Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
COMMISSIONERS RAUM's PRIVATE
AFFAIRS EXHIBITED.
The McKInley Bm Remains Sacred foI
the Senate, and They Will
Not Vote for a De-
creased Tariff.

special Correspondence to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Commissioner
Raum of the pension Office, one of the
heaviest burdens that the present ad-
ministration has to stagger under, is
getting into more and more trouble.
The house committee which has been
investigating him. has made a scathing
report against his methods, to be fol-
lowed by resolution requesting his re-
moIal from Office. As if it were not
enough, his "private affairs" are being
exhibited again in about as unfavorable
light as his refrigerating company en-
terprise and his loan from Pension Agent
Lemon. Stockholders of the Charlton
Heights Investment and Building asso-
citation, suburban real estate specula-
ton started in the district in May, 1890,
have sued for the appointment of re-
ceiver, claiming that the concern is
bankrupt and they have lost what they
have put into its stock. The officers of
the company, as set forth in its printed
documents, are headed by Screen B.
Raum, commissioner of PENSIONS"
president; Albert j. Childs, chief clerk
census bureau, vice-president.
1t seems that Raum thus allows his
official position to be used to boom the
company, but it was failure neverthe-
less. Further interesting develop
ments may be expected when the suit
comes to trial.
The Fiftieth congress, in which the
house was Democratic, appropriated
1871 1858, ,86990. The ffty-frst con-
gress, or Reed congress, appropriated
$l,011, ,016, ,2S0.14. an increase of $685.
052, ,420.04.
Shameful as this showing is, it is not
all. But for few, very few scared
Republicans, the subsidy bill would
have passed the house in worse shape
than it did, adding at least s75 900, 900
more to expenditures, and but for the
force bill would have passed, entailing
untold millions more of expenditure.
Harrison recommended these meas
ures. Bad as thelrecord of the billion
dollar congress is, his record is even
worse.
The esteemed senate OF the United
States is about to investigate the Home
stead riots; without desiring to be
known as prophets, we predict that the
distinguished committee of protection
lists to home industry will bring in a
verdict that that difficulty arose be-
cause the tariff was not high enough to
enable Carnegie & Co. to pay the exist
ing rates of wages.
The Democratic house has succeeded
thus far in curbing the extravagant pro-
pensities of the Republican senate and
executive in the matter of useless and
wasteiul expenditures. All has not
been accomplished in the way OF econ
omy that was desired, but enough has
been done to exhibit in plain way
what would have been done had the
laws enacted by the fifty-frst congress
not stood in the way of still greater re-
ductions.
1t has been the old story over again
Republican administration sending in
extravagant estimates for purposes often
unnecessary and sometimes suggested
for the benefit of some special interest
alone, the house declining to appro-
pirate, the senate tacking on millions of
dollars for jobs and offices, the house
declining to assent, and the senate
finally yielding part of the plunder.
Only two courses were open to the
Democratic majority of the house, either
to tack repeal laws to the appropriation
bills, or to secure such reductions as the
senate would yield in the face of de-
termined house. The former course
would have resulted in the temporary
stoppage of many of the wheels of gov
ernment, the house wisely chose the
latter and better course, and appeals to
the country.
The record is made up. The Repub-
lican senators and representatives in
the present congress have fought for ex-
travagant and wasteful expenditures,
and have been outdone in this direction
by President Harrison and his officers.
The Democrats of the house and SEN
economical administration, while giving
with free hand every dollar actually
needed, not only to support the service,
but to extend its usefulness.
The people will soon decide at the
polls whether they desire their money
to be wasted in order that taxes may
stu be piled upon them for few Car
negies and Goulds.
The senate declines to touch one line
of that sacred thing-the Mckinley act.
There are individual Republican sena-
tors who would gladly vote for de-
creased tariff taxation, but the party
holds them in its remorseless grip, and
notice is given to each would-be reducer
of taxes that Republican success de-
pends upon the money to be contributed
by the benefciaries of class legislation.
The free wool bill, which also reduces
greatly the cost of wooden clothing,
is stifled in the senate finance commit
tee, while the bill reducing the monop-
oily rates on the tin plate, lead ore and
other articles, are also prisoners in the
same dungeon-keep Of the tariff barons.
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