Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-16
PROBING RAUM.
Pension Attorney Lemon on the Stand-Fi-
nancial Relations With Raum.


WASHINGTON, d. c., December 10
George f. Lemon, the pension attorney,
was before the Raum investigation CON-
mttee to-day. Mr.. Lemon testified that
he had never recommended to Commits
sioner Raum the appointment OF any
person in his employ. He did not recall
in his whole career ever having recon-
mended any person to any commissioner
of pensions save Mr.. Whelpley, whom
he recommended To Commissioner Tan
ner, but Whelpley was not appointed.
He had never spoken to Commissioner
Raum about the appointment or promo
ton OF any person, and had never direct
ly or indirectly requested any other per-
son to secure an appointment from the
pension Office.
On cross-eXamination by Mr.. Cooper,
Mr.. Lemon said Whelpley had been in
the Pension Office before coming into
his employ. Witness recommended him
because he was competent. Witness OBJ
jected to Mr.. Coopers question as to
what salary he paid Mr.. Whelpley, but
when Mr.. Sawyer, the acting chairman,
said he saw no harm in it, witness an
swered Sl,500, and some compensation
for extra work. Mr.. Lemon said that in
the Record was Mr.. Cooper's declaration
that "the consequence Of the completed
files is that it has naturally operated as
private order for the benefit OF the
man who procured its making. OF the
thirty test cases submitted by Mr.
Lemon, the evidence shows only 10 per
cent of them were completed in fact y
He (Mr. Lemon wanted to say that that
statement did him great injury and was
untrue. OF these cases only two needed
further in ormation to be supplied by
the attorney. Thirteen others were not
altogether complete but that was be-
cause information was needed which
only the pension bureau could supply.
To Mr.. Cooper witness said he had
never endorsed any note for Raum, ex-
cept one for Sl2, 900 in the Bank of the
Republic.
Question-Did you endorse paper for
him in the Citizons Bank?
Answer-Never.
Question-Did he not get money
there ut your procurement?
AnSwer-No sir. He got money there
on the endorsement of some OF the
strongest men in the country.
Mr.. Cooper asked further questions
about Gen. Raum's financial relations
with the Citizens Bank.
Mr.. Lemon said he was director in
the bank. Gen. Raum had been de-
positor there for years, and he did not
think he ought to answer these queS-
tions.
Mr.. Goodnight-As an officer of that
bank, did You influence the bank oiii-
GERS to get the money?
Mr.. Lemon-Not at all. think most
of the endorsements were obtained when
was not present. | never influenced
the bank officers in any way.
Mr.. Cooper said one OF the important
issues OF the investigation was the finan-
cial relations between Raum and Lemon.
The Commissioner had said emphatical-
ly he had secured Lemons endorsement
to but one note of $4,000, discounted
by the Bank of the Republic. Now
money might have been secured indi-
rectly. which would be just as satisfac-
tory. The witness had stated he had
not influenced the securing Of money by
Gen. Raum, but he (Mr. Cooper insisted
he was not bound to take the ipse dirit
of the witness as proof that this was
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