Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-11
SOME LIVELY ENTERTAINERS.
Little spats Between Gentlemen Make
the Raum Inquiry Interesting.

Little Spats Between Gentlemen Make
the Raum Inquiry Interesting.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 1.-THE inves-
tigation of Gen. Raum by the house spe-
cial committee yesterday was productive
of nothing of Importance, but there were
several lively scenes between Cooper and
other gentlemen. Among the witnesses
was Mr.. Taber, an employe OF Attorney
Lemon, who said that of thirty cases re-
ported from Lemons Office to the pension
department as complete, nine were really
complete while further information was
required as to the others They were be-
lieved to be complete, however when they
were presented as such.
Matter That Was Not Pertinent. ~
Cooper asked witness if he had not, in
company with George B. Squires, private
secretary to Commissioner Tanner, and
others. gone up the river and had wine
suppers, which he, through Lemon, paid
for. In reply, witness said he had not;
but admitted going with Squires and
others for days outing, on which they
had meals, etc, but said that each man
paid his share Cooper said that Lemon
had come before the committee and made
statements rejecting upon him Cooper
and was offensive in his manner toward
him. Lemon, he said had admitted that
he had been disharred from practicing be-
fore the war department for forgery
The Lie Direct and Positive.
At this Judge Wilson jumped to his feet
and exclaimed that the statement was
false, and that Lem on had admitted moth
ing of the kind. Continuing, he said that
Cooper was here as an attorney, and not
as me mber of congress.
The chairman here called both gentle
men to order, and ruled the testimony
out relating to wine suppers as not peril
nent to the Investigation, and dismissed
the witness.
That Question to Testimony.
The chair then stated that he had care
fully considered the question raised
Tuesday as to the propriety of admit
ting testimony to show that the
universal refrigerator was worth
less, and fraud, and had come to
the conclusion that it did not pertain
directly to the matter under investigation,
and he saw no use of going into it at this
time Flick and Sawyer agreed with the
chair. Lewis did not. A vote was taken
and the decision of the chair sustained.
Another Little Diversion.
During the discussion Cooper, in reply
to a question of Sawyer, said that he
Cooper was not responsible for his Saw
yer's) mistakes.
Sawyer replied that he was not response
bic for his (Cooper's) ignorance
The chairman here interrupted the gen.
tlemen, and ordered the conversation
stricken out of the report of
the proceedings. Then Mr.. Bryant,
an assistant chief of division in the pen
sion office, said that no preference was
given to any one in the pension office; H.
II. Brewer, another pension Office EN-
ploye, testified tkat the new rule worked
we'll; Gen. Mcmillan, assistant chief of
division, said that about nineteen of 100
cases reported by pension attorneys as
completed were so. Still he thought the
rule expedited business; no preference was
shown. None of these owned any refrig
orator stock.
Cooper the Stand.
Judge Wilson then called Cooper to the
stand. and that gentleman testified that
he had signed about 1000 calls for the
status of pension cases in his district. He
thought that pension attorneys outside
of this city had difficulty in getting in
formation from the pension Office. as 1t
was controlled by the firms who had offices
here. The trouble with the order COM
planned of was that IL increased this diff