New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-10
AYINTENTOR AND / POET.
OUTER PROCEEDINGS To SECURE AN APPOINTMENT
FOR TIE INvENToR-THE POETS CLAIMS TO
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT.

OUTER PROCEEDINGS TO SECURE AN APPOINTMENT
FOR THE INvENTOR-rHE POETS CLAIMS TO
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRGBUNE.l
WAsHTNGroN, Feb 0.-The electrician of the
House is paid a sala-y Of 81 200 year and IS al
lowed one assistant. These places were filed until
about two years ago by two mon named Rogers.
One of them is the inventor Of certain electrical ap
planes which are said to be valuable, and Joint
stock company, known as the Pan Electric Com
pany.D has been organized with a capital OF
- OOO. 900 to push these inventions. Among the
directors of this company ex-CongTessnen
Joseph f. Johnston and Atkins, and Senators Har-
ris and Garland Before the ALNIlIth Congress
was organized, Mr.. Rogers. the inventor, applied
TO the architect of the Capitol to be reappointed
electrician Of tho House. He is a Democrat Tho
architect could not mako the appointment without
the sanction of the Speaker and no Speaker had
then been elected. About thas time, it is asserted,
tbe architect received a letter incosing number
of shares of stock in the Pan-Electrio Company"
the par value Of the stock incosed running up into
the thousands lie promptly returned 1t to the sen-
der
After Mr.. Carlisle was chosen Speaker, he was
importuned 10 turn out the present electrician ana
pnt In Mr.. Rogers He declined to do 50. The
directors of the c0mpauyAlr Rogers is ono of them
-
pointed. because he would then be able, at the ex-
pcnse of the United States to continue certain cX
n,rincuts and perfect certain inventions in which
fine compiny is Interested. One OF the directors
one dav handed TO Congressman Robinson, OF New
York. a resolution which he said General Joseph u.
Johnston would like to have introduced. The Con-
gresham, without carefully reading the paper,
offered it, stating that he did SO by request" 1t
had a long preamble recitng the scientific attain
ments and achievements of Mr. Rogers and pro-
vided that no be appointed electrician of the House.
II was referred 10 the Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds, whore for the present the mat
ter rests.
The Rogers family seem to have peculiar claims
upon IA Democratic House of Representatives. Not
only is one member of this family an inventor
whose inventions are owned by company in which
distinguished Democratic statesmen and eN-stdteS-
men are pccuuarily interested, but another member
of the same family is described as the Last Bard
of the Confederate Cause" Only few months ago
he published here " Arlington and other Verses"
One of the verses reads as iOllows
Go trade IN e1Iano-waye the Bloody shirt"
Defame the dead; renew nation pam
Run from GuitcHu-eat any KIND or dlrI
BE any thing but Whitaker or Blaine
A foot-note gives the reader information
about Mr.. Blaine. 1t reads rs follows:
blaine now almost forgotten, once prominent
pocian traded In guanO while secretary OF State'
ran frOm Gulteau when the poor 100! slot hrne was
rcmOrscless I'm keeping mp the war Wnlon nc h'l oh1
seen AT distance, and. like Cadet Whitahe prrtehteu
that the South about TO cut Of his cars, when he
richly deserved
II may be rather difficult for the Democratic
House to decide whether the inventor or me poet
| has the strongest claims upon its consideration.
| Perhaps both may be cared for.