New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-27
YOUNG OUT OF THE PILLORY
RESPITE FROM RELUCTANT Lpxrss,ovs
NEARING THE END OF HIS PAS-HLRcTprr rys-.
MoNY-sENATOR HARRIS NEXT
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rs sCsa,


MoNY-sENAToR HARRIS NEXT
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rs sCsa,
| WASHINGTON, March 26.-The force 90 A.
reluctant admissions wrung from Casey Young 80
by the iucisive questions OF Msssrs Ranney Data. n
Eback and MOtatt was not broken by his feeble Effort.
to expain that black was not black but pale sAado
OF gray At least he did not help by queston
the authenticity or Gsrands letter OF October 70 thu
President and denying one OF the most vital and i'm
por statement it contains that the apple alton N
him July 81 1885. in behalf OF the Pan Electra
| Company. Other part OF Colonel Younys testimony
show that such the for the agreement between
himself and Van Benthuysen 10 pool the interests OF
their respective compani ss made on July TO- A
score OF least he has testified that he always
! opposed the bringing OF suit in ihs name Of
| the United states to annul the Bell patent
because the success Of such smt
would not benefit the Pan-Electrc scncme except by
throwing the telephone business open 10 competition.
He wanted a suit "at tho relation" OF his COM
| pany. He tried to get McCorry to recommend such
suit and falling came Immediately TO Washington TO
make his effort in higher quarter. He saw GOois "a
soon a. Gooi McCOrry's papers, but never word
said GOode about bringing tue suit In any
other way than McCOrry recommended Moreover no
Rozers four days after Goodies order was Is
sued Owe have obtained all we expected or wished,
and will soon proceed TO utilize" Colonel Young admit
ted to-day that this letter must have referred TO the GOV
eminent suit. His replies to questions by Mr.. Rann"y
amount to an admission that the "Confederates knew
as well on August az they did September that the
Department OF Jusnes would bring the Government
Electric snit. for tho bill prepared In Washing
ton before they separated
Mr.. Ranney-How happened it that you did not sign
the application to Dlstrict-Attorney McC0rry TO bring
this suit I
Colonel Young toying idly with BIT OF rubberl-OT
don't know. will siga It now II you want me to- Then
more seriously. resolved that the suit should DO
brought regardless OF the feeling OF the AtorneyGen.
erA in the matter We fighting apowerful corpora
ton and needed all The assistance could egitimatey
obtain OF course the Attorney Generals feeling In the
matter does him great credit but 1t was his duty to
bring that suit other interests were involved, and
Was resolved that 1t should DO brought
As Mr. kanney wa,recurrng to point previously eT
ahmed Mr. Hail objected the counsel going and
over the same ground.
Mr.. Ranuey dudignantyl-Who do you mean by that
Mr.. Hall-Iou. sir.
Mr. Ranney-You had better apply that term to your.
self
Mr.. Hall explained that he did not use the word
counsel in offensive and withdrew the term
The examination tnon touched upon the contract
between the Pan-Eectric and National Improved Com
panies and the witness read a telegram from Van Ben.
thuy en- at New-Oreans saying he would bring all tho
papers with him to Washington lyon Will have every
paper connected with the agreements between tho
As 70 the meeting in the senate Judiciary Committee
had been any meeting there nc did not know It,
Rinney.-Nhy did report the Tact or m king
the agreement to all the directors except NJ Gar.
land
olonel Young-I have never spoke with Mr. Gar
land about the Paa-El"circ since ne had u'come
Auorney-Genersl and have had no desire to do so,
OF the tennessee suit, the witness sad IL was not tho
Intention that the Government id bear the expense,
they only sought 70 use the name or the Govern
RSg RS for the Office Of assistant attorney ana the Wit.
identified Tar lie was able the .gnaur"s OF no
C. A kns j. 4. Johnston, Bradley Johnson RepresentF
When Mr. Ranney concluded the examination NJ
Oates it. He wished to know If the Pan-ilecuc
would be benefited If the Government succeeded. ihs
witness replied It would be benefited only IN the
fact that the field wOuli be open to the Invention and
enterprise Of any all persons The Pan Electric bad
not desired the Of suit that had been instituted In
To Mr. Willard the witness said the GDyernmeht
Memphis II prosecuted, would have settled que'-
lions that could not have been settled IN the Baltimore
suit Inc courts had held that the questions OF fraud
nadyertance or mistake IN tho issuance OF patent
could not be inquired into m private SUIT ana lne WIZ
had doubted whether the Pan-Eeetrc could sue
coed IN a suit without raising these issues.
Mr.. Hanback-What did you mean by stating IN your
direct examination that ;hls investigation had been
Used by the Bell Company DID you mean mat ihs
World. SH and TRIBUNE had been lnhuenceI by thaS
Coionel Young-I do not say that these papers sym
pathLe with the Bell Company but W say va. t.sce
could have commanded the influence and made 40 much
Mr. Moffat read from senator Vests deposition tho
effect that Colonel Young bad told him that he wanted
the suit brought In the West that Drougntin the East
The witness replied that the Senator must have mis-
understood him he had no Intention ot saying thaI INC
Judiciary could be bought
Mr. Mudalt read from THESIS letter or September =
1855, Harry Rogers the statement that we i,Fe O.
cured all that expected or wish, ana we VIII soon
proceed utilize but nothing must be said about II Tor
a little wne yet" ,
The witness he had entirely forgotten what tho
passage referred to; might have been some uatcnt
appicAtion, but it fair inference that II had
reference the Government suit Why he gave lilo
caution he did not know IL was unnecessary 10 ahy
case In regard to the expressed intention OF appealing
President TO have the suit brought tho witness
admitted that ho had known OF case wuere the
President had ordered the Attorney Genera TO brnS
He did Believe that the President would grant
appeal, but he intended to make the effort BEFORE
the agreement reached between the Pan Ell ctr1c
and National Improved companies, there had been some
about the patents The witness had sara 70
Van Benthuysen that he understood he wan Ben
thuysenl claimed the ownership Of the Pan-EIecIrlc
ment as ne wtness did wish To bring suit for some
else Van BeDthuysen had replied that IL was Az
right he owned the patents, but would not press lHo
claim, a. he had other and more valuab 9 patents
Committee adjourned until Tuesday AZ Il Ocloc-
Senator Harris 10 be examined tomorrow,
sHgAgeneuts and Monday is suspension Day ~
the House, the adjournment until Tuesday was enecsu'
The Senator will probably take the stand then Mr.
Willard will ask Colonel Yodng also some further Ques
lions on that day. The President takes an active he-
tst IN the Investigation and IL is understood hat no
strnographic report beng furnished 10
HIM daily The Pan-Electrlc conteierstes are
dissatisfied with Mr. Ranney, and IL is understood ua
some of them have been guilty OF so great breach OI
pIate on the committee. Mr. Carlisle, It Is said mas
made the critics understand that he desired the nYcs
CATION 10 DO thorough, and is glad TO know that Mt
Ranney and other members OF the committee are ol~
posed to get at all the facts