The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-05-01
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ClfIanl Wplld testify befYfo flr
phouic committee n inquiry
ilra 900 unusually largc crowd n
therfypt like fom aaay doen
underihe Capitol o. mllr Ri.
appearance loainf abd fr.
hIf from htf traant t.sue. and
Nor % courteous ulule o. icru.
mit'oo dropped iuto me wituos
char in his rHrricH iun.fI
way, and pros. .ded lo giyra clear,
SIMPLE ana urrsorenl Iicmcni
of the Telephone aatif Ne bad
nothing 70 conceal ard WTt anK.
ions 10 icll all he bpow ne s,il
The Pan Electric scheme wls .im
ply an organization Of naynrul im
p%ccunious gcntlemen who wanted
20 better their condition. He
was willing 10 60 into il IT it Of
lerci any iuluccmnnt.
Acknowledgement Garland 10
the course Of ltis statement, told
the committee thlt he had meyer
IN anyway usfd hisonic.al position
to advance the interest Of the
Ptn'Elcrtric Telephone company,
that he would rs soon have thought
Of jumping INTO tho Potomac with
q milestone about his neck ms 70
have done 50. He hpd never made
a penny out Of intellectually,
but on the contrary, was 300 out
on that account. and he declared
positively that he had no conncc.
ton Whatever with the bringing
ofthc Goyornmcntsuitand that his
stock was not Il aft.
During the examination Of Mr..
Humphreys, who il counsel Tor the
Globe Telephone Conp1nv, and in
politics an Ohio Republican, this
gentleman stated that Sir. Garland
positively refused TO talk to hin
on Che subject Of rnstituting a
Government suit. ole convinced
me-, said the witness, that he
was incorruptIblc.' "DI1 you try
70 corrupt him?' inquired Con
grgssman Ranny, of Mass. II did
not, responded the witness, "hut
may have htd II SUSPICION Pc.
gurding the reform prptnsions OF
The Democratic Administration
=, "fou think better Of itnow?' ask
, ed Chairman Boyle. Il found
that some Democrats were honest
replied Mr.. Humphreys and
u think ii two honest men live.
they are Mr., Garland and Seer.
taly Lamar
The room IN which The strit
II investigation Is being oaiur
was so oyerrrowieI during Die.
examination 1f Nj pMl,-ly n,
others, that only mambet. of t0u
grcss ard newspaper 6orr.spon.
dents were admitted during o.,
u eNumiuai.ou ot tip' great raiIrul,
% maguaf% lar Could ST. Powder
Ily wt,y rs mw.h clrel az. am,
q does not look in the least ike
son Of toll he Is refined aHd lel.
q. icata looking end wearsa Ion.
mou'twhe au. paatacl
: When arkcl % tr.l tla r ],
. story Of the stri ba trii
he pref ri nausa.rsls'etHel n.s
tons. Dueiut the cilr. .
d examination he said tha.lt.
organization was p'rf.c. u
4. ful, SOM 'times 10 own msul
misun lerStn1l the orgtuiRa' 80
II is sometimes impossible to r,r
y irolGmanby any law when h. 81
" been wronsel. Ons point 3u.
. Powderly said b. wanted perfect
~ understood. II wa thu, ifan,
y of the Knights lad violated Ia.
ID law, the organization would hell
!. pun,sh them. The law o. the Ian.
was supreme above the laws 70
organizations. lie bectmr I'M
,f passioned on this subject and 1
% %clarcd that all vioiators, whcth
= knights Of Labor or C~Jpltnlisl.
should be purnished The mil.
lionare violator should suffer III
u samo Us the poor man. II htv
Il made this statement before" sale
D Mr. Powdcrly, "and people hav,
seen fit to see in Il an invitation
to anarchy. II that is anachy, II
=, the name of God, what is aw7"
y. 1t is an open question whether
n, the Senate or the House has beer
a.. mora prmmnndabiv nmnlnvad Ait