Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-30
CAMPAIGN THUNDER.
The Bitterly Partisan Report Of Re-
publlcaus on the PAN Electric
Made to Catch Votes.
Assistant Treasurer Smith Resigns and
'so'' Thompson Of South Carolina
Appointed In His Place.
secretary Manning reieErrrbs sresa not
spfiega ThRt no HAS tmprnsed IN
Health since Leaving tho capital.


WNhtr VA ino nature OF reports will hOl
presented 70 tho housa hy the Pan. Flec.
Wlo telephone COMMITTEES, but IA neither
VIII 90 slRned by majority ni tho com
mi'tee, technlcally speaking, thorc win De-
no report before the house for action.
me report drawn up by the chairman
WIN % signed by hlmseli and Mcssrs.
VAir, hdsn and Hail, all Demo.
vta's' Mr, Rand hes received
we signatures OF Willard,
hansoack aud Moftat, all Republicans, 10
ais report, white Mt Hall, Democrat, has
presentedhls Views lnan Individual report.
chairman Bales report will not DO made
pubic before Thureday, In toe report
hiEncu ny the Republican memhars, tha
testimony u cited TO show how the ran.
hisctflc company Was organized and on,
ooviVvV 81 ls stock given 20 gentlemen
LOT inc use OF their names and reputa.
hons Tho opinion Of Sena
tor uarland declafing that nougru'
patents do not Infringe the Bell patont IL
duuleu with tho etttcmcnt II had been
gotten because the patontee eanid not
sell rights without Il, and Il wasns il vas
Intended 20 be, tho induenmcnt which led
large number OF persona IA INV m
money, part OF which was divtded
among Garland and his associates when
at the same iim0 iha pan-Electric knew
their Instruments did lnfrln upon the
Bell patents, Tho report rfers
TO tho postal telegraph hin AL
explaining the motives OF the Pan. Elec.
trio organizers, mud atates $4,000 600 OF
stock WAS held hy the men,bers OF con.
grese whom u was expected that the bill
would be the subject OF legislation, II AL
charged that the Electric people, In
GLIDING Garland, tried To get oopayes.
sional Endorsement Tor the achoiup, nnd
the evidence IL ctpd whore n tourhep
upon tho effort 10 secure the appointment
pf young Rogers as house eiectfi.
clan II Is alleged Senators
Garland and Harris and Con.
Johnston busted Themselves personally To
accomplish this, Mr. Young put 90 n
telephone IA his committee room, aud
this, says the report was "pretty near to
congressional indoraCmentn The no
port then treats Of the sales Of state
rights TO suh.companiea. Tho Pan itlOc
trio company declined TO defend on the
ground u had no money and the stock.
holdeis would not refund what TINY had
divided, although IL was The
money In those very companies.
Then they wont 10 tho department OF ius.
lice, at the head OF which was ono gentlo.
man who had some OF this money "a h!a
pocket, and asked the government 20
take UP and carry on litigation Chntin-
ulnp, the report aiatoH that, after the
retusnl Of the parent company 10 dtIand
the Philadelphia suit, the suh,companics
became alarmed and refused to pay any
more money, and the business came 20 4
sAnd-still. Thoroupon they determined
20 secure the name VI the United Rtatas
TO bring suit against the Bell company
to brighten II aud drive II To buy peace,
so they obtained permission when they
wanted u, as they wanted it without
any preliminary examination worthy the |
name and without the usual investing. !
tlon and IN defiance Of oil tho rules aud |
practice Of the department aud Ia direct |
disregard OF the decisions made within |
month by ~ head When this |
result and the vast personal |
interest OF tho attorney general
become known there was public ontery, |
not because the public knew or cared who |
had done this thing, but because the pub. |
nc knew such things must not be done
Had all the facts developed before The
committee boon known at that time, says
the report, the department Of Justice |
would have driven these petitioners from
its doors, for public sentiment would |
have constrained IL TO DO 40. The
OF tho committee |
hevo demonstrated that the pre-.
tense Of the ran.Elecirlc people |
before the interior department
as private citizens was falae They were
merely stalking the horses 10 cover the
real purpose Of the real parties and were /
used 10 blind the publlo.v Tho agree.
ments between the Pan.Eleclrlc and Ma,
tional Improved companies are quoted |
" IA other evidences, and IL Is charged
that The suit was not wanted 10 be tried,
but 70 be "settled,n They were 10 sure
u this they agreed beforehand about
The division and the opinion each
bad obtained Of the readiness 0f the other
10 accept 'hin price" was such that thoy
stipulated twice over tlat neither should |
betray his ally Referring 70 the Wash.
Ington conference 0f the two rartlcs, IL
b alleged that thcy wished 70 recall their
1rst application 70 Tie department OF
Justice without leaving any "trace,o and
then get the attorDep-Eeneral either IN
person Of " bns 81 Ne sab0rdlDatan,
10 order The suit without any rof0fcnge
and without any more than 3 pro lorna
IiINAI W bihstAHf navy W 10 flNfN IKE /
norant OF all telephone litigatious. This
sag their object. They set about II and
hey accomplished H., But II tbey con.
;ealed their ways from the gablic they
I'D not disguise them from Attorney.
General Garland. (iiere reference IL made
o his letter 10 the president 10 support
he nssertionl.
Touching Tie Interview with The after.
the reporter Ands that
something took place al thAt Interview
Which left ali parties in The certainty that
new supplicatlon would be made md
hat II would be made through Abe dis.
riot attorney that II would DO pressed
~ Mr. Goode when Il came fher0 and
hat be- would PASS On II promptly aud z
Without reference 70 The iAt1si0r depart
aent.
eeisTkAT 1HMAarHAR saifIn HKelGSg,
WARRINGTON, June 2g,--Mr. william !
(. Bmith, assistant secretary " the treas Z