The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-14
washington
From our regular correspondent
WAsnlSoroS, AprII 2ard, lssc.

the stand as the Attorney General,
Jay Gould and Grand Master Work.
man Powlerly, the flrst Ia connec.
tIon with the Pan Electric, and the
two latter with the strike investIga.
tlon, have made these proceedings
particularly interesting.
The announcement that Mr.. Gar.
land would testify before the Tele.
phonlc CommItts ofinqulry, draw an
unusually large crowd to the crypt
like room away down under tho
Capitol. He made his appearance
looking pale and feeble from his re-
cent sickness, and after q courteous
salute to the committee, dropped
| into the witness chair, In his careless
languid way, aud proceeded to give
clear, simple and unresorved stale-
nient OF the Telephone affair. He
bad nothing TO conceal aud was anx.
ious 10 tell ell be knew. He said the
Pan Electric scheme was simply an
Organization Of several impeeunious
gentlemen who wanted to better
their condition. Hewas willing to 60
into II II II offered any Inducements.
Attorney General Garland In the
course OF his statement, told the
committee that he had never, in any
way, used his official position to adj
varce the interest Of the Pan Electric
Telephone Company, that he would
as soon thought OF jumping Into the
Potomac with q mill stone about his
neck as to have done 30. He had
never made a penny out of Pan
Electricity, but on tho contrary, was
500 cut on thsa account, and he de-
clared positively that no had no con-
uection whatever with the bringing
Of the Government suit, and that his
stock was not a gIfi.
During the examination Of Mr..
Humphreys, who ls counsel for the
Globe Telephone Company, and In
politics an Ohio Republican, this gen.
tleman stated that Mr. Garland posi-
lively refused 10 talk 10 him on the
subject Of instituling Government
suit. 'sHe convinced me-" said the
witness, "that be was lncorruptible."
"Did you Try 20 corrupt him % In-
quirod Congressman Ranney, of Mass.
'sI did not" responded the witness,
shut may have had suspicion re-
gardlng the reform pretcnsIons Of
the Democratic Administration. -
"You think better OF IL now ?"asksd |
Chairman Boyle. ST found that some
Democrats were honest' replied Mr.
Humphrey, "and I IhInk II two hon. |
est men live, they ars Mr. Garland
and Secretary Lamar"
The room In which the strike 10.
.vssllgation IL being conducted was
80 ovsrcrowded during the examina-
ton OF SIR. PowderIy and Others tina.
only members Of Congress and news.
paper correspondents were admitted
during the examination of tho groat
railroad rnagnate, n Gould. Mr..
PowderIy was very, Nch gazsd Ut,
and does not look In 60 least like a
son Of tni. He is refined and cell.
cate looking, and wears long mous-
tache aud spectacles.
When asked to tell the whole story
OF the strike, ne replied that he pre-.
ferred TO answer specific questions.
During the course OF his examination
he said that the labor organization
was perfectly peaceful. Sometimes
It's own members misunderstood the
organization. It was sometimes i'm.
possible to control a man by any law
when he had been wronged. One
point Mr. Powderly said he wanted
perfectly understood. It was that IL
any OF the knights had violated the
law, the organization would help to
punish them. The law Of the land
was supreme above the laws OF er-
ganizations. He became impassion-
ed on this subject and declared that
all vIolaiors, whether Knights Of La
ber or Capitalists, should be punish
ed. The millionaire violator sheuld
suffer the same as the poor man. 81
have made this statement before"
said Mr.. Powderly. s'and people have
seen fit to see In 1t an Invitation to
anarchy. II thot Il anarchy, In the
ntDe of God, whit Is law 20
It Is an open question whether the
Senate or the Heuse has been more
cornmendabIy employ ed this week.
The latter has not done much ut any
thing, and the Senate has done little
but vote away the poople's money.
On one day II passed between four
and five hundred private pension
bills. This is the largest number OF
bills ever passed in one dayby either
house Of Congress since the establish
ment Of the Government. The first
thing the Senate did this week was
to vote 5000, 900 for the erection of
a FIRE proof hall ofrecords In this city,
and Senator Hoar provoked Sena.