Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-18

Further Testimony Before tho Special
House Committee.

Mr.. j. Webb Rogers stated in his testimony
before the special telephone investigating com =
mittee OF the House yesterday that the gentle
men to whom the Pan Electric stock was issued
were very willing to accept the stock and enjoy
any benefit that might come from it, but were
not willing to submit to any assessments for
the expenses OF the company. At first no stock
was printed, but each member of the company
had certificate written by Col. Casey Young.
Senator Harris was determined that no stock
should be issued. He would withdraw from
the association first. Witness said it was sug-
gested in conversation by somebody "that pos
siby this whole thing will fail, and in that case
all concerned would be looked upon as scoun-
drels; so they had refused to go forward
Dr: Rogers said that within the past three
weeks q banker who was stopping at the Ebbtt
had offered him ST., 800 for his 100000 Of
Pan-Electric stock. When the company was
and nobody had any idea that MIR. Cleveland
would be elected Senator Garland become
Attorney General, although witness confessed
that be afterwards did his best to make Gar
land Attorney General by complimenting him
in book which he published about "The
Plumed Knight Against Grover Cleveland"
Witness said that Col Young told him that
Garland had promised to bring suit against the
Bell company In the name OF the United States
The chairman of the committee aSked-"Did
with Garland?'
a. Yes, think so. 1t was predicated on that
When he said that Garland promised said,
he will do it," Then Young said: .But Gar
land has said he will refer the matter to Mr.
Goode." Then said L: "Iow about that? How
would GoOde act? Would he do as we'll as Gar
land?" "Oh, yes" said he; 81 believe would
rather have GoOde than Garland. He will be
all right" That is the substance of the CONVEX
sation.
The chairman-Are you clear that he told
you Garland had promised?
A: AS clear as that l say the Confiteor-just
as clear as that exist. l stake my salvation
on it, because rose up ana said: IF Garland
10 will do I 5ali. tod
of course.
THE EXAMINATION CONTINUED TODAY.
When the committee resumed its labors at
noon to-day, DR.. Rogers was further examined.
Recurring to the conversation held with Young
In his room about the government suit, witness
said Young had told him that the other parties
the National Imperial company-had collected
$4,000 worth OF testimony in Europe, and
they were DESTROYS of a combination in the
suit, SO as to put that testimony against some
little influence that they (the Pan-Electric peo-
ple) might have That was about two weeks
before BET, the Institution of the government suit
witness had been a party to the National Sc
cret Telephone company, organized two years
before the Pan-Electric by Messrs. Hine, Hume,
ital was $4,000, 900, based on his sons inven-
tons. Witness had sold out his stock in the
Secret Telephone company.
OBJECTION WAS MADE
to the line Of inquiry as not being germane to
the subject under investigation, and Mr.. Oates
whether it would be proper to go outside of the
subject-matter of the resolution directing the
investigation.
Mr.. Kanney said it would seem that all of
these companies were more or less closely con-
nected, and the committee should not attempt
to shield anybody.
After same further discussion the objection
was sustained by the chairman.
SALES OF STOCK.
The witness was then requested to state the
transfers of Pan Electric stock or Pan Electric
Telephone stock made by himself He replied
that he gave Looney a sixth interest in the Pan
Electric company, but, as there was stock,
Of course there were no transfers. After the
telephone and telegraph patents had been
taken out Looney had gone out with the certii-
Gates and made sales to individuals. Sales had
been made to Mr.. Nelly, Col. Boyle, Jacob
Thompson and DR.. Watson, of which witness
half Witness had made other transfers to his
wife, to Thomas Mitchell and Mr.. Dean or Mr..
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Witness said that he knew Mr.. Money was
chairman of the post office committee of the
House. Money was not candidate for Post
master General at that time, and witness had
done nothing to help him to that office Wit
ness had never sold any stock to a member of
Congress. and knew of no sales of that kind
unless it should appear that a man named
Howard, who had bought some stock, had been
Mr.. Ranney asked how the witness had dis
eliminated in distributing stock to members.
The witness replied, smilingly, that in the
case of the New York company, the Postal
company, he had offered stock to Messrs Cox
and Beach, rather than to MIR. Ranney, because
the first-named gentlemen lived in New York
and he had designed the stock to be hoated in
the New York stock market, while Mr.. Ranney
lived in Massachusetts.
DID NOT WISH TO CORRUPT MEMBERS OF CON-
GRESS.
Mr.. Ranney wished to know why TIE witness
had selected members of Congress as recipients
Of stock.
"Oh! did not distribute this stock with
view to corrupt these gentlemen in either house
of Congress-"