Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-19
RAUMSRESIGNA NATION.
AN IMPRESSION THAT "GREEN g."
WILL Be ASKED TO RETIRE.
His Probable successor--h Corrupt Oflce-
Nothing voraOious About Raum, Jr.-
Judges 60 he Appointed.
From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 1s.-There is O grow
ing impression here that General Raum,
the Commissioner Of Pensions, will soon
be requested 20 tender his resignation 70
tho President. but il will not be until after
the Executive has secured q successor TO
the present Commissioner. General Raum
Is very reticent about what is going to
happen. and it is prevailing idea that no
has to be. 1t is thought that Mr.. Harrison
will probably offer the pension commission
ership TO General Beaver, the ex-Governor
OF Pennsylvania, who is q popular man
amorg the soldiers and quite well qualified.
u may happen. however. that General
Beaver will decline. 1t is going 10 be a
hard matter to induce any prominent Re
publican TO accept this position on ac-
count of the scandals that have grown up
under the present Administration
A GOVERNMENTAL scASDAL.
The Office is simply rotten from one end
TO the other. Raum's refrigerator schemes,
has ASSOCIATION with PensiOn-Shark "
Lemon. and the borrowing of money from
this fellow and then granting him favors
that no one else could get, to say nothing
or the performances OF the younger Raum,
have left an odor about the whole concern
that no decent man will care TO come in
contact with. For this reason the Presi-
dent will not easily secure n now man Of
ability, and he will have to 90 slow. He
may be burdened several months more with
Raum, though eventually Raum will have
TO go. He has cast so much Odium upon
the Administration and given 50 much
trouble in many ways that even Harrison
will be compelled TO unload him.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
,r ~ l. o. e
cral Raum and Secretary Noble do not
agree regarding the dismissal Of Raum.
Jr. One says that the young fellow was
disslpated and that he was unfit TO stay in
Office. The father denies this assertion.
and claims that his son has been 4 model
of purity and sobriety, and insists that q
gang of strife-stirrers in the bureau deter
mined 20 secure the dismissal of the young
man. Other people have charged that
Young Raum has been dishonest. and that
he has violated the civil-scrvice law, andif
this is SO the son of the Commissioner
should have been prosecuted instead of
being permitted 20 tender his forced resig-
nation. Take it any way, things are IN a
pretty mess nj the Pension Office, and It is
pity that the Democratic House is not
now in session to investigate rigidlv this
whole crowd of Republicans from Raum
down to the chiefs of divisions.
BIG DEFICIENCY.
There is going 20 be such big deficl-
ency on account of pensions that Secretary
Foster has ordered the holding back Of
certified claims 10 prevent An actual en-
barrassment to the Treasury and the short
age will have TO be sent over. The south
ern Republicans IN the last House instead
of looking out for the interests of their sec
ton voted for every reckless pension Job
that the Republicans brought up III that
body. They lost everything they demand
ed and helped to saddle the entire country
with an enormous and outrageous pension
roll. The pauper bill, otherwise called the
dependent pension bill, is one of the
grOssest outrages that has been perpotrated
upon the tax. payers in the history of the
Government. Al of the southern Repub-
licans were forced by Boss Reed to swallow
this dose.
THE LAND-CoUBT JUDGES.
1t is thought that President Harrison
will appoint the Judges of the new Land
Court within the next few weeks, but IS
not believed at this writing that he will
give the Democrats minority representa-
ton on the court. Mr.. Harrison wants
votes to help him to n denomination, and
he is going TO look out for himself and
make every appointment count.
POSTMASTER APPOINTED.
A. G. Booth has been appointed post
master at Harrelsville, HertfOTd county,
N. c., rice j. o. Askew, removed.