The advocate., 1892-01-13

which is as follows:
Whereas, During the incumbency of the
present commissioner of pensions, Green B.
Raum, reports have been circulated through
the newspapers rejecting upon the manage
ment of that bureau, in which it is claimed
that the commissioner has used his time and
his power and influence as government
officer in organizing and endeavoring TO put
upon the market the stock of certain COrpo-
rations, among which are the American Gyp-
sum Mining Company, with capital stock
of $4,000, 900; the Universal Refrigerating
Company, with capital stock of $2,5OO, 900
the Columbia Universal Refrigerating Com
pany, with capital stock of $5O0,OO0, and
various other real estate, mining and insur-
anCe companies, all of which are visionary
and impracticable and the stock of which is
worthless; that he, being insOlvent, secured
the indoEsement of his paper to the extent Of
thousands of dollars by apersion attorney
having more business before the bureau than
any other attorney, and that Immediately
thereupon and at the request of said attor-
ney he reversed former ruling and made an
order which operated greatly to the sdvant-
age Of that attorney and greatly to the detri-
ment of other attorneys and claimants; that
John Raum, who is son of the commission
or and who was prior to the commissioners
appointment his partner in the claim agent
business, advanced his business by calling
attention to his relationship to his father
and by claiming special facilities and ad-
vantages in the presentation of claims in
that bureau; that Green B. Raum, jr., an
other son of the commissioner, has been
charged with selling and offering to sell sp-
pointments and promotions in the pension
Office, with embezzling public funds, with
using employes of the pension bureau TO
serve him in his personal and private affairs,
and that, while these things were known to
the commissioner, they were condoned by
m; that under his administration ap-
pointments to and promotions in Office
have been made in open violation to the
civil service law, and the rules and regula-
tiODs made in pursuance thereof, and in
most instances with a view of silenCing
criticism and suppressipg testimony or pro-
curing influence, to prevent the exposure Of
his administration; that the bureau has
been pr stituted to partisan uses; that GER
tiflcates have been issued and withheld for
the purpose of affeCtiOg the result in cleo
tom; that attorneys and agents having bust
ness before the bureau have be en- threatene
and cajOled to affect their political action;
that some have been disbarred for no other
than political reasons, while special favors
have been extended to others for like cause,
and that the commissioner in person has
taken the lead and set the demoralIzing ex-
ample of making personal solicitation
among the voters and endeavoring TO in
AuenCe their suffrages by corrupt aud dis
honest proposals; that, conscious of his own
guilt and fearing the effect of fexposure, he has
established system of serveillance among
the employees Of the bureau, removed some
that were suspected Of giving publicity
to his questionable methods and thereby
serving no'ice upon all that silence alone
was the price of safety; that he has stationed
spies who were under the pay of the govern
ment at the dOOrways of prominent news.
paper offices in the city of Washington, and
for months kept espionage over their cor
respondents to learn the sources of their in
formation; and
Whereas, A partial investigation was had
Of some of these charges by the Fifty-6rst
Congress and no action was taken thereon
by the House; therefore be it
Resolved, That a special committee, to
consist Of Ave members, be appointed By
She speaker to investigate said charges, or
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