Jones to no human being in any form or
manner before the presentation of the
particulars to the senate and its publ
cation in due and orderly course.
1t would they continue, be monsters TO
set in motion the investigating machin
cry of the senate every time such an at
tack is made upon senator.
The committee says, with reference to
the portion of the resolution which re-
quires the reopening of the Inquiry of
1894, that no new evidence has been pro-
duceG, and that the proceedings in the
courts in the matter of certain contu-
macious witnesses do not show any
probability of securing information be-
yond that already adduced."
They call attention to the fact that in
all the prosecutions growing out of the
former inquiry there was only one con-
viction, the others being acquitted or
the ground that the QUESTION put to them
was not pertinent
With reference to the proposition that
inquiry be made whether the sugar trust
has contributed to or controlled the
election of a senator in this body at any
time" the committee expresses the opin-
ion that the time to investigate sub
ject of that character will be when some
evidence is offered to show cause for the
inquiry" and adds that upon the cleo
ton of a senator his political or other
opponents are sufficiently active and
alert in their own interest or in the inter-
est of their party to make known to the
| senate any irregularity or cause for con-
test for his election. In SO far as the
American Sugar Refining company may
offend against he statutes of the United
States let it be dealt with according to
the law If it be our duty, upon our
own initiative and without the slightest
warrant from any known fact, to inves-
tigate whether a corporation has con-
tributed to or controlled the election of
a senator in this body at any time why
stop at one corporation? Why not pre-
pare a list of all corpora tions in the
United States. call up the officers of
each and examine into the question of
whether any such corporations have ''in
any way contributed to or controlled the
election of senator at any time"
The committee goes on at length into
the question of the propriety of expell-
ing from the senate press gallery or
sending to prison newspaper correspon-
dents who make false charges, taking a
position against both suggestions. They
say that expulsion from the gallery
would be disproportioned to the offense,
as the other galleries of the senate would
be open to the offender.
They conclude that such punishment
would have no influence upon the news
paper proprietors themselves and that
with the press association covering the
ground it would be impossible to de-
prive newspapers from securing the
news. The committee does not accept the
view that the senate will stand convicted
of the charges if it does not officially
disprove them. Although the report
says, 'the press is a most powerful insti-
tuition, we are very confident that this
is a great exaggeration of it's power
Neither do all newspapers make these
charges nor believe them"
In conclusion the committee recon-
mends that the resolution be indefinitely
postponed.
READY TO ACT
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The treas
ury officials have made preparations TO
put the tariff into operation after it's
signature by the president. The copies
Of the bill have been sent to the customs
officers throughout the country in antici-
patton of Its passage and it is said that
all will have reached their destir ations
by the time the Dill becomes law. Gel
lectors also have been instructed to
make the change from the old law to the
new upon receipt of trustworthy infor-
nation that the bill has received the
presidents approval. Officials who have
given the pending bill careful scrutiny