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Three Reports by the House Com- mittee of Inyestigatloji, The Majority ITpiiold and tha Mi- nority Condemn Garland, the minority, or Republican, report of the Bpeclal committee which conducted the Pan Eleotrio telephone investigation, prepared by Ambrose A. Ranney, of Boston, was made public on the 89th,ready for submission to the House as soon as the Democratic mem- bers reached an agreement upon their repoi*. Mr. Ranaeyte repo-.S is in- dorsed by the Jour Republican mem- bers of the committee, and Chairman Boyle's report, which represents the views of ' the majority, is indorsed by four Democratic members, Mr, Hale of Missouri, the fifth Democratio member of the committee, hav- ingdeoided to submit hfs individual Views independently of his colleagues. The Ranney report reviews the testimony of the principal witnesses examined before the committee, and criticises the methods of the projectors of the Pan Electric enterprise and the conduct of Attorney-General Gar- land and Solioitor-General Goode in connec- tion with granting the government suit against the Bell company. Referring to the efforts of the Pan Eleotrio people to bring about a government suit, the report says: \They determined to have thedepartment' of justice bring a suit against the Bell com- cany, but which would remain under their control* Tbey did not want to have the Bell' patent vacated, but they hoped they could frighten the Bell company into the belief that they could do so. They thought, more- over, that the mere institution of such a suit would deter the United States courts from granting any injunction in favor of the Bell patent\ Ui Attorney-General Garland's action, or non-action, in connection with bringing; the government suit, the report says that he knew the Bell patent had been repeatedly sustained, and so it concerned the honor of the department that such a patent should not be attacked without serious inquiry, and the duty of the Attorney- General to see to it that it received such inquiry, they say, was increased,by the fast that he knew an application was going to be made, and that the parties pressing action wanted it passed upon without refer- ence to the Patent Office, and that ho had a greajpeisonal interest that it should be so passed, and should meet with no delay. The report says further: ' •'There area number of facts and circum- stances, however, which leave it beyond doubt that .Mr. Goode's recollection is so se- riously at fault as to alarge part of what took place that it cannot be satelyvrelied upon .in any portion. He became Solicitor-General in May by ah appointment made by the President but not yet confirmed by the Sen- ate. On June 26 he went to British Colum- bia on a mission for the department and appeared at his office again August 20. Mr. Gar-land testifies that he was then expecting to go away for his vacation, which would occupy about six weeks, and he did go away on the 27th of August. Mr. Goode testifies that during the week that intervened he hardly spoke to Mr. Garland, except for the ordinary interchange of courtesies, and did not talk with him about business whatever. Mr. Goode must be mistaken about it. He must have had consultations and forgotten all about them*\ The minority reach the conclusion that the Solicitor General was led to grant the applica- tion for a government suit without the usual reference or inquiry, without competent ex- amination, with a speed unexampled in the history of the department, and in violation of the established rules and practice of the office. \In ordinary eases,\ they add, \such action would be held to be positive proof of fraud, at least proof of,gross negligence, which in a person in his position is equivalent to fraud.\ The Republican minority follow up this severe criticism of the Solicitor General with an arraignment of Attorney-General Garland. They say:' \The best that can be said ofhimis-that he lent himself to this scheme, because he got stock fornqthing. If ho was not active in it himself, he suffered his name and influ- ence to be used by others. He was then only a Senator of the United States. He was next placed at the head of the Depart- ment of Justice. The man from whom he had received the half million of stock wanted now to borrow the name of that de- portment and'get its indorsement; then an ally asked for it; then the official represent- ative of his company asked for it. His in- telligence told him there were things he should not permit, and then his will let him argue that be might stand aside and see his office do them.\ Mr. Hale's report takes the ground that the whole matter was purely a speculative venture. He does not believe there is any- thing in the great mass of testimony which will show that the Pan Electric projectors saw anything in the enterprise which was in any sense immoral, dishonest'or inconsistent with the duty of public men or citizens. The Majority Keport. In the House on the 80th Mr. Boyle (Pefin.) from the Fan-Electric Committee, submitted a report signed by four members of the committee.upon the subject of its in- vestigation. Mr. Hole (Mo.), who concurred in this report, also submitted his individual views. Mr. Ranney (Mass.), submitted the minority reportsigned byfour members. The majority repart was accompanied by the following resolution: \Resolved That a full, fair and exhaust- ive iavestlg'itlbn. has foiled to adduce any evidence .which tends to dhow that Attorney- Gonprol garland, Solioitor „ Generzst Qoqdej Secretary Lamar, Indian Commissioner At- kins, Railroad Commissioner Johnston or Senator Harris—they being the officers naniqd in the Pah-Eleotrlo publications 'of the newspaper press, which gave rise to this iu- yestlgation—did any not, ofiloial or other- wise, connected with the matter investigated which was dishonorable or censurable. 1 ' The report and the resolution (which is concurred in by M. Halo) was referred to the House calendar. After a reference to the comparisons that have been mr.de between the conduct of Mr. Garland and his associates and Messrs. Car- lisle, Randall and others, the majority report \What Dr. Rogers offered to Messrs. Car- lisle and others was stock in incorporated and organized companies. What he trans- ferred to Garland, HarriB and others was an interest in inventions, in there then condition of no value whatever, and only to be made valuable by the joint efforts of the Rogers' and those who joined them in the under- taking. That the capital of the telephone company was fixed at $5,000,000 is wholly immaterial! Had it been fixed at $o,00Q, the thing they owned and their proportionate interests in it would have been the same. The property itself might turn out to be worth much or nothing. As Dr. Rogers says, it had no commercial value. Evidence does not show that, these gentlemen were admitted by the : Messrs. Rogers with any expectation of prof- iting by their official positions or official action. \At that time Mr. Garland was not thought of for Attorney General. He was suggested by Atkins, and it need hardly be said, in view of his previous life and character; that it was not thought he would use his official power to forward a private enterprise in which he was interested. Casey Young was named by Rogers. He was not to appear in .Congress until nearly a year after. General Johnston was not in office and did not expect to be. If official influence was the consideration for . the interests transferred to Harris and Gar- land, what was the consideration for those transferred to Atkins and to.Johnston? The committee has failed to find that any legisla- tion was conteinplatBd at the time this company was formed^ or during its exist- ences tothe present time by which it or its members could have profited, The only mat- ter spoken of was in relation to the establish- ment of a postal' telegraph by the govern- ment. This had been agitated for some years. When mentioned Senator Harris stated to his associates that if it came up in the Senate he could make known his interest in the matter and decline to vote, so that nothing was expected from him. And according to the testimony of all the parties nothing was expected from any one of the members. There is no evidence that Mr. Garland ever heard of it. The question never did get before either body of Congress, and it is not pretended that any member ot the company did anything toaid ifeor ;iuat any -member favored* the-proiebt. \It is in evidence that the Sell patents were disposed of and the Bell company was organ- ized just as the Pan-Electric was. Out of this Bell organization, thus commenced, has grown in the course of a few years one of the most stupendous monopolies in the world.\ The report maintains that no stock was ever issued by the Pan-Electric Company.and in connection with Senator Vest's purchase of au \interest says that the propriety and honesty of that gentleman's transactions are unquestioned. The history of the proceedings at the con- ference is given in detail and the report says: • -i.i o w, up to this time, what had the Attor- ney Geueral lone, permitted or advisei inre- lation to a government suit? He had received Dr. Rogers' letter of May 24th and pigeon holed it. He had received Mr. Van Benthuysen's letter of July 12th and re- ferred it to the Department of the In- terior without recommendation. A del- egation had called on him and he had' absolutely refused to be talked to on the sub- ject on the ground that he was interested in a telephone company. It is not pretended that he did anything more. What more could have been required of him or of any one? No Judg^e of a court over behaved more discreetly or circumspectly or honorably.\ Of Solicitor General Goode's treatment of the application to bring the Memphis suit,the report says: \There* is no reason to question the correct- ness of Mr. Goode's statement. It is not only uncontradicted, but is fully supported by all the witnesses who testified about .the same matters. He was not connected with any telephone company: had no interest of any kind to be effected by the suit and had no knowledge of any previous applica- tion. He had not been informed of Mr. Garland's connection with a telephone {company, and had he been that should have made no difference in. hisconduct. In the view of the committee, while it would doubtless have been better to have referred the application to the Depart- ment of the Interior (as such had been the practice) notwithstanding he already had all the information attainable there, his failure to do so was, at most, only a mistake. The committee finds nothing whatever in the con- duct of Mr. Goode deserving censure.\ In conclusion the report says: \The committee does find that there was sufficient \reason and authority\ for bring- ing the suits, but it expressly refrains from attempting to find whether the Bell patents were obtained fraudulently or whether Bell was the inventor of the speaking telephone. SUMMARY JF_ CONGRESS Semite Sessions. 188D D#Y.'-.The Senate considered the res- olution for public executive sessions, and the speech of Mr. 'Morrill, who was absent through sickness, against the pro- posed changey, was read by Mr. Manderson. Mr. Hoar also spoke in opposition to the resolution, and severely arraigned the President for the wholesale dis* charge of Republican officeholders....The Chair laid before the Senate two vetoes of f ension bills. Referred to Committee on ensioiis. 134m DAY.—Mr. Miller, from the Com- mittee on Agriculture, reported badk without amendment the House bijl tax- ing oleomargarine and, gave notice that ho would call it up for action after the passage of the Appropriation bills, Mr. Tories. (Ark.) stated that Senators George, Gibson, Fair and himself-r-aminor- ity of the committee-r-disseuted frbrii tlie report... .Mr. Riddleberger introduced a pre- amble and bill for the reduction of twenty- flvo per cent of tho salaries of Cabinet officers, Senators and members of the House. 135TH DAY.—Mr. Miller presented a peti- tion of the Daniel L. Schenck Post, Q. A. R., of Fulton, HI Y., asking that the bill to pen- sion the widow of Captain Daniel T. Sbhenck may become a law, notwithstanding.the veto of tho President,... The Legislature Appropriation bill was passed.... Tho Senate took up the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, hut the bill gave place to eulogistic resolutions upon the late Repre- sentative Hahn, of Louisiana. . 186TH DAY.—The Naval Appropriation bill was reported from committee. It ap- propriated 112,883,284, being a net reduction as compared with the House bill of 846,800 .... An amendment to the River and Harbor bill appropriating §1,000,000 for New York harbor was agreed to after a lon» debate. Other amendments were alto-agreed-to. House Sessions. 154m DAY,—Mr. Randall presented to the House a joint resolution to provide for ten days from to-day (the last day of the fiscal year) for the expenditures of the govern- ment not provided for in the appropriation bills already passed. The resolution was passed....Tue various reports on the Pan Electric Telephone Company's affairs were Cnr/M! carbolic acid,appliedexternally,has been discovered by Wyoming ranchmen to be an effective remedy for rattlesnake bitej among cattle. 155TH DAY.—The Speaker laid before the House a message from the Senate encourag- ing the passage over the President's veto the bill to quiet the title of settlers on the Des Jloines River lands. The President's veto message having been read, Mr. Payson, of Illinois, pre- sented reasons why the bill should be passed over the veto. A motion to refer the bill to the Judiciary Committee was lost; yeas, 163; nays, 149; and the Speaker announced that the question recurred on the passage of the bill, notwithstand- ing the objections pf the President. The vote on this resulted—yeas, 161; nays; 91—not the constitutional tworthirds votein the aBlrmatiSe.' Wit ty-two Democrats, voted to override, and thirty-six Republicans to sus- tain toe veto, .i After further discussion of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill it was finally passed, 156TH DAY.—Mr, Payson (111.), reported back to the House the bill forfeiting lands granted to certain Southern States to aid in the construction of railroads, with a Senate amendment excepting the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad from the terms of forfeiture. The amendment was agreed to—yeas, 154; hays, 27 Senate amendments to the bill repealing Pro-eniption, Timber Culture and Desert Land laws were non-concurred in and conferees appointed,...Notice was given that the vetoed bills granting pensions, to Andrew J. Wilson and another would be called up for passage over the veto The General Deficiency Appropriation bill was 15TTH DAY.—The Speaker laid before the House a message from tho President disap- proving the bill granting a pension to Wil- liam Boone. Referred Mr. O'Neill (Penn.) presented a petition signed by 1;000 Knights of Labor of the Second Congressional Dis- trict of Pennsylvania urging the passage of pending bills for the protection ot the inter- e-,ts of labor. Referred The General De- ficiency Appropriation bill was again dis- 158TH DAY.—Mr. Balniont (N. Y.) offered a resolution calling on the President for copies of .the correspondence relating to the imprisonment and release of Julio Satttos, a citizen of tho United States in Ecuador. Referred Bills were introduced as follows: By Mr. Warner (Ohio) — R# quiring all the expenditures of the Post-office Department to be passed upon by a Comptroller and an Auditor. By J. M. Taylor (Tenn.)—For the transfer of the medical records of the war from the War Department The General Deficiency Ap- propriation bill was discussed; EI0T AT A CIRCUS. The Troops Called Out, and Many Persons Wounded. Thirty thousand people went the othe r night to witness the performance in the im- mense bull circus at Nhnes, in the \depart- ment of .Gai'd, France. The entertainment had been extensively advertised to be given under electric lights. The lights went out soon after the performancesi began, and, owing to the defective apparatus; Could not be relit. The people became enraged and began rioting. They tore down the fittings of the circus and made a bonfire in the arena of them and the furniture. Troops had to be called to re- store order, which they only succeeded in doing after a desperate conflict with the people, many of whom were wounded and arrested. FEDERAL HNAIPES. A Statement of fclie Condition off tho National Treasury. The last statement of the public debt- show? that the .decrease during June was $9,004,818 8i Totalcash in the Treasury, 8408,017,173 24. Following is a recapitulation of the statement: Interest-bearing Debt. Bonds at 41-2 per cent $250,000,000 00 Bonds at 4 per cent -787,7511,700 00 Bonds at 3 per cent 144,046,600 00 Refuuding certificates at4 per cent..... 207,800 00 Navy pension fund at 8 per centf... „. 14,000,000 00 Pacific railroad bonds at 6 percent. „, 84,023,518 00 Principal $1,210,037,018 00 Interest. ,, JS.860J514 00 „ .Total ,...$1,833,488,126 09 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity: Principal...\... 0,704.445 00 Interest,,.,...,, ;.,.., 824,020 00 (Total $9,928,46o 00 Z>e6is Bearing no interest. Old demand and legal tender notes. ...; $340,738,461 00 Certificates of deposit 18,850,000- 00 Gold certificates 70,044,375 00 Silver certificates.. ... 88,116,325 00 Fractional currency, less $8,375,934, estimated as lostordestroyed....,;,, 6,954,087 00 Principals $536,103,148 00 Total Debt. tfriucipal $1,756,445,205 00 Interest..,. 13,084,585 00 Total, $1,769,529,741 00 Less cash items available for reduotion of thedebt.. $205,202,247 00 Less reserve held for re- demption of United States notes 100,000:000 00 — 805,201,257 00 Total debt less available cash items 1,464,327,493:00 Not cosh in the Treasury.... 75,191,109 00 Debt less cash in the Treasury July 1,1886, I 1,389,136,383 00 Debt less cash in theTreasury June 1,1886. .. 1,898,198,281 00 Deereaseof debt during the month $9,061,8f8 -00 Cash in the Treasury, Available for reduction of the public debt: Gold' Tield for.'gpld certifi- '- - c&tes actually outstand- ing. .. ...... $76;044,87500 Silver held for silver certifi- cates actually outstand- ing 88,116,225 00 United States notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding ...... 18;250,000 00 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 18,999,817 00 United States bonds and in- terest... 8,789;163 00 Fractional currency 2,667 00 Total available for reduction of the debt ;?, $205,202,247 00 Reserve Fund. Held for redemption of, United States notes, acts Jan. 14,1875, and July 13, 1882 -. 100,000,000 00 Unavailable for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin $28,904,681 00 Minor coin.. 377,814 00— 39,282,495 00 Certificates held as cash.... 88j241,820 00 Net cash balance on hand.. 75,191,109 00 Total cash in theTreasury as shown by Treasur- • er's general account.. $492,916,173 00 Net increase in cash. 2,510,871 00 NEWSY GLEANINGS. THERE are 6,000,000-widows in India. PHILADELPHIA has a saloon that took in g325,O0Olast year. Contr eight feet high is reported from the southern counties of Kansas. A CHINAMAN at Vancouver.B, \C a 400-weight hog in his laundry. A VEIN of iron ore discovered at JTegaunee, Mich., turnsout to be 150 feet in thickness. THE catch of lobsters off New Brunswick does not exceed one-fourth of that of last season. JOHN N. WBYMAN, a rolling mill operative in Pittsburgh,has just fallen heir to property in Germany valued at $250;000. THE Conference Committee of Harvard recommends expulsion from college as the penalty for cheatingat examination. CINCINNATI policemen who served in the war will wear on their left sleeve a red tape, to distinguish the soldier element of the force. THE four most important towns of Aus- tralasia are now Melbourne, population 289,- 1147; Sydney, 234,311; Adelaide, 103,864, and Auckland, 60,000. THE English census returns show that while in 1861 only 1,981 women were em- ployed in the civil service of that country,, the number has risen in 1881 to 7.370.
