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Show RINGING; UP HIGH OFFICIALS. Hello, There! Senators and Representatives, Repre-sentatives, Come to the 'Phone. " New Yobk, February 2. The Tribune says editorially: The House of Representatives have acted without deliberation in ordering an investigation of the telephone scandal. The resolution passed by unanimous consent does not meet the requirements of the case. What, the country is anxious to learn ia whether that stock was distributed with a view to securing the official influence and actixe do-operation of those receiving it. About the time when the enterprise was started, a bill in the interest of Pan-Electric speculators was reported from the Committee Commit-tee on Patents to the House, passed and sent to the Senate. Was this result effected largely through the instrumentality of those who were financially interested in the telephone scheme? Aud, when the measure was before be-fore the Senate Committee on Patents, were any corrupt influences at work in that body to effect favorable actinn upon that measure? meas-ure? Is it true that the Department of Justice Jus-tice was "worked" in the interest of the Attorney-General's business associates? Is it also true that heads of Bureaus in the Department De-partment of the Interior are large stockholders stock-holders who will profit by the success of the litigation recommended by the Secretary? Have two Departments of the Government hadreoourse to extraordinary and unwarrantable unwar-rantable expedients for promoting private interests, and enriching a ring of speculative statesmen? These are questions which neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate can afford to leave unanswered. . , i |