The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-05-29
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tFrsn our regular eorrsspondant.l
wAsiiIxorov, May is, i.

Mr. Harrison found nasty mess wait
Ing for him IN that nest Of crookeiness
the peision bureau, when he refurEe'
from bis royal excursion. Much agains
bis own inclination he had kept Commits
sioncr Raun Ia Office IN the face Of III,
erookedness IN bis business msthods. u
effectually shown up By Representatis,
Cooper, Of Indiana. and &c had a right 4
expect that no further crookedness woult
be induieed IN. Therefore he must hayc
been terribly shocked when informed tIsni
Green u Rsnm Jr., assistant CHEF clerk
Of the pension bureau. and son Of Com
missioner Khum, was The head OF an Office.
brokerage concern which had been sell
Ing not only original appointments beiow
the classified service, but promotion nneef
the Civil Service examinations. A more
disgssceful situation has not confronted q
president since Gen. Grant kicked Belknap
out OF the war department on account oi
his wife's Engaging IN selling Indian post
tradsrshlps.
And the most remarkable part 81 the
whole business Is The lenlency with which
Raum junior has been treated Three
ether government employees implicated In
the swiadle were al once dismissed, bu,
but this precious jewel Of a republican adj
ministralion, was allowed TO resign and
that wasn't al, the resignation was &C
eep,ed TO take effect thirty days from date
ard he was given leave Of absense until
that time, which was neat way ot pre-
senting him with a months salary. Il Il
stated here that Secretary Noble Il re-
sponslble for the Ieniency extended TO this
criminal, although nc was CIT Of town
when the resignation was accepted. What
puzzles honest people is why ali Of the
parties concerned IN this steal have not
been arrested and brought before a crimi-
nal court 10 answer for their mlsdecds.
Mr. Harrison, when he thinks about this
young mans peculiar transactions, as well
as those of his father, probably wishes he
had never seen the Raum's and that hs
had not been so pfec!plsate Ia kicking
Corporal" Tanner ort--no one ever ac-
eased Tanner Of being dishonest The
Ranm's have certainly tried TO make hay
while the tfiieiai sun shines. The old gen
,ietnan as soon as he became commissioners
began TO look out for the rest Of the family.
Green B Jr., uas made assistant chief
clerk, two daughters were given clerk
ships. ard John, another son, who does
business a. i pension attorney, was given
8 chance to copy the names Of all pension
applicants VINO had not employed attor-
neys, which chan@e has probably been
worth big money to him, as be proceeded
to &c, on, a circular settling forth his
facilities for putting claims through IN q
hurry and mentioning incidentally his
relationship 10 the commissioner The
Raum's will be heavy load Tor Mr. Harri
son TO cary next year. and II will not be
strange II he should ioss them all over
board.
A determined attempt was made TO gel
up an organized reception TO welcome Nj
Hafrison back 10 Washington f,om hi
long free, trip, bat II was dismal failure
NosoGy would have anything 10 do viii
Il except half dozen of his persona
triends; not even the members Of the re-
publican state associations, all OF which ar,
Office holders would take hold Of It, so i
had 10 be abandoned. and then The state
ment was unblushingly made that Nj
Harrison did not wish TO he met by crowd
! do not wish 10 imply BY the above tha
Mr. Harrison Is disliked here, because he
isn't. The people arc simply indifferent
towards him. and believe that feeling 4
more marked among members of his owr
party than with democrats.
The impression among those ismilial
with the inside workings OF the admins
tration Is that Mr. Blaine Is engaged IL
''playing poSsum" on Mr. Harrison just a
this line for reasons Of his own. Mr. Blain'
may have been III, but these people refus'
TO believe Il, ard they stated when NJ
Blaine left here that he would not returl
until Mr. Harrison got back and that h
had gone sway In a "huff" cIrcum
stances seem 10 iavoi this view OF the case
Republicans who have talked with NJ
Harrison since his return says that he ha
about as we | as developed case Of tn
"hig head" as they ever saw.
Representative Grain, of Texas, Is her
seeing that the boom of Reprcsentativ
Mills for The speakership of the house doe
not get neglected.
Ex-Representative Yoder, of Ohio, sal
OF politics In tha. state: al locks to me a
IL the democrats would unite and re-ne m
nate Gov. Campbell. One thing at
confident OF. we will elect the man "
nominate. No man can be elected in OH
on the tariff issue. Mckinley makes tbs
the issue, ana he will be defeated. tn
farmers are tired of high taxes,and canns
understand why other necessa-ies of Iii
cannot be cheapened by being put on tn
free list as sugar has been"