Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-03

his views in an individual report. Chairman
Eoyles' report will not te made public bo
fore Thursday. Ir the report signed by
the Republican members, the testimony is
cited 10 show how the Pan Electric Com.
pany was organized and 50 500, 900 OF it's
stock given to gentlemen for the Use oftheir
name. The opinion cf Senator Garland
declaring that the Rogers patents not
infringe on the Bell patent is quoted with
A statement that it had been gotten be.
cause the Pan-Electric could not sell rights
which it had not; and it was intended to
be an inducement which led q large number
| OF persons to pay in money, a part of. which
was divided among Mr.. Garland and his
associates. At the same time the Pan
Electric knew their instruments did ir-
fringe on the bell patent. The report then
| companies, and says "the Bell Company
sued the sub-comparies, and the Pan-Elec-
| tric Company declined to. defend them on
the ground that it had no money :"
| thereupon they determined to secure the
| name OF the United States to bring suit
against the Bell Company to frighten it
| and drive it to buy peace. So they OBJ
tanned permission when they wanted it,
| and they wanted it without any prelimi.
nary examination worthy OF name, with.
| out the usual examination and in defiance
| OF all rules and practices Of the depart.
mont and in direct disregard OF q decision
made within month by its head. Had
all the facts developed before the commit
tee been known at that time. says the re-
port, the Department OF Justice would have
driven these petitioners from its door
for public sentiment would have
constrained it to do so. The report
b H. = ~.
transaction declares that If he had made
the inquiries he ought to have made, he
could not have granted the application
within twenty-four hours and without
reference. It is. alleged that so far from
making a careful examination OF the sub.
ject b. never even read the petition; taking
all things together" says the report, 'it
does not admit Of doubt that the Solici-
tor-General acting as the Attorney General
was by some means lead to grant this ap-
plication without the usual reference
OF inquiry. Without any pretence
OF competent examination, with unex-
amp!ed speed and in violation of the fran
chise OF the Department. In an ordinary
case such an action would be held to be
positive proof OF fraud; at least proof of
gross negligence, which in the person of his
position is equivalent to fraud. Upon
these facts. none OF which can be disputed,
no jury would hesitate. It 10 enough, how
ever, to say it cannot be tolerated, that
conducted. 1t cannot escape observation
that Senator Harrison and Mr.. Casey
Young acted just as men would
act IL already assured OF what
was asked, and that the conduct Of the
Solicitor General is noet easily accounted
for on the assumption that he understood
the matter In sdvaDce and had pre-deter-
mined upon Il course OF action. The rerort
then recurs to the subject of the opinion fur.
nisbed by the Attorney General. It charges
1t with being written with view to deceive
people in the Southwest, and says it was q
skrewd view that the people believed, but
he, the Attorney General, did not. The
report goes on, "all that can be said OF
him is that he lent himself to scheme be-
cause he got his stock"
He had not strength to deny what his
associates asked, nor to return the stock
and cease to be an associate; he had not
boldness to do personally what they
thought was fair service for the stock he
such thing never was done before. The
plea is that the parties concerned did not
think they were doing wrong, but the Gov
ernment which expects to be respected can
not permit such things to be done; such In
Euence to be aou1ht for, or such personal
to exist and avail; it is not enough
that those personally interested who
ought have prevented it TO say
they did nothing and meant to
do nothing. The report estimates the ex
pense of the suit, if tried on it's merits, at
not less than 100000.
Mr.. Hale, Of Missouri, makes minority
report in which he says that while he concurs
in many OF the statements and conclusions |
of that portion Of the committee repre-
sented by Chairman Boyle, yet he cannot !
neverythingit contains touching the
OF the Pan Electric Company. The |
evidence shows conclusively Gays the report |
that it was purely speculative adventure |
and there could be no evidence found |
Rogers ever anticipated or intended that |
their official positions would or should be |
used in any way to affect legislation or |
otherwise to fur ther and advance their en- |
terprisc. The opinion OF Attorney Gen
eral Garland, is held by Mr.. Hale was like |
that OF any other attorney employed |
by an individual. 1t does not appear shat |
it was intended to further the sales |
of stock without disclosing his relations to |
the company, nor that any person was
deceived or misled by it. Az to the Attor-
report finds that the evidence is overwhelm-
ing and conclusive in showing he had not
thing whatever to do with it.
THE PENSIONERS.
The Invalid Pension Committee OF the
House to-day considered the Presidential
veto messages. They were referred back to
the sub-committees and it is the present
intention to select the strongest and most
cases and make an attempt to
pa SD the bills over vetOes.