New-York tribune., 1886-03-13

to the matter he declared. AZ was member Vi 'no
House at the time this company was orgahiAeu' "
said and II 1 was guilty In that position Oh any o
duct unbecomiug public Representative II was guiW
of 1.-THE that has been charged In these
which the attention OF the committee has been caeu
ought TO be disgraced in a public manner otner men
VINO were.then in public life are also mpicaVeu III '
matter 1t has been charged that this company was VI
ganized by us the purpose Of lending our names m
order to impose upon public creduty and that tue
for which received the STOCK was tne
mao n, our official names These things are distinctly
charged the publications on which these resOiuton
based It has been charged that while was memoo'
OF Congress a bill introduced for tho express oe
OF OF this company. that lobOed for the passage w.
that bill introduced at our and insisted uPoh
passage 1t has been charged that large ahou".. "
stock were Issued put upon the market ana soiu "
credulous and unsuspectng people ihese NJ" - 90
the charges and only very few OF them' ~ S
me there is more tnan thing to be lnves'ip'teI
Grave offences are charged az tinst puohc Nii' 80
aga,nst official propriety II are guilty tue pu"o
ought to know It, and ought to submit W , "n
penalty the public judgment imposes II "o o
peen guilty as charged, II these cna'Eeo "a
calumnlous, II they have oeen neeu'os'" nn,
wantonly put In circulation. these fac's ouSn'
o no brought ont To that extent IL seems 10 me th
investigation does involve very grave char1es' a"
sire is the right common to every cluzen ar'ah" -
fore any tribunal that shall be conrohteu WIN "' "
ousers that shall know what am required 10 ans"o
that shall know wha: is the testimony OF the "itne
an what charges am to ct have In my pOsseSsio"
what think is a complete vndication against III '
charges; hut would like TO know preclseH "n"' ''
are | would like to know IL there Is ahyVninE o'
come that has not already been published. | thnR
have the right ask that those gentlemen oe puV uP
thu stand and allowed to establish the truth OF their
charges il they ahle to do 40, and beh let mo wv
called upon to refute their testimony. Ihat "ouu p
the proper course pursue. II the committee ueo'
otherwise am at the command of the committee II
they choose to regard newspaper publications az coS
tuting sufficient evidence against me sh all SUNNI
without complaint but protest against that method OF
&C conducting any investigation that involves an inquiry
as grave in its consequences as this
Mr. Miard-For whom do you speak,
Mr.. Youn.- I speak for Senator Harris, General AT
kins General Johnston and Governor Brown Ihose are
the gentlemen speak for have had 10 conference
with the Attorney General have not spoken 10 nln
on the subject at all Ido not know what ne uesHeS'
have conferred with the other gentlemen.
Mr. Fl nback-It was suggested at our last meeting
that YOU were appear before the committee
and so your name was put In the subpoena
Mr. Young-I am only too anxious to nave tnis h"''of
Investigated.
Mr. Eden-You do not object to giving the committee
all the information on the subjecti
Mr.. Young-Not at all. The committee may nave every
letter ever wrote and every letter received so
far as II is proper to exhibit letars received by me-
every entry i'll the and every act of the organza
ton from its formation to the present time.
Mr. Mllard-we simply want the facts and we were
told that you about the matter than anybody
else.
Mr.. Young Il do not know that I do. The gentlemen
who nublished these charges seem to know great
deal more about it.
Mt Odtes-Wny wOuld it not do TO have MT Young eA-
amned now as the organization OF the company ana
stop his examination there aud allow him TO come Id
afterward TO meet any charges
Mr.. YOung-It would be consecutive story ana the
whole matter on ght 10 be laid the committee at
once Respectfully submit that nave a reDt 10 Kho"
what am to meet before am called upon to meet it
NJ Ranney-I have heard Mr. YOung's protest, and 1t
seems TO me he IS going assumption altogether
wrong He seems think thai lie, private ludlVl-
ual. aud other who are certainly private nhivd-
uals, are put trial do not thlnk the House
OF Represent tatves would ever undertake to inquire
into the private affairs of any private individual or uh
dertake to put him trial We not court for that
purpose We acting officially and are authorized 10
inquire into matters which are simply Oi pnDlc concern
calling him or his company in here TO try them or 70 IN
vestgae their private AFFAIRS they are lhyoNed mere
IL AT all in a public investigation and for hun 10 insist
that committee shall make cnarges against nrVaie
individuals ana them pr9ceed TO o 'y If the con-
take that course shall decline 10 SIT upon IT,
TSs Efforts Of the Pau
the course Of the inyesnedSn % .cn,op mss %n RRad
lasted an hour the committee by party vote decided
that j. Harris Rogers should he the first witness III ala
not decide however that Colonel Young should exercise
the privilege of crosSeXa unation or that the news
Mr. Rogers gave his testimony in clear sraightfor-
ward manner, which evidently made favorable lnprc',
sion upon tne Gottrg. ~ ~ 1ea te orgsniZafIom Of
company to develop his inventions was suggested The
first man ahO became Interested III the SUBJECT wa
CONGRESSMAN AtElns tne nen Se and Cser Young
who had been brought into the enterprise, General
Johnston and Senator Garland. we're added because
their names would INSPIRE confidence. The assOcit-
tiOn formally organized IN New-IoTk CITY IN March
1888. Garland, Johnston Atkins, Harris ana casey
Young each received interest amounting to one,
tenth; one-tenth was reserved Tor some captast Oh
suggested, and fourtenths retained by the In
The articles of agreement were read IN whcn
bind themselves TO obtain general charter 10 cover
selves not exceeding 80 each to pay for certain expert
aua tests Mr. ;er' descri6ed the patents ana
each OF the partners paid his share None o
hom paid anything more Each OF them reCeVea
Company and the Pan-Electric Telegraph Com
P4ey he only ThGa revenHe sr0 derived by the Company
has been from the sale OF few hundred shares OF & &Pa
Electric stock and the LICENSES granted to several local
telephone companies. Most OF the money so obtained
garded the legal opinion ofMr rland Of great value
TO the company II the Bell patent could be annuled
the value Of Pan-Electrlc stock would DO greatly en-
The most significant part of Mr Rogerss testimony
ment suit last Some time in the summer-prob
ably in July-Casey Young came to his house and IN
formed him and his father that suit would be brought
by the G2vernment to annul the Bell patent I9e VIZ VIZ
promised and he replied, Yes he mas promised Then
i he has promised he will do my father said Colore
Young said that the AttOrney-General felt some |
delcacy about ordering the suit himself and that he
would leave it with Mr. GOode or turn 1t over to Mr
GOode.' MY father then asked II GoOde was all right
and Colonel Young replied in substance that Goode was
friend and that he did not know but he would rather
have GOods than Garland TO attend 10 the matter"
shortly afterward Colonel Young informed him. the
witness said, that the National Improved Company
wanted to pool It's interests with the Pan Electric and
asked him to attend Conference at the EbDitt House
On that OCCASION too he said Colonel Young spoke or
the suit be brought by :he Government as matter
that settled. The Ebbitt House conference TOOK
Tniv A mi ittep was
fer with the Bell Company with view TO the sale or the
Pan Electric patents that corporation. The commit
consisted OF Senator Harris, General Johnston ana
himself Mr. Vail, OF the Bell Company, thought the
Pan Electric people asked too much.
,her of he I'M fqp