The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-06
From Tn. capItnl.

WAsHISsToS. d. c., April Sat the
request of Senator Fair. mail service
will be restored from July Isl next to
two trips a week. ON the route from
Cherry Greek to Arum. Nevada.
The Senate has confirmed William I.
Trenholm. comptroller Of currency.
The Secretary OF the Interior has
denied the: application OF counsel for a
rehearing in the celebrated Nolan land
grant case, New Mexico. and has di-
re ed the Commissioner Of. the General
Land Office to proceed to take proper
action to carry out the secretary order
restoring to the local Land Office the
plats of survey of the grant, that the
same may be thrown open for settle
ment. About $40 90 acres are thus
restored to the public domain.
S0licitor-GeneraiJ John Coode appeared
before the telephone investigating com
mittee this AFTERNOON, to tell what he
knew leading up 10 the institution of
the Memphis suit He said he had been
appointed to his ofiice-by the President,
upon the Recommendation of Attorney
General Garland, and ne did not believe
that Senator Harris or Messrs. Atkins.
Young and Johnston had anything to
do with his appointment. The Attorney
General left Washington on August
9th, on his vacation, and on
September I'd the witness had re-
ceiYed the application Of District
Attorney McCorry, of Memphis, for
permission to bring the suit, whicA' he
(Titness) had acted upon in a routine
way. Attorney General Garland bad
never mentioned the Bell or Pan-Eec-
tric Company 10 the witness until after
10 return from his vacation in October.
when the witness had introduced the
subject to him, having seen it mentioned
IN the public press. Witness did not
know that Mir. Garland had any inter-
est in the Pal-Electric or any other
telephone company until be saw the
newspaper
had ever conyersed with any person
prior to the application about telephone
matters. he replied that he had not
even thought OF the subject until the
visit of Senator Harms and Mr.. Young.
When Attorney Garland re-
turned after his vacation. the witness
had told him that if any mistakes hao
been made, or any wrong done, he
would be responsible. The witness did
not know until that conversation that
the Attorney General had any interest in
the telephone company. Witness had
felt Il due to the Acknowledgement TO
make some statement to the President,
and he had done so. At the suggestion
Of the President. witness had directed
McCarry to discontinue the Memphis
suit. In answer to \ request TO state
the amount OF the fees to be paid
special counsel, witness said that Mr.
Whitman was 20 receive a fee OF 5000
for the entire case. and the hrm
OF Hunton & Chandler 5000. Mr..
Thurman was to receive $4,000, with
the understanding that his future com
pensation was TO be fixed after the suit.
He (Mr. Thurman) could not stipulate
in advance what his fee would be-
Witness SAID: Il never gouged the gov
eminent, and do not propose at my
time or life 10 Drsin.w Mr.. Lowery,
who occupied an exceptional position in
his capacity of electrical expert, was 10
receive a retainer OF $1,000. and Per
dieHa OF SO when in New York taking
testimony, and 500 when called upon
to leave that city, five hours being
called day.
Adjourned.