St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-08
WORSE THAN TANNERISNI.
Commissioner Raum's Methods to
Be Investigated.

Commissioner Raum's Methods to
Be Investigated.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Mr. Cooper,
of Indiana, to-day introduced in the
house a resolution authorizing the house
committee OH invalid pensions to in
Quire into and report to the house GER
tain charges that have been widely cir
culated through the newspapers. reflect
ing upon the management OF the bureau
luton states that reports are being
widely circulated through the news
papers rejecting upon the management
of the bureau of pensions, in which it IS
charged: First, that the present COM
missioner of pensions has been engaged
in selling to certain employees OF the
pension office shares of StObk in a cor
poration or company of which he is
president, which is organized for the pur-
pose of introducing patent refrigerator.
which 1t is claimed is impractlcable ana
worthless, and that IN consideration OF
such purchase, said employees are pro-
moled in office. Second.-That said
commissioner of pensions has recently,
bv an unjust and partial ruling, adj
vanced and caused to be taken up out
of their order many thousands of the
CLAIMS of certain attorney, residing i'll
Washington; and that in consideration
thereof, the attorney has become Sc
curity on the note of the commissioner
in a bank in this city, for $4,000;
Therefore, be it resolved that the COM
mlttee on invalid pensions be and are
hereby directed to inquire concerning
said charges and report to the house.
And for the purpose of making said in
vestigation thorough and complete, the
committee is authorized to send for
persons and papers, to administer oathS
and take testimony" The resolution
was referred to the committee on rules.
Makes General Denial.
Gen. Raum, the commissioner of pen
sions, in an interview this evening.
made the following statement in regard
to the resolution introduced in the
house to-day by Representative Cooper,
of Indiana, calling for an investigation
of the administration of the pen
sion bureau: "In the first place."
said Gen. Raum, ''there has not
been a share of the stock of the refrig-
orator company sold to any one coll
nected with the pension Office, or any
one connected with the prosecution of
pension claims. AS to the merits of the
refrigerator, that is matter for the
public to investigate and decide for
themselves. IL say in the most en-
phatic manner. and without any reser-
vation, that there has not been, so
far as | know, any favoritism
shown to any individual claimant or
attorney prosecuting claims before the
pension commissioner. There is no
foundation whatever for the statement
that by a recent and partial ruling any
cases have been advanced and taken up
out of their order. Claims are treated
with absolute impartiality. and no pref
erence is OF has been given to any one
attorney over another IN the proSecu-
ton of claims. In January [
issued an order creating what
is known as the completed files.
This order was widely promulgated,a and
under it every claimant, either by him
self or his attorney, can, when his case
is complete, have it put upon this list
for action. Hundreds of requests come
in from all parts of the country daily
for placing cases upon their regular Or
der and disposed of through the adjudi-
eating divisions without preference or
prejudice to any. There is no founda-
ton whatever for any charge of favor
itism in the conduct Of the business of
the Office"