The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-06-08
VOL. XIII
IILLnAN TACKLES THE IGAR TRUST.
ALTON IS .5EMANDED

Shakes up the Sug, Senators IL
Lively Fashion-H makes Nc
Charges. but Gives maging Evi
denco Against Senafs.
WASHINGTON. May l-Once agair
Is the Senate going to aempt the sOlu
tlon OF the sugar trust foblem.
once again Is the cal hm light Of q
Senate investigation tOe thrown upor
the mysterious method employed b,
the sugar trust in its cntrO OF tariff
Legislation.
Once again will an ebrt be made tC
hnG out whether thero B truth in the
newspaper charge that Senator's have
oeen spcculating in slga and other
stocks, and il SO, who tie Ssnators are.
The fiery Tilman stastcs the thing
going this afternoon. Gilman had
given Indication Of his purose to SAY
something" Aud that wa enough to
draw crowd 20 the gallees. What
he did sa" was, ~ those wo enjoy the
dramatic. worth listeningp.
Tillm..n talks in the Seate like he
talks on the stump in Sorh Carolina.
He does not mince words O juggle with
high sounding phrases. 10 is blunt,
emphatic, forceful, and tday he made
the most sensational 4peeh which the
Senate has had in month,
For bimself he made nojhargcs. At
the outset he disclaimed Il knowledge
OF the truth of the insiuations and
charges which have foud lodgment
In tho public press. But tese charges,
involving Senators and Bmbers OF u
Senate committee, had ben made in
newspapers OF prOmiuenc,and over the
signatures of correspondents Of repute.
DE had these charges red. One was
that Senator Smith, of N" Jersey, had
speculated in sugar. Anther was that
broker had the Senate sugar sched-
ule In his hands q day, md more, be-
lore 1T was reported to tb Senate aud
became public property, Ind the infer
ence, II not the direct chrge, was that
some member OF the Republican sub
committee must have given it out.
mere were other stores Of the in
huence brought to bear on the tariff
makers ia the interests d the trust.
Illlman declared that,hesc charges
should be investigated, and he went
further. He talked OF tie former in
vestigation and said the whole thing
should be taken up. He Gisclaimed any
politics, but declared he wanted Demo
Gratis as well as Republicans investiga-
tcd--all who fell under the ban.
Aldrich replied for his committee,
making a strong, straightforward, Wig
orous denial. He couried an investiga-
tiOn.
The charges are sucl that they can
not be ignored. Thdre is feeling
among Senators that such an investi-
CATION cannot possibly avail anything,
that so far as practical results are con
cerned, 1T can avail aothing, even in
view OF the recent decision of the su-
preme court in the Chapman case !; but
1t Is bound to come.
Senator Tillman's speech was no less
dramatic in its delivery than sensa-
tlonal in its allegations. He preceded
it by presenting a resolution for the ap-
pointment of a special committee of
hve Senators to investigate charges OF
specua alton by Senators while the tariff
bill was before the finance committee
In advocating the resolution Mr.. Till
man threw aside the usual convention
alities OF the Senate and with plain
ness OF speech seldom heard about the
halls of Congress called on his asso-
clates to Investigate the published
charges OF Senatorial speculation, and
IL they were found to be true to purge
the Senate of those who debauched it.
The Senator had published articles
read from the desk stating that Sena-
tors had recently made large sums of
money in specuating in sugar stock
and In one Instance the name Of a Sena-
tor was mentioned. Mr.. Tillman spoke
for nearly an hour, every line of his
speech being punctuated with intense
invective.
The Tillman resolution was referred
to the committee on contingent ex-
pcnses of the Senate.
TILLMAN FOLLOWED THE TIA ARIFF.
Considerable progress was made on
the tariff bill, thirteen pages being COW
foo f,,l, l,,,
ing the day, but the finance committee
had liberal majority in every instance.
The Democratic members Of the finance
committee made strong effort to re-
duce the rates on window glass, but
their amendments to this effect were
defeated.
Mr.. Tillman rose to question OF
privilege and presented resolution for
another sugar investigation. The res
olution, omittiug the preamble, is as
follows:
Resolved, That committee of five
be appointed with power to send for
persons and papers, to employ a steno.
grapher and to administer oaths, to in
quire into the truth or falsehood of the
charges made In May, 1894, and into
the charges recently made; and the
scope of the investigation shall cover
everything embraced in the resolution
OF May IL, 1871, as well as the methods
pursued by the American Sugar Re-
fnins Company, better known as the
sugar trust, in controlling legislation
in it's favor at the present time. Espe-
cially whether it has In any wise con-
tributed to, or controlled the election
OF Senator in this body at any time"
Mr.. Frye, who was in the chair,
owing to the absence OF Vice President
Hobart, promptly ruled that the reso-
luton should go to the committee on
contingent expenses. But Mr.. Tillman
was not to be stopped. He asked con-
sent to make statement on the resolu-
tion, and this being granted, the South
Carolina Senator began speech which
proved to be one of the most sensational
the Senate has heard in recent years
Mr.. Tiilman spoke with his charac-
teristic vigor of voice, which fairly
rang through the chamber and corri-
dors, adding expressive gestures to his
utterances.
1--WE have arrived ct time" be de-
clared, when the Senate can no long
er afford to rest under the damning ac-
cusatiops made against Senators. III
there are men here debauchipg the
Senate, then we should be purged OF
them. II these reports are ISLANDERS,
then the press galleries should be
purged. We cannot afford to lay back
on our dignity any longer and say we
will not investigated "