New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
pAN.ELECTRIC SHOCKS.
r,,p uorsE COMMITTEE MEN IN BAD HUMoR

TIL II L
.,p PASSAGE BETWEEN ME. RA>NEY AND THE
cu,,RNAS-Mn. RUMPnREYs's TESTIMONY.
IBr TELEGRAPH To THE rgipuSA1
WASHINGTON, April 21.-The session OF the
,, Electric committee to-day not altogether har-
oo,ous All OF its members are lawyers. aud thcy
a,aer sometimes respecting the adm'ssiblilty OF es'
,,,uy This tendency was aggravated somewhat To-
d.v by the fact that the leading witness was lawyer
Another cause OF discord was the discovery py MI
HANBACK, tina, the official steaographer, Mr. Lley was
,,, taking down all that was said Mr. Lcy Is acting
. substitute for ono OF the official stenographers re-
.ently appointed by the Spc akcr o! tho House. o "oee
not seem to oe equal TO the occasion.
The testimony OF Mr.. Humphreys, counsel Tor thc
Globe Telephone Company. WAS important In several
respects It showed that he did not feel Mt bert" 10
take hand In the proposed Government suit until he
had conferred with Joseph T. Johnston. Casey
Young and other Pan-Electrc people ana asceraiheo
that cooperation would be acceptable lie seems u
have regaried Pan Electric affair to that extoht
Mr. Humphreys also testified that he received an init
nation from General Johnston In Washington perore
the ssue OF Mr. Goodies order for the dscontnuance OF
tue Memphis suit that 30 be issued He SAID tna
tho petition OF the Globe Company was hed Win Nj. M
Goode after Mr. Garland declined to receive IT, ie vi"
not OK pl ain how it happened that copy OF 'ho o
petition was in McCorry's hand IN Tenness co % -
October a. 1885. having been received from """' '
Benthuysen & Co. - WA. n,
The testimony Of Assistant CoInin'ssiono' '
the Patent Onice developed several points oiheres@
Mr. Humphreys testified that whilo the Mempn'S SUI.
was peuding he cano to Washington and saw denerai
" Ia :, Johnston General Atkins and General Bradley
Johnson to ee IL they had objection TO MS nhg
ne ,ition aud joining in the Government SUIT In
ber he called upon the Attorney General out r' var
land cut him short of and refused to hear him. too
him" said the Witness that did not come 10 sec ur
Garland but to see the Attorney e ener that ne must
mo- consider himself Individually In this case, but as
Attorney General. He told mo positively that lie wouo
have nothing to do with 1t. told him ne must nave
omethng to do with It, that had no other reconrse
nut he still refused TO say word then asked MIN TO
whom could go refer to somebody put ho
said he could not and would not refer me 10 anybody;
hat he was estopped from action went there 10
ret some expression Of opinion but did not manage 10
DO it, Finally. presented my petition to Mr. Gooae'
and 1t was referred the Interior Department WAS
considerably worked up thought he should have moro
nerve However, went away feeling much more re-
spect for Mr.. Garland than had before"
Mr. Ranney objected to the character Of the evidence
hui the chair ID remarked that the testimony harmed
no one was clearly proper aud showed more clearly
than the of the the hiracter OF tho inter
viev The witness remarked that Mr.. Garlanu ehtirey
convinced him that he was incorruptble.
Mr Ranney.--Dd you so there to corrupt him
Mr. Hlmphreys-I did not may have had suspic-
ION regarding the reform presnsions OF the Democratic
Administration.
Mr. Humphreys-I found that some Democrats were
honest.
MIR. Ranney tsarcastcaty)-Especialy il they served
your purpose.
Mr. Humphrey think IL an honest man lives. 1t Is
Mr Garland. and Secretary Lamar Is another.
M Hanback, the witness II oil the parties 10 the
aprlication for suit in the telephone business
Mr. Humphreys-we were in the telephone ngnt: M ,
Mr. HanOgck-That l. not an answer 10 NY quesuon'
' Nr unmnhrrvsWIf I'M / said we we're in the telephone
wNn
would be eujOlned Tomorrow Will say that We were
getting ready to 20 INTO the tecpnOVe VDa wss called 10
o. stand. He SAID he had been memOer OF congress
cress bin TO authorize the Acknowledgement to nsti-
lutte SUIT vacate patents The bl hal passeu the
House IN the XLVIlih Congress- He had 10 conversa-
tion person connected With the Pan-EectIc ~
abo"t its out when 1n i1 had onnose be
lil in lersoral conversation with the witness, telling
ins many Troublesome suits Mr. Holmes. who sat near.
had remarked that the bil was GOOD one IN tne 0n %
preston that he got from Senator Patp had SAID
tlat the bill was unnecessary. - -, -,
patents issued or assigned in lse2 over TWO years
alter the introduction OF his pm ,ooooo,,or ,i hill
The reports made by the witness to accompany us oi
were taken up by the chairman for examination pat OD
was mas 10 th QUESTION "a, cSgh As the
argument proceeded it became more and more persons
ana heated In Its nature. until tas chairman r-'f"ed
that dscove:o that tue gentleman from Masia ,s
cnlsetts Mt Ranncyl had more interest In cahng Tue
chairman to order than he had III asoeft no uel'S
OF the issue ,., . ,is,a,,or
Mf kanney uecldleu that .io i'.a 80 frn
The Charnan-Ob, no. l have noIlced IL 700 ire
qucntly. - .,., doo,oro1
Mr. Ranney called the chairman TO order and declared
that he had impeachcd his (r. Ranneys) motives ana
mus; Withdraw the remark
The chairman refused &c do so - ..
Mir Rsmncy (risng his feep-Then say your state
u-nt ls false. ..,..., 81
Mr. Hale moved to adjourn but no notice was taheh vi
Tie motion, amid the excitement. 80,
Chairman Boyle retained his seat directly oesiIe Mi
Ranuey and, With some warmth, he exclaimed lhaV Is
ungentlcDany on your part 49,. ,
Mr. Ranncy-You are rejecting Oh my motives anu
won't withdraw 1t. . .., . 49,,
The Chairman-YOu have called ATTENTION over ahu
of ihe chairman applying ruling 10 you ana
another 10 somebody else. l deny IT, You nave no
rgnt 10 repeat II. .,s.
gir Ranney-It you do not impeach my motives
withdraw my remark. " -
motives
ne chairman then repeated the question that mad ed
10 the controversy form, only TO meet win
another Direction from Mr. Hanback, which was sus
tanned committee, Mr. Hale voting Win inc ise
publican members OF tine committee.
The witness WAS then excused.