Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-22
CHARGESOF CORRUPTION.
CASEY YOUNG ENLIVENs PAN
ELECTRIC MATTERS.


.acb- oF She Patent Omcs-AttOrney
General Garland AgRis Tells Why HO
Refused to have any thing to do with
Ordering the Salt.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-Attorney
General Garland, DR.. Rogers and his son
and Nessrs. Van Bsnthuysen, Sypher aud
Casey Young. were IN attendance when
the telephonic investigation committee
met to-day. The Attorney General was
the drst witness. His attention was
called to Mr.. Briesen's testimony, and he
said there were two or three mistakes in
MIR. Briesen's account Of his inter-
view. He (the Attorney GeneraD
had not expressed any opinion
as to the proper mode of treating
Mfr. Van Benthuysen's application.
When Mr.. Briesen asked leave to with
draw MIR. Van benthuysen's applca-
tion the witness had told him that be had
no jurisdiction, and that the paper had
gone ont of his Office. The witness had
not made any remark in reference to what
would become OF an application filed in
the Office afterwards.
PURPosELY SILENT.
The witness was positive about that,
BE had purp0sely and premeditately re-
NAMED silent on that point. Outrageous
as it may have seemed, he would rather
have acted in the matter himself than
have made any remark on the proper
mode Of making the application, and If
he was positive shout anything, it was on
that point.
Mr.. Oates said that 1t had been alleged
and published that the witness had Wis
ited yr. Young's rooms while the confer
enco was in progress.
TIE witness replied that ne had never
been in those rooms, and did not know
until he had seen it in the papers that Mr..
Young had rooms on G street. He wished
10 repeat his former statement that he did
not believe that he had attended a Pan
Electric meeting after the Presidential
election Of 1884, aud he was positive ne
had never attended one after the Inaugu-
ration.
NOT EVEN INTIMATED.
MI Oates inquired if any person had
minated TO the witness that an applica-
lion for suit would be made, and that
the witness had intimated that 1t would
be oppOryune if made during his absence.
The witness positively declared that
there had been no such intlmatiOns.
MIR. Ranney read from Mr.. Briesen's
account OF his interview with the Attor-
hey General. The witness smiled at GER
ain points in the reading.
what did those four men want?" in
quired MIR. Ranney, referring TO the visit
Of Mr. Briesen and others to the depart
ment
WHAT THEY SAID THEY WANTED.
a have stated about thirteen times"
Aald the witness, "but will state it again
if you wish. What thew really wanted
don't know. What they said
they wanted was we want the
name of the United States to test
the Bell telephone patent / remarked
in reply that ] could not consider the ap-
plicati0n, that | was a stOckh0lder and
attorney for a rival company. Then there
was a question or two about procedure.
| don't remember what they were. | was
determined to cut the matter off, and l
may have been little abrupt
The witness said ne wished to say a
word about that part of the testimony of
Col. Dana. of the New York sun, where,
in answer to Mr.. Miliard's question, he
had said that if be (Danal had been in
the witness place he would have pro-
tected The department against tins suit
that he would have smashed it. While
he cared little about the matter, he might
say word in reply.
LACK OF POWER.
1t had been conceded on all sides that
he had no proper authority 10 act in the
matter, because OF his being stock
holder IN "A rival company. and his rela-
lonship 10 the country had not changed
N bis absence from July to October.
When he found action lad been taken.
The same disability existed as when he
mad declined to act in the first instance.
II thar an mo ahrTitrr a.rfafpd fhop In
put the question 70 Col. Dana and the
committee how he could have smashed
The suit II he did not have the ability to
institute it..
The Chairman-Your view was that
tou had no power TO interfere at all?
the Witness-NOt at all.
Mr. RanneY discussed with the witness
~ some length his power in such matters
and The legal phase of the case.
VAN BENT3UYsEN's APPLICATION.
Then Mr.. Willard asked il the witness
had understood that Mr.. an Benthuyeen's
oflginsl Application had been withdrawn
WIN view to filing another in different
way.
The witness replied that he had no UNI
derStSnding on the subject.
Mr. Millard then quoted the witness
letter to the President, where he says ne
supposed tue gentlemen would come
again WIN The application after the state
Rent ne had made, and ask its reference
10 me solicitor General or present it TO
the President.
The Witness You asked II I had any
understanding. l supposed that would
Ye Tue course, because the law Indicated
.hat course, and ! supposed they knew
me Jaw and that they we're not going TO
.el me matter rest there. IL WAS a sup
position nakpu AN liza Ioyy