Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-30
WASHINGTON.
Partial Report on Pan.
Electric.
APPROPRIATIONS AGREED u
FELTON,, Of California, Makes An
Anti-Chinese Speech In
The House. M

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WASHINGTON, june 2s.-Thrse doea'
nents in the nature Of reports viii be
presented TO the House by tho Pan
Electric Telephone Committee, but es
none Of them will be signed by a major
ity Of the committee, technically speak
/, ing there will be no report" before the
House for action. The report drawn up
by the chairman will be signed by him
self and Messrs. Oates, Eden and Hall,
all Democrats. Rsnney has secured the
signatures Of Messrs. Millard, Hanback,
and Mofftt, all Republicans, to his re-
port, while Hale tDem. has presented
his views in an individual report. Chair
man Boyles' report will not be made pub
lie before Thursday. In the report
signed by the Republican members the
testimony is cited to show how the Pan
Electric Company was organized and
three aud half millions Of its stock
given to gentlemen for the nse Of their
name and reputation. The opinion Of
senator Garland declaring that the Rog-
ers patents do not infringe on the Bell
patent is quoted. though ct the same
time the Pan. Electric knew that their
instruments did infringe the Bell patent.
The report then refers to tine Postal Tel
egrsph bill as explaining the motives Of
the Pan Electric organizers, and stated
that two millions Of the stock was held
by members Of Congress whsn II was ex-
pected that that bill would be subjee Ted
to legislation. 1t is charged that it was
written with view to deceive the pso-
pie in the Southwest. and says that IL
was shrewed view; that the people SO
believed, but he (the Attorney Generalt|
did not.
The report goes on: "The best that
can be said OF him ia that he lent himseli
to the scheme because he got his stock
for nothing. He had not strength to
deny what his associates asked, norl
to return the stock and cease
to be an associate. He bad
not the boldness 10 do personally
what they thought was fair service for
the stock be kept, but il was done BY
his department as such thing never Wae|
done before. The plea il that the par.
ties concerned did not think they wsre
doing wrong, but q government which
expects to be respected cannot permit
such thing to be done, such influence
to be sought for or such personal inter
ests to exist and avail. Ii ia not enough
for those personally interested, who|
ought to have prevented it, to say that
they did nothing and meant TO do moth
ing.
The report estimates the expense Of
the suit, If tried on lis merits. at not |
less than $500, 900.
Hale, of Missouri, makes minority |
report, in which he says that while hol
concurs in many OF the statements and
conclusions of that portion Of the COM
mittee represented by Chairman BoyIes, /
yet he cannot concur in everything if I
contains. Touching the formation Of
the Pan-Electric Company. the evil
dence shows conclusively, saysI
the report, that it was purely |
a speculative adventure and there could |
be no evidence found to prove that the |
gentlemen connected with Rogers antlcl- /
q tied or intended that their official
positions would or should be used in any /
way to affect legislation. or otherwise to
further advance their enterprise. The
opinion of Attorney General Garland, il
is held by Hale, was like that Of any |
other attnrney employed by any indi-
gidual. 1t does not appear that it was 4
intended to further sales of stock with 4
out disclosing his relations to the COM
pany, por that any person was deceived
or misled by it. As to the Attorney
Generals connection with the suit, the
report finds that the evidence is over
and conclusive in showing /
that he had nothing whatever to dol
with II.