The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24


thicving ship subsidy bill that was
ever conceived. and the horde Of
wolves In Washington. that constitute
the steamship lobby, were balked OF
their principal prey. Yet they got :
toothsome morsel in the postal subsidy.
and with the connivancc Of such keen
treasury pointer as John Wanamaker.
they may reasonably hope 70 secure |
goodly share OF plumber from the re- |
ceptacle of the peoples money. The
owner Of the bargain counter at phila- |
delphia. who suborns all the papers in
his guild by enormous advertising, and
who was smart enough 10 have the
! Pan-American congress corraled in his
| store and addressed by his principal
| fioor-wallxer. has charge OF the postal
| subsidy business. and he has already
| made the hearts Of the lobby glad and
| raised their expectations by his pre-
| liminary arrangements in reference to
the mail subsidy steal. Pious John
may always be relied upon TO execute
the orders of the "boys" with neatness
and dispatch. as far as the law will
permit him He is thoroughly repre-
sentative member Of the Harrison adj
ministrati0n. the motto OF which has
been repeatedly put in practice and may
be described as: Curse the public, and
spend all their money"
Allied to John Wanamaker in the
work of spending the money OF the
people in the most lavish manner posi-
bic, is the notorious Green Il. kaum.
commissioner OF pensions. That coat
Of whitewash. flung over this tattooed
official at the eleventh hour, by re-
luctant ma jority of congressional in
vestigating committee, is already
cracked in several places. and the
marks are still visible. A large proper
ton Of the revenues Of the government
are handed over to this branded official
that he may work his sweet will upon
them and dispense them according to
the dictates of his brother sharks. and
| in the interest of the private son
John annex he has attached to the
pension Office There is no branch Of
the government in which such whole
sale fraud exists and receives the in
| dorsement Of official authority as in
the pension Office. Union veterans. the
most deserving Of the pension appli-
| cants are treated with contempt. and
their claims thrust aside without q
word. unless they consent to share
literally with the Washington sharks
= One of the most recent instances OF
. fraud in this fraud infected Office il
that Of an employe Of the Office named
Pratt. who wa, formerly in the volun
y tcer service lie appeared, eighteen
years after the war for a pension. or
the ground that he had received q
wound in the left hand. and the sur
. gcons who examined him declared ad
q vcrscly to his claim. But. being ~
2 employee Of the bureau. he got his pen
q sion all the same. For a scar on tn
:. third finger of his right hand. Mr.
Il Pratt not only received a regular pen
IS sion. but received nine dollars montl
& from the date OF his first appli
cation AMI thirteen dollars mont
p after the decision OF the bureau j
r which he was employed. The loss Q
y the entire finger would have entitle
:. him. under the law, to only two dollar
G. month. Dudley got the increase
81 amount for him. AMI he put Il into rea
estate purchased from Dudley. Odel
Washington shark. had his pensio
NJ increased by Tanner from six dollar
"a to twenty-four dollars a month. wit
o. over one thousand dollars back pm
through rerating. A townsman OF lia
~ rison. named johnson. who had bee
dropped from the rolls as a fraud. ha
ne managed to rake in seventeen hundra
II, dollars through rcrating by Dudley
J aid, and is now applying for an II
crease.
?" The pension Office is absolutely re
e. ten from the commissioners to the hur
g. blest employee. Theirs Is no longer ar
er disguise as to the waste Of the people
t. money in that corrupt bureau. AnyoI
fortunate enough to have pull"
on the Office or with Lemon. Dudley. Ia
r., ncr and John Raum, can get pensic
g. on the fiimsicst grounds, and there a.
- thousands Of democratic cx-soldier
with genuine claims. who cannot eve
ret a hearing. The American pc
IT, pie have been, goodness knows, II
. eral TO the utmost degree in this pc
sion business. and although Il Is near
mt twenty-six wears since the war close
they arc still willing TO pay liberal
CT. for the claims Of the survivors Of 9
war. But they decidedly object
snch prepostcrous claims and 70 such
|. wanton waste Of their money for :
most corrupt purposes under the dire
| ton Of a branded and tattooed ofiici'
at- The presence OF Green r. Raum in I
pension barcau is an insult 70 eve
Of American worthy Of the name. Bue
at IS the pet protegc OF Harrison. and
rec will remain as the dispenser OF Q
len hundred and thirty million dollars
at, nually while Harrison can keep n
ley there. The billion dollar congress /
az given him, at the eleventh hour. q
ad. called certificate Of good conduct by
the liberal coat Of whitcwash- The M
,er- democratic congress cannot do grea
owe service TO the country than by ordcri
Bit a prompt investigation OF Green
are Raum. and another one Of John Wal
hat maker. II only to show the country
Of inherent rottcnness OF the Harris
win administration. Albany Argus.
ssh BLAINE'S LATEST SCHEME
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nta The Dual Part ne IL Playing for Pc
- icnl Advertisement.
ia Mr.. Blaine is reported 70 be on
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