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but the land sharks who desired to have bill passed
creating tho Territory OF Oklahoma
GARLANDS RESPONSIBILITIES.
WHAT WAS DONE BY Csc OF HIS NAME.
REVIEWING HIS ACTION - CORRECTING CASEY
YOUNG.
TpY TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRIBUNAL


icy TELEGRAPH 70 TRIBUNAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-The declaration OF
Attorney General Garland that after the impending in.
vestieatiop il over he VIII meet the Pan-Electric
scandal ain way that will receive the appro-
baton OF all people Who really desire TO be satisfied
is vague although he denies specifically tha'
he intends to resign his Office It may mean ha the pur-
poses TO get rid OF his "intcrest" In the Pan-Eectc
speculation; but can he do so Is it possible for him to
restore condition of things which existed before nc
took an interest sclcmoi man who ia familiar
with all OF tho details Of the specula'Ion
said to-day: az do not see how Garland can release
himself from tho moral and pecuniary resronS'piies
that incurred He accepted, as gift an Interest
Of one-tenth In tho original PsnElectric Company ana
signed an agreement with others TO procure eharer
for That company. The charter was not obtained ou
by virtue Of the agreement. lie became large Stock
holder I'm the Pan electric Telephone Company NO man
who was not a shareholder Of the original company
could become an incorporation OF the teephohe O''"'
panC The certificates Of stock In the latter com
many entitled the holders thereof to u speclnou
number Of shares the validity OF The patent
+. iudtciay determined in any litigation instituted lor
that purpose Therefore. every man who became the
rossessor of one OF those certificates knew eXacty
where he stood
"some months after the original certificates were
issued, named Myers wrote letter 10 SeHa'o'
Garland and asked his Op nion as lawyer az 70
,Sle her the patents alluded to an infrnHement
upon the. Bell patents. Garland replied promptly
and without any qualification whatever that the ran
electric telephone was not infringement OF the Bell
paten What were the results Why in the nFst place.
applications began to flow in from all quarters ioI
licenses from the Pan-Electrc Telephone Company
Missouri applied Texas spoken for urgent requests
came from Illinois Alabama, New-York and dozen
otuer States Local companies were ofsaHlzeu
in seven or eight States. most OF them paying
considerable sums in cash and ohe-iourlh Oh
their capta for theiceuses theyecelved senator
Garlands legal opinion was published broadcast by the
promoters of these local companies and was used as
urc TO unwary investors. Thousands OF dollars Wero
obtained from credulous aud ignorant people, who were
made to believe that ano her telephone bonanza
mad been struck, from which they might win
thousands by tho investment OF hnhdred9
The money received from the sale Of rights by
Garland and his partners went where 10
the Purposes specified in the asrccmentf Not DIT oil
IT, The swag divided after the fashion OF Ferdi-
nand Wards prOns.' Ii was not used as Rogers III
tended to develop the other inventions ana improve
uents according to the rIeinal agreement ocheNe
that $4,000 was thus collected and about S3''OVo
of IL divided among the 'incorporator-' who had
invested something like Sl5O each. What became OF
the shares of local stock belonging Garland and each
OF his partners still open Question know thht
none OF 1t has reached the inventor Whss brSn'
aud inventions the only actual capital OF te ran
TO- cd IN al least 81 900 900. In return
icnt; Tor the market and speculative value
of the stock rested mainly npOn DIS
famous .opinion, which used as bait f"r
gud ICONS in Alabama, Texas and other states. OF
course Garland will not resign. How can lie 90 Sc III
view u the facts have given you -
TO a TEIBUNE correspondent Casey Young ms morn
ing said am glad there ~ 10 he thoronth lhNest-
gttlou OF the wnOie matter IL will show what Tables
IN. newspapers hale been publishing. Oniy inc
other dav saw THE TRIBUNE statement tIat thrre
WAS "A Pan Electric organization ana also ran
= rciric TIE ephOue COmpdiry. Now the IeephOu" Com
psy, f.. the only PtnEecric organization that ever
existed" . ~
Colonel Young ought TO be more careful The " ran
Electric Company organized III ihe ClY OF new
YORK March, 1883, ana mere was not "a month ne
tween in AZ time succeeding winter In ~ulch
Colonel Young did not write letters about u hHalr
showing that he only know Of its existence" bat le
lively interest II. He repeatedly promised thdt the
charter Of moor Grafton referred to IN tue hcls "I
tbe oIpl stock ion, entitled "Pdn-EtctIc CuW
many" should b, obtained ana spoke OF conferences
with Garland, Harris aud others on that 81 lrct M
RlBt'SE corrrsp ha4 nd IN his pos~osslO l"I
months ne engraved certificate OF STOCK IN Tue raw
Electric Company. IL "a IN bia X, except mat IL pears
The signature OF j. Harris Rogers, member oil the
Executive Committee. , ,,
The feelings OF Mr.. Garland must be wounded
often OF late II ne reads the newspapers. fOr
examDlc: Ihe NctC Iotk TuHcs today dcscrIoeS
DR. Rogers a. an "ud fellow and a. "a man whose
ureseure q ght IL offensive aud lOathsOme 10 any
honest and serious man - while The sun prints letter
written by Garland himself Two years ago, IN Whch ne
introduced Dr. Rogers Ahram :. Hewitt as an ac-
cumolished and scientific Rent.eman."