The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-31

WAsnlyGroS, D. G., March 30.'.-The
examination OF Commissioner Raum
was resumed to-day by the special pcn-
sion office Investigation committee OF
the house. Mr.. Enloc asked the reasons
for the dismissal OF Renaud from tho
PENSION office. In these letters Mr..
Eaum called attention to articles which
had appeared in the New York Tribune,
ritiCisihg the conduct OF pension OIL.
cials and commenting particularly upon
one case.
Tho commissioner wrote that Mr.. Re.
Maud admitted having tho papers in tho
case on his desk. but gavo no cvplana-
.ion us to why he had the papers OH his
desk.
Mr.. Renaud's duties did not require
him to examine the papers and he had
no right to take tho papers from tho
files.
The article could not have been writ
Ten without these papers; and while
Mr. Remand denied having written or
Inspired the articles, hc admitted being
writer for the Tribune. Tho article
VAS misstatenlcnt OF the case. Mr..
Raum in his letter further stated that
Reaaud, alter Commissioner Black won't
Oh, OF office, boosted OF having written
the well known physical wreck" arti-
cles!and Mr.. Raum demanded his dis
nisSal OIL the ground that no clerk i'll
the department should bc permitted to
attack tho head OF the bureau in which
he served. Remand was dismissed from
the pension Office. subsequently he
was employed in the census office and
witness wrote Il third letter TO Secretary
Noble, calling his attention to Renaud's s
employment. Renaud was still in the
census Office.
10 Mr.. Enloe the commissioner said
lie had never heard thai Secretary No
ble had said the statements in the arti-
Gle were true.
4 Tribune correspondent denied that
Renaud had written the article or fur
ni>hed the fact. Rcnaud had refused
TO assist the witness in asccrtaining the
name oi the author. Renaud had never
said the papers were put on his desk
by mistake.
Mr. Enloc asked the commissioner
how long it was since the New York
Tribune had ceased to make war upon
his administration. The commissioner
said he really could not tell. He was
not usually 4 reader OF the TriDua".
"Did you," Mr.. Enloc asked, send
anybody to see Mr.. Russell Harrison
or did you 20 to SEQ him-to ask him
10; use his influence with the manager
or the controlling powers OF the Tribune
TO stop this attack upon your adminis-
tration?"
Il did not"
"Do you know OF anybody being to
see him ior that purpose?"
~ do not know anything about it."
"Do you know OF Mr.. Lemon having
performed such 4 service?"
Il have 10 knowledge or information
on the subject"
"Do YOU know OF anybody having
spoken 70 Mr.. White!aw Reid 10 get him
TO stop this correspondence attacking
your administrations"
~ have no knowledge OF it,"
Have YOU ever heard Of such O
thing?'
II understood that ono OF the princi,
pa! men oi tho Tribune office was in the
city hero and that he had some conver.
sation, probably ut the secretary's Office
1t was probably with General Bussey.
did not see the gentleman and had nc
conversation with him."
DO you know what the conversation
with General Bussey wasp
u DO not. l learned that tho gentle
man seemed to be laboring under tho
impression that the department was
very much dissatisfied with my manage.
mcnt Of the pension office, and that they
informed him quito to tho contrary
that they thought l was giving to the
country good administration OF the
pension Office"
Nasit General Busscy who told yor
lie informed me OF something oil
mat Kind. l 1suppose that this gentle
man also saw Secretary Noble, but l die
not have any conversation with Mr.
NOBLE about it. did have with Gen
eraI Bussey. lie volunteered to make
the statement" a'-..
Did General Bussey state that thai
matterhad been arranCed?"
he said that this gentleman wa:
somewhat surprised at being INFORMED
tnat tho department thought that my
administration was good and that thu
cfitlclsms upon it were not JUST.
:, "Did General Dussey tell YOU that Mr.
russell Harrison and Mr.. Lemon ant
.ter other gentlemen had interccded will
this manw "
No, sir; that is entirely now to mo.
You hnvc not heard what it was tina
Yotk?n ~ WV
mo. sir"
What was his namo?a
a., cannot recall'his name. I was no
acquainted with him."
Have You not understood that III,
Stalnence OF the administration wa
brought TO bear on Mr.. Whitelaw Rel,
"s!opthesc attacks ?" a5
! nave no direct Information on lLi
subject" ~ Wy
~ ! do not suppose you have anvdircc
Information, but has not that becl
!VuF ..I understandings"
;. cannot state that | have any in
iSorlnai'on on the subject. Person
,;o |nso spoken TO me with some indigna
Ton T.M about the manner in which tn,
mn!, rnorne was conducting itself in til,
.oIH.Ief, ,oH and said that Mr.. Reid ough
10 DC spoken :o.n
,o,; Dld the President ever express him
Se!! !I TO you in that way?n
p,osi;,slr' SG, Sir | never talked with tn,
ud pa Mr.. Russell Harrisonap: i
on tho subject" N y - : itats'so'
"Rid Mr., I.cmon?"
p,o'sds MSC :, were the persons who OK