The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-10
THIS RAUMs PR0SPERING.
The Entire Family in Clover at the
Expense Of the Soldier
Element.
Commissioners Green b. Less Hon
est but Brainier Than Cor
poral Tanner.
A. President Of the Universal Refrigerator
Company He Readily Places Stock
Among Pension Clerks

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Company He Readily Places Stock
Among Pension Clerks
Under date Of June 8, the Washington
correspondent Of the st. Louis Republic
writes to that paper, Charges have been
filed against Pension Commissioner Raum
with the president, and Benjamin is now
looking into them. There is no doubt in
the world that the charges filed are amply
sufficient to warrant the ignominious dis
missal Of Raum from the pension bureau,
but there is no person who understands
Harrison and his methods who believes
.Raum will be treated as his conduct war
rants.
Unlike Tanner, Raum can keep his mouth
shut. This has covered multitude of sins.
# the corporal could have kept his mouth
shut he would still be in office and making
less money than he is at present. Raum is
not quite as honest as the corporal, but he
has much bigger head.
Son john is the chief practitioner before
the pension bureau, and is having more
cases made special or being put on record
asspecial than any man who ever before
practiced before the pension commissioner.
Green B. Raum, Jr., is the chief OF the
appointment division in the Office, and
instead of ordering the making of special
cases it is his custom to drop around and
osnt5 as and 90 on Ths sG al hs has
to do. The paper is the record in a pension
case in which s'Son john is interested. It
is railroaded through in very short time
and the dollars in consequence are pouring
into "6on John's'' Golfers at very lively
rate.
The father and the two sons live under
the same roof on Rhode island avenue, and
before the old gentleman became commits
sioner of pensions the firm was Green B.
Raum d Sons, attorneys, etc., with an office
on F street. "Son john is now running
I the law Office ostensibly, but it is the belief
yet been dissolved and that father and son
are now in q position to be able to make
the other son and brother make more
money for the firm than all three were able
to do under the old order of affairs.
| It was reported that Raum would be dis
missed from Office. That report is still in
circulation, but there is nothing in it.
Charges have been filed against Raum, but
Harrison will take no notice of them.
The charges are serious, and if Harrison
ignores them. and he will, congress ought
to look into them and have an investigation
on it's own hook.
Raum is connected with wildcat speou-
lation known as the Universal Refrigerator
company. There is no doubt in the world
that this concern is fraudulent, that it was
invented for the purpose of defrauding the
stockholders, or that the officers of the COM
pany know that its only source of revenue
lars of the company are in circulation in
every department of the government, signed
Green B. Raum, president, setting forth the
splendid possibilities of the enterprise and
inviting subscriptions to the common stock.
More than this, Raum uses the clerks, stem
government IN the interest Of his scheme.
For two or three hours daily he dictates to
stenographers and typewriters and clerks.
paid by the government, letters addressed
to people all over the country in behalf of
this Universal Refrigerator company of
which he is president. This has become
such q notorious scandal that everybody in
the pension bureau is talking about it. This
is one count in the Indictment Harrison is
now considering at the white house against
Raum.
It is said that much of the stock of this
company has been floated in the pension bu-
reau, and the Republic correspondent is in
formed that at least seven clerks who be-
came subscribers to the stock of this COM
pany were promoted suddenly and to the
surprise of their associates within the past
it is reported, subscribed for $3.50 worth Of
stock of Raum's Universal Refrigerator COM
pany, was promoted from $500 to 81, 400
place at one jump. There are other evil
dences, too, of Raum's thrifty characters
tics, 50 that report that he was called upon
be q proper thing for the president to ask
for his resignation. but he has no intention
of doing it.
Another little incident showing the thrifty
nature of Mr.. Raum. Last week over 5000
certificates for pensions were issued from
the pension bureau. The average is less
who is very prosperous pension shark
here and who lives under the same roof
with his father. the pension commissioner,
and his brother, the chief Of the appoint
ment division of the pension bureau, in a
Rhode Island avenue house, issued special
ton to increases of pensions. It is motor
ious that when pensioner is placed on the
roll for any amount there is not much
trouble thereafter in securing an increase,
but the attorney who secures the increase
receives the same pay from the government
original pension. By putting this and that
together it will be seen that the Raum fam
lily stands by each other, and that son
Johns business is being carefully taken
care Of by the pension commissioner.
All the facts recited here. and they are
IdcGb IuHb can Dc proven, nave been laid be-
fore the president and he is now consider
ing them. Secretary Noble is also coeniz-
ant of them, because copies we're furnished
to him at the time the charges were laid
before the president. The action of the
president and secretary of the interior on
the matter will therefore be awaited with
interest.
As matter of fact, however, the con-
duct of the pension Office is worse at the
present time than at any time in the ex-
istencs of the bureau. Corporal Tanner,
who has good idea of inside matters in
the pension bureau, gets mad every once in
a while when he reflects upon his own in
nocent career and fine work being done
now. The corporal, however,, is making big
money and can afford to, be gracious and
generous. Your correspondent learns on
frst-class authority that he has $4,000
worth of work ahead of him and expects to
clear over $4,000 this year, net profits on
his pension shark business. The corporal
felt very blue when he was turned ont of
the bureau, but is rather glad new that he
was fred out of the bureau, and as a mat
ter of fact takes a kindly interest in those
Who assisted materially in his retreat from
the pension Office. The -corporal's admin
lstration of the pension bureau however.
bad as il was was purity itself compared