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THE SUGAR KING. FREE
TIE. 1330131031 A SURPRISE.
Meet on other Defendants—Argument of
District Attorney Davis Against the
Contentions of the Counsel
For the Defense.
Washington, May 28.—Interest in the
trial of Henry 0. Havemeyer, president
of the Sugar trust, for refusing to an-
swer questions put to him by a special
committee of the senate, was greatly
intensified today by the pending motion
of the defense to instruct the jury to
bring in a verdict'of not guilty. As soon
as the court convened today, District
Attorney Davis began his reply to the
motion of the defense to order an ac-
quittal, which Bur. Havemeyer’s coun-
selargued yesterday. Mr. Davis took
up the six propositions upon which the
defense based the motion.
W’ith regard to the proposition that
It was not Mr. Havemeyerfs duty to
consult books and records in order t9
ive‘testlmony which was beyond his
collection, Mr. Davis pointed out that
when the question was first propounded
Mr. Havemeyer expressed his willing-
ness to procure the data demanded.
Mr. Havemeyer had admitted that he
had access to the records. The only
thing he had asked was opportunity to
"consult counsel. ,
Whether the question was a commit-
tee or an individual question was one
of fact for the jury to decide. In this
View the court apparently coincided.
The contention that the question was
too broad fell to the ground through
Mr. Havemeyer’s own instrumentality,
Hr.'Davis said, because Mr. Havemeyer
himself had disintegrated the question,
and had then made himself recusant.
As to the pertinency of the questions.
relating to local and state political con-
tributions, Mr. Davis pointed out how
a. United States senator, hard pressed
in' his local elections, might.have ap-
pealed to the American Sugar Refining
company for funds, with the under-
standing that if he triumphed his vote
and influence would be at the disposal
of the Sugar trust. “That may be
brutally blunt,” said the district attor-
ney, f‘ibut it is a possibility.”
‘ The Failure to \Varn.
As to the contention of the defense
that Mr- Havemcyer should have been
"nursed that the question he declined to
answer was a committee question, Mr.
Davis pointed out that Mr. Havemeyer
was duly w-rned that he was making
himself recusant. After he had refused,
the chairman of the committee had said
tohlm very plainly, “Is that the answer
you desire to make to this question?"
Mr. Hayem-eyer had replied, “That is
the answer.” ‘
The question put to Mr. Havemeyer,
Mr. Davis insisted, was pertinent to
the inquiry. It h‘id been alleged by the
newspaper articles, the truth of which
the conunlttee ,was investigatirgg, that
a. director of, the Sugar trust has stated
that the trust cared nothing for the sen-
ate. He was quoted as. having said,
“We own the United States sen-
ate, bod-y, boots and breeches; brain,
morals and all." In the face of such al—
legations, was it not the duty of the
committee, he asked, to find out whether
- the {trust had contributed to local elec-
tions upon the result of which hung the
fate of the United States senators? The
decision of the court in the Kilbourn
case, Mr. Davis argued, did not apply
here, as that was palpably‘an attempt
of the house of representatives to pry
into the private affairs of a citizen unv
der official guise.
The“honor, dignity and integrity of
the senate were at stake in the inquicy.
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Its purpose was to vindicate the purity
of the senate if the charges were
proved to be false and to adop. means
of purging itself of corruption if such
corruption were found to exist. It was
the power of self preservation, the
power to separate itself from contami-
nation, which the senate exercised
when the committee was appointed. He
cited the decisions of the court of ap-
peals and the supreme court of the
United States in the Chapman case to
' prove the pertinency of the question
asked Mr. Havem'eyer.
“A Consciousless Octopus.”
litir. Davis described the trust as a
consciousless “octopus,” reaching from’
coast to coast,_uslng the leverage of its
pbwer in politics, by the.admissi0n of
its president, as a Republican in Re-
publican states and as a Democrat in
Democratic states. By innuendo it had
been charged that the auth'ors of the
sugar schedule in 1894 had framed it
for “hard cash," but, Mr. Davis said,
no one supposed that a senator of the
United States would accept a ‘vulgar
bribe. Still it was within the realm of
mibility that indirectly senators were
enabled to receive vast sums.
Mr. Davis having concluded his ar-
gument, a recess was taken until 1 p.
m. to give the court opportunity to take
the motion of defendant’s counsel under
advisement.
Havemeyer Gets Off.
After the recess the jury, in accord-
ance with instructions of the court, 1'?—
tnmed a verdict of not guilty, and
Hav'emeyer was discharged. Everybody
in ,the courtroom was intensely sur-
prised.
Mr. Dav's said that the verdict in
_this case would not affect the case of
John E. Searles, secretary of the Sugar
Refining company, whose trial will be
proceeded with tomorrow. Mr. Davis
said that Mr. Searies had directly re-
fused. to answer questions and that his
case was in no way parallel withthat
of Mr. Havemeyer.
When asked by a reporter after the
trial whether'the verdict was satisfac-
tory to him, Mr. I-Iavemeyer said, “Cer-
tainly it is satisfactory to me, and'to
every decent man in the community.”
Big Blaze In Ashland, \Vis.
- .Ashland, Wis, May '28.——A destruc-
tive tire visited this city early today.
,It is estimated that the loss will be
$150,000. The Northern Grain Mercan-
tile company’s flour mill is in ruins as
a malt; also {residences and boathouses
adjoining.
One Day's Government Receipts.
Washington, May 28.——National bank
notes received for redemption, $626,631;
government receipts from internal rev-
enue, $448,899; customs, $423,913; miscel-
laneous, $127,943. - '_
TIIEY SAY,
And Thousands Echo Their
Sentiment.
Who ?
The people. '
What the people say is true.
You can bet your life on that.
Who are the people? ’
We are the people.
But we are not all of them.
0, no I ,
Not by any means.
There are others.
There are thousands of them.
There are millions 1
Lots of them are in Norwalk.
And they say—
What ? .
That California Catarrh Cure cures
catarrh; that it stops. hawking and spit-
ting and the dropping into the throat;
that it. cures the stuffed up feeling and
all the other irritating symptoms.
Here’s What one of them says, only
one, but remember, there are others:
Mrs. A. M. Bedford, 27 Stuart ave-
nue, Norwalk, says: “ Several mem-
bers of my family have used the Cali-
fornia Catarrh Cure, which was ob-
tained at Plaisted’s drug store", and we
think that it is a fine medicine. I find
it good to clear the head, and my
daughter Grace, has found it is invalu-
able in curing headaches, from which
she has suffered for a. long time, never
having found anything that benefitted
her as this has done. My husband has
also used it for catarrh in the head and
throat, and we are all willing to speak
a good word for C. C. C., for we know
it is good.” i
In cases of hay fever, C. C. C. gives
instant relief, and used in season will
entirely prevent the malady. Sold by
all dealers, 500.; three times as much
for $1.
LEEDY’S RAILROAD SCHEME.
Western States and a Company to Build
From Nebraska to the Gulf.
sand 1“ ulis 3 held an indignation
meeting here * discuss railroad freight
rates. and the meejng afforded Gover-
nor [.eedy an opportunity to propose
a unique p'an. Aficr referring to the
recent supreme court decision further
.urtailing :lio authority of the interv
state rei‘nnierce commission, he declared
that. the time had come for the‘ people
of t1 .3 west to act, and he stated that
they must themselves furnish the need-
ed relief from exorbitant freight rates.
Thereupon he proceeded to outline a
plan, which he said. had been maturing
for four months. He announced that he
appeared before the meeting as the rep-
resentative of a company of railroad
men who desired to go into partnership
with the public in the building of a rail-
way from some point in central Nebras-
ka through Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and Texas to the gulf. He
said the company he spoke of was able
and ready to complete the road, provid-
ed the public would take the majority
interest in it and that the public need
not put up one cent until the railroad,
should be completed.
Th’e proposition was that the states
and: municipalities should hold the ma-
jority of stock. The men associated with
him did notpropose to take in any out—
side capital save that of the states and
municipalities, which would be in the
majority, and they proposed to run the
road themselves, or to allow the major-
ity interest to run it. The stocks and
bonds of the company it was proposed
to issue through the Texas railroad
commissioner or commissioners of the
other state owning it, as might be
agreed.
Prominent Texans, the governor said,
had expressed a willingness to take
hold of the scheme, and he believes that
Texas is Willing to invest some of the
$22,000,000 of her surplus school funds
in securing ' more equitable freight
rates. It is claimed, too, that the 4,500
convicts in Texas could be put to work
on the road beds, the state receiving
pay for their labor in first mortgage
bonds.
The governor’s plan was enthusias-
tically received.
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Telepnoze—Enion suggested.
Boston, May 23.—A circular has been
sent out from Boston to all the inde-
pendent telephone exchanges in the
east and south of the United States
asking managers to help to decide what
means can be taken for mutual pro—
tection against "the Bell Telephone
company in case of suit, and also to
suggest some means of consolidation
whereby all the exchanges in the east
may stand together.
The K. of P. Supreme Lodge.
Indianapolis, May 28.—The arrange-
ments for taking care of the Knights
of Pythias supreme lodge and the en-
campment of the Uniform Rank, which
are to be held in this city in 1898, are
progressing. Fifty thousand dollars
will cover the necessary expenses, and
an effort will be made to raise that
amount. The prize drills will require
$10,000. .
Military Order of Foreign Wars.
New! York, May 28.—Among those
upon whom companionship has lately
been conferred by the New York com—
mandery. Military Order of._Foreign
Wars of the United States, are ex-Pres-
ident Cleveland, Rear Admiral Henry
Erben, U. S. N.; Major General C.
Whitrcy Tillinghast and Dr. William
Seward Webb. '
The Dishonest Bank MTessenger.
Boston, May 28,—Albert M. King, who
fled from Boston last week with $30,000
of the funds of the Boylston National
bank in his possession, was arraigned
before' United States Commissioner
Fiske on a charge of embezzling $30940.
He pleaded not guilty, and was held in
$2,500 bonds for the grand jury, which
meets June 4.
The Coal Trust Hearing.
,Albany, May 28.—-The hearing in the
application of the railroad presidents
for a vacation of the order issued by the
attorney gen eral in the antitrust matter
has been postponed until 10 a. m., Tues-
day, June 8. An order was made ad-
journing the hearing until after the de-
termination of the appeal.
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Bishop Newman Not/to Speak.
Saratoga, May 28.—-Bishop John P.
Newman has been compelled to decline
the invitation of McKean Post, G. A.
'R., to deliver the Memorial day, address
at General Grant’s cottage in Mount
McGregor. The address will be deliv—
ered by State Senator Edgar .T. Brack-
ett. '
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