Evening journal., 1891-02-07
NOT GUILTY AS CHARGED
The Majority Report in Com
missioner Raum's Favor.
NO rAyORlTlsm TO MR.. LEMON.

The Republican Members Of tho Commit
tee state That the Charges Against mr..
Banm Are Entirely Unsupported by the
Evidencs-No stock sold to employees.
WAsHIEaToS, Feb. THE special com.
mittee Of the house that investigated the
charges against Gen. Raum, commissioner
Of pensions has completed its report Of the
inquiry, and Representative Morrill,, chair
man Of the committee, submitted IL to The
house today The report was agreed TO by
the three Republican members Of the com.
mittee, and minority report will he signed
by the Democratic members 0f the com.
mittee
No stock sold to Employees.
In reviewing the charge that Gen Raum
was selling worthless stock in a refriger-
ator company TO employees in She pension
office and that he had promoted them IN
consideration Of their investment, the re-.
port says there was an entire absence Of
any evidence showing or tending to show
that any refrigerator stock had ever been
offered for sale to, or purchased ny, any Of
the employees Of the pension Office, or that
there was any stock held by any one for tbs
benefit q the employees or any Of their
families, the only exception claimed being
Bradley Tanner The committee says that
Mr.. Tanner-who is Gen Raums private
secretary spent four days in the com
pany's employ and wrote few letters fot
them while he was on his regular yearly
leave of absence, but that he was never in
terested Ia the Universal Refrigerator com
pany directly or Indirectly and that his
promotion wns due to Commissioner Tan.
ner. There il no evidence the report says,
to show that Commissioner Raum has ever
devoted any Of the business hours Of the
Office 70 matters relating the refrigerator
company
No Favoritism shown Lawyer Lemon.
In reference to the charge that George Il.
Lemon, d pension attorney of this city,
had been granted special favors by the
commissioner in his official capacity be-
cause Of notes indorsed for Mr. Raum
by Mr.. Lemon, the committee state IL
ascertained chat Mr. Lemon did indorse
two Of Mr.. Itaums notes amounting
10 fl3,000-uot So 900 as charged that
Mr.. Raum had been known By Mr. Lemon
for twenty. five years and was regarded by
him as perfectly responsible, and chat Mr.
Raum voluntarily gave Mr.. Lemon stock
id a Virginia mine TO the par value Of
100000 as security for the payment. OF the
notes Report says that at the timc Of the
Endorsement Mr.. Lemon had not oven an
intimation that the completed files order
was contemplated Considerable space is
devoted by The committee % q review OF
the history of the completed files order and
| virtually indOrses il. The evidence shows
says the committee that tbers was no
fayorti-m to Mr.. Lemon or any other at
torney ia connection with the order, and
that Mr. lemon did not procure situations
in the pension Office for former employees
Of his
The Completed Files Order Endorsed.
In conclusion the committee Says that
there has been an entire failure 20 show
the sale or offer Of any stock TO any em-
/ ploye Of the pension Office nor has there
been any promotion made, or offered 60 he
made, in consideration Of such purchase
or that by any unjust or partial ruling tho
commissioner has advanced or caused Co hs
taken up ont Of their regular order any
claims of Mr. Lemon or any attorney, but
that on the contrary, it appears clearly
oiieAA -uN NuiAPtNNNh mes pAhpt - Juht anu
impartial, and operated favorably in les
sening the number Of complaints received
and in increasing the number Of claims
finally allowed and that no partiality or
favortism has been shown any attorney
doing business before the Office, and that
the Endorsements made by Mr. Lemon
were not ia consequence Of the making Of
the order and had no connection there
with
Unsupported by the Evidence
A resolution finding that the charges
against Commissioner Raum are entirely
unsupported by the evidence is submitted
with the report.