The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-29

Washington. May 2S--After a long
period of silence Senator Tillman of
South Carolina startled the senate to-
day by a speech no less dramatic in
its delivery than sensational in its al
legations. He preceded it by present
ing a resolution for the appointment of
a special committee of five senators to
investigate charges of speculation by
senators while the tariff bill was before
the finance committee. In advocating
the resolution Mr.. Tiilman threw aside
the usual conventionahties of the SEN
ate, and with a Dlainness of speech
seldom heard about the halls of con-
gress, called on his associates to in
vestigate the published charges of SEN
atorial speculation. and if found true.
TO purge the senate of those who de-
bauched 1T.
Mr.. Aldrich. in charge of the tariff
bill, said Mr.. Tillman in a sweeping
denial.
The Tillman resolution was referred
TO the committee on contingent ex-
penses of the senate.
THE TARIFF BILL.
Considerable progress was made on
the tariff bill. Is pages being covered.
Several votes were taken during the
day but the finance committee had
liberal majority in every instance.
The Democratic members of the
finance committee made a strong eff
fort TO reduce the rates on window
glass. but their amendments TO this
considered tomorrow, the usual Safur-
day recess being abandoned.
Mr.. Tillmans resolution quotes the
senate resolution Of May II. 1894, au-
thorizing the original inquiry, and
then. after reciting the proceedings in
the Chapman and Havemeyer trials,
proceeds:
Whereas, in the last so days sun
dry newspaper correspondents have
openly charged senators with spec
ulatiEg in sugar stocks, while the
sugar schedule was under discus
sion. and also charged that brokers
in New York knew in advance as
to what the senate finance commit
tee would report as to the sugar
schedule, all of which involves a
question of the highest privilege,
to-Wst: the right of the senate to
protect its members from SANDER
and TO protect the body as a whole
from those open charges Of corrup-
ton; therefore be it
Resolved. That a committee of
five be appointed with power TO
send for persons and papers, 20.
employ a sTenographer and 30 ad-
minister oaths. TO inquire into the
truth or falsity of the charges made
in May, 1894. and into the charges
recently made, and the scope of the
investigation shall cover every
thing Gn1hra cod IN rho Of
May II, 1894, as we'll as the methods
pursued by the American Sugar
Refining company, better known as
the Sugar trust. in controlling leg
islation in its favor at the pres
ent time, and especially whether
it has in any wise contributed to
or controlled the election of a SEN
ator in this BODY at any time.
TILLMAN'S STATEMENT.
The presiding officer Mr.. Frye.
promptly ruled that the resolution
should go to the committee on contin-
gent expenses, but Mr.. Tillman OBJ
tanned consent to make a statement.
We have arrived at a time" he be-
gan. when the senate can no longer
afford 10 rest under the damning ac-
cusations made against senator's II
there are men here debauching the SEN
ate, then we should be purged of them.
II THESE IeUOTlS dIG Inen the
press galleries should be Durged. We
cannot afford TO lay back on our dig
nifty any longer and say we will not
investigate"
Ii has been charged that President
Cleveland met the sugar magnates on
q yacht and discussed details Of the
schedule OF the then pending tariff bill.
There was nothing 30 fasten that
damning accusation ON the president, !
Mr.. Tillman said, but Senator Jones of |
Arkansas had recently furnished evil
dence 10 the effect that the president
told him the trust should have quar- |
ter of a cent pound.
Mr. Jones quickly arose and stated |
that on Two occasions Mr.. Cleveland |
had said to him that he thought the !
quarter cent on raw sugar was neces-
sary to tie American refineries, and |
THAI one-eighth cent would drive the |
refiners out of business.
Proceeding, Mr.. Tillman said It might |
be that Mr.. Cleveland desired to carry |
out a bargain. and if so the senate /
ought TO find it out.
GRAY INTERRUPTS.
Here Mr.. Gray of Delaware. chair
man of the former sugar investigating /
committee, interrupted. The statement, I
he said. that sugar schedule had been
made upon Mr.. Benedict's yacht when I
the president was on board with officers
of the sugar trust was not true, and /
its falSity had been established after |