The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-31
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This administration of s'rebel sympathizers"
seems to have been needed to secure our veter-
an soldiers anything like honest treatment ifom
the pension bureau. Gen Black, heartily sup
ported by Secretary Lamar, although ne Is an
old confederate, has been at work ever since ne
entered office uprooting ABUSES anu aes.o,,rS anS
the pension business to order, promptness ana
efficiency. In Boston the pension AGENT re-
Gently removed for cause, allowed his once 70
he managed by gang of thieves who so preyed
upon and robbed the pensioners that tne he, e,
publican pension, examiner VINO was sems ,ooo %
look into this office wrote IN DecemDel. 1000,
that he had found state of things $50 corrups
that It would puzzle hell to reproduce ana ON
nlnotence to duplicate" While the pension
agent was not shown to have taken part III tnis
Corruption, his knowledge of 1t was clearly
shown as long ago as in 1888. But TINS s., men. pa
publican publ an sSinnc tati0r lasTd. He wY 'tse'
'ur Tbe poi nension aren't in San Francisco is shown
by reports made in January, 1854, to have tax
en- hand himself in swindling poor. paral.
wed and blind soldier out OF the greater part
ot his pension arrears, which amounted to SLY
DIG. by getting himself msde the soldiers
Guardian and then investing his money in
Jtock of mine of which this pension agent
was president, and which, of course, proved
worthless. The report of this shameful tran
saction, with very cruel detail substantateu,
was made to the republican Penslon BUREAU 80. ~
January, 1883, but the scandal was never ols-
tnrhed until Democratic administration came
Mrhe Pension Agent at Philadelphia. has re-
Gently been removed on the exposure OF a con
ti,tlon of things in his office which 1ehei"i
Black. the pension commissioner, refuses 70
make public, unless the removed agent snoui1
demand it. Mr. Nordhof Of the N 7 Herald
has seen the official report on this once, anu
the statements there made by republican eA-
aminers show that it was high time Ior
change.
The noteworthy fact about these cases, as
about the custom house frauds, and SO many
other corruptions uncovered, is that they are
proved by Republican Official testimony.a In In
every one of the departments, the proof ana inc
record has been made out by the few honest
officials, and when the easy going Arthur went
ont. he left them as a proof of his own inetfl
cheney or inability to cope with the evil eie-
ments of his own party. Naturally the new
administration acts upon this evidence when'
ever 1t can. $3.50
DR. Lorinq.has not yet fulfilled bis promise to
explain the S20S of shortage in his accounts as
commissioner of agriculture, and Controller
Durham, blunt, matter-of-fact old Democrat,
after weeks of waiting, has ordered his CLERKS
to get the papers ready in the case, ana then ne
will forward them to Solicitor McCue, ana ne
will bring a suit in the federal courts to recover
from DR. Loring the amount claimed to De que
from him. Controller Durham says there is
no escape for the ex-commissioner being found
guilty. The amount of his bonds is only Sl0,-
600. but the treasury officers think that they
can find property enough to make up tne rest.
DR. Loring's friends say that II judgment Is
found against him, he will ask congress 10 re-
| eye him. Judge Durham, however, thinks
| that congress will order an investigation any
way, and go to the bottom of the former man
| aoemeut OF the agricultural department. In
| that case Judge Durham will be called upon
| for certain documents now IN his possession
| from well-known gentlemen, in which tney
| charge not only irreguarity and Illegally, but
also corruption in the expenditure OF agricul-
tural department funds, giving facts and ask
| ing to have the matter probed. Another oiii'
| cial ar the department is in trouble in the per-
son OF Chief Chemist Wiley, whom Dr Lorine
put in DIR Golfers place. Wiley was an aroen'
Blaine man, aud worked hard for his eiecuon
| Only two Cleveland votes were cast IN tue de
partment, one was by w p Wheeler OF New
York, $1,000 clerk. He was discharged OF
| Wiley's Recommendation. In return he hai
filed harsenregarding Wiley's official integri
ty and capl| ~. The president has referred
them to Com Missioner Colman with instruc
tiops 10 get at the facts. The Indiana Demo
crsts. Wilcy's state, also demand his dismissal
| N llaine's brother still holds his Sl400 sine
cure under Mr. Colman.
There is possibility of some trouble. witt
| Ecuador ever the Santos matter. IL IS sai'
that the president of that republic IS going U
pass over the demand of Secretary Bayard 70
the release of MgsSantos, but the state depart
ment will await leers from the commander o
the Iroquois, when has been sent 70 Ecuaooi
before any further action is taken.
The signal corps officer at Pensacola, Sere
Michael McGanrau, who refused to accep
Private Green as his assistant because OF hi
color. is under arrest, and Gen Hazen has pre-
hrred charges against him and asks for cou'
martial.
Wholesale suspensions, in clearing the super
;uxendeut. assistant, dssbursing agent, an
chief mechanic;sns were ordered by the Pres
dent in the Office of the Z Coast and Geodl
Survey Saturday. This action was the reeu
of changes preferred by Finf Auditor Chens
| with who aHdits the account OF the Coast oui
yey Bureau, and who insists that he mas ne
found q single account right yet. An invest
cation into the whole business Is to be made.