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Cotton. With careful rotation of crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. The application of a proper fertilizer containing sufficient rotash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers containin^ not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainit is a compi le : c against " Rust." VI ab ut*, r* ish??' t 'Milt . f i* : use by ' ; ,| c;< pe .ineiii o i tbc best I.unit. in . t iiiicd Stat* ^ is omiltrcC to any 11 inci in \ ,m 4 Ui ? w ! w * ?t?* t 1 it <;;.K:aivai.I WOI;K.\ jj NasMii i>t , New V irk. hiv(i 11 iv tivnini rfjjjj 1 jll.tll kin) ( II till u?u\? SKNATOK TIUJIAN CMibNS T1IK S''A'AV(*'*S Who Are Sms; .vied 11' '/:ivorin? The Sapir Trust Ho Talk > to The l'oint. Washington. May 2S.?Al'l? r a lonji period o| siieence Senator Tillman. oi iSouih ('arolina. ?tartied the Senate to day in a * peer It nolens drain.die in its delivery than sensational in its allegations, lie preeoded it I >y present i ns* a resolution for the appoint na nt < ! a -pecial committee of live Sena tors to investigate charges oi speeuiation In S nator- whi! -t! tariff hill wub before the finance committee. In adv -catin^ the resolution Senator Tillman thr.nv aside the usual convent ionali'.ie01 the Senate, and with plainiu -of speech seldom heard about the halls in Congress called ?. a I... as seriates to investigate the pub li -he l i It:. "t > >i 't- j-,l . . on,* !. t; i* !.. eh being j*"n' 'it it.- ir.v? i; c. . ihe tai' V 1 i' I. : 111 -= w? ,i-i S? nafnr Tillman in wet , im. 1? : 11:* 1 < nil :nv.:.ii ' v <-?n 1 h? ; rt t;|' *' tin :i mi '!' "o ;m ! .i sf eeifie ?1 'iii.i! J! ' "nisi !' <! dictated the sugar M-hcilulc of the l.trill' hill. ("< n>idera! ie |>roj.T< ? A a- m:?>ie on the taril1. !.i!!, tio. tc ei; j i_.. lieillil . iVi .1. >1 . v. 1 tai.en ! ii : :i: t!: t :. ' ae finance committee 1 >1 a liberal l. y rify in . ry i: i .nee. Tit 1 >i iK.eratie ni ol ti<e tin-ince eoinmi'lee made -tronir I h<* x it- on \vi: 1. ' 1 ili 11 Will i>e ( I )l t adored ' > .. , < ... 1 h<1 1 Si: l) ^ till" la v let ! ;.... .1 ' i *11 .i . . ? ; ... ' : .... -a .. :' ; 'I1 i: n. !' P' "O! !.?? ' ' < \v 1 ::ieiit - to '!: < 1 :iri'ill. ) <>. tliotn prop*?>?" to strike ? i' tie* item inet i-iii^r the t o. r>? h r. ..till ' .' 11' ;t< . t : 7') rent ] : . . . -n : tli I.'' 1 . ' >i.n vt'ON rii * i.' , " en: tor 11:imi iit ti;>*n r<>-e to . (jUe-stioM of privilege, tmd pro SOI '"il :i iv- >1 u! ion I";- ;is: ) mi_ ir itivt 1 ' i. i h ri lioti I'ur auoiiior e. ir inv> i lion. Tin- resolution recite! the work . I . . 1 in ve ' i. .n. out miflee. tie- present iinpri-oiin. >nl of Klvrten ! I. ' li;tj>n ?i,. t'i > (| it it t :i I yesterdny of !! v nieyrv on ;i leolmietil iy. It recited re l\Avf _ j - 1 I 1..' 1 . . I ' 41 i,vi i ' wi i in- i.i^i, iiiiii^ uav*> ilia' Senator* Iwvo ?pp?,nlntp<l mi npr:ir s'.ook. and that :?11 adv uico roporl on the sugar schedule reached New York speculators. The resolution proposed the appointment ol a new committee of iuvestiga lion, to l?e made up of live Senators, who are fully empowered to summon witnesses and call for papers in connection with their inquiry. The resalution, omitting the preamble, is as follows : "Kesolved, That a committee of live i>e appointed, with power to send lor persons and papers, to 1 employ a stenographer and to ad minister oaths, to inquire into the truth > falsehood of the charires made in .May, 1MM, and into the cnarges recently made: and tlie scope of the investigation dia'l cover rvorytbiiig embraced in tin j resolution ol .May IT. I8'dl, a well : - ilie methods pursued by t iii* American f-oigar Kcliniug Company. letter known as tlie Sugar Trust, in eontroljii g legis ' lation in its lavor at the present lime. Especially whether it 1 iam wise contributed to or con i r<>; i d ob-ct inn of a Senator j in this body at any tinn*.'' ^ . .. ... I.'... ...i <i... ni'ii.liiu I I > v ? \\ im \\;i^ ill I 111 ! chair owing to tin4 absence of Vice President 1 lohart, promptly tlie resolution sic* uhl goto ' Ic committee <>.? eontin v."iil expenses. lint Senator Till man was not to be stopped. lie ;isk? <1 consent to make a statement on the resolution, ami. this l eiim m inted, t lie Smith ('arolina Senator beiran a speech, which prov??d to l>e one of the most sen sational the Senate has hoard in recent years. He spoke with his char viit ?r of voice. w hich fair! ' " . ?' 1 ' e chain' er . corridor--, adding xpressive g*-s' t lives t " his lit t e]i rices. V 1 l.ave arri\ed at a time," lie declared, "when the Senate ; can no longer atlbrd to rest under the damning accusations made hg inst 8 matora. If there are I men here debauching the Senate, H en we should he purged of them. I ' ' . . ; v lot 1 IV i i 11 . Hot!) parti- - were fact to face wit h t hi - - n: I II, he said The f'-rn tr invest i? .? i . to h i i n wle t her m? m1 . ; oi i he nan committee, then Demo erat . were bought and sold ! k I ca'11c I'll it investiir.it n .n v >iV' 1 tin* I'resident, tlic Serve tun of the Treasury un<l the finance committee. Now, h Id "(I. wo havo flu- sumo ipi^st ion. 1 > i! t!. parti"s uro changed. and untiling lint cowardice would pre \"?* 111 Son a tors I'roiji ou.-iv- ' ii t i "cot tlicit* good n une-M !! V. Ill. i I ' < ll 1. !, Ii id , t !i ' t ii was charged that I'lv-ident <"i.-\ i land mot the sugar mugout' and di u>-oil tlie details of ; 1 ' ! In!'* <>! !In* now ponding t ir If I 111 Tllnro W I 0 1 :'t o . ... tint "d'Hiiti'tt'.' ac-jr >' 1 ' v"!'Mi to tin* ' 'a ' 1 lit f ii i 'r -dd nt t .! I him tl. n; 1 .1 ' lmvo i i; t n"i "!* ' ' ' ; pound. - mi tor d Mili hSv up > it l!.i rof- ien< < Jo liim. < >n one or I .'.() ? < idons. Ii' o- plained. Mr. < i'V" it 111 I sal 1 t o Ii inn liUt Jo thought tho 1 1 emit on raw.':. ;r was noccesnary to the Amorii : !i in i? ;nd t liut a I - cent rate would litvo tho refiner-' on' o! busiiK - . 1odin^ Son .lot 1 illiiian -aid 1111l 111 In- 11 i;tI Mr. ( love :ul .? rod to carry *11 a ! ir i !< . > 1 i!!man > di ! i <>' *ay this wa-i tin- rase. lii.t . i ^ it the ra--r ' 11 ho I t In- I 'ro-idi nt t did lid- i ho Senate oiuh to liud it out. lit: \ i ' I.K \ltit < I.KV1.I. \NU. II?-io Senator Gray, of Delawarc. chairman ol the former - uuar investigating committee, in terrupted. The statement, he said, that a sugar schedu.e had been made upon Mr. Benedict's yacht, ? when the President was on board ? with refiners of the Sugar Trust, , was not true, and its falsity ' ad been established after the com- 1 mittee had probed the statement to the bottom. Both Mr. IlavcI meyer and Mr. Searles had testitied that no such meeting ever occurred and that they never met I Mr. Cleveland. Senator Tillman said he was glad to hear this. He wanted'; everything to come out that would "clarify the situation/' lie wasp attacking 110 one, hut one-half of, .the American people believed, In said, that there v. a "corrupt j dvti" in lSi)l,4\just as auuo of n -. i elieve ther" i-; .'Uielhing rotten 1 in 1 )enmaik now." "Both parties are involveil," exclaim, d <h Set ./.or, "and one ' is as deep in th" mu 1 ac tlte other ' :s in mi" mire. i on i now oi met reports against eertain members' of t ho old lianee eomtnitfee, and now we have more damning air-!1 ! eusatinns against the present eom mittee." Senator Tillman 1 .van to sneak 1 J of Mr. Chapman, -who was living like a little king in the District jail." j SCKi'IKie \Tlo\s |iKM \ \t>' !?. Senator l'oltus, of Alahama, internpted at this stag . "I will ask the Senator." -aid Senator I'ettns with mneh deliheration. "not to deal in generalities. IT he desires to put a mark on a Senator on this iloor then 1 demand that he do it. and not in , dnlge in generalities aga'nst all all the members ot the S iab\" There were an awe-like hn-h through the ehamher and a nm mentary expectation that names might he given. "That is what I want an inquiry for: to mark these men." re bj onded Senator Tillman. "I want [ them ii : < ami 1 do not want I tie i iii man i -. .. - i w nio* ne , iil: > . ai or:: : !? ? I | to i! i|iiiet 1 y ' i v- nator I'et '11 s i a new cottier hero, and ho, I oi eoti.v, i < i t p..,;ici p ei'in. inis." 11 \va - n; i m, naUa ; 'tns . 1. t! at ma : tlm demand. True and h n m-iMh men ion Id mtf 1: v?? ; <i -il h<'tv ;iiii lri\e a -lur cast on lie i i 1 ?y n crali/.ed statements. "\\ Iiv don't you \\. it lor the rest of m\ speech a h* d Sena tor Tillman of Sen it r 1 -it us. * 11 tin* Senator will mention ju.-t oiio name I will lie ilislii'd, said Senator i'ettus. - 11lias _i\cii not It i ii - but iv dizatioiis I thus far." Well. 1 have j eeiiie.it ion.; to present ifyou'il .just pos ? your in patience." .!!, Wered the , South ('arolina Senator, lie then went oil to stale that when tin* former ' iriti .i! 1 was framed the ' fihaiut ;onimi(had left their v -a; iin! J.;: * . > p. irter at ' !c Ariia_'t u Hotel. I iit* S a at or . s rr e ly mis li I'll." ii, *r:*tl p! e.l Senator Vest. ! , 1 . .. I o. |.,e nance commit i. " i lie I t. . c u i a i. J.;, Iilbe. 1!. 1: a noe unmitti !l 1 n< ' _ > 'o tho Ar 1 in.rton 1 Intel or in v' : re el j out ide I heir commit tec r< nm or t he < 'ilpitol.' - emit or Tillman -aid lie was id.il the IJeiiioci.it:.'' party wa t . cli ed t < t ! i - OX t -lit . I ! ' wis J not dealing with the subj ;t as at , I V II. ;!). he . i i. l'llt a- a t ree j m:m. I'arlie- <*<?ui<! allor 1 to l>e rid ?>I 111 <*i r? poiisibin lor the <)< < nnvnces of I vd 1 and t hereabout . l ilOSK VHI.I No ION l'.< o\l-. Now no oto* (loiiit ho wont on, "that lor the last two montli-; rooms it tin; Arlington have boon occupied by the fiance committee in easy touch with the telephone to Nt w York ami easy reach of agents of the Nii^ir Tru>t. Why was it." he asked, that theStmar! Trust could always command a specific instead of an ud valorem duty? Why was it that they cleared $25,000,000 in three years. They had cleared it,'* he added, "at the expense of every cup of tea and coffee drunk throughout the country. It was the Republican party who did it lirst. It was the Democratic party who did it in 180-1. "And now," ho proceeded, with a disgraced and demoralized Democratic party out of power and the Republicans in charge we have another damning evidence of the Sugar Trust's power." ^ si'kcmc vrioNS mam-:. Senator Tillman said ho would now present ?=peeilieations. lie! sent to the desk and had road a number of signed articles in tinnewspapers of New York, Chi cairo and oDewhoro, making <,r; 1 mis charg 's against Senator*. The names of individual Senators were mcntioueil for the lirst time. The lir-t article read from the desk hegan willi "Smith ahead on sugar," and -poke ol the New.h r sey Senator selling -ix thousand shares of Sugar stock short, at a profit of $.'5,000. Senator Smith was not in the chamber at the time. Then fol lowed the reading of many other article- making intimations and charges of speeulat ioti and irrogu larity. Senator Tillman carried on a runtime comment ;ls the reading proceeded. speaking: hrielly ai'tet each article, "ll any man has heett influenced in 'he manner ehnrtred, he." tin- Senator asserted, "was no better than the blackleg rambler who had cards up his sleeve. Such a man should be made to hang his head in shame it his colleagues allowed him to remain in the Senate.*' s !.\ . i i lis S lU.C I I. \ i i S i t. A1.. \lio'h r at":"! a r ad front the 1 k , ' . . jirotit to S.-n.itot ." : mated t i 1 V) shares of -'u? tr '!* i .<1 Ins n scnat?mv- \ 11 ' c : 1 rt ' < I lint M . W 11i ?, t Nov York ttroker. I> 1 mamtait ed nr.- ! ; on t.l'iees while t1 sugar sched tile Wit In c unr . ; i h: 1 .. .. "So it seenis tli 't -ome of u ha*, e a titimo i' t! j . ltd ' km aro some pretty big Halt in the pool." outieon'od Senator Till man with nu k hutnor. !! said i' was about time those spe hie charges. most of 1 hem simied wit!i tin* naiiios of their :ui*hors, shou'd bo pl'ohed. I hero should bo uii mixture m the old investigation ;111 i tb?- now one. hot them stan<l apart, ho said, "hoi us not mix the !)oinocratio sheep with tho lb-publican /oatp. but lot's have a fumigation." It was not a time whon Senator* hould sit It ro ap parent ly -ilenced by cowardice or corruption. The Kopub] icaiis had received t!>" r nt camp ti a o? :t fributionfl from uthft octopus,'* ho said, and it thouM bo brought to the liirlit bofc.ro tho American people. If this jraniT of thieves t: 1 rol?ho r.->" Wert; to It fo dl tin y wanted, then lot the American 1 ' r:n:r " en ". hat a _h/ ' oil ivplv.-i'M'i ' I IIP! 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