Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
RAUM'S RESERVE.
.s PAYS nARRlsoNs sIsreR-IN-LAw
~ A BACK PENSION.
ID, Now he Protected by the pre.,.
.,o,.-A Gist-Enterprise Administers.
,,Ou-Norfolks Public nuildinr.
.r..n our Rogular oorrcspondnnt.l

% - eitv great deal because, Il I, al.
VI tba, he is whooping up his little 70.
,H.sTa,or scheme that Congressman
- - Of Indiana, tried TO have investi.
VII ,.a last year by Reeds billion-dollar
S.-,ess. Raum has been pretty sassy y
~ mast two weeks, and there ia an i'm
I'm abroad that he has been promised
! pts..tIor by the President, no matter
~, Inc Democratic House may find ont
We. tse next investigation of the Pension,
80 is had. IL leaks out that Raum has
W. tsd issued 80 the sister-in-law of tho
Sna.jent pension of $50 month, and
" tbe back money that sho has been
VI. vi also aggregates little over $685..
TWICE REJECTED.
g lac been twice rejected before the
o.-.i5n.O Office. The first commissioner to
TO- Inc worthless claim was the noto-
re- " Blocks-of-Five" Dudley, who was
TO- head Of the bureau during the
-, Administration. The case came mn
~ nder the Cleveland Administrator
- General Black was Pension Commits
-, /. was considered such worth
lain that no one would allow il until
%. c,esent crowd took hold. and an effort
W ,rs "a 70 pass IL through. The hus-
- Of the woman who is to receive this
~. many wears after the close of the war.
u5ko had been dead twelve years before
.,ren occurred 10 the widow TO file her
PROOF vKRY THIN.
rvss then asserted that he contracted
-. disease in the service, but the proof
w. 20 thin that the reckless Dudley.
'r'Ion-h he was at the time the applica-
80 was made q close personal and politi-
.Ifroud Of Harrison, would not allow IL.
S-i'ey thought something OF his oath.
r..-is5n when the application was first
IL was a senator of the United States
- he used his power and influence TO try
> have tho claim allowed. He did not
.-.-sei. hat now that he is President and
T.vn. the COMMISSIONER of Pensions, is
re, A heavy cloud the claim goes
I-s1rh. and honest men everywhere must
.--s'ule that II is the result of q shame
~ deal Some of the Republican papers
,-s constantly whining about lack Of re-
'o... lat e shown the office of President
"a cite attacks in Democratic papers to
1 low tha; unjust erislcisms are made.
rHE OFFICE. NOT THEMAN.
Ta Office is respected, but very few
ME can respect man who accepted a
~ cottage. who allowed the members of
t.f-usehold, including his aged father
nav. who Is pcnniless and an object Of
Is-.tv. 10 be roped into a real estate
,cs-r,stion on the suburbs of Washington
al 10 accept deeds TO lands. when as a
-,..sr Of fact nominal amounts of money
Traus.d. and cap the whole thing by get
this pension claim through. Raum ia
,'ss,ersd al over with questionable deeds.
a., son had 10 retire from a clerkship in
Is-rsce. and the present Commissioner adj
~rai last winter on the witness-stand
hf-7e congressional committee
~u he borrowed money from a
!, oFcial capscity that would put thou
nr7s Of dollars into the pocket of this
.sts-k.' II is q rotten state Of affairs all
he way through, and the doings of the
g,--sons and the Raums have cast an
r3rm upon the Administration and dis
-.s.el the country. Democrats are
lglnc everywhere that the Republicans
- he foolish enough TO renominate such
,rsn FOR President, aud the result will be
y,.e for the Radicals in 1892 than it was
lss' year. when the worst drubbing was
g7sn that any Administration ever re-
e75i in the history of political parties
L tie United States.
HONEST ANDREW JACKSON.
sohonest was General Andrew Jackson
hat WIEN he was elected President he
urEned all Of his interest in some real
,rse speculstions at Memphis to his
partner He took the ground that q man
VIC bad been elected to such high Office
should not be interested in epeculations
i trenata point so remote as Memphis.
Genera! Jackson and his friend believed
i.si Memphis was destined to be large
-.'v sud they invested heavily for those
l,Ts. tut when he became President Old
Hickory thought it was time to get out
Gt- spsculations.
TO SELECT SITE.
w. Tdbrooke, the supervising architect
Z tie Treasury, expects to 60 TO Norfolk
O, the 22l instant to select the site for the
g-tlo building in that city. He thinks
hat early in July the sites for Staunton
al Roanoke can be selected also. There
rs been a great deal of unjust criticism
@. this Office in certain quarters under the
mistaken idea that things are not being
icluei fast enough, but the critics forget
IA, the appropriations for these buildings
a. really not available until the lst OF
lr,y 8s shown in the sundIy civil bill.
I-e Office has more work than can be done
ed considering the limited force the
sac II the work is quite we'll adj
u--el As to the charge that the de-
p-tuent will hold back the money for
public buildings, 10 IS simply absurd. IL
A,c-t Do done even if there is such dis
/ PISTON on the part Of the higher officials
c;ae Treasury. Not only have specialacts
been passed authorizing the construction
"'tese buildings. but the money has been
si1-i-r appropriated IN the sundrY clvil
| -. The structures in due course or time
BE erected, but asso many bills were
,4sa5 ly the last Congress tho cities VIII
rresrled in their regular order. Inc
r-..e.,'s Office is one OF the best IN the
I.vsr1ueut service, and where credit can
3 gwen L is well to bestow 1t.
AHEGvY ExPESDuURE.
lis estimated that Vice-President Nor
o. VI be compelled TO expend during
/ % summer season not less than one hun
o.. thousand dollars in repairing his
S..-slam hotel in this city. which was re-
c,t0 .1uud to be so faulty in construc-
'r jlst there was danger of its tuInbllng
down. ], ,s probable that he Will enter
'.'s against the contractors, and lively
tine o tho courts may be anticipated. Inc
e.. cost originally more than half MIL
-l dollars. and 10 Will have 10 % re-
arranged inside from cellar 10 roof. Inc
F-s are good, however.
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
L has not vet been determined whether
President Harrison will appoint any'Demo-
e-'s ol the new land court. IL he does
allow tae Democrats minority representa-
taai; is thought by the friends Of Colo
D. Thomas Smith. formerly of Warren
'-, &c.. that he stands about as good o
e--.ca as any Of the gentlemen. IN the OPP
pr..a uarty whose names have been
i-s5..ei 10 the President.
TOsTMAsTEBs.
i.G. Cannon was to-day appointed post
ts.er % Miller's Tavern, Essex county
,,A. -. VI. T.. Jones, resigned, and Il. N
1a-)a "a Sloan. Surry county, n. C''
g. =. Ia 3, resigned.
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