The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-21

Regular correspondent

waiting for him q that nest oil crook
edness, the Pension bureaa, when
he returned from bis royal excur"
sion. Much against his own lncli-
ation be had kept Commissioners
Raum in office as efFectually shoHn
up by Representative Cooper, OF
Indianna, and he had right to tx
fect that DO further crookedne3 >
would be INDUCED iG. Therefore re
must have been terribly shocked
when informed that Green Is. Raun
Jr, assistant chief clerk, Of the Pen,
SION bureau, and son OF ConInls-
sioner Raum, was the head Of an
Office brokerage concern which had
been selling not only original apN
continents below the classified scr
vice, but promotions under the Civ
ii Service examinations. A more dis
graceful situation has not confront
ed President since Gen, Grant.
kicke ed Beklnap out of the War De-
par tment on account of his wife's
engaging in selling Indian post trad
erships.
Ard The most remarkable part Of
| the whole business Is the leniencV
with which Raum Junior has been
treated Thr ee other government EN-
ployes implicated in the swindle
were at once dismissed; but this pre-
cious jewel of republican admin
!stratioo, was allowed to resign and
that wasn't all, the resignation was
accepted to take effect thirty
DAYS from date and he was given
leave Of absence until that time.
which was a neat way of presenting
him with o m onth's salary. 1t Is
stated here that Secretary Noble
is responsible for the leniency ex-
tended to this criminal, although he
was out of town when the resign
alton was accepted. What puzzles
honest people is why all Of the par
ties concerned ia this steal have not
been arrested and brought before
criminal court to answer for their
misdeeds.
Mr.. Harrison, when he thinks a.
bout this young mans peculiar
transactions, as well as those Of his
farther, probably wishes be had news
e. seen the Raums and that he had
not been so precipitate in kicking
"Corpoyal' Tanner out-no one ev>
er accused Tanner Of being dishor-
est. The Raums have certainly
tried to make hay while TIE official
sun shines. The old gentleman as
soon as be became Commissioner
began to look ont for the rest of the
family. Green B. Jr., was made
assistant chief clerk, two daughters
were given clerkships, and John,
another son, who does business as
pension attorney, was given Glance
to copy the names Of all pension
applicants who had not employed at
torneye, which chance has probably
been worth big money to him, as he
proceeded to get ont circular set
ting forth bis facilities for putting
claims through in hurry and men.
tioning incidentally his relationship
to tie Commissioner. The Rsums
will be heavy load for Mr.. Harri~
son to carry next year, and it will
not be strange If be should toss them
all overheard.
The Impression among those IA
millar with the inside workings Of
the administration is that Mr.. Blaine
is engaged in "playing possum" on
Mr.. Harrison just at this time for
reasons of his own. Mr.. Blaine may
have been i'll, but these people refuse
to believe it, and they stated when |
Mr.. Blaine left here that he would |
not return until after Mr.. Harrison |
got hack and that be had gone away
in "huff." Circumstances seem to
favor this view Of the case.
Representative Grain, Of Texas. is
here seeing that the boom of Repre-
sentative Mills for the Speakership |
Of the House does not get neglected.
-Representativ Yoder, of Ohio
says of politics in that State: ut |
look. to me as if the democrats !
would unite and re>nominate Gov.
Campbell. One thing [ am conf
dent of, we will elect the man We
nominate. No man can be elected |
in Ohio on the high tariff issue
makes that the issue, and |
he will be defeated. The fatmers
are tired Of high taxes, and cannot |
understand why other necessaries of
life cannot be cheapened by being