Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-27
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lettering on the brink Of rain, and TIC
exposures are threatened rhish Hlii a.
tract wider attention and be Of Fnore
general interest than anything u TIE
kiHd since the exposure Of the Tweed
ring and Of tue Credit Nobiiier eorrue-
ton. Az in the former ease, oue a
these exposures concerns corruption Ia
the government Of Hev York city, the
other corruption in tbs government Of
the United States. One u municipal IA
its nature; the other national
The former relates 10 tie granting Of
the fraaohise Of the Broadway Sarfaes
Railway. II viii be remembered that
for many years the city Of Seg York
resisted every appeal from corporations
DESTROYS Of constructing street rail
way in Broadway. That great thorough
fare, 1t vas urged, should not he cut Bp
As other streets had been. IL was
earnestly commended that a railway
could not be operated on Broadway
without interfering seriously With the
business of the city. The vast majority
Of the citizens Of New York apparently
took this view Of the matter and until
last year Broadway vas without q rail
road. Then. however, a company which
had previously been organized for the
purpose Of constructing the Broadway
Surface. Railway, secured franchise
from tbs Board Of Aldermen. This vas
secured CONTRARY to all eIpsetasiou, and
10 the astonishmszt Of all, without CIV
ing the CITY any adequate return for the
extremely valuable frAnehise granted.
The entire affair mad a suspicious ap-
pearanoe, and the cry Of corruption WAS
at once raised by tue press. This did
not seem TO bother the company much,
however, for IL went right on with ITS
operations, and before the public fairly
realized what was being done, the rail
road was completed, the cars were run
ming, and Broadway had lost one Of its
distinguishing features. On the meet
ing OF the Legislature q committee WAS
appointed by the state Senate TO in
vestigate the charges of corruption ia
connection with the transaction. which
had been 80 freely made. The facts
brought 10 light by this investigation
were Of such nature that bills have
been introduced In both branches of
the Legislature annullinR the charter of
the company. Before these bills are
finally disposed Of. the public will prob
ably be in possession Of all the facts
bearing on the case.
The other investigation referred 10,
which will be of far more interest to the
general public. relates TO the connection
of Attorney General Garland and other
prominent public men with the Pan
Electric Company and its subsidiary
organizations The details of this at
fair, 80 far a. they are known, have al
ready been stated by the Posr ISTELLI
oKscRR. They have sufficiently bad
look to have caused public cutlery
against Mr.. Garland, which has fer
many weeks made bis position in the
Cabinet most precautions. The New
York Sun and World have been es-
pecially savage in their attacks upon
the Attorney General, and have made
no secret Of their de-ire 10 drive him in
disgrace from the Cabinet and from
public life. The New York Times, on
the other hand, has defended the At
torney General, and has charged that
In their attacks upon him the Sun and
World have been corruptly influenced
by the Bell Telephone Company. Al
together. with charges of Hagrant cor
rsption being made by all the parties to
the affair with 81 great vehsmense, the
people have been at n less IN determine
Just where the corruption came in and
Just who was being ~ Justly attacked.
At last, however. this matter also IL
10 DO thoroughly investigated. The
House Of Representatives has adopted
a resolution providing for an investiRa-
ton Of the most sweeping kind. The
charges of corruption against uewspa-
pers are 10 be investigated as we'll as
those against officials. and II the inves-
LEGATION is = faithful one, the public
may expect soon TO be in possession Of
facts which will make the expression
Pan Electric" a. much n synonym for
official corruption as Is Credit Mo5Yl-
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