Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-08
WASHINGTON CITY.
WILL THE SCALPlNG-KNIFE BE AP-
Piled TO LYMAN AND RAUM1
Disastrous Effect OF Secretary Mobiles Let
ter TO Gov. HilI-Ingaiis and spooner
Retired to the Shades of Obscurity.
From Our Regular Correspondent,

TlUlltbu lAAAF VIM ah HANoNAs oAC 80
possession of the principal executive Of
fees have become 80 utterly despondent
as to have given up all interest in public
affairs it would seem that they will in the
near future apply the scalping-hnife to
two bad fellows who have helped to heap
odium upon the present Administration.
These two men are Lyman, the presi-
dert OF the Civil-Serv ce Commits
sion. and Raum, the Commissioner
of Pensions. A special committee OF
the House appointed to investi-
rate Lyman made report to that body
months ago condemning this man Ly-
man, and he ought TO have been kicked
ont speedily, but he has been allowed to
hold on until he really begins to think
! that he can remain permanently at the
head of the humbug that no has been
helping to drag deeper into the mire
year by year. 1t was proven conclusive
siveIy that Lyman disgraced the service,
and no amount Of explanation on the
part Of "Teddy" Rooseyeltand Thomp-
son could save him from the exposure
/ that he deserved.
CAN RAUM BE wHTTEwAsHEDP
Raum is in equally as bad box, if in
decd. he has not been guilty of the
worst form OF dishonesty in administer
ing the affairs OF the big bureau over
which he presides. The committee who
investigated Raum have not made a re
mort vet TO the House, or rather the Re-
publican or majority members have not.
| The minority members gave out their
report before Congress adjourned,
and it was q severe condemnation
/ Of Raum; and it does not seem
/ possible in view Of the evidence
that the Republicans can whitewash
Raum. He admitted on the stand under
oath that George L. Lemon, Of this city,
the leading pension-claim "shnrk OF
the nation. had loaned him money; and
| it is a well-known fact that an order was
made at the Pension Office that will put
many thousand dollars into the pocket
of Lemon. The money was borrowed
one day, and in very short while the
favorable order was forthcoming. 1t waa
Congressman Cooper, of Indiana, who
demanded the congressional inyestlga-
ton, and Mr.. Cooper has been the prose
cutor. For this Raum and Lemon have
been bounding Cooper. They did their
! level best to defeat Cooper for re-eiec-
ton to Congress. Raum went ont to
| Indiana and stumped the districtagainst
I Cooper. Lemon is declared to have
| poured money into the district with the
! hope of defeating Cooper, and the Nation
al Tribune, OF tins city, a paper that
/ Lemon prints in the interest of his pen
sion-claim business and which has tre-
mendous circulation among the eX-
soldiers, has been abusing Cooper
ever since he started the investigation.
II was only last week that the Tribune
had most scurrilous attack upon
Cooper. 1t was boastfully claimed that
/ Cooper would be defeated for Congress.
! But he was not. On the contrary, he has
been reelected by a large majority.
| Several days before bis campaign closed
/ in Indiana he made the statement in O
speech that he would be successful, and
/ then and there he proclaimed his inten,
ton of still further exposing Raum and
/ Lemon, whom he denounced in language
/ that would be libellous If printed In q
newspaper and not proven.
NOTHING TO SAY,
The National IribUne in its issue fol
the current week has not word to say
about the result of the elections. The
sweeping Democratic victories have
l knocked the life out of the managers Of
the vile sheet. All through the cam
paign the dirtiest abuse was heaped upon
the Democrats, and upon Mr.. Cooper IL
/ particular. Any man who was not IL
favor of opening the doors of the Trea'
sury 10 the looters who are bleeding the
country in the name of the soldiers wa'
vllliiied.
Ex-Boss Quay passed through Wash
ington this morning. BE has gone tC
Florida to poultice his injured heart
Never was man of Quays prominence
30 numerically jumped on by the sove-
reign people Of a great State.
MOBILES BIG BLUNDER.
The Republicans are very mad with
Secretary Noble for writing that letter
10 Governor Hill about the recount thai
has been demanded OF the population oi
the CITY OF New York. 1t was a gratui
tious insult TO the Chief Magistrate OF
the Empire State, and having been giver
out on the morning OF election had
disastrous effect upon the result for the
Republicans in the metropolis. Repub
licans as well as Democrats take pride
in having the correct enumeration o.
that great American city, and the Gov
ernor pleaded in their behalf without re
gard to partisan politics
PAYsoS's DEFEAT.
The defeat of Payson (Republican) fol
Congress in Illinois has nipped NAL
who talked one way and voted the othe
in the House during the session tina
recently closed. 1t will he remembered
that Payson was wild for tho free coin
age of silver, but was whipped into linz
by the gold-bugs. He pretended tina
he would raise q row if the farmers werr
not given free binding-twine, bu
when the real test came he al
lowed old Boss Reed to whil
him into line as if he had been
little child instead Of the statesman tina
he professed to be. Ii is a grand anC
glorious thing to be able to swing th
scalps Of such Republicans as PaySon ol
the Democratic belt.
Another victory that is sweeter thai
honey in the gourd to the Democrat
is the retirement OF that bitter, malignan
Kansas jayhawker, John James ingalls,
The Sonth never had more determine'
enemy than this spider-legged spouter
SOME THAT GOT BACK.
Spooner, of Wisconsin, is another fire
eating little Radical who has gone t
Join the great army of Republicans sen
into the shades of obscurity. He ha
been dreadfully rampant for the passag
of the infamous force bill Haugen
julius Cesar Burrows, Hartford-Con
vention Lodge, the "Moon-faced
Reed. Blatherskite Boutelle, rantin
Dave Henderson, OF Iowa, and a fe'
more of the worst men in the part
managed to get back, but the gloriou
Democracy got in its work to such al
extent in the recent election that mos
of the Radicals have been buried out G