New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-01
PRICE THREE CENTS.
MR.. ROGERss LETTER.
ASTOUNDING TO MR. GARLANps FRIEsDs
A DEFENCE By AN ORGAN THAT PROVES ALTO.
GETHER TOO MUCH.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The letter of J. w.
Rogers published in THE TRIBUNE today has astoune
most people and mortified the friends the Attorney.
General They cannot help comparing Mr.. 2ogcrs's
statsment with the statements made by Mr. Van Ben.
thuysen and the elegraphc dispatch by Mr. Gar.
land himself In which stated that he had not ordered
the beginning of the suit in the Of the United
States for the Pan Electric Company, and that had
not known prior to the inquiry made of him that such
suit had been instituted. Mr. Rogerss defence supplies
some information which Mr. Van Benthuyseu omitted Ia
furnish spectng the events between July H. the DAY
Of the first application to the Department OF Justice
and September g. the day which instructions were
issued to the DisrictAttorney Of Memphis to begin
suit prominent lawyer, commenting on the matter
oday, said: can important feature OF this is
the fact that tho suit was begun in
out OF the way place like Memphis where 1t is dicus
to obtain service upon the defendants and almost
equally difficult to bring together the witnesses in ths
1t seems to that the Attorney General ought
furnish IL he be able satisfactory explanation in re-
gard to this point"
Some suggestive criticisms provoked to-day by
that part OF Mr. Rogerss which be explains
the motive which induced BIN to " donate" largo q
in stock to Mr.. Garland and correspondngy largo
to other prominent persons" all OF whom hap
pcned to be more prominent as Democratic politicians
than business men, ba ckers Of financial ventures
One OF the largest shareholders IN the Pan Electric
Company, Commissioner Atkins speaking OF the organi,
lished las. week said: There was very little money
put in 1t, many of the company like myself i'm
peeunous politicians who had not much money in hoF
pockets, but what they had their and the
pany was formed honestly" 1t is asserted that
as a matter Of fact the original stockholders
paid in 1915 each. Mr. Rogers says that each
of thcm has received thau $40 for every 81 In
vested tappears to have been the practice TO divide
up among Stockholders the received from local
companies and cali these divisions dividends" Tho
first dividend Of this sort $75 each OF the stock
holders the second was $jsj, the third $3.50 ana the
there have been Other dividends since
The Washington organ Of the Administration begins its
editorial defence OF Mr Garland to-day by saving rhe
controversy pTeciptated by THE SBw-YoRK TRIBUNEa
personal charges against AttorneyGeneal Garland 10
adoasy y coRcea65 The truth Of this ccmarE more
obvious than the sentence which follows IT, which reads
the action of the Department stands revealed m
remainder of the defence in brief Is first that the suing
OF the Bell Company by the United States
unfair or nndcrhanded about it; tkird.
that there wonld have been no excuse
Of the Pan Etctrc Company fourth, t6st ;as lsiasa
would have subjected the Department to shs snsgtc'e
Mr. Garland be shareholder in the PAM sss 4 sSa
asSFity oI it; parP9:es and ION ssp Garland ana
after acquiring s saesasT ss.sssr ss II the eSi caSi
ei1en, @ zen, s0al sacrifice not only his own
% S!lc hut Ia doing this 70 ignore the prneipa
ss lie Department whereof he is the head was h''i-
The s,stpria denies that there is truth in THE Tp:
uSE's asssrton that tho matter has been rushed s
back as July II the %.,oe case aud was sii ai
was based According to The Post therefore, tue De-
partment Of Justice was engaged in the consideration
OF the propostun bring suit against the bnIl Iee
phone Company early as July 10 At hat iims ahd
Tor SIX weeks atterward Mr. Garland was eoLtinlonsy &
on duty IN his office and July Solicitor Goode was 10
British Columbia.