The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-06-08

say this was the case. But was it tn
'' case? If he (he Presidcnt) did tui
the Senate ought to find it out.
= MIR. Gray, OF Delaware, chairman q
, the former sugar iuvesti eating CON
, mtttce, interrupted. The statement, h
said, that Il sugar schedule had bee
= made upon MIR. Benedict s yacht, whe
the President was on board with re
liners of the sugar trust was not tru
and its fal5ity had been establishe,
after the committee had probed tn,
statement to the bottom. Both Mr.
Havemeyer and Mr.. Searles had testi
fled that nosuch meeting ever occurret
and that they never met Mr.. Cleve
land.
Mr.. Tiilmau began to speak Of Mr.
Chapman who was now living like
little king in the district Jail"
Mr.. Pettus, Of Alabama, interruptec
at this stage. II will ask the Senator,
said Mr.. Pettus, "not to deal in gener
alities. II he desires to put u mark OF
u Senator or this tloor, then | demauC
that ne do it and not indulge in gener
alltieS against all the members OF the
Senate"
That Is what | want an inquiry fol
to mark these monf" responded MIR
Tillman. 81 want them marked and
do not want the poor man to suffer
while the milliouaires are turned loose
know there arc charges that men have
bought and sold, and are we to sit quiet.
ly? The Senator (Pettus) Is Il new
conner here, and he, OF course, is not u
particeps criminis."
1t was for that reason, Mr.. Pettus de-
clared, that he made his demand. True
and honorable men should not have to
sit here and have u slur cast on them
by generalized statements.
why don't you wait for the resi- Of
my speech ?" asked Mr.. Tillmau Ci Mr..
Pettus.
"Now no one denies," Mr.. Tillman
went on, that for the last two months
rooms at the Arlington have been oc-
cupied by the finance committee in
easy touch with tho telephone to New
York and in easy reach OF agents of the
sugar trust
Why was it the sugar trust cleared
$25. 900, 600 in three years? They had
cleared it, he added, at the expense of
every cup OF tea and coffee drunk
throughout the country. 1t was the
Republican party who did it first. 1t
was the Democratic party who did it
| in 1894.
Aud now" he proceeded, with a
| disgraccd aud demoraliZed Democratic
in charge we have another evidence OF
the sugar trusts power"
| MIR. Tilluan said he would now pre-
sent specifications. He sent to the desk
and had read IL number Of signed arti-
cles in the newspapers Of New York,
Chicago aud elsew here, making serious
charges against Senators. Tue names
OF individual Senators were mentioned
| for the first time.
The first article read from the desk
! began with Smith ahead on sugar"
and spoke Of the Now Jersey Senator's
| selling 5000 shares Of sugar stock,
short, at Ii profit of $4,000.
Mr.. SMITH was not in the chant Der at
the time. Then followed the reading
OF many other articles making intima-
tions and charges OF speculation and
irrogu !arity.
Mr.. Tillman carried on u running
comment as the reading proceeded,
speaking briefly after each article.
IF any Lran had been Influenced in
the manner charged" the Senator as
serted, 'he was no better than the black
leg gambler who had cards up his
sleeve. Such a man should be made to
hang his head in shame il his col
leagues allowed him to remain in the
| Senate"
Another article read from the desk
| spoke Of the large profits to Scpa.
tors" and estimated that 5000 shares
| OF sugar stock had been handled the
day before for three Senators.
He said it was about the time these
specific charges. most of them signed,
with the names OF the authors, shodld
be prObed. There should be no mixture
of the old investigation with the new
one. Let them stand apart, he said.
Let Us not mix the Democratic sheep
with the Republican goats, but let's
have fumigation.'
1t was not q time when Senators
should sit here apparently silenced by
cOwardice or corruption. The Repub-
licans had receivedthe recent campaign
contributions from "Jhe octopus" :" he
said, and it should be brought to the
light before the American people. II
this gang Of thieves and robbers" were
to have all they wanted, then let the
American laboring men realize what u
glorious Senate represented them at
Washington.
In conclusion, Mr.. Tillman reiterated
| that IL the Senate is rotten to the bot
tom, 1T should be proved. If these
charges were false, then the lie should
| be laid bare. If the charges were true,
| then, he said, the guilty Senators
should be turned out and the Senate
| purged.
| Mr.. Aldrich, Republican mem Der OF
the finance committee, and in charge
OF the tariff bill, took thej floor as Mr.
Tillman closed. He stepped forward
from his rear seat and spoke calmly
and deliberately, but with intense ear
nestness.
Mr.. Aldrich said that no living per-
son outside of the members OF the com
mittee, had any information as to the
subject until two days before it was re-
ported. Then the Senator from Neva-
du (Jones) had been ehown the sChed-
ule. This was only thirty-six hours be-
fore the report OF the bill. No human
being beyond this had received the
slightest information.
"hnd any man who says so, or inti-
mates So" added Mr.. Aldrich, "de-
serves to be denounced in a way which
would not be parliamentary here"
Mr.. Tillman interrupted to say that
he hadn't made the charges he had
merely submitted the statements
now circulated before the public with
the authors name signed. These
writer's had the right to accuse the
finance committee, II they could prove
their statements and you submit tC
1t ?" he said, addressing Mr.. Aldrich.
The latter, proceeding, said the full
est investigation was courted; there
was nOthinp tO cOnceA