Show SEARLES AT CANTON THA TIS WHY HE DID NOT APPEAR AP-PEAR BEFORE LEXOW Hanna Was in the Scheme With Him Tried to Keep the Visit a Secret Will the Investigating Committee Fine Him For Contempt Con-tempt For Calling on McKinley Said His Name Was Jones Chicago Feb SA special to the Tribune from Canton 0 says John E Searles secretary of the sugar trust not only paid a visit to Presidentelect McKinley last Friday and tried to keep his visit a secret but he met Chairman Hanna at the Valley him I station here and took railway away to staton unknown spot for an i hours conference Mr Searles visit is causing more comment here the i becomes known The more its mystery is myster at fact that he was under contempt Albany N Y for not appearing at the committees investigation of the Lexow investigaton sugar trst commitees on day ha caused all sorts of speculation here over the ub ject of his visit Searles reached here from the easton east-on a Pennsylvania train and was driven directly to the McKinley home When he wus asked by a newspaper correspondent what his name was he replied Jones The presidentelect unwittingly gave i all away however He was standing in the hall when Mr wa the steps and the Searles came up Usually new arrivals front door was open Usualy wa shown into the library first rivals are lbrar frst where they register and give their cards to Secretary Cooper Major McKinley Mc-Kinley however recognized his visitor by sight and did not wait for a introduction in-troduction Thether he knew he was coming cannot be ascertained coming Mr Searles came to Canton for is much of a mystery The president elect has said that he does not know elet ha sad Mr Searles initials and Mr Searles only explanation of his visit in reply to the explanaton ysual queston put to callers at the McKinley house was that he had come on a social call generally believed that the It is beleved presidentelect knew he was entertaining enter-taining the secretary of the sugar trust but that he did not know he was in contempt of court at the time The most plausible explanation of the visit is that he was looking up the of tariff legislation and that question tarif legislaton queston Friday was considered most convenient for him although it was embarrassing to Mr Lexow It is regarded here as doubtful whether the matter is brought up to Albany on account of the unjust Dresidentelect criticism to which it might subject the |