Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-30
PAR-ELEcThc PLOTS,



De1ts u TIE natufe Of Eoporia WiIl b
presented % the HoaAs by tha Pan.
Electric TaIepkoua Oolnmiitea, ha1 aa
nsikher uiil be al1aad 81 4 majority n
che CommilEee, tachuloalIy lpeakina,
iners Win b ne 'rseort.p The reporl
drawn up hF tha Chairman will b
liEned b himself and Messls. Cakes
Eden and Han. "A Democrats Rannsg
has secured 1he signatures Of Msssrs
AillaFdi Hanheok and Aoiiaet, Al Be
pubiioanB. 70 his report, while Hala
Demosrat, has presented his views "a
an individual report. 01aifman Bayleal
Isport win not Be mada public hefos'
Thursday.
Ii ths report Eienad ~ tha Rspnbii
cEn memoofs the lestimony b cited q
show hew tbs P4n Eleoirio O0mpany
vas 0lRsnizsa and $500 oeo of il
stock given % Rentlamea for tha ase d
their namsa and Fepatakions Tue opin.
ion Of senator Garland. declaring that
She Rogers patents do no1 infFinRs
upoo the Bell paeent, e quoted with 4
statement tbat q had been gotten D..
eaasa the Pan Electric could 8 4 rights
and il vas intendsd 70 b an induce.
ment which led aarao numhara Of per
sons . pay Il money, paFt Of which
vas divided among OAKLAND and his a.
sooiates. AZ the same tima, The Pan
ElialFio 0ompanY knew tha1 their il.
stramsnig did infringe upon ths Bel
patent
The report then ragsrs % sha Postal
Telegraph bill Is explaining he mo.
tives Of the Pan Electric organizers
and states shat awo millions uf stock
vas held by members Of Congress Whon
il Wa9 expeeted thaa the bill wonld he
subjected 70 lezialaaioR. Il 4 charged
that the Pan Electric people, iDoladlnn
Garland, tried % get Congressional en.
dorsomsnk for the seheme, and ogidenoe
ID cited. whare IL toouhos upun an effort
. secure the eppoinfment of yeane
Rogers as She House olectrieiAn. u 4
alleged thai Senators GAzlaud and Hax-
Eia aud General Johnssn busted them.
selves personally 10 aeeomplish this.
Tue report then remarks tie aal6 oi
State rights 10 sub companies and says:
The Bell Oompauy sued the sub CON.
panies and She Pan Electric Company
declined 70 defend them On the Rrouna
that il bad no money. IheFs1pon
ahey determined 10 SECURE the name Of
che Unised States te bring suit againsi
the Bell Company to friRhten h
and drive Il 10 buy peace, 90 they Oh
tanned permission Uhan they wanted L,
and as they wanted il, without any pre-.
iiminary examina1isn worthy of the
name, without thH preliminary investi-
cation, ID defiance 81 all tie rules and
regulations Of the Department, aud ID
direct disregard Of a decision made
within q month By its head. Had ail
the facts developed before the commit
teo been known at that sime,n says the
report, "the Department Of Justice
would have drisen these petitioners
from its doors. for public sentiment
would hare constrained Il 10 do So
The report, 10 commenting on Gar
lands share in the transaction, declares
that II ne nad made tho inquiries ne
ought 10 have made, be couldn't have
granted the application within twenty
four hours and without reference. Il is
alleged shat, 80 far from making 3 care
ful examination Of the snhisot. be never
sven read She petition Taking ell
these things together says TIE report
s'it does not admit of q donbt that the
Solicitor General, acting as Attorney
General, was BY soms means led 70
grant this application without the Usual
references OF inquiry. without any pre-
tense Of 4 competent examination, with
unexsmpled speed and IL violation
OF the practice Of the Department. In
an ordinary case, such aeiion would ba
held 10 be positive proof Of fraud, or
ct least, prosf Of gross neglegin ce.
which in 9 person Of his positioa is
equivalent 20 fraud. Upon tnese fae q,
none Of which can be dlspateJ ;, no Jury
would hesitate. Il Il enough However,
20 say thai it car not BE- tolerated
shat the business Of she dovefn-
ment can be 80 c0uduotea. Il oaanot
escape observation thar Senator Harris
and Casey Young acted just as men
would act II already assured Of what
vas being asked, and that the conduot
Of ths Solicitor General Is most easily
accounted for on Tue assumption that
be understood the matter ~ advance
and had predetsFminsd on course Of
aoiion.n
Ths report then Fsours TO the auhieel
% the opinion furnished by the Attor-
ney General. Il charges that Il waa
uritten with & view 50 deoeivo tho pso-
ole ID She Southwest, and says thai ID
vas shread, and thaf many people 20
believed. bat that be (tho Attorney
Generai} did not.
Ths report goes on, HThs best that
can be said OF him Il that he Iant him
salf 20 the scheme because be Rot his
stock fer nothine. Hehad not strength
to dsny what bis associates aaked, nor
% return lha stock and oease - Be Al
assosiAte. He bad not tbe boidneaa 70
do personally What they thoagnt Vas
fair aarvino for the stock be kept, bls Il
sas done b his Department Rs sunh .
thing uas never done before. The plea
is that the parties ooneerned did not
ghink thoy we're doing wrong. but
4 QoveFnmeni watch sxpeots to Be re-
sDacted oannet poFmis aach things 10
he done, auah fudaanoa 10 ba sought
FOR, o. saah personal intsFssts 70 exist
and avail. lt b nos enough that tho8s
prevented il, sMy fnnt they did nothing
and meant 70 do n0thing.
Ths report estimates the expenses Of
the sait, Il tried % ifs merits. e not
les than $4,000.
Hale. Of Miasoari. makes q minority
report 10 which be says that vale be
eonoaFs IN many of the slatsm ents
and oo1elusions Of ths report Of the
committee presented b. Dhairmao
Royie, vet be cannot oDncnf IN every
thing i contains. NIhe evidences sn0us
oonolusively,n says the Eeport, 'fhat
ths Pan. Eleoirie Company vas paFelI
4 spsealatiTa adventure, and there eeuid
not bs eyidsnos foand 70 prove that tns
rentlamen eonnaoted With Rogers ever
antisipaaed or intsaded that thsiE on
eial positions would o. saOuld b ussd
ID anv var 10 al ect ieaisiatioo. o. other
wias % further advanes tbeir enterpx1se.
TIE opiuioe of Attorney General Gar
land. 4 is held By Hais, was ike thaf ef
any 0fhar aftorney employsd by 80 a
dividusL II dooa ngt appear thai =
9an intended 10 faFtAef sales 81 sio1k
withoaf disaloging bis Fslailoua b tae
sompauy, NOR thAs any psf10u Vas q
eeiVsd o. misled b. q as - tha Aitof
uey Ganara1is oonueoiioa with she aait.
Ths reporf hnds that ths evidsnce y
sssrwhelmlna and conclusive 10 ahog-
iae thaf be had nsthfnR Whatsoever - DO
FOREIGN.