Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-01
GARLAND'S ENUMERATION
MIR. BOYLE SUBMITS HIS RE-
PORT TO THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, June 30.--In the Hous
today Mr.. Boyle, of Pennsylvania, from
the Pan Electric Committee, submitted a
report signed by four members OF the COM
mittee upon the subject of its investiga-
ton. 1t is accompanied by the following
resolution:
Pesolrsd. Thata full, fair and exhaustive
investigation has failed to adduce any evil
dcnce which tends to show that Attorney
General Garland, solicitor General Gooue'
Secretary Lamar, Indian Commls Oner Az
kins. Railroad Commissioner Johnston. or
Senator Harris, they being the officers named
in the Pan Electric pubilcai Ions ot Ihe news
paper press winch gave rise to this nvestga-
lion did any act, Official or otherwise, con e
nected with the matter Investigated winch
was dishonest, di5honOrable or censurabe
The report and resolution (Which is
cOncurred III by Mr.. Hale) were referred
10 the House calendar.
REPORT OF THE REPUBLICANS.
M. Ranney, of Massachusetts. also
submitted Il report, signed by four Re-
publican members Of the committee.
Mr.. Hale, OF Missouri, presented his in
dIYdual views.
These reports were placed upon the
calendar.
Mr. Reed, of Maine, reserved all points
OF order against the resolution accompa-
nying Mr.. Boyes' report, and Mr.. Ran
'.
been submitted to the committee or acted
upon by it, also reserved all points.
Mr.. Boyle said that the resolution had
been presented with the consent of the
gentleman from Massachusetts, who had
expressly waived any meeting Of the COM
mlttee.
Mr.. Ranney replied that that was true
as lar as the report was concerned, but he
had never seen or heard OF the resolution
before,
Mr.. BOYLE onereupon asked to with
draw the report and resolution, but Mr.
Hale objected.
BoYLE's REPORT.
Beginning with the first publications
touching the Pan Electric Company, Mr.
BrOyle's report says it appears from Mr..
Sypher's testimony that ne furnished the
original "hlstory" TO Prof. Bell with a
hope that it might lead TO his employment
by the Bell company, while Mir, Hill, pro-
Tossing friendship for Attorney General
Garland, prepared the other articles at
tackihg him in relation to
other matters, and tried to sell them to
newspapers, but did not succeed. After
copious extracts from the evidence given
by Messrs. Pulitzer, Dana and Jones, the
report reaches the conclusion that neither
the Bell or Pan Electric Company or their
agents have attempted to Improperly in
fuehcs -ofdotsfs tnrouyn tue press. An
exhaustive history Of the organization Of
the Pan Electric Company is given, and
after reference to comparisons that have
been made between the conduct of Mr..
Garls nd and his associates and Messrs.
Carlisle, Randall and others, the report
-.ys:
What Or. Rogers offered to Carlisle and
others was stock inlncOrporateda and organized
companies. What he transferred to Messrs.
'arlaud Harris aud others. was an interest in
Inventions, IN tbeir hon condition Of no value
Eh teyer, and only to be made valuable by
.hc JOINT efforts Of DR.. Rogers and those who
joined thgiu iu The unuGrtaking.
C4rTrALIZArIoN INCONsEQUENTIAL.
Tat capittl of the Telephone Company
WAS iiA .B al s.. .0CJ1 900 is wholly mmateral.
Ilau ID been ted ~ 5000 the thing they
owned ana their proportonate interests In IL
. would have been the same. The property
itself II sh5 turn Out to be worth much or
nothing. rs DR.. Rogers says II had no COM
merciai value. The evidence does not show
thdt these gentlemen were admitted by
NJ ssrs. Rogers with any expectation OF profit
ing by their Official position or official action.
Mr. Atkins, the party to whom they made the
proposition, was no. in OF! Q. They certainly
expected no official AID from him. 1t was
Mr.. kim who spoke to senator Harris, so
tnat Mr.. Rogers did not select him, because
he was IN tine Senate. The right 10 select the
other three was gwen absolutely to MI. HaT-
us aud 10 condition was imposed that he
should select persons IN Office al that time.
4 Nf. Garland was not thought or Tor Attorney
Honeral. lie was sugg .sted by MI. ATKINS,
: and need hardly be said, in view of his pre-
, vous lie and his character, that it
was not thought he would use
his Official power to forward private
enterprise IN which he WAS uierrs. ed.
CASEY Young was named by Mr.. Rogers
. He was not 10 appear in Congress until nearly
yesr after. Gen. Johnston was not In office
and did not expect TO be. If official influence
was the consideration for the interests trans
! ierrea TO Messrs. Harris and Garland, what
{ was The consideration for those transferred 20
. DleSsrs, Atkins and johnston?
LACK OF LEGISLATION.
The committee has fd'ed to lind that any
legislation WAS contemplated at The time this
+ committee was formed, or during its exist
Z ence up to the present time, by which it or
: as members could possibly have proGted. Tue
& only matter spoken o. was in relation To the
establishment OF a postal telegraph by the
government. This had been agtated for some
years. When mentioned, Senator Harris
stated 30 his associates thatlt II cnne up In
I the senate he would make known his interest
in the matter and decline 20 vote, 50 tn at
y iothlng was expected from him. aud accord
I ing 10 the testimony Of all tie parties, noth-
. Ing was expected from any one Of the member.
I IheTe is no evidence that Mr.. Garland ever
4 heard Of H.. The question never did get be-
Z lore either body of Congress-, and 1t is not
& pretended That any member OF the company
Z ui anything to aid IL, or that any memtef ia
Z Vcrcd the project.
I Touching the hi providing for suits in the
name Of the government, it rs said that II Will
+ require good deal of ingenuity 60 deduce
Z from the testimony OF senator Platt that
Z senator Garland favored the passage of the
Z mi. The effort u have young Rogers ap-
4 pointed electrician of the HOuse TIE
Il report characteriLcs as matter 80 untmpOr-
4 tant that perhaps it should not be alluded TO
q at all. although u says Mr.. Garland admit
teo that 1t was one OF his purposes IA recon-
mending Mr.. Rogers tO have telephones put
T pin the House. He did not think there was
any harm 10 be done in putting them there,
I or that anything improper was to he gained
J py II. aud what would have been the harm II
4 Mf. Rogers had been appointed, aud II tele-
( phones had been placed In the capitol.
NO LEGISLATION ASKED.
NO legislation was asked or, so far rs the
comm ttee can sec, WAS possible in the inter
I ssl or me Telephone Company II II had been
7 now could The presence OF NJ Rogers and hi Q
, ; 'eephone IA the capitol haye influenced it2
4 an summing up the evidence touching this
y orbnch Of the inquiry, the report saws: "lhe
~ Vmmlttee docs not recall that evidence W ~
kNeh or that auy allusion has been made
respecting nyother matter in or about Con
Il Eress' or which could have been affected by
nEhlStlon IN which She Pan Electric Tele-
phons Company, or its mem bers. could by any
Po-eiDhiy have been Interested"
Ioe report finds nothing unusual IN the
nNthod adopted by Mr.. Rogers for devel-
oplhg the Inventions and bringing them
mo use aud TO the attention Of the public.
NJ Undoubtedly Mr.. Rogers expected to
e n HfOut Dy association with pnntlarhan of