The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
Report of the Senatorial Sugar
Investigating Committee
Is Pigeonholed in Spite Of Till
mans Protest.
WAS NOT EVEN READ.
1t WhiteWaShes Everybody and
is Against Action
Along the Lines Recommended
by the Resolution.

Washington, July 23.-Shortly peIore
the senate adjourned yesterday, Sena-
tor Allison in charge of the tarlH Dill
made a strong effort to have time
fixed for the final vote on the tariff con-
ference report. Failing in this Mr.. AL
lison gave notice that the session today
would be protracted with a view to Sc
curing a vote. 1t was the first definite
movement made thus far towards
bringing the debate to a close. Mr.
Allison's first proposition was for vote
at o'clock today, but this was object
ed to by Mr.. Pettus, (Ala.), then he pro-
posed to vote sometime before adjourn
ment, which was objected to by Mr..
Morgan. The suggestion of Saturday
at 1 o'clock met with a like objection
from Mr.. Morgan. The ALBANIAN ex-
planned his last objection by stating
that he thought all debate on the report
would be exhausted today; that 1T was
vance. Finding there was no DISPOSE
ton to reach an agreement, Mr.. Allison
finally gave notice that hereafter, while
the report was pending the senate
would not adjourn at 5 o'clock without
a nay and yea vote.
The debate on the report yesterday
was participated in by Senators Chill
ton, Jones, (Ark), and Pettigrew in
opposition while Mr. Aldrich took fire.
quent occasion to defend the report
against the criticism of the senators.
from Tennessee, Thomas B. Turley who
succeeds the late Senator Harris were
presented to the senate by his associate
Mr.. Bate. Mr.. Turley was then escort
ed to the vice presidents desk where
the oath of office was duly administer
ed. On the desk to which he was as
signed on the Democratic side was
superb bouquet of carnations.
Mr.. Tillman offered a resolution to
discharge the committee on contingent
expenses from further consideration of
11TEf TO-, %
alleged senatorial sugar speculation.
Before anything could be said, Mr..
Jones of Nevada presented a report
from the committee on the resolution.
Mr.. Tillman was quickly on his feet
asking that the report be read, he did
not want it sidetracked by any parlia-
mentary devise, and he wished to Sc
cure direct vote on the resolution.
Mr.. Gallinger, On. H.), a member of
the committee suggested that the reso-
luton would go to the calendar and be
reached in it's proper order.
Mr.. Tillman insisted on having it
read.
Mr. Gallinger objected, the presiding
officers holding that a single objection
was sufficient to prevent the reading.
Then Mr.. Tfllman moved that the re-
port be read. On a viva voce vote the
mot on was lost and the resolution went
to the calendar.
The report takes a strong position
against ordering the investigation and
is a very exhaustive review of the pro-
such matters.
The report takes the position that
aside from the names of the newspaper
men themselves only the name of SEN
ator Smith of New Jersey is mentioned
in the newspapers making the charges
on which the resolution was based. The
position is taken that the newspaper
men do not count "inaSmuch as those
gentlemen do not profess to write from
knowledge and usually, if not always
Deceive tn disclose the sources of their
information.''
With reference to Senator Smith the
report says: Here is a newspaper
charge against a senator of the United
States without any aVerment of per-
sonal knowledge on the part of the
writer and without the slightest parti-
Gle of evidence to sustain it-not even
as much would warrant a justice of
the peace in summoning witnesses to
determine the truth of a complaint by
one citizen against another with refer
ence to the most trifling incident of
everyday life. 1t is the bold and naked
assertion of a man who does not pro-
fesS or pretend to have any knowledge
whatever of the alleged fact of which
he writes On the other hand, we have
a definite, explicit and absolute denial
of the charge from the senator affected
"a denial publicly made from his place
in the senate, upon the responsibility of
his position as a senator of the United
States"
AS to the clause of the resolution
which charges that brokers in New
York knew in advance as to what the
finance committee would report as 10
sugar schedules, the committee says it
can find in the newspaper clippings
presented in support of the proposed in
quiry nothing but indefinite illusions,
insinuations, guesses and differences
drawn by correspondents from hearsay
statements, and the hearsay sometimes
several degrees removed. Many of
their expressions indicate the h.msiness
of the foundation on which they have
erected structure
The attack of one of the correspond
ents is characterized as a deliberate,
unfair and envenomed determination
to, if possible, bring upon the sub-cOm-
mittee of the finance committee the
contempt of the country
whenever, 1.-THE report continues 1--WE
approach statement that, judging
from the sensational heading of the ar
ticle, seems about to give us definite
and responsible information which
could be reached by an investigation,
we are disappointed to find that Instead
of affording evidence of the alleged fact
the statements consist of insinuations,
mysterious hints and indefinite a1lu-
sions 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 direct and emphatic manner
by the statement of the senator from
Rhode Island, Mr.. Aldrich, the chair
man of the Subcommittee of the fin
ance committee having in charge the
arrangement of the details of the. tariff
bill"
Senator Aldrich's reply to Senator
Tillman, in which he refers to Senator
Jones of Nevada as the only senator
outside of the subcommittee who had
knowledge of it's proceedings, is quoted
at length Replying to this statement,
Senator Jones makes an individual par
enthetical statement in which he says:
He is a member of the finance COM
mittee of the senate, and that such in
formation as he obtained from the sub
committee on the occasion referred to
by the senator from Rhode Island was
information received in legitimate Of
fetal consultation with the members of
the subcommittee. and that such in