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Sixty Millions of Dollars Voted
to the Havemeyer Trust.
THE POPULISTS HELP DO IT
Bribery Examinatlon-Tlio Things
Carlisle Didn't Testify to and the
Things llavcmeyer Did.
Tho senate has swallowed the sugar
trust amendment, hide, horns, hoofs, tull
and teeth, without a grimace, which In
dicates that there Is nothing In the tar
iff bill too bad to secure an Indorse
ment from the majority, and that Its
final passage Is only a question of days.
There was some surprise expressed at
the votes of the Populists, for they have
been denouncing the trust with loud
voices, and have declared again and
again that they would never vote for
Ihe bill unless the sugar schedule was
revised. liut Messrs. Allen, Irby and
Kyle voted for the most offensive fea
ture of the sugar schedule, one that will
benefit nobody but the trust, and puts
from forty to sixty million dollars Into
the pockets of that corporation that
might just as well go Into the treasury
of the United States. But it is a port
of the deal and the trust insisted upon
it, so every Democrat except Mr. Hill
f.nd every Populist" except Mr. Pefter
voted in the affirmative. Hill did not
vote and was not paired.
The proposition was to postpone the
date upon which the sugar duty should
go Into effect until the 1st of January
next, although the rest of the tariff bill
becomes law July 1. The object of this
amendment Is to enable the sugar trust
to get this year's crop into the country
without paying duty, and they will be
able to do bo before the date named.
Then the price of sugar will be raised
about 70 per cent above what Is charged
for It now, to represent the ad valorem
duty of 40 per cent and the specific duty
of 22 1-2 cents per 100 pounds that is
Imposed by the pending bill. If the new
duty! went Into effect July 1, like the
rest of the bill, the government would
have the benefit of the 70 per cent,
which' will amount to anywhere from
$40,000,000 to $60,000,000, but under the
paragraph adopted today it will go to
the trust.
This, as I have said, Is by far the
worst feature of the entire tariff bill,
and more than a dozen senators on the
Democratic side have been begging and
pleading with the members of the fin
ance committee to strike it out, but
It Is a part of the contract with the
compromisers and that could not be
done. So these senators shut their eyes,
extinguished their consciences and
voted aye on the principle tliat they
might as well be hung; for a sheep as a
lamb, and Jimmy- Davis, the genial
agent of the sugur trust, galloped over
to the telegraph office in the house cor
ildor to send the news to. Mr. Have
meyer. I saw him a few moments be
fore the vote was taken. He was con
fident that the result would be Just
what It was, but I could see that he was
nervous about it and apprehensive lest
Daniels, Morgan, Pugh, Allen, Irby, Mc
Laurln and some others who have been
considered doubtful should shy and bolt
at the last moment.
There are rumors that the votes of
the Populist senators were obtained by
fat promises from the sugar trust of
subscriptions to the campaign funds
next fall. The Populists actually and
sincerely believe that they are going to
capture a majority of the next house of
representatives and elect the next presi
dent, and they will need money to carry
on their campaign, which might as well
as not be obtained by "foraging upon
the enemy," as Senator Van Wyck used
to say, but such stories should be taken
with a great many grains of salt.
It was an interesting scene In tOie
senata this when the vote was taken.
There had been a feeling of suppressed
excitement all that morning, for every
body realized that the crucial moment
had come. There was to be a test of
strength, the first real test that has
been taken which would disclose the at
titude and Intentions not only of the
Populists, but of several other uncertain
brethren on the Democratic side. There
was a full house. Every senator In
town was in his chair, many members
of the house and several distinguished
citizens wero on the floor and the gal
leries were crowded. Mr. Aldrlch and
Mr. Vest had a spicy little spat over the
Democratic surrender to the sugar trust,
In which the latter promised that a war
of extermination would be made on all
trusts as soon as the tariff bill was out
of the way. That caused Mr. Aldrlch to
make some sarcastic remarks.
As the clock's fingers reached 1 the
vice president, whose voice trembled
with nervousness, put the question, and
the clerk called the roll. Several of the
younger senators kept tally, but the
oId?r ones looked as nonchalent as pos
sible, and Mr. Vest performed his usual
contortionist feat of sitting on the small
of his back. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas,
who has got more glory out of this tar
iff fight than nny one else on the Demo
cratic side, sat a couple of desks away
from him and between them was Mr.
Talbot, the clerk of the house commit
tee on ways and means, who has been
assisting' the Democrats of the senate
for several months, as the son of Mr.
Voorhees, who is clerk of the finance
committee, does not know anything
about the tariff, and only holds the
placa by favor of his father so as to
draw the salary.
Mr. Briqe wandered around the cham
ber in an uneasy manner, with a big
bunch of carnations In his buttonhole
that were a shade or two redder than
his hair. He stopped every now and
then during his perlgrlnations to whis
per In the ear of some colleague, and did
not seem to be conscious that everybody
In the chamber was saying, "Old man,
this is your work." Mr. Gorman, who
Is Jointly responsible for the mischief,
has not returned to the senate, and the
doctors say that he .cannot come for a
week or more yet.
Senator Hill seemed unconscious of
what was going on around him, and was
busy writing! letters with a pen that
scratched. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Smith,
of Novr -Jersey, the other two conspira
tors, sat in their usual places, with
folal hands, looking a slnnccent as
ooulk bo, and answered promptly when
their names were called. The two Lou
isiana senators, who have kicked hard
against the amendment, voted with the
rest, as everybody expected they would
do, for they were blackmailed Into sup
porting It. They were told thaCMf they
did not do so the clause which gives
their constituents a bounty for another
year would be knocked out of the bill.
When tha first vote was announced
Mr. Manderson (Neb.) jumped to his
feet with a proposition to continue the
bounty on domestic sugar os provided
In the McKinley law. This was a taunt
at the Louisiana senators, and Mr. Al
len (Neb.) and Mr. White (Cal.), who
represent beet sugar districts, as it
would give their producers just twice as
much, as they would receive under the
pending bill, and the votes of these four
men would make it law. But the pres
sure of the sugar trust was heavy and
the grasp was firm, and almost by the
same vote as before the amendment was
rejected. Mr. Allen and Mr. Kyle voted
with the Republicans. Mr. Manderson's
next move was to offer the sliding Bcale
of bounty as It read In the Wilson bill
as reported from the house committee
on ways and means. This provided that
the bounty on sugar should continue for
ten years, but decrease one-tenth annu
ally. This amendment was voted down,
although the three Populists supported
it and the Issue was closed.
There Is now no longer any doubt of
the passage of the tariff bill. The
amendment that was adopted today ter
minated the forlorn hope of those who
expected to defeat it, and no senator
who can Bwallow the sugar trust amend
ment can object to anything else it con
tains. But the date of Its passage is
doubtful. There yet remain 120 pages of
the printed bill before the Income tax Is
reached, and In those pages are the
schedules relating to agricultural prod
ucts, fish, spirits,- wines and other bever
ages, provisions, cotton, linen and wool
en goods, paper and boxes, leather, Jew
elry and precious Btones, a long list of
miscellaneous manufactures, and the
free list.
There are also about 50 pages contain
ing the administrative features of the
bill, which will require a great deal of
time for discussion, as many of them
are new and of doubtful policy. There
is no division of opinion upon them
politically speaking, but there Is serious
doubt whether many of them can be en
forced, and several of the provisions, In
the opinion of some Democrats as well
as Republicans, will lead to endless liti
gation between the Importers and 'the
government W. E. Curtis, In Chicago
Record.
THE BRIBERY INQUIRY.
Carlisle's Sugar Certificates, and Mc
pherson's Speculations.
The committee that has been Investi
gating the sugar speculation scandal has
decided that It has no power to Inquire
Into transactions in sugar certificates by
the .wives and sons and secretaries of
senators and members of the cabinet,
which relieves a great many anxious
minds and fluttering hearts. The man
who overheard the conversation In the
room of Mr. Havemeyer, the sugar king,
at the Arlington hotel, and whose name
the newspaper correspondents refused
to glva to the committee, was exam
ined today. He admitted that he over
heard the conversation as reported In
the papers, but could not recognize the
voices of those who participated, which,
of course, leaves him nut, although
when he first told the story he said he
knew who was talking perfectly well,
and gave the names.
Thin practically ends the Investigation
for the doors are now shut In every
direction and the committee -has pro
tected Itself In every possible way from
receiving any Information. An exam
ination of tho printed testimony taken
by the committee shows that, while Mr.
Carlisle was under examination he was
not even asked if he ever had any sugar
trust certificates himself, although it Is
notorious that he did, and he could not
have denied It, and all through the ex
amination of the senators who have ap
peared there seems to have been the
greatest anxiety to obtain no informa
tion. Senator McPherson's exposure of his
own speculations, it apiears, was en
tirely voluntary. There was no occa
sion or excuse for It. It places him In a
most embarrassing, position. The com
mittee asked no questions leading up to
It, and It appears to have been unex
pected. A senator who has Just been
reading Mr. McPherson's testimony
threw the pamphlet down on the table
this afternoon and said: "As a general
proposition I abhor lying, but but I
think this case of McPherson's Is one
where It would not only have been
excusable but commendable." 1
Mr. McPherson lays all the blame on
his servant girl, who found a telegram
upon his table, addressed to his brokers
and signed by himself, and sent it, as
she usually did, although he makes oath
that he did not Intend her to do so. He
raked out $1,500 as his profit by her mis
take, however, which he cnlmly pocket
ed, when a fair man would have divided
with the girl. Therefore the only per
sons the committee have convicted of
wrongdoing up to date are the news
paper men who refused to violate con
fidence and Mr. McPherson's house
maid. There Is a story afloat that the loqua
ciousness exhibited by Havemeyer and
Searles before the Benate Investigation
committee was entirely foreign to their
usual habits, and was caused by the ap
parently manifest Inclination of ono or
two members of the committee to make
the witnesses clear the Bklrts of all the
senators who had been accused by giv
ing Just such testimony as would effect
that end. The manner of one or two
senators Is sold to have been exceeding-'
ly Irritating to them, with the result of
making them divulge more than they
had any Intention- of doing when they
left New York. Whether the story be
correct or not, the belief Is that the tes
timony threatens to delay the passage
of the tariff bill for some little time.
Certain senators, who are actuated by
the sole desire to benefit the bu gar
grower and to deal Justly by the people,
are determined that sugar shall not suf
fer because of anything that Havemeyer
or Searles may have said. They will
fight for sugar so long, as thej are able,
and they will employ every means
known In parliamentary warfare to suc
ceed. They are as anxious as the peo
ple for the speedy settlement of the bill,
but they believe it Is due to their con
stituents and to themselves t" see that
the Inte-.'ests of their respective states
are not permitted to suffer.
It is believed that the stories publish
ed by the newspaper correspondents
have been more than verlflod by the
testimony given before the Investigation
committee. On the other hand, there are
those who do not think the story has
been verified sufficiently to free the cor
respondents from the charge of using
more of their Imagination that genuine
Information In the make-up of their
dispatches. It Is observed, however, that
some very grave and reverend senators
cast more respectful looks toward the
press gallery when some Washington
dispatch, making assertions concerning
the senate or Us members, Is read upon
the floor. A careful comparison of the
testimony given out by the committee
as having been elicited from witnesses,
with the story published In the Phila
delphia Press, shows that the only thing
not yet substantiated Is the charge that
the Havemeycrs contributed to the na
tional Democratic campaign fund, and
that Havemeyer met 15. C. Benedict on
the latter's yacht, and there reached an
understanding that the Democratic par
ty would, by legislation favorable to the
sugar trust, repay the Havemeyers for
all outlays made by them In the Demo
cratic party's behalf. Half of this Is ac
counted for by that part of Have
meyer's testimony telling of the trusts
contributing to the state campaign
funds. Washington Correspondent.
Highest of all In Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ABSOLUTELY PUIS
THE STANFORD SUIT.
A Good Political Stroke Proposed By
Bland.
(San Francisco Call.)
Representative Bland, of Missouri,
says that It was he who first suggested
to Attorney General Olney the Idea of
suing the Stanford estate. Blond did so
at the Instigation of the St. Louis Re
public, which, on April 22, published a
sensational article of four or five col
umns, giving the opinion of an eminent
St, Louis lawyer, to the effect that such
a suit could be prosecuted successfully, t,
Attorney General Olney, did not appre
ciate the suggestion of Bland and was
indifferent about the matter until Car
lisle and Hoke Smith persuaded him
that It would be a good political stroke
to enter the claim, whether it was ever
pushed or not. Accordingly Olney filed
his claim, although, as Is now known,
he was not then and has not since been
in favor of such a procedure.
Olney Is said to be very much dis
pleased at Senator Hoar's action In re
vealing the contents of his note to him,
the tenor of which was published in
kiBt Friday's Call.
At no time have any cabinet officers
been willing or anxious to pursue this
claim against Stanford's estate, Its fil
ing being only a formality done for po
litical effect.
It Is well known that Cleveland and
Stanford were very friendly. Stanford
onco told tho Call correspondent ho had
a very high regard for President Cleve
land, and It Is well known that John
Daggett was appointed superintendent
of the mint, through Stanford's Influ
ence. It Is generally believed that the
administration has a friendly feeling for
Huntington also, who contributed to
the Democratic campaign fund.
NICARAGUA'S CANAL.
Result of tinted States Commissioner
Hastings' Inspection.
A dlspatoh from Bluefields, Nicaragua,
via New Orleans, dated June 17, says:
A press correspondent accompanied
United StatcB Commissioner Hustings,
who was sent by the government to ,
Greytown to Inspect the Nicaragua..
canal proposition. ' The proiwrtjc was -
foufld in much better condition than ex- '
pected. Mr. Hastings said that It was ,
impossible to state when the work
would really begin In earnest, but he
hoped It would be soon. There Is tt
great deal to be done before work on
the canal actually begins. The repair
ing, he was confident, would bo soon
started, as all the dredges could be used
again If the work so much needed would
be begun in a little while. Of course,
the dredges would need new hulls, but
In the meantime, with proper repairs,
the present ones could be made to hold
tha machinery. Tho mammoth hulls
will have to be built in tho United
States and brought here, and that would
take time. He had not found the com
pany's property In first-class order, but
It was Irr better condition than ho had
expected to find It. He had an Idea that
everything had been allowed to go to
ruin, while In reality It had been cared
for by the faithful employes of Gon
zales. The village of Greytown has been
practically deserted since the stopping
of work.
Grave rumors hove drifted from tho
capltol, which, If true, will delay tho
settlement of the Mosquito reserve for
months.
THE TRUE TESTS.
In ono of tho many "Social" columns
that ara now so popular wo read tho
following suggestions:
For aj man's birth look to his linen
and finger nulls, and observe hte Inflec
tions of his voice. For his tastes study
the color of his etis, the pattern and
hang of his trousers, his friends and his
rings If any. For his propensities, walk
around and look carefully at the back
of his head, and, remember, girls, never
to marry a man whoso neck bulges ever
so little over his collar. If you want a
successful man, see that he tuts a neat
foot; he will move quicker, get over
obstacles faste-r than a man who fulls
over his own toes and trips up other
folks with 'em too. For his breeding,
talk sentiment to him when ho Is starv
ing and ask him to carry a bandbox
down the public street when you've Just
had a row. To test his temper, tell him
his nose Is a little on one side and you
don't like the way his hulr grows and
If that won't fetch him nothing will.