New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
YOUNG RAUM'S RESIGNATION.
GENERAL BUSsEY EXPLAINS THE AFFAIR.
LOT OF NEW TALK ON OLD SUBJECTS SHOWN
BY HIM TO BE UyJUsT-How THE

A LOT OF NEW TALK ON OLD SUBJECTS SHOWN
By HIM TO BE USJUsT-How THE
CASE STANDS.
General Cyrus Busscy. Assistant secretary of the
interior who has been in the city for the last four
days attending to the Indian supply contracts, was
asked yesterday what he had to say In answer to te
published charges against him IN regard TO the resg
natsoa Of young RauuA He said IN reply:
The WASHINGTON correspondents have made gTea'
deal more out OF the resignation of young kanm thaa
the actual facts Warrant a careful nvesGsaaUnt ~ ~
smith as iaborer in the Pension ONCE al the request
Of stun an employc Of the lnternai hescine tha;
Young Rauin received any Of tSc strann sweass
positively that he paid him no money ana hou" hoT r1V
declares that he received none. The secretary hoM
ever deemed the matter Of SUFFICIENT importance 70 re-
quest his resignation, which was tcnoesea WIZ WIZ.
Ink my retarn from Ncw-York. When II came before
me learned that S72 had been Deposited ~ Jig L az
Ssoa is, OF tSs S'e dyson yGdos Is to what disposition
made of t. special examination was conteInplatea p
e S Ta not desd su c cet fe Of Ss
cided 30 turn tho money over to the Treasury Depart
Mr.. Lyon, Of tho Law Division, requested TO get
the money. When he called at young MI ns'iih hs
assistant stated that the money was in the hands % G
Mr. Ranm, who then absent. There was no evil
secetsTy when invcssacd The matter that to', any
onnscted with the tnoS LHT s 1vsSn hSSey had It e Wsa
rot shown that no had applied tho money 70 oto S P p
vate use stated by the Press IFS resisna.to st We" n
which time he was promised leave OF absence whGn &
is not unusual in casc Of resignation OF enpiosoS Vi '
fSe W statement in "The SUM- that there were any any
hasn't Che shadow Of foundation We agreed perfectly
TO the course 70 be nIsned anG t9s. "aS There Was
0obDs Oot ns SSSre y. eonceDng the 75 to u. in
changing that arrangement. claim 10 have M II .e0
3Rce, have the utmost confidence in the integrity
and efciency Of General Raum believe be o Is GGIns o
eyers eve IN m ns pJpsbc pSM to adndcac the claims await
ing his action. have personally nvesugateo SreHe @
fonnd that they were without foundation: am sale
In saying that at no time in the history OF u,e @
ONCE has moro efficient work been dohc IMAM al pie'
know that General Raum hog the eonfde1fee OF
HARRISON is not entirely satisfied with his admni'tra
ton as Commissioner Of Pensions. -. - a,r,
before the Pension ONCE. Three four hundred thou
sand of these duplicate claims heu Does "uI Fverv
claimant doubtless believes his claim meriorlQus ana
these be adjudcated in their oSer, Ie tv SGy
become restless, and pour into the Bureau and De
partment hundred thousand letters weeS; t Tho Pen'
II answered would require the entire force OF tne Ien
sion Office These Chains nov being adlndca'eSG Sree az
the rate Of 10000 more MONTH so tha Two @ OF fse h
wears will be required to clear up the business nov ue
fore the office Notwithstanding the great number M Oh
pension certificates being issued the esmate te
shows that 900 will remain 10 be turned back
into the Treasury at the end a. Of Idns ne c sSav ssT granted
that The Herald" is makinsf nave nouced tnose
ione articles to which you refer giving account OF pen
sions illegally granted Improperly rerateu snoMne
that large sums of money had been PAID out 10 pucs
not entitled thereto so far as have exainned every
one of these cases Is taken from report whlch maui
Ia the Secretary of the Interior nearly TWO years ao
and which was published in book form ana was % mISue
the nasis for the removal Of Mr.. Tanner as Cohihs
sIoner of Pensions That report shows that part OF
General Dlack,s administration was examined anu ue
same period of time in the following year IN M d'
ner's administration for the purpose OF maKns oo
parison. - .4s rdar p1ack and
13O0 under Mr.. Tanner. In both cases many OF lne
claims were I'm violation of Section 469o H. WnSh P!o
ydcs that no claim for increase shall take eneGt prior
10 the date of the last medical examination han loI
the pending claim for increase. Instead OF ioloWhg
this law they allowed surgeon to cerfy that ne
believed a former adjudication was unjust ana tney
granted rerating to date back 10 the close OF une
war paving in instances thousands OF collars 10
those who fortunate enough TO have ther clanS
rerated . A.. -l,o,,
they quote they will find that the administration OF
General Black originated the policy which Is now SO
vigorously condemned. Mr. Tanner only continued q
system which he found in full working order when ne
assumed the Office. Under General Raum's admlnlstIa
on this has all ceased and the pension laws are ben9
enforced and defy any paper to point to case mat
has been rerated In violation Of the law. 1t IS Gus
omary among newspapers to give credit for arucles
quoted think it only fr that the public shoud kno%
that the Secretary Of the Interior had published all
the cases that came TO the notice OF the Department
that discovered to be irregular in order 10 stop
that great abuse.