The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-03
THE WHITEW ASH SPREAD
RAUMs COAT APPLIED BEFORE
FULLY PREPARED.


The Majority of the Investigating
Committee Msse a Lame Apology
for the StocS-Jobbing Pension Com
missioner - His Conduct in Their
Opinion Beyoad Rsproach "A La
bored Effort at Extenuation.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Judge SAWYER of
New York. on behalf OF the majority Of the
COMMITTEES that has been investigating the
administration of affairs IN the pension
Office, said tonight that he was surprised
that the minority had given out their re-
port, because it WAS well understood by the
committee that tho eyidencs was not all in
and the investigation was not closed. TAX
ing the allegations IN the minority report
one by one Judge Sawyer said that
there was not one of the statements
that he believed was borne out
blythe evidence, Incomplete though it was,
with regard to Bradley Tanner. Commis-
sioner Raums private secretary. the evil
denc9 showed that at the outside he had
only written four or five Letters on tho re-
frigerator company's business in the pen-
sion ofiice during Office hours His associa-
tion with the District Of Columbia branch
company was purely nominal, his interest,"
in it being only one share, for which
he has not paid a cent, aud the company
itself had not yet boon brought into active
existence. Tanners promotion was shown
by the testimony to have been made 10 full
hllment Of the promise of Commissioner
Raum's predecessor, and had no connection
this exception the evidence was
all against any pension office
employe being directly or indirectly
Interested in tho refrigerator company.
With this exception there was no eYideace
to'show that anybody emplo yed in the pen
sion office was directly or Indirectly the
owner OF any stock In the refrigerator
company The proof, on the con trary, was
directly the other way.
THE CHARGE OF FAvoRITfsM.
The majority had carefully analyzed ths
testimony with regard to favoritism 10 at
torneys, and had reached the conclusion
that favoritism was impossible As a mat
ter of fact, there had been an absolute fall
ure, he said, to show single case
OF favoritism. The majority of the
committee earnestly approved the orders
establishing the completed files system.
They found that under the operation Of
this system q larger number of cases had
been disposed of than ever before, and
fewer complaints had been received from
claimants and their attorneys. They found
that there was no evidence not the slightest
TO show that the commissioner had ever
failed 10 give that time aud attention TO his
duties which should be expected, and that
none of his business hours 10 his ofsioe had
been devoted to private stock jobbing or
speculation.
lemons ACCOMMODATION.
OF Lemons Endorsement Judge Sawyer
said that tho evidence established that
Capt Lemon had indorsed notes for Raum
TO the extent OF $12,000, aud had received
as collateral 1,009 shares In the Gypsum
Mining Company Of South western Vir-
ginia. The evidence was that this enter
prise had been brought to Capt. Lemons
attention before Raum became commission,
or The only evidence before the commit<
tee as to the value of the shares was that
one sale had been made at $34 per share.