Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-19
THE PAN.ELEcTRIC INVESTIGATION
The Elder and Younger Rogers Before
the Committee To-day.


The Elder and Younger Rogers Before
the Committee To-day.
When the telephone investigating committee
met to-day MI. Ranney suggested that DIR.
Rogers correspondence be put in evidence.
Mr.. Oates, OF the subcommittee charged with
the classification Of the papers, said that the
Mr.. Hale stated that he would have TO ask
leave of absence for a week, as he was compelled
to 60 to his home In Missouri.
Mr.. Oates suggested that he might pair with
republican member of the committees, but Mr.
Ranney expressed q doubt Of the propriety Of
pairing in an Investigation that was not politi-
cal. 1t was finally arranged that Mr.. Hale's
vote might be cast by proxy by Q democratic
member during his absence.
DR. ROGERS CORRECTED HIS TESTIMONY
| of yesterday so as to say that Looney had paid
for his Pan Electric interest with Indus mining
stock that afterwards proved to be worthless.
MORE STOCKHOLDERS MENTIONED.
Referring to his transfers of stock, DIR. Rogers
added to the names he had already
stated those of General Frank Armstrong
tof the Indian office at that time),
General Thomas Crittenden, General A. b.
dinot, r. C. Wintersmith, A. ID. Cooke, the
Republic and Chronicle washington news
papers Wines WI sold the stock to the news
MOST OF the stock was of the Rogers Tele.
phone and Telegraph company. Witness said
stock TO Messrs. Money and Manning Witness
had expressly contemplated legislation for the
american s postal company. and 1t was SO stated
duced.
THE WITNESS COMPLIMENTS MR.. COX.
MIR. Ranney asked If witness had sent one Of
the pamphlets to Mr.. Cox, knowing that legis-
lation would be asked?
The witness replied that he expected that Mr..
Cox would do Senator Harris had; rise in
Congress ana state that he was pecuniartly in
terested.
Witness would have given Mr.. Cox more than
he had offered because he was an Industrious
man, and his name stood like the sun In the
heavens and he would have helped wit
ness sell his m;,o stock He stock dd vo nHi
seduce Mr. Cox. Saw no improperly in giving
stock to members.
congressman do not take vows of chastity,
poverty and obedience" said the witness. 81
went upon that principal he added, to the
| amusement OF the spectators.
MR.. ]. HARRIS ROGERS RECALLED.
Mr.. ]. Harris Rogers was then recalled.
Mr.. Oates inquired If the witness was correctly
reported in the interview published in the New
York Tribune of March 18th.
Witness said the interview was correct.
Mr.. Oates-It is set out there that Col. Oates
was an attorney for Senator Harris and Col.
Young.
The witness-It was, sir. Mr.. Hine told me
that Col. Oates and Mr.. Hanback, were attor-
MES for Colonel Young and Senator Har-
ris. He is newspaper man. and said
1 believed and thought it was highly
probable. had heard before this at Bladens-
that YOU s to
but when Hine told me and you acted SO aus
terely, and your subsequent action led me to
believe that there was great truth in what he
| said.
Mr.. Oates-What was your reason?
The witness.-The transactions In the COM
mittee-rOOm. After you had read twenty or
said to Mr.. HANBACK,: "Here is a
Deter you no% feel like a' reading dMsy this s snsfs
Mr.. Hanback, said: "No,'' he did not. Then
you said: "Here is Rogers, here; he looks like
with Rogers. They can look it over and slit
out the relevant from the irrelevant letters and
we can look over the relevant letters after
Mr.; Oates-Don't you know that said you
could stay there with the clerk3
names, such as were relevant. and make list,
| and that we would go over it ourselves?
The witness frmly-Such as We two consid-
cred relevant. declined to take the response
bility, and said it was a delicate thing for me
| to do. You said it was only between ourselves
,s said tho suppose it Won s ss,a come
private between ourselves and would never
come up in the committee room.
in N sie ,ba atter say Sn ye 20
that it was all agreed between Mr.. Hanback,
and myself that We would leave the classified
ton TO the clerk, and that we would look it
over next day?
The witness insisted that he was to exercise
his judgment In passing upon the relevancy of
the letters, and that he had refused to do SO
unless ordered by proper authority-"unless
you ordered me, he said.
Mr.. Oates-Didn't l sly you were not re-
Quired TO pass judgment upon them, but to
aid the clerk.
The witness-You said three times that it
would not be known in the committee room. l
said: Mr.. Oates, do not do anything sab rosa;
it is all above board Then you went over that
very clearly. referred to a letter and pointed
to the delicate position it would place me in
To-
Mr.. Oates-Hold on before you get away from
| that point. You said you did not like to re-
main there because you did not care to have
your motives questioned hereafter?
The Witness-I made that answer in the be-
liet that 1 was to pass judgment upon the rele-
vancy or irrelevancy of the letters. That was
my belief.
NO KNOWLEDGE OF AN UNDERSTANDING.
In the cross-examination of DR.. ]. w. Rogers,
before the committee yesterday. the witness
stated that he had no proof within his own
personal knowledge that there an under.
Standing between Senator Harris, Col. Young,
Mr.. Benthusen and others and Attorney Gene
raj Garland about the latter pushing a suit in
the name OF the government against the Bell
company,