New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-25
UORLD PENSION ITTORNEDS
LIST OF CLAIMANTS AND DATA OF NAllOl )
KINDS FURNISHED THEM
EXTRA niINAEY ui.Dt x.


W,shrc-n Kept - II is an open secret that lists
~ claimants who h.,," cases flied In III" 'Thr"h
Iur.u with their Js~toic, addr'>>r>. - aisp h'tS
II rc, ted claims and data Of various kinds. inrd'n.
cnp,r. 81 or excerpts from certificates III di~ahh'
have been regularly sold or furnished TO certain IA
vorcd .f.rnrv> from ia" hnrr,n ana NOR pa''""
lulv lets Of .urh claimant, - ha'" Il" A't"rh">''
I'm, SIMPLY ric and manage their rn>"- Themselves
Thl, urar!pu, practice" - course. rual"s the a'"F
,.y - f,vui.ri n ,'!d r,"rmri.lV {" th1r i"'"h"~
ma, only At the r>r-,.-. IL more h"ur-i prartifi""i-
n; often 10 the ,I't pr iirr 81 laI'n'ht> "h" i'
mt, ~" clutches nt these harp",, anu VINO ""'''
,ihrrw!-r have been ~,v"d the "Npri'" {" th'Ir ''N
II hrd been hop,,i that fhi' particular ab">" "n'"
.,vr been ihoir.uchly investigated hv ~" EH'th ~"
rc..onM committee. which might readily. II In d"nl'
:, 70 the srnI, u u, power ha'" had tlu<n enlarge"
y the House 81 Representatives. ~ hn' already ""h
suggested bv TN, Tribune Tn. "nlv 'rir-c. however
now lf' open for nn honest a'n'''t"''h ~ P'"N "
affair, i for the authorities I" udh" sear' MINK III"
fearless irvc,tiea'tDn into th', mn-hv"rv H'a'''f
I, - alleged that This ranlr i being carried on III
~.y.-, d,v,IiI- II tie Pension pni'". ana mat III"
delivery 81 the H.. +, mad" daly By som" 81 IN" I'm
ul,c- with a DECREE. Of Opcriue>I which Indicate hi
rrrn,rry that i rather startling. car'ful cross
x.uiintiurl ~ the chiefs IT Divisions ana II VI" me-"
and more particularly Il ~" minor clerks cnpi"'"i
~ the hlr> might hav" r~ult"' II IMMUNITY H""n
the wrath # their mmrdat" >nI~riTs had been ~
surcd TO the humber class Of workers, in Oh" prornr
I'M 81 -,m. interesting flctS. IN" Western DIVISION
.yhi, T.. a, present god bv H. chief Il. y Dur
ran aud lns ul'r,natr~. wh"ny tn th' incest I'll
the ring" and II A certain prominent attorney WHOSE
ln.inc,s had sprng with th" ripidity ~ Jonah :
ro,ri from 4 handful of ra~"> t" gicant' con
Germ has been for time the scene OF some cAce"d
| ,rr,v rurl.,s uann.uvrc- In this, we'll In tho
,thcr adjni.cntinv divisions, large aud important
| docket ha, been carefully kept for MANY years, IN
which drlr, are entered daily >t u oil III" cases
| submitted 10 the Board Of Review for Ajmllratlnn "a
also TO the special Examination Hvi-lon the name ot
IN. examiner. ,ubmtn, thcm being also gwen. This
Il, l,, !, Therefore important factor T. a." P".N"h
bureau ~ u gives fr many years back perfect chart
u. the claims submitted. we'll rs an absolutely cor.
rect r.rri Of the WORK performed by the cIrllnrr'
who sr. handling smch CASES. ON July - last. how
ever the chef of the Division issued t" following rx'
iraoniir a~y Order which swept away, al one fell >wwp.
the excellent stern which had heretofore prevailed
th,u,yh ,urou>iy enough the other adludt atiug di
| vision, sill continued retain their do'kc-. Here
| /, the order.
Department. uf the Interior. bureau Of Pensions.
Washington, ID. g., July -. 1880.
| 70 Chiefs Of sections.
On and after August H. 800. 'hcfs Of sections will
hrp daily record Of all claims submitted rr,ub
mtIrd by their SECTIONS 10 LIc Boaru VI Review or
submitted for special examination. and will furnish tie
chef VI tlr division with weekly copy VI oil Suci
claims on saturday afternoon NJ each week. The files
slips attached to all claims sent to the hoard Of Il"
na,d,d to tic Chief u the Files. who viii dispose oi
turned review viii be- given Ia the chiefs Ut sections
,,r r.rord and distribution. lcf, Of sections Will
.,crc,c proper In seeing tna claims leave their
desk. wlihn thcrw being slip left With them. show
| INK what disposition Ia, been made ~ M. same.
II. A. DURHAM,
| Chief OF Division.
| Dut they did not walt until August IL to put the
prc,lou, scheme into practice the docket abolished
| Al once And there was something more curiou. s
| within q few hours after the investigation Of Raun
before a Congressional committee Ind bcrome fixed
fact. That investigation resulted IN the new method
| ICING immediately abandoned. und the keeping Of the
.rspised docket INN, datey resumed It would spp"a
TO 10 in order tna Richard a. DIrnsn. together WITH
John s. Garrison should rise and explain It Is onl,
mir To this lustrious chief however, To state ths
him In hs,dvlsion. OF some sixteen eighteen clerk
<crvng therein most OF them good and efficient men
home TO vote the Republican ticket for MIR Harrison
At the last Presidential election. not ono has been pro
NOTED or has lad the slightest favor shown him tn,
prnnoons arc for the g ring pure and simple: anf
Secretary Noble i>po>ed H. honor u such draft
| mad