New-York tribune., 1886-02-27
THE TELEPHONE SCANDAL,
TO RE INVESTIGATED BY THE HOUSE.
AN EXCITED DEBATE IN WHICH Mr. GibsoN Dii
TgIY CMuCISES MR. PULlIA%h'
fpv rrrrcp lPu To THE TRIBUNE!

| W,suINGToX Feb ga breeze was crea'eu III
the House today when Mr. Morrison Pr''
unanimous report Of the ComlLlttee on hulo' oH
resolutions directing inquiry into the ran
scandal The Committees proposal Tor the aPPoiu'-
mani of snecol committee of nine memuers to ln'es-
gote he matter was not expected to a" aiken any op
posltion but Representative Gibson. OF vest virginia
who is Chairman OF the Committee on Expenditures III
the Department of Justice, and IN that way nas "oe
brought into close relations with Attorney
Garland WAS immediately OH his feet to oppose the
adoption of the committees report. a good many
Democrats appeared to think that Mr.. Gibson repre-
ented the feelings of the Attorney General and they
exhibited sympathy with him although few voted Win
him 1t WINS generally conceded that Mr. Gibson ana
the Attorney General bad made great mistake, 10
saw the least The special committee will not be an-
nounced for few days Mr.. Collins of Massachusetts
will probably be chairman. Mr. Hanback,. OF Kansas
Mr. Hepburn OF Iowa; Mr.. Ranney of Massachusetts,
and Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, mentioned as the
probable Republican members of the committee. The
resolutions as reported were as follows;
Resoiged That n select committee, consisting or nine
members this House. be appointed and directed ~ as
early day possible to mahe Inquiry INTO an eNpen ~
part of the Government incurred relaFo "
the rights of Bell and PanEiectrc telephone com
panies the priority or patents said inquiry 10 ciu
the Pan Electric Telephone Company, or Tor any ose
purpose. and also to make full inquiry into he Issuance
OF stock known the Pan Electric telephone stOcK of
any stock Of other company companies or organna
tons sprlngng out OF the Pan-Eiectrlo leepnohe I
pany, any person persons connected win eilher
the legislative Judicial executive departments OF tue
Uned states to whom, when where and for what con
siGeration In money o influence said stock was de-
vered also as To what opinions decisions anu oLGotS
made by any officers connected with enc GOV
ernment and by whoa ana al Tue from erp-
cumsances connected therewth ana arising t.ere" @ d
Ana the said Ia further authorized ana az
rected ascertain and report whether either OF inc tee
and mpoyes have IN any inanuer Improperly
Influenced attempted to influence onciaIs OF ouin'
by whoH and in what manner such Influence was e1-
eried or attempted to be exerted. and what newspaper
or were attempted TO be uscu Dy
Inc said committee shall have the risht 10 sGu
Tor persons ana pe ousc 10 o employ
AMI incur any and all such necessary ana reasonhe eh
AS may be required for the purpose Of conducting
Inc said Investigations exceed the sum o SloOo'
which shall be- paid ou of the connGont Iuhu ni ho
House upon proper vouchers certified by the Chairman
aud ono member OF the committee ana may report
"A any time.
Mr. Morrison stated tho report was the unanimous
report Of the Committee Rules, but that lac did not
think tho matter should be adopted nt the present tme
Mr. Gibson OF West Virginia said: II IS with e1'
trcmc reluctance that oppose tue resolution coming
from the Committee Rules. hut feel that have
duty 10 perform my constituents and tho country h'
well as the Committee Rules have, and am unWiihS
to ait here and 500 this body drifting into an nyesga
ton that brings respect to t. or confidence 10 tA'
country or good To any human being There ha' never
vet been made a charge against any person occupying
an official position snch a. would JUSTIFY the ta ot any
man in this country Bat yet member ot this hou'e-
refer TO the grntoman from Nrw-iork CMr PdlIhep-
himself an editor Of paper dill not see NJ In his oc
capacity to attack gentlemen In an OPEN honest
and manly way which a Representative should have
done but undertook reat behind the irresponsIDc
columns OF ms newspaper Tor the pIrpOso OF creating
scandaI for what motives An not here TO state
Mr. Holman. OF Indlana-G call tic gentlemans atten
ton 10 the fact that the gentleman from Now-lorA Is
at G0.on-rhr gentleman is not PRESENT. cannot
IA ftfT TfpFA
teieu Who nave lived long NE oi gOOd reputation ~
their integrity and capacity. nave won tue cohuueuo9 W
newspaper. ani a Democratic IN 0oHy Is tn7hihE DO
ne aud CRY 10 do thAi "h''h muaI Ong 40 to
temeu Injustice. There Is not "A charge embIAceu III
these resolutions They 10 charge that there Is any
corr,nt net y these parties, rhey do charge that
bc Attorney has corrupt dcc1lph-that
the Secretary tbo Inferior has given cor Apt ue
ci,ion. that one dollar Of money has been lleEa"y
expended ON the contrary they refrain with wonde, u
uuaunty FROM making any such charge. Al tnat las
done IN the telephone matter hN Dten 70 tler 10 70
the cuurt% LIT the courts decide whether u hd7 perh
property r.tcrrr1 or rot ~ IL n"s oeo" I ~ RI ~
icrred what has Congress I" 90 "lh tho question :"
| rrruce They say that the gentlemen some umr or
other got stock stood on the ncor or LIS House ana
heard mrfnbcr boast that had hundreds Of thou
sands OF dollars OF railroad stock and would comhtne
no outcry against H. see all around ,ue men VINO hold
railroad stock aud National bank stock voting with the
stock IN their pockets aud no outcry Is made SsanS IT,
| ILe d.suug iisnod gentleman from Sew, lotA thI;
licwitu himsrl, Large manufacturer iS al WORK tia
ia. been AZ work years to rrvsn the tafh 80 that
M Iis W - go, from soutn Carolina ON the Com
nittrc ON CoiuAge who member Of National bank
Mr. browne. OF Indiiun-Dd tney pay for the stocki
Mr. Gtbson-It matters whether they PAID Tor "
or t II gntuitou,y Tho question Is. nave they acted
dishouorpby. II is mere begging OF the question IN
childish manner to talk oi whether lhry lald Tor S tng
| stock or not. UuS many mrmbers own NatiOhai uahA
! ,tockI How mauJ own railr ad stock ~ hn % no,
mI-ufoImed, late ifc'!itht oI tur H'uN.o y" ~
counsel for OF these telephone c9"lAh,'s VINO
against H. II avn oorrecl lnioiE'i IlI If'e"'
President Ot thc senate u Nd ohdl uAHA st"
Mr. Cutcheou. OF Miuutgun-Was II presented To hln
Mr 9i2,on o nv :. nSnrr In which the stock was
| come by. but whether action was lnHuehcoi 10y the
hue and cry against honorable grnieLeh dgahsl "no'o
records you say nothing What VIII 'he committee
r,unr VIII they report that tho gentlemen got stock
wPpEnut raying anything for 1t Was that wrong
| @t'i"' 1@tp'i'' IN IA sty IL was wrong | am net
OF theso men. While | acknowledge the honesty
ot the Administration as equal To that OF We have
! ever had, h4Vo very lttlo regard for ts politics
| Laughter aud applause. am here to protest aslnst
I'm, Democratic majority going into an Investigation
S6at can rrfre no credit or good II the Attorney
General assHlcd let Inn De aasdlt WIN h' Ger
talniy YOU would us-aIl ch exon thief Let hun be as
snIr1 win tha maullncss which the character of hls
reputation Let II be done IN All OPEN straight
forward way. Hut let no man come here u.I,l @ % to
irrcspuisibo columns or newspaper TO hlI.lsn tI1
character honorable gentleman ana ak US 10 'au
by him. But the re-olutOn Rocs lurtnol' l"o ~ noNa
papers be investigated ana Congress must hIes
iao that matter n. %na na,d r'HHIh sTyfhns How can
| wo 20 into tho general investigation OF news
no, Know that you cannot deal with this
insinuatou and scandal without giving moro or less
snybody-man or woman-Snd let II Do brought before
au inycstgating committee. either In cblrch OF out 4
n won viii backrn pcreOns character, ana you VIII
do IL upon foul aud cowardly nsnuations men do not
dare 10 make openly .,-.-..
Mr. MOrrisOn-I DO not Intend TO follow the gentleman
in speaking Of what is to he Investigated Any gentle,
| present. IA matter which lao gets from llo
| newspapers from tho .outiolh"l IN
| West V rgnia, moves charges, ana IL rcspohsDie
A. friend OF officer supposed 10 be most auootru-
nnybod, Is TO cCted by this inycstgRtOn-G'Vlug
unlimited conf In his honor. ana III hla personal
aud official integrity want TINS resolution 10 pass auu
| | want this invcstigauOn TO 10 on. .,..
MIR Rogers Of Arhansas-G think can safely say that
no gentleman, who is supposed tn De affected o thoso
charges will in the slightest degree welcome the Op'
po,ition which the gentleman from West virginia mas
sren III TO move against tins report welcome THIS reso-
luton, aud | nope this investigation Will DO m"ue
| thorough and searching -
| MIR Er,ckeuridle OF ArkRnsas-Tho remark has been
thrown out that Attorney General got the STOCK rs
gift II he did not acquire the STOCK ~ tue usu a..
cnstouary manner OF acquiring stock. will simply
gay that oysry gentleman hero knows thnt Whch COM,
value Of the stock dcpcnus on