The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-30

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st. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
rsi'rosd at salary Of Sl0,000a year,
with headquarters at St. Paul. His
resignation was a source OF great sur
prise bers to these who knew that Mr..
Smith had made plans TO stay here
during the present year. 1t was
hastened, 30 report says, by the disap.
proval Of ths President with Mr..
Smiths course in regard to appoint
ments and dismissals in the Treasury
1t takes effec, July Ist. Mr. Smith
will leave at once for st. Paul. Gov.
Thompson, of South Carolins, will be
bis successor, whose name will proba-
bly, be sent to the Senate tomorrow.
TIE PAE-ELEcKIo REPORTS.
At a meeting of the Democ ATTIC
members of the Pan Electric Com
misies lsst night, it was imp plssible
for Mr.. Boyle, the chairman, and Mr..
Haze, the dissenting Democratic
member, to come TO any agreement ss
to the union of reporis. Mr.. Boyle
said the reports would not be sub
mit.ed to the House until tomorrow
Thtre will be three of these, one by
the Democratic chairman, Mr.. Boyle,
which fully exoneIates the stock
holders fiom sny impropriety; the
second by Judge Ranney, Republican,
condemiDg the transat ton ss danger.
Gus for public men, and third by Mr..
Hale, Of Missouri, Democrat, taking
middle giound. Mr.. Ha report is
perhaps the most significant OF the
three. 1t acquits The officials impli-
Gated Of aay dishonesty, but says their
acceptance Of stock was an impro-
piielY. The strongest part of his re.
port is his conservative criticism of
the bringing OF the Government suit,
which, he says, should never be
brought except where the public in.
tetests demand it. He sees no neces
sity for bringing suit in this case. His
criticisms upon the large expenditures
in which the Government has become
involved by not adopting some
such safeguard is the severest part
Of the document. He sub.
mits that 1t was upon this
point he had his most serious differ.
ence with Chairman Boyle. In speak
ing of the opinion of Attorney Gen.
eral Garland, given when he wfs a
Senator, as to the validity OF the
Rogers patents, he says: "It is only
necef sary to say that the opinion of
Attorney General Garland was like
that OF any other attorney employed
or retained by an individual. II the
opinion were given or intended to be
uted in any attempt 10 sell the stock
Of the company and induce outsiders
to become interested either in the
original Pan-Electric organization or
any OF the sub-organizations form ID
in the different States, without dis
closing at the same time the relation
of the author to the company,
it might be held by many attorneys
to he unprofessional, but certainly it
he'd no reference to or connection with
bis then status as Senator. 1t does
not appear that it ives so intended and
used, or that any person wss deceived
or mislsd by it. In speaking Of the
first Memphis suit, after reviewing its
incidents, the report gays: Without
entering into the merits of the con-
troversy it is sufficient to cay that the
order of the President, under all the
circumstances, withdrawing g suit
was, in my opinion, eminently proper
from almost every view that can
be taken of the law involved
in tuch suits" The report &C
quits the Solicitor General of any
improper or unworthy motives in
ordering the suit or of having any
knowledge of Garlsnd's interests in it
or of the interest Of the Pan. Electric
Company. Upon the subject of the
Attorney General the report says:
'The evidence in my judgment is
overwhelming and conclusive that he
had nothing whatever to do with it.
On the contrary it is conclusively
established, and without any compli-
eating testimony, that when similar
applications were made to him before
he left for his home in Arksnsas, he
empbatically and even sternly re-
fused to have anything to 90 with or
even talk about them, giving as
reason that he was interested
in the Pan.Electric Company, and
could not in any manner
be connected with such a
suit. In fact the evidence shows that
after he became Attorney General he
had practically nothing to do with the
management OF the Pan Electric Com
pany. He says further, that any at
tempt to connect the Attorney Gen.
eral with legislation in the interest of
a government eult has failed. Mr..
Hale says that there is no evidsnce 10
show that any of the companies,
through their agents or otherwise,
sought to influence any Of the officers
Of the government through the public
press" For full report see third page
A PARTY OF NEW YORK GENTLEMEN
interested in the recent purchase, un-
der foreclosure sale, of the East Ten
nesses, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
passed through here today. They will
inspect the road, take possession OF it,
and elect new Board of Directors,
Among the party we're President
Thomas, Calvin S. Bruce, Frederick d.
Tappsn, E. w. Corless, George Wsr-
rem. Smith, Frank Work, John Shaw
and @. M. McGhee.
SOUTHERN PATENTS ISSUED YESTERDAY.
W. T. Dryden, Memphis, Tenn,
car fare box; Caleb B. leicester, Chat
tanoogs, Tenn, device for forming
beads in sand mou ds; Thos. Brant-
ley, Eufaula, Ala, valve for steam en-
gines; John B. Johnson, Holly
springs, Miss, jack for replacing ties
on bales.
MRS. SAMUEL NJ. wHITKsIDE
arrived at the Arlington last night
from ner home at Nashville, with her
little son. Her husband, Msj.
Whiteside, Seventh Cavalry, is now on
leave from his station at Fort Mead,
Dakota, but will not be here during
Mrs. Whiteside's stay.
POSTAL ORDERS.
Fourth class postmssters commie-
sioned-Msggie Redding, Elanville,
Ala; VIM. +. Torrans, Hookston, Miss.
New Offices Established-At Alpika,
DeSoto county, Mics, Junius Watt,
postmaster; Coffin, Knox county,
Tenn, VIM. F. Hathaway, postmaster;