The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-29

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Senator Jones, of Arkansas, had recent
ly furnished evidence to the effect that
the President told him the trust should
have a cent pound.
! Mr. Jones quickly arose at this refer
ence to him. On two occasions, he eX"
planned, Mr.. Cleveland had said to him
that he thought the Il cent on raw sugar
was necessary to the American reI'ners
and that Il 1s cent rate would drive the
rehnerS out of business.
! Proceeding, Mr.. Tillman said that it
/ might be Mr. Cleveland desired to carry
out bargain. He (Tillman) did not say
F.! this was the case. But was it the case?
| If he (the PRESIDENT did this the Senate
| ought to find it out.
! Here Mr. Gray, of Delaware, chair
man of the former sugar investigating
! committee, 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 its
| falsity had been established after the
committee had probed the statement to
! the bottom.
| Both Mr.. Havemeyer and 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
| this He wanted everything to come out
| that would clearly the situation. lie
| was attacking no one, but one-half of the
! American people believed, he said, that
| there was a corrupt dear in 1894, Just
rs some of us believe there IS something
I rotten in Denmark now
| "Poth parties are involved exclaimed
/ the Senator. "and one is as deep in the
mud as the other is in the mire. You
know of the reports against certain of
! The members of the Finance committee,
and now we have more damnlng accusa-
tions against the present committee.
Mr.. Tillman began TO speak of MIR. Chap
man "who was living like little king
| in the district jail
Mr.. Pettus. of Alabama. interrupted at
this stage Il will ask the Senator" said
Mr.. Pettus. with mucn deliberation, mot
| to deal in generalities. If he desires to
put a mark on Senator on this floor.
then | demand that he do it and not in
dulge in generalities against all the
members of the Senate" There was an
awe-like hush through the chamber and
momentary expectation that names
might be given.
THAT is what / want an inquiry for
to mark these men responded Mr.. Till
manf Il want them marked and | do not
want the poor man suffer while the mil
lionaires are turned loose | know there
are charges that men have been bought
and sold and are we to sit quietly The
Senator CPettus)is a newcomer here and
! =. apti
IT was for that reason, Mr.. Pettus de-
clared. that he made his demand. True,
honorable men should not have to sit
here and have slur cast on them by gem
eraliZed statements.
why don't you wait for the rest Of
nv speech#' asked Mr. Tillman of Mr..
Pettus.
If the Senator will mention just one
name | will be satisfied" said Mr.. Pet
tus." He has given nothing but generali-
tions thus far
well / have specifications to present.
if you'll just possess yourself IN patience,
answered the South Carolina Senator.
Mr.. Tillman went on to state that when
the former tariff bill was framed the
Finance committee had left their commit
tee room and had taken quarters at the
Arlington Hotel
"The Senator IS grossly mistaken" in
corrupted Mr.. Vest, of the Finance COM
mittee ''1'he Democratic members of the
| j nance committee did not go to the Ar
iington Hotel or anywhere else outside of
their committee room of the capitol
AIr. Tillman said he was glad the Dem
ocratc party was relieved to this extent.
He was not dealing with the subject as
a party man, he said, but as a free man.
Parties could afford to be rid Of men re-
sponsibe for the occurrence of 1894 and
tnereabouts.
NO one Denies" Mr.. Tilman went
on. that for the last two months rooms
at the Arlington have been 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 specinc instead
of an ad yalorem duty? Why was it that
they cleared twenty-five million dollars
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, it was the Democratic
party who did it in 1894.
And now," he proceeded, with dis
graced and demoralized Democratic
party out Of power and the Republicans
in charge of affairs we have another
damning evidence of the Sugar Trusts
power"
Mr.. TilIman said he would now present
specifications. He sent to the desk and
had read a number Of signed articles in
The newspapers of New York, Chicago
and elsewhere, making serious charges
against Senators. The names Of indi-
yidual Senators were mentioned for the
first time.
The first article read from the desk
began with "Smith Ahead on Sugar" and
spoke Of the New Jersey Senators sell
ing 5000 shares of Sugar stock, short,
ut profit Of $4,000.
Mr.. Smith was not in the chamber at
the time Then followed the reading of
many other articles making intimations
and charges Of speculation and irregu-
larity.