The Portland daily press., 1886-07-01

but was willing TO 60 into this thing if he
thought it offered any good inducements
He describes his view of the ''thing" to be
Up. 653):
Simply the association of five or six very impe-
cunioils men who wanted to better their condi-
tion.
The s'inducement'' which it offered to this
Senator was 100000 of stock with no money
cost except possible assessment of $3.50 or
so to put in his name. He did so, and he
was advertised as sponsor for the scheme.
He did not advertise that three and a half
out of the five parts of this thing" had been
given away for 'names." Then he fur
nished an opinion, which was not wanted,
to guide the person to whom it was ad-
dressed. 1t was published in order to infu-
ence, and so that it did influence, people to
pay in money to sub-companies, part of
which went to his pocket, upon the view
that in the South and Southwest men would
believe that opinion reliable. 1t was a
shrewd view; they did so believe, but he did
not. When he gave it he declared to his as
sociates that it was case for specialist,
and when the specialist ex-Commissioner of
Patents Marble, decided the other way, Mr..
Garand's 'opinion" continued to be adver-
tised, and Mr.. Marbles was never shown, SO
far as we can discover. Then they tried, and
he personally tried, to get Congressional in
dorsement for their scheme by getting their
telephones into the Capitol by order of Con-
greSs Somebody said ''credit mobilierW
and that particular plan fall through. But
he kept his stock, and his name stayed IN the
advertisements. The best that can be said
of him is that he lent himself to this scheme
because he got stock for nothing. If he was
not active in it himself, he suffered his name
and influence to be used by others. He was
then only Senator of the United States.
He was next placed at the head OF the De-
partment of Justice. The man from whom
he had received the 100000 of stock now
wanted to borrow the name of that de-
partment and get its Endorsement; then an
ally asked for it; then the official representa-
tive of his company asked for 1t. Some men
would easily have found course 1or tneHl-
selves. He took one also; but his associates,
who knew him, and who speculated on MS
character were certain they would get
what they wanted, and they did. His intel,
ligence told him they were things he should
not permit, and then his vacillating will let
him argue that he might stand aside and see
his Office do them for his benefit. he had
not the strength to deny what his associates
asked, nor to return the stock, and cease to
be an associate; he had not the boldness to
do personally what they thought was falr
service for the stock he kept. But it was
done by his department as such thing was
never done before.
He filled an office which required the quail
tiles of a great iurist has attributed to a
great Judge @That absolutely judicial impair
tiality which can only exist where an IN
structed and self-reliant intellect is joined to
tender and yigilant conscience and firm
will" And because it requires those guam
titles its incumbents have often justly felt
that they might pass thence to high Judicial
station. In this business he has not earned
that praise.
TIE minority believe that the suit itself is
the result of conspiracy and are of the opin-
ion that the proceedings would not have been
asked or allowed had it not been for the rela-
tions of the Pan Electric Company with the
government officers, and for the large interest
therein held by the head of the Department
of Justice "The plea" says Mr.. Ranney,
sis that the parties concerned did not think
they were doing wrong; but government
which expects to be respected cannot permit
such things to be done, such influences to be
sought for, or such personal interests to ex-
ist and avail. 1t is not enough that those
personally interested who ought to have
prevented it say that they did nothing and
meant to know nothing