New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-30
pAN-ELECTRIC EXPOSURES.
rov THE NEWSPAPERS GOT THE FACTS.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ON NEW TACK
PuGNAcIoUs WITNESS.
,rXrrrycRArH TO THE TRIBUNE


m,n.d before the Pan Electric inVesuEs.io"
Cenm,t,ee to-day: Colonel J. Hale sypher M, 49,
-, Reid and Mr.. T. c. Crawford Voiono' - - IT,,
- congressman from Louisiana anu '""' .,
ns IN this city lie proved himself 10 oe s,,a' 20
80 uonscious kind willing to impart lnio' "
me P"s"" h, unwilling 10 submit to the interpre-
VIC .no, chairman Boyle put upon his tcstmohS' !"
C,o,ol svpher who sent COPY Vi 'o
.,,o,s which appeared IN he h"" " -
BELL with the information ."' -, sa,d that
wr,,,en nv f. n Hill Col"heI 0'p"0' S~,an
800 .,os,cd rho writing OF the srue'e' O""' "''D
por,o triad IN 20; at the motive Oh Noi 49,,
"o' ~ -, .,,olo in Professor Bell, but lie reooNo"
s'7 ',,to, The substance OF COlohel SSP"o'
ors ,ras that it purely an ae' u ISM Co..
,,r,shtp in behalf OF ncishoor "Sa"s' ""0n ,, g,
- wa. Matching. Incidentally ne re'''t"o"
I hon, pt,lico, an answer when eVoAeu oo"''".
was A, at,emnt ly Mcssrs. Hall and Hale 10
.hov political motive on the part oi 'h'
t,, v.ssrs Garland Atkins. Johnston, harrIs ""
o,r.rs failed srnaliy. 81 haven't at'icAeu any
.,c,,,,neA Colonel sypher. Toward the I"st "io 1
in,non drifted into discussion Oh et''' ',.,~an
,,cs which was ended only by 'no ' 49,"
are - Mugwump .--,,. o,+ ,ba fact that
TN Tp,u->E had not received anything Tor the p"oo'
,.o aud exposure OF the Pan.f!ectrlc scandal
Nv crawford testified that he had paid about $50 Tor
articles written 10y L. " Ill., portions Oh "N''H "''
subsequently printed in me World
Al the beginning OF the examination CHAIRMAN boyle
1 that he had examined the manuscript record OF the
Attorney-Gencrars testimony and found that inc re
porter was mistaken in thinking that Mr. Earand' III e1
ipinr the record had stricken ont two or three qnes'
tons ana answers. He had stricken Out nothing ana
made only = few mere verbal corrections.
con sypher said that he hal suggested to Ill., the
eop,ptaton OF the article furnished to Professor Bell
An article was prepared for THE NEw-foRK TRIBUNE by
its Washington espOnoeut on september 20, whch
WAS prior to The preparation of the article sent to Pro-
fessor Bell lie had no design 10 preparing me article
The Chairman inquired why, IN his note 10 FRO essO
Bell. had coupled the Pdn-Liec'Tlc matter Win 'he
ieloIm administration. . a., .,,,.
traton pretty well represented III the Fan EeciIc
lie article 10 Professor Bell simply as llehu!
act OF neighbor 10 another.
as friendly act toward Professor Bell what ne tho9sn'
OF II as concerning the gentlemen named IN me article.
Colonel sypner replied brusquey thal his friendly ana
reirhhoriy acts did not extend to all creation
Tie Chairman-How was the article to help professor
Bell If II was not to be published 49,,
Colonel SypheTI did not prepare IL to help him. II Is
moi good sunday school Ieaing but II might he 10 some
ueople who do not observe these cOnventlOnalliles
Mr Boyle pressed his questions. and the witness sau
thut It had cost him - OF 10 10 nave lAe article type
lac Cnairmon-That you contributed to the public as
CorneI synher-Yes pro bono pubico. Laughter
Continuing Colonel sypher said mat Iill mad spoken
Of gvDg the article TO a newspPer-ihought no haq
mentioned The Ncw- YORK bOrtd-but he mad advised
against H. 800 49,. ?, :, r, , ..
nay Won for sending this article 7
Colonel SypherI did not prepare IT for pay. II they
chose to employ that would nave been another mat
ter And will remark here that If they had we
would mai different state OF AFFAIRS before am.
comnlttee. | TANK have a fund of information that
might DC interesting 10 the committee anu the Bel
Mfi Kanney remarked that as the committee had
found a man who had tome Information II had better
Colonel sypher said that he knew Messrs seixas and
Van Bcnihuy but had never converted with tie on
telephone matters 81 would not be surprised II mr.
nm aud l." no remarked. were rcspOhslne Inr tht
FIRST publications on the aLSetilc Probably tnat i
true We opened the ball on Pan Electric in the news
He Cnairman-without Gcsi.nl
Colonel Sypher-WitbOut design
Tie ChAlrinan-Without expectation OF reward
Colonel sypner * pectations Mr. HI may have
taioms OF reward and never received dollar had lac
Communication with the Bell Company
Mr. Rauucy Can You give Us directions so that we
nav sink "a shaft INTO this mine for inf0rmationi
CGone sypher-Probably you have got the ore on me
dunn now, If You knew how TO work IT. up Laughter
To Mr.. oates the witness said that he would suggest
the names j. T. Beck with ana j. r. O. Pltkn or New
orleans As witnesses who might furnish valuable in
Mr. iii asked il the witness knew that The Hortd mad
Hrs article for three months before IT was puD.
Cooncl Sypner replied that he so understood may nau
not interested him II was trlnihg mater re u no.
rceard AS confidential anything tuat occurred between
HiIl an AolHE nd a o ',IH tGnr he remarked
lie had taken Hi's statement FOR "hat II was worth
The Chairman with Il trace OF Sareasml-liow much
Colonel sypher-I will leave for the committee to
The witness caused ripple Of laughter by saying mat
a. Il had SAID "a puolc Office Was lnDc llu't,
he believed IL reflected the Character or puUNc "ncsrs
when they got ia situation OF TINS KIND; lie berVeI
that INNS statement Was tfue thai the Dnoks wond sho"
nut Tie gentlemen Were honest IN going INTO the com
amy ihe Pau-E;ccirc. II" regarded asa combination
80 4r,iic and pryate men for the purpose OF ureakn
down ana destroying the Bel Company and Of putting
their communicative tlcnal Improved ana ran Eec-
ric-in s place II puOlic men had no pdrpose III using
heir oiln power a:sn~t private corporation then
they had done nothing wrong legally or morally but II
tlev lad such purpose they hai dome wrong
Mi WnIteaw Reid, Editor of THE NLw-NokK IWECNE
WIS the next witness. Ia Chairman Boyle:
invitation state the general view taken OF the Fan
Electric matter by TIE TRIBUNE he said that in It's e1i
toral discuss THE IKlGUNE had generally disaI-
proved Of action % the Government officials The
publications had been made under his direction ana con
troll lie did OF attention having been specih
caly called TO the Pan Electric matter before IHL Ii'
uNt publications. although tEero had previously beef
some advertisements published III regard TO It, The al
ticle headed Mr. Garland Spectator was tn
frs; 20 appear 1t had been prepared by one OF tn
TKInr,i's Washington correspondents Major Clarke
three OF days IN advance OF lis publication on NeG
TENDER -. He had no detailed kuow'edge as !
~hcie -h"oi o. ~ 80, =, 49, cnnt.,,eI I'm tbr art,c
and mai injured Of the spOndent # h was eDre!
sure Of the facts to which the correspondent had re
ruel IN the affirmative. The communications between
Inn and his correspondent hdd all been ny telegraph h
dd no. ask aid Tho correspondent give tho names o
his iuiormauts. He presumed OF course tAaI ne ha1
PREPARED the art Gle and oDtancd the Information IL
lie matter far he knew beyond the salary OF tn,
correspondence and the matter mad come to NE TRIBUNE
Office IN the o1nlnary way Possibly the Correspondent
L paid the matter. but II there hal been any con
Siderable q lie ttle Wi'uess) wOuu nave
H. II the inquiry was consdefed important ne w0hld
have a search made in the books III tho New Ork ohce
TIE Irlnr>E said, had not pad ANY hing To any
otLer newspaper for publishing or IepHbshng article
IA connection attn the P4n-E!cctrc matter.
The ChaiunaE-Are you stockholder III the Bel
Telephone Company
Contlun.ng MIR Reid said that he did not know
that any TRIBUNE empioye held any OF IN,
Kcl STOCK h!s strong Impress ION was INA
tsere vas telephone stock so neld
ine same true CONCERNING Western Union stock an(
lie stock OF the subordinate telephone companies
lie had had correspondence or communication OF any
Kind that lie knew win officer of the Bell lcle
Inonc Company relative 10 this controversy and had no
ncouaEt4nCc with any officer OF the company. lpmcil
atcy Oh the receipt Of The TRIRuNE correspondent;
first dispatch concerning the telephone matter ms mad
directed reporter 10 be dispatched TO the cJuuse
Of the Bell Telephone Company IN New-IOrk to get
,L,n Tho klnrY The nlOrna ION he Ind rcceivrl