New-York tribune., 1886-03-17
yor , uATCH F0E COLONEL 0ATES.
eNH. F.gGE9> ogINGoN OF MR.. HANBACK,.
ARRANGING it. ,pEEf -'n>OENCE FOR THE PAN
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{vA.1r>.g,-. NaI.u iu.- ihe subcommittee
lI.a,a.. r. ll.I.rn il.o .p co"to and arrange th'
..u.f.o.t-i, trrrsroDI.uce submitted by j. Harris
p-r- 3ud 10 exclude tnele!rom shch letters ~ "'c
.a or private nature held meeting to-day. j. Ilar-
r,s Rogers was present to as-is the sGb-commii"e.
70 . TRnUNE correspondent, after the meeting Mr.
Rogers said: AS was going to tue Subcommittee
room was told by friend Tint Colonel oates was me
attorney for Senator Harris and Colonel Casey Yong
Mr Hanback, most amia1lc eeViI'man bul Il 'uiAe'
me that ht is no match ;or the great Alabama lawyer
For example. when they separating tho letters INK"
relevant and Irrelevant several letters which
,trurk Iue a. relevant were after some debate ~
Colonel Oatess suggestion passed over 40 irrelevant
Finally Colonel oates proposed that Nr MaIub' HIS
clerk aud should make the classification. OJeeied
because am specially inter 'tcd ana cannot take suci
responsibility. When t had been argued for some tlhIe
took ur Que Of the lfttcrs recently published IN TIL
rrIurSl ana which had bcor passed by as Irrelevant
ana sul NON. ccE.cmeu this c-tcr says th1t 10 Inc
cvout 90 postal pu coming before CouGre-- &ud lHs
question oi adopting tele ,raphc system, no company
but the Pan Electric would stand the ghost 81 chance
SUPPOSE il should on ia the testimony hereafter
that and my associate, had tried % influence leeisla
ton would Inct br under the additional inputdon OF
-appIc,,ius g letter beariu; upon tne subject Mr
Uaurac 81 once sav that The TOin well taken ana
va, for cscu~,nE when Mr. oates sand c"aAihsy'
Never mlud TINS is all pri -te between ourselves ana
LoloJy will know anything about IT, lIcI u'l; l"'
nothing srb yos,. ami my actions Known to the
VIII lie world. viii not servo rs you TloIo'o unless
commanded by pr Ter u,.ity 10 do So II was then
agreed TO leave tgo classification 10 uic clerk, To DO
l0,. ed over uv the sub com .i.t,c to morrow
Nr HO.crs said fuIt DAT some letters referring 10
procuIing charter con cI Tor in his original agree
mrnt were also passed 'ireicvant,' and that he
considered pll such .t great Importance io show
THAI tHr Pan Electric people hudcro't thai t"r l'
cucmcni of the chltci 't' 'nhs "' ,ht 7,,,N Nno '
consideration for which Lc -I'c them their lntctr-'
From Tie Pan Lle.f.it Company there Spr1n- tclc-
gar b company well ~ telephone company qua tHr
iucoyV0rator~ directors ans shareholders o. iplh were
tie aiir Every l,ttr and bt oi testimony con
cpruny tt Pan Electric Telegraph Company ls ~ per
ticnt u the Investigation Obs correspondence ANA
testimony relating thc tu- Electric Telephone Com
uauy. and the sub coi..i.foe has not the rlSht 10
exclude one more the ether iuci the sol" duty
a. the il Namlne tie letters ana Slt
oI. all which or purely private or social nature.
THi- tut, to have hcen exceeded Ia a manner
which tie committee lid not intend and which ccriaih!
cannot iustihr} iY anybody who really de Tres
thorough iHVcSfIs0tIDn
In te oor, oi his testimony J. H. Rogers referred to
GoZcn Letters uI ICur bui was nos permitted To tell
what they combined because ne committee had ihc
lorrs thGI selves There reason believe that
OF these letters have been cast ont as irrelevant.