Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-02
Tells What He Knows
About Danish Isles
Bribery Charges.
HOUSE INVESTIGATING
Something From GroS-
Venor Being Inter
po1ated.

Washington. April 2.-In the Cxecu.
tive session of tie senate yesterday
Bacon of Georgia offered resolution
requesting the president TO defer the
issuing of his proclamation amounc-
Ing the acquisition of the Danish West
Indies under the terms of the treaty
recently negotiated with Denmark. un-
til the pending investigation of the
charges of bribery made in connection
with that treaty should be concluded
by the house of Representatives. Ba-
con outlined the charges made by
Gron, to the effect that Christmas.
another subject Of Denmark. had made
a report to the effect that he was to
receive 10 per cent OF the consideration
OF $J.O00.OOO to he paid 10y the United
States TO Denmark for the islands.
some OF which had been used for brib-
cry in the United States
Strongly Opposed by the Republicans.
The Republicans We're eager to reply
to Bacon when he sat down. and the
Tenor of their remarks was that the
senate was not called on to- take any
acton under the circumstances: that
the charges had not been made public
and were not known when the treaty
was ratified; that the president could
be depended upon to perform his du-
ties without any hint from the senate.
and that the house investigation prob
Ubly-Very soon would develop that the
charges were based upon nothing. They
expressed regret that any charges had
been made. but said they saw no rea-
son why the sale of the islands should
not proceed. Bacon closed the incident
by saying that he would not press the
resolution in view of the expressions
of so many senators and in conse-
quence of this announcement the sen
ate adjourned without taking action.
GrOn Begins His story.
Meanwhile the special committee OF
the house was busy trying to find our
what there was in the Christmas story,
having begun the investigation thereof
yesterday. The first witness WAS Gron
who said lie had been employed 10y
the members of the upper house of the
Danish parliament to oppose in the
United States the transfer of the Dam
lsh West Indies. and his employers
lad called his attention to the Christ
mas report 10 the Danish government
asserting that lie Christmas Lad
hribed prominent people over here 70
help along the transfer. Gron said he
saw GrOSvenOr. who at first seemed
interested. but later dropped the mat
ter At GrosvenOr's suggestion GrOn
laid the matter before the state de-
partment and was told there that the
department did not know Christmas in
the transaction at all.
GrosvenOr Gets Out of It.
Gron prepared Il statement for the
Associated Press and referred to Gros-
vcnor as to his (GrOn'Si standing. He
learned later through Crane that Gen
eral GrOSvenOr said he knew nothing
about it. He said he was Informed the
day after he submitted the statement
that the Associated Press could not
Use it. Afterward. he said. he sub
ntitted his statement to several news
papers and more or less Of it WAS
printed. He wanted. however. to get
ii before congress. and finally he placed
the matter before Richardson and Tn
derwood. vino went over the papers
with the result that the house took it