Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
Fraud in the Pension Department.
Gen. Grant and Mexieo---ScovfiIe's
PIan-F. T. Ereiinguyseu, OF New
Jersey, Takes BIaIne-s Place---Gen-
eraI News
PENSION FRAUDS.


PENSION FRAUDS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley
and Secretary of the Interior Kirk
wood, of whose department. the pension
bureau forms . part, do not seem to be
in harmony as to the importance to
place upon the recent discoveries of
frauds in connection with the procure
ment Of pensions. Secretary klrkwood
said that they had seemed of sufficient
importance to him to cause him to
urge upon the commissioner the vigor-
Gus prosecution of the inquiry. To-day
the commissioner, when approached on
the subject, ridiculed the idea of a
conspiracy, and gave what he alleged
was all the information in his posses
sion, and, according to him, all that
there Is IN the case. This was, that he
learned recently that a young man
named Sullivan, who had been an un-
successful applicant for a position IN
the bureau had been writing to friends
asserting that he had obtained posi-
ton, and if they would forward pen
sion claims to him, accompanied by a
fee of So he would, by reason of his
position in the bureau be
ENABLED TO SECURE THEIR PASSAGE.
In order the better to impress them
he used in his correspondence the
official envelopes Of the bureau, num-
Der of which he had obtained by some
means. He Dudley had secured his
arrest for using the official envelopes,
and this, he said, was all there was in
the case. In answer to direct ques-
ton, he admitted that he had been
urged by the secretary of the interior
to vigorously prosecute the case, but
said that this was the only case, and
that the talk of any conspiracy existing
among the clerks in the bureau was
mere moonshine. He did not under
stand the secretary's recommendation
to prosecute, to apply to any conspiracy,
for he knew of none. This, it may be
said, is hardly in keeping with the re-
fusal Of the secretary TO make public
the details of the conspiracy because
of his fear of defeating the ends of JUS
tice
A RESOLUTION.
Sen. Davis, of West Virginia, will
submit q resolution, calling on the sec
rotary of the interior for detailed
information III regard to pension
frauds, to the extent of the frauds that
have been practiced, and what has been
done to prevent frauds and punish the
| offenders, etc. This resolution is TO
pave the way for Al investigation OF
the pension frauds by the senate COM
mittee on pensions.
CAMERoN'S CAMPAIGN-JAMES A. BEAVER
FOR GOVERNOR.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The Came
ron class, or Pennsylvania stalwarts,
who are now in Washington, held a
secret conference last night to deter
mine whom they would run for COVER
nor the coming fall. After an inter
! change of opinions it was definitely
concluded that Gen. James A. Beaver
of Centre County should he accepted
as the stalwart candidate for governor.
| The only names considered were those
of Peaver, ex-Speaker Grow, and Tom
Cooper, chairman of the republican
state committee Cameron's right
hand man, Boss Quay, was committed
to Grow when Grow retired from the
senatorial contest last winter, and
agreed at conference at Cameron's
house to support Beaver for senator,
and Quay would have favored Grow in
preference 10 Beaver had it been posi-
bic 10 get anything like start for his
candidate, but the other stalwart lead
ers refused to entertain the question of
Grows candidacy. Cooper had more
vitality than Grow, and was more diff
cult to dispose Of, but the large vote
cast for Wolfe in his own county of
Delware, with nearly as heavy Wolfe
vote in Chester, made it unsafe to
unite upon him. Cameron, Quay,
Palmer, and all the stalwart leaders in
| attendance would have preferred
! Cooper to Beaver had he been regarded
as equally available, but they felt that
the nomination of Cooper would be Il
direct challenge 10 the 10000 republi-
can Wolfe boilers to organize against
the ticket, and they reluctantly passed
Cooper by to unite their forces on Gen.
Beaver. There was some stalwart mis-
giving in accepting Gen. Beaver. He
followed Cameron at Chicago, and act
ed as chairman of the Pennsylvania
delegation in the interest of Grant, and
he put himself i'll entire accord with
Cameron last winter when he was
made the candidate for senator at
Cameron's house; but there is, never
theless, some latent distrust of Beaver,
lest he might set up for himself in case
of his election. 1t was finally decided,
however that with the president thor
oughly stalwart and ready to WELD the
whole power of his administration for
the n mination and election Of Beavtr r
10y the most aggressive methods, Beaver
would be SO welded to the stalwart line
that he could not separate himself
from his friends. President Arthur is
cngnlzant of the stalwart union on
Gen. Beaver, and he will at once throw
the whole force of his administration
To unity the party in Beavers support.
He means to have Pennsylvania kept
III the stalwart column.
THE NEW PREMIER-wHo HE Is AND
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-The name Of
Senator Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, of
New Jersey, was sent to the senate by
President Arthur for the nomination
rs secretary of state, and was promptly
confirmed by that body without orpo-
sition.
Frederick I. Frelinghuysen was born
ut Millstown, Somerset county, n. j.,
1, 1871, and is the nephew and adopted
son Of Theodore Frelinghuysen. He
graduated at Rutgers College in 1886
studied law, and came to the bar in
1889 He was appointed attorney-gen-
eral of New Jersey in 1861, and reap
pointed i'll 1866, and was subsequently
appointed senator in congress for
New Jersey, for the unoccupied term
Of William Wright. deceased, serving
on the committees on Judiciary and
Pensions. In January, 1867, his APP
polntment as senator was confirmed by
the election of the legislature. and his
term terminated in 1869. The COM
mittees upon which he served were
those on Naval Affairs, the Judiciary
and Claims. He was reelected to the
senate for the term ending in 1875,
serving on the committees on Foreign
Affairs and the Judiciary, and rs char
man of the Agricultural committee.
In 1870 he was appointed minister to
England, but declined. He was re
elected to the senate for the term end
ing in 1877.
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