Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-20

ONhA ~ AthoAtrttf az thNh inNilth UUVtA lIt
game law The deer ala not become
ripe until September Goode had ne.
turned about the middle OF August, but
the witness had said nothing to him |
about the application no had received, |
because he did not know ex-
actly what 70 say. He supposed |
the gentlemen who had made the
application would fnd their remedy II
they supposed they had ono. When the
Witness had come back TO Little Rock he
received dispatch from the New Orleans
Pimes-Democrat saying that his admiring
newspaper friends were compllmentlng
him upon ordering the suit against the
Ben company. lie replied that he had
not ordered any such suit He had re-
turned TO Washington about October
and when he called az the white House the
president told him the papers were speak
ing OF the case, whereupon he had
made the explanation that had been
publ she'd The witness had never
opened his mouth TO Mr.. Goode about il
because Solicitor Goode under the statute
WAS perfectly free aud independent. The
witness had no more control over him IN
his (the wituess) absence or disability
than he Rad over tae gentleman Ia con-
gress. llehad ncterto this day spoken 10
Goode about the patent suit or the one
alleged TO be pending. Goode
has spoken something about coun-
sci and The practice Of the govern
ment In dealing With the counsel.
lie did not know what was
in the bill. He had never seen the papers
on which the suit was predicted and he
had never talked with Secretary lamar
or the gentlemen who had sat with him.
IN had apn slaotfnaA - al ,.stsI
president about the suit. One OF the
gentlemen In Secretary Lamar's DEPART
ment, Mr. Jack Montgomery, an old col
lege friend, and appointed nc his soliclta-
ton, had declined to sit in
the case because Of his friendship
and old acquaintance with the wit
ness. He had seen some notice
new and then "about Garland being the
recipient Of block Of stock by way OF
gft.p OF course there had been no Gift
about II. As 10 toe question OF proprlely,
there was no more improprlety In his POI
sition than In the case o. gentleman
holding railroad stock sitting 10 congress,
or congressman going overto the supreme
court To practice for money. 1t was a
! legitimate business and the witness had
never dreamed Of any legislation being
asked His only regret was It chad
not PANIED out better.n II any question
| had come up Ia congress. connected with
/ the company he should not nave voted on
! H. He had recommended DR. Rogers
and has son 20 Messrs. Cox and IIeWett
| because he regarded them 0s competent
men Ia their line. The witness had
talked with Architect Clarke about Har-
ris Rogers application for appointment
as house electrician, and about putting
in Rogers telephone, hut after
a consultation WITH senator Edmunds,
| president pro tempore of the senate, Mr..
! Clarke had refused to make the appoint.
meut
The chairman Inquired II the witness
Regarded the sGueG as ? gift.
He replied Ia the negative. Five or six
persons had come together for the orgaui.
zation Of Il company, and they had made
assessments of $50 and 500 each. lie
did not regard the inventions as having
any marketable value. The company was
TO establish their utility and put them on
the market
Chairman "'Did you contemplate using
your official position for the advantage OF
the enterprise?n
Witness; ~ did not at all. II | had
been private citizen ! could have done
much better than when in Office"
He said that he had no more idea OF
using Eis official influence than OF Jump.
! ing .nGo the Potomac river with mill.
stone around his neck, The company
was simply an undertaking by half doz,
en- pecuniary gentlemen. They had never
tried to distribute and scatter stock upon
the country. AT least, he had never
heard of IL.
} The chairman asked why the witness
wanted the telephones In the capltol5
The witness replied that they wanted
! to exhibit the instruments 10 the public
II was not intended 70 bring them before
congress. In answer 10 aquestion, the
witness said he had never had patent
, case in his life
, Hall inquired for the witaess' under
: standing OF the reason for referring the
applications to The interior department..
He replied that IL was simply foi
information and such suggestion
J as they might see proper to make
: in the premises. IL was advisory
! of course Recurring to his vacation
the witness said that believing Goodt
would not return In season he was about
. to send for Mr.. Maury. Under the statute
: Mr. Goode had right TO act as well In
} his tthe wltnees') absence as In his dis.
hDliltyi anu ne nuu expected Wnen ne mao
! refused to entertain the application that
the gentlemen would go at once to Mr.
! Goode. He did not know that they
J would follow that course and had not
J suggested It. He had gone to his nome
at flaming Hall, Ark, leaving instruc
tious 10 send no department letters tc
him. The house was fifteen miles from
J Little Rock and seventeen miles from
anywhere else.
. Mr. Ranney took up the examination al
this point. He inquired whether the wit.
ness regarded his stock as purchase, ~
he had said 1t was not gift.
: The witness replied that it WAS not
precisely purchase II would
be difficult 70 define II in one
! word. stu taking the assessments
into consideration, II might be called 0
purchase. He was $500 out by the as.
sessments
Ranney began an inquiry into the con
tracts OF the company, but the witness
knew but very little about them.
Ranney wished TO know to what extent
he had acted as counsel tor the company
4 The witness replied he had stated that
he had looked over the legal papers