Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-03-11
PAN-ELECTRIC INVESTIGATION
4 Appointed-Reeord OF The
Men VIE Compose 1t.

4 Committee Appointed-Reeord OF Tho
Men VIE Compose 1t.
WASHINGTON, March AFTER much
difficulty Speaker Carlisle has at last been
able to announce the special committee
to investigate the great telephone scandal.
1t consists of nine lawyers, five Demo-
Gratis and four Republicans. The chair
man, Charles E. Boyle, of Pennsylvania,
was born fifty years ago and admitted to
the bar in 1861, He has just begun bis
second term in Congress. W. C. Oates,
Of Alabama, the second Democratic mem.
Der is fifty-one, and was admitted to the
bar in 1858, and has since practised his
profession except during the three years
he served in the rebel army from which
he retired after his twenty. seventh battle
with an empty sleeve and the rank of col
onel. He has served four years in Con
gress. Mr.. Eden, Of Illinois, is an old
man and served in the XLIIId and
XLIVth Congresses. Mr.. Hall, of Iowa,
age ffty-one, has just begun his first term
in Congress. He has been at the bar since
1857. Mr.. Hale, age tifty-five, of Missou-
ri, is another new man in Congress. He
has been at the bar for thirty years. He
was in the Union Army. A. A. Ranney,
OF Massachusetts,, who heads the minori-
ty was born in Vermont sixty-five years
ago and for more than thirty years has
held a high place at the Boston bar. He
is serving his third term. He as we'll as
Messrs. Oates and Eden is a member of
the Judiciary Committee. The New York
Republican member is Stephen G. Mil
lard, of Binghamton, who was born in
Vermont forty-five years ago. has been at
the bar nineteen years and is serving his
second term in Congress. The third Re
publican member is Captain Hanback,, of
Kansas, the author of the original resolu-
ton to investigate the scandal AZ well as
of the resolution upon which the present
committee is based. He is forty. seven,
served in the Union Army, has been at
the bar twenty years and is serving his
second term in Congress. Mr.. Mofitt, Of
Michigan, the fourth Republican is new
in congressional life. He is about forty
four and since 1868 he has been engaged
in the practice Of his profession.
The first thing to strike one in scan.
ming this list Is that with two, or at most
three exceptions, it is composed Of men
who are little known, il known at all, be-
yond the limits of their districts. But the
prominent Democrats in the House firmly
decline to serve on the committee for the
reason mainly that they fear the result of
an investigation which is frowned upon
by the President and probably will result
in the retirement of one Of his trusted
constitutional advisers. As for the lead.
ing Republican representatives most of
them have no time to spare for duties on
new committees. The case of Mr.. Ran
ney was somewhat different, as the only
important committee duties he had to
perform were those required by his mem
bership Of the Judiciary Committee. The
investiga alton will not begin until next
week and it bids fair to be a protracted
one. Some Of Mr.. Garland's friends are
anxious that the committee shall close
its doors against the public, but it probs-
bly, will refuse to attempt so foolish an
an act.