Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-13

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WASHINGTON, March II The Senate
Ia executive session cor hrmed the nom
nation OF Ir. Dement,, to be Surveyor
G-nefsl of Utah, by "A vote of . t. ~
Gen. l. gan favored his confirmation,
and SIX Republic 4ns voted with him.
A Protest from the kmaigamated
Association.
The House COMMITTEES on Ways and
Means gave hearing today 10 repre-
sentatiyes Of tue Am 8lg an ated Associa-
ton of Iron and Steel Workers. Mr..
Wstpe, of PittsburG, president Of the
association, said that toe agitation of q
reduction ia the iron and steel schedule
created great alarm among workers in
those materials throughout the ooun-
try. II the iron and steel which WAS
imported during the past year had been
made 10 this country, thers would not
have been 81 many idlehsnds around
the mills, and IA reduction OF the rate
daiy would only increase the number
or idle hands. For this reason the
Ams!gamated Association. which repre-
sented between 10000 and 5000 men.
desired TO enter Its protest against tie
pfopOscu ieRislatlSu.
The Telephone InvestiaaIion.
Ia the telephone investigation TODAY,
Mr.. Joseph Paliizsr. OF the New York
Word. said that his nans had been
connected with publications touchiaR
certain telephone stocks. He assumed
responsibility for the publication CT
tboss facts. u, aud / alone, am rs-
spousible, and no one else" said Mr..
PalIizer. mo human being has tried
t. Inh1encs me ia any manner what
ever. do not know h1man being to-
day, so far. as | am aware, who IL a
stakeholder, or Is Interested ia the Bell
Telephone Company. mad no motive
Otnrr than tnas arising from the
feeling that ths publi1a ION of the facts
was in the nhtara of news, and IN the
ttnre of pub.i3 service" He had
been lately introduced to Senator Har-
ris, sud knew Nj. q .rgsud, and pers n
ally liked uil very much. Outside Of
tbe two gentlemen named in the pnbli
cation. he did not kuow any person in
Congress who had any interest IN tue
Pan FL GIRO Company, and be did not
think there WAS any.
j. IL. Rogers, the inventor, said he
bad invested nQmber Of electrical de-
Woes waicn had been transferred to the
Psu-E ec.ric Company. He gave his
story OF the organization Of the com
psny vita Gen. Joseph T.. Johnston,
| Gen. Atkins and Senat0rs Harris and
| Garland AS ireorporgtars, who vers rot
| TO pay any money for their interests.
| Gov. Brown, Of Missouri, came into the
company on the same terms. Some
other parties embarked in the euter-
I prise. but paid for their stock. The CON-
pany sold State rights usually for frsR
5000 to $40 900. q royalty on ITS instru-
iBsnts, aud a sertsin proportion of the
/ local stock. Toe aggregate Of the divi.
! dends pad cat by the company WAS be-
tween SO, 00o and $4,000. Witness be
lieved that the stock he had been sell
ing was Of a valoe depend ing in part on
the correctness Of GsrIand's opinion as
a lawyer, and be hsd depended not only
on GaFland's opinion bat on the fact
that the instrument OF the Pan Electric
Company was superior to the Ball IN
s,rusent and on the possibility of
selling to the Bell Company. Tbs suit
broaRht by tue Government last sum-
msr against ihs Bell Company was not
the obi ct of the Investment, and the
witness said that the only conference
he had ~ith any of his associates prior
20 the bringing of the suit. had been
with Sir. Young some time in July. His
father Was also present. Tbs converse
lion was held at Witness house. Young
| called there and was 10 formed that the
Government would bring suit. Youne
replied Yes ?" Rogers said: "If
Garland has promised Il, he will do it,"
Young said that Garland had delicsey
about bringing it himself, and every.
thing would be lsft to Code. Rogers.
ST.. asked whether Goode vsuld act II
matters we're left with him. Youag said
that was all right. Goode was our
friend, or friendly to us. lie WAS not SO
o enly. and be (fonnel believed that he
would rather have Goode than Garland.
Salt vas instituted about one or tvo
months after tsat convsrsstiou. Wit
ness had no conversation with Goode
in regard to the suit.
fadisR Cfatma
As required by law. SseretsrT Lamar
has submitted 90 Congress list Of
kbont 400 Indian depreciation claims.
The total Number OF claims call for an
amount approximsting Sl5 ooO, 900.