The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-20

prominent men in the country had
written to that effect.
Mr.. Rsnney objected to TIE state.
ment; he did not care to 20 into
what people had written
Witness remarked that he was
simply trying TO show his position al
the time.
Mr.. RannEy wishsd TO know il the
witness had felt that it would be i'm
proper to tell the applicant that he
was disabled and refer them to the
Solicitor. General.
would not have been improper, /"
responded the witness, ''but it was a
question OF deiicacy with me-"
Mr.. RsDney-Dont you think you
were little over sensitive?
Witness No, sir. With me it was
a case like that of Lorenzo Dow's
man, "You will be damned if you do,
and be damned If you don't"
Laughter. r...
Mr.. RaDney, referring to the pre-
vious testimony concerning the wit
ness refusal to hear the application
aud subsequent search for the missing
law, a. ked how he knew that another
application would be made.
The witness replied that he did not
know that. He only supposed that
the parties would return to request
the reference of their application TO
the Solicitor-Generll Then they had
also threatened to appeal to the PIesi
dent.
Mr.. Ranney inquired il it had oc.
CURED t. witness as reason for not
telling Goode of the receipt OF the APP
plea ion, thai il he had told him Of
his action in refusing t. consider the
application that Mr.. Goade might feel
bound to reject it, while if re said
nothing Mr.. Goode would act upon it
as an original application and might
grant the request
Witness responded firmly in the
nel alive.
AS Mr.. Ranney still pressed the wit
nefs for his re ason in rem lining silent,
he remarked that after what had &C.
Cured, it eeemed to him thai it was
with the utmost propriety that he had
kept lent. He thought that it would
have been extremely delicate to have
said ans thing about it. Later, re-
ferring to the Times Democrat dis.
patches about the order for the suit
received by him at Little Rock, the
witness said that when he received it
he had TO think some little tim to re-
cal Just what it referred to.
Mr.. Ranney pointed out that what
he said was discrepancy on the testi-
mony relative to the withdrawal Of
the original application. Van
Benthuysen had sV orn tlad he told
the At orney-General he intended to
mako ap LEGATION to q District-Attor-
ney, while the witness did not remem-
Der Of such statement.
The witness replied that he had
Sawed off" the conversation very
shot, ard he still failed to recall any
such statement.
Mr.. Oates--Since you have been At
torney-G General, have you done any
act or thing directly or indirectly to
enhance the interests of the Pan
Electric Company either as counsel
for the stockholders or the interested
party?
Witness-I cannot call to mind any
action or word of mine since have
become Attorney-Genefal that is cal
culated in the remotest degree to in
crease the value of the stock or en-
nance its valus in any way, l have
not been st meeting, and have had
no conference with lhs gentlemen
connected with it at all,
Mr.. Oates asked whether it was a
very.unusUal thing for District At
torney 10 make such application, to
which the witness responded in the
negative.
As the committee had no further
quetttons to put, the examination of
the Attorney. General was concluded
at this point and the committee adj
journed until Wednesday.