The daily critic., 1890-09-10
THEY WERE MAD
JUDGE WILSON AND MR., COOPER
THE RAUM INVESTIGATION.
THE FORMER ATTACKS TIE LATER.
And Says H8 Ought to Be Confined
in an Asylum.
JUDGE SAWYER ALSO TAXES A HAND.
Dull Proceedings Which We're Enlivensd
by Exciting Collo9uies-Lsmo
Assistant on the Stand.
THE FORMER ATTACKS TIE LATER
JUDGE SAWYER ALSO TAXES A HAND.

A1NAAAAf " u4 NHIANAA uAAA NA1NGNA Ay q NAAAt
Wilson If he had the thirty Lemon
slips sent in a letter by Captain Lemon
to Commissioner Raum.
Mr.. Taber replied that he had twenty
four Of them. Every one Of the cases,
witness said, bad passed through his
hands before they were filed.
Mr.. Lewis said he wished to know
the history Of the cases which were
said to be incomplete.
These cases Mr.. Taber read of in
their regular order. He said he did not
know whether or not the claimants had
been examined.
IN THE T1sNER CASE
Mr.. Taber was asked by Mr.. Lewis If IL
was not the duty Of the attorney to
know that he had been examined for
disability
"The War Department had the
knowledge" replied the witness.
In all Of the alleged incomplete cases
Mr.. Taber said that they had been GER
titled to as complete, so far as the
knowledge and duty Of the attorney
was concerned. He claimed that only
two out of the thirty slips filed were
incomplctel
Judge Wilson, In explanation of a
question asked by Mr.. Lewis, said that
there were certain features connected
with the cases of claimants which the
Pension Bureau furoished exclusive Of
that furnished by the attorney.
To Mr.. Cooper Mr.. Taber said that
"thc intelligent claimants come to an
attorney and that the ignorant ones
prosecute their claims themselves" lie
thought that the cases Of persons hav-
ing attorneys should be adjudicatcd
first.
TILT.
While Mr.. Cooper was intcTrogating
Mr.. Taber be was interrupted by Judge
Sawyer, and during q coll0quy between
them Mr. Cooper said 10 the Judge: II
am not responsible for your errors. "
Nor am ] for your Ignorance, re.
,orted Judge Sawyer.
You are very complimentary, "
added Mr Cooper.
Judge Wilson referred to Mr.. Cooper
having attempted to impeach the char
acter of Mr.. Taber and suggested that
Mr.. Taber was ready 10 answer any
questions.
Mr. Cooper asked Nfr Taber II he
did not 60 up the river during the pre-
vious pension administration with
George ID. Squires, the private secretary
of the Commissioner. and that wine was
furnished and a good time had on that
occasion.
A sharp colloquy ensued between
Judge Wilson and Mr.. Cooper. The
latter said he was instigated to make Il
by Captain Lemons very offensive re-
marks about him. SuCh words were
used az malicious, false, etc. for the
purpose Of squelchlng him Cooper,
MT Lemon said that he had been an
honorable attorney for twenty-five years;
that he had a splendid corps Of officials
about. but added Mr. Cooper, he adj
mitted that he had been
DIsBARRED FOR FORGERY.
Judge Wilson with q show of excite
ment)-TheTe Is nothing Of that kind
In the record, and you Cooper ought
TO be sent to lunatic asylum for having
no memory. You have" continued
Judge Wilson, "for years been hunting
up the record Of Captain Lemon and
Mr.. Taber, and your conduct should not
be tolerated by anybody, You have,
and especially as a Congressman, no
right 10 make use Of the words you have
uttered.
Mr.. Cooper insisted that what Mr.
Lemon had said was In the record, but
said that he was willing 10 withdraw
what he had said about Mr. Taber.
Chairman Morrill, raped vigorously
upon the table and declared that the
conversation between the two gentle
men should be stopped, and that il had
nothing 10 DO with the case under IN
VestigatiOn. lie instructed the sIel0g
Fapher not 10 take down The word
uttered.
Mr.. TabeT, after saying that there had
been a hotel stag party bat no rive
trip with wine, left the stand.
Chairman Morrill,, In reference % his
decision as TO AlF. CoopeT's statement
that the
PATENT OF THE REFRIGERATOR
Of the Universal Refrigerator Company
was good for nothing, offered a res0lu-
ton that it was irrelevant and had
al the present stage Of the proceedings
no bearing on the case. The resolution
was adopted. Dir Lewis dissenting.
Al noon au adjournment was taken
for an hour
Tue COMMITTEE REAssEMBLEs
n leu kue GuAHlllbcc re 4zee az atEA
Charles III Bryan, assistant chief IN the
Middle Division Of the Pension ONCE
vas called and said be lad been em-
ployed twelve years. lie was there az
the time orders l49 and l5l were
issued he had 10 idea IN figures as 10
The amount Of business done 10 the
office be thought that more cases we've
being adiadicated than previously;
he never heard Of any pref
erenCe given 20 attorneys. About
20 per cent Of the cases were
complete and 50 per cent incomplete
lie knew nothing about alleged com
plsled claims hled by attorneys that
weEe ine0mulete. lie was promoted p
chief Of division in March last He
owned no stock IN the Universal he-
migrating Company Qr any ot his Fela-
lives be had n1t been promoted
"a account ,of having stock
IL lie company Up % the Issuance of
orders 40 and i5l there had not been
that care and attention shown by me
clerks as was subsequently, the
case. now there Is much taste
and rivalry shown by tha clerks
and more eases have been aijudicateI
"a large number oi slips coming ~ were
Ibase 81 Captain Lemon.
Witness Was subjected % 3 lengthy
az8miuati0n by Commissioner hAlD
and Judge Wilson.