The morning news., 1891-10-01
RAUM IN MORE TROUBLE.
he DETERMINES TO BRING MAT
TERS TO A FOCUS.

He DETERMINES TO BRING MAT
TERs TO A FOCUS.
The Dismissal of Three Prominent Of
ficials of Ills OGloe Demanded-They
Charge Young RAum With Attem pt
ing to Get Money From Thsm by
Promising to Secure Their Prom D
tlo3.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-The affidavits Of
the pension office clerks charging young
Rnum with blackmailing clerks who wanted
promotions IN tne pension Office were not
volunteered by them, but wore furnished
under an imperative order from Secretary
Noble, who learned in some way that they
had this information. They wers so afraid
Of Commissioner Raum that they hesitated
for several days until their stronger fear
of Secretary Noble drove them to give him
the attidavits he wanted. and which he fur
nished the President in his attempt to get
Commissioner Raum out. Either Conmis-
sioner Raum knows that Secretary Noble
procured theso affidavits and Is relying on
his personal and political influence to hep
him crowd Secretary Noble ou5. or he does
not know it and will be astonished to find
Noble back Of the clerks. In either event
there is lively fight just ahead. Young
Raum tried with his fathers help to get all
the chiefs Of divisions in tho pension Office
to back up his denial of the charges, but
several Of them refused to be coerced, even
by Commissioner Baum, into swearing to q
lie.
THE STORY IN DETAIL
By the Associated Press.
WAsHmGToN, Sept. 30 For some days
past story has beon In circulation here to
the effect that Green B. Raum, Jr.. son of
the commissioner of pensions, whose res-
ignation as assistant chief clerk ia the peI--
sion bureau was demanded some months
ago by. Secretary Noble, because of
certain alleged irregularities In oonneosionl
with the conduct Of his Office still retained
sufficient influence in the bureau to secure
the promotion of his frieEds, who would re-
ciprocate by loRning him money. These
allegations, 1t is said. have been supported
by two affiiavits which have been filed with
Secretary Noble. and the facts having come
TO the knowledge of Gen. Raum he has de-
cided to bring the whole matter to on
issue.
THREE DIsMIssALs DEMANDED.
He has demanded the dismissal of :three
prominent employees in his office, who, he
believes, are plotting to inJure his character
and compel his retirement from the post
tion of commissioner. These men are j.
Edgar Engle Of Pennsylvania, a $1,000
clerk; f. NJ. Taylor of Illinois. q
special examiner, and Edward Howard
Of Connecticut. Gen. Raum, in his letter
to the secretary, gives. it is stated, an ac-
count OF tbs efforts made by the persons
named to bring him into disrepute. He
| maintains that their influence ip the Office
Is demoralizng in the extreme.
THE IMMEDIATE PRovoCATIoN.
] While Gen. Raum in his review Of their
| conduct refers 20 events which took place
some time ago. yet IL is understood that one
OF the immediate causes Of tais action
in the case of Engle and Howard,
at least, is afIldavits recently fled
with Secretary Noble charging young Raum
with attempting 10 obtain money from
them in consideration OF his influence with
his father in securing their promotion.
Raum regards these charges as a base at
tempt TO injure him through his son. Young
Raum has made an affidavit which he has
seut to the secretary. denying the state
mens made by Engle and Howard. He
states that tho idea Of his attempting TO car-
ry on an once brokerage business Is pro-.
| posterous, az his energies are devoted to es-
| tablishing himself IA his business. His
father characterizes the allegations that his
son, either while assistant chief clerk or
ments in favor Of his friends, as entirely
without foundation in fact.
YOUNG RAUM MAKES A STATEMENT.
II Is understood that young Raum has
prepared statement covering the entire
period OF bis connection with the pension
office, and that he has obtained letters from
the heads of tho divisions Of the office, ex-
onerating him from the imputetion that he
has in any sense acted corruptly. This
| kaa- h1n. 70 h.
with a review of the entire cae Gen..
Raum believes thas the charges made
against his son are not only untrue, but
that they are cruel, as the evident iutentiou
Is TO strike down the father through the
son.
CLIQUE OF MALCoNTENTs.
He said to-day in speaking of the matter
that he was told when he entered the pen-
sion Office as commissioner that there was a
number of employees who ought to be res
moved, for the reason that here
tofore they were constantly Gauss
ing trouble and interfering with the
proper administration of the office. From
his past experience he was aware of this
and it was more or less true of every gov
ernment bureau. He concluded to try to
conduct the public business In spite of the
presence of men who were by nature and
association malcontents. He found. how
ever, that men from his own Office were
following him, spying upon his actions,
and that there evidently was a conspiracy
to get him out of office.
FoRBEARAECE CEASES TO BE A VIRTUE.
He had concluded that the time for for@
bearance was ended. and that the interests
of the public service demanded that the
activity of such men should end, so far at
least as their connection with his Office was
concerned. Gen. Raum said that he was
always ready and willing to meet any criti-
cism upon the administration of his office.
He was not afraid Of his record at any time
since he had been commissioner, but he be-
lieved in fair methods, even
in fight. He did not pro-
pose TO be driven out OF Office, and
said thae the men who scanned most in favor
OF his retirement bad adopted the policy
which was most likely Co defeat their OBJ
iect. Gen. Reun further said that he Is
gratifed to be able to say that be had never
heard a word OF disparegement of himself
coming from Secretary Noble or the Presi-
dent.
PARTRIDGE5 OUT OF sEAeON.