The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-04-20
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL,
1920 NEW YoRK-AvE., N. w.
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Representative Cooper left for his home
at Columbus, Ind, today feeling, as all of
his friends do, that he has won a great
victory over Pension Commissioner Raum
and the coterie of conspirators who in
tIigued in a dastardly attempt to smirch
the Indiana congressman's character.
The alleged lawyer, Morgan of Blooming
ton, Ind, finds himself in a disgraceful
plight. He Is a confessed perjurer and
will be disbarred from practice before the
pension office.
Mr. Raum was unfortunate in selecting
Morgan as the tool to do his dirty work,
for the fellow seems not to have ordinary
intelligence and succeeded in getting both
himself and the pension commissioner
into trouble.
Mr. Cooper's friends are proud of the
way he has handled himself throughout
the entire investigation. Senator Voor-
bees and the entire democratic delegation
from Indiana congratulated Mr.. Cooper on
the successful outcome of his prosecution
OF Rgum. The latter's attempt to divert
attention from the charges against himself
NJ Cooper with the assistance OF con-
feesed periurer, has resulted disastrously
for the pension commissioner aud his &C
complete. Both of them are disgraced in
the eyes of honest men while Mr.. Cooper
comes out of the muss without blemish
and more highly esteemed than ever be-
fore by his colleagues in congress.
Assistant Secretary Bussey testified
before the pension Office investiga-
ton committee today that he had
recently received letter from an at
torney stating that James Dugan, acting
as clerk to Representative Hallowell Pa },
had offered to furnish information similar
that furnished by Hersey. He had sent
the letter to the commissioner. Mr.. Bus
sey contradicted statements made by
Green b. Raum, jr., yesterday rejecting
on the character of James Engle, a PEN
sion Office clerk who brought charges
against him. W. Z. Stieff, pension Of
fee clerk, testified that he and other
pension officers were specially assigned to
attend to The calls made by Mr.. Dunbar,
Mr.. Cooper's congressional competitor.
r. +. Durham, chief of the western
division OF the pension office, testified
that his division answered about seventy
five of Mr.. Dunbars calls, and some 100
or 200 remained unanswered. The in
structions were TO answer all that could
be answered by Tuesday before the cleo
ton, the inference, OF course, being that
il calls could not be answered by that
time it would be no good.
Mr.. Mccullough, another clerk, testified
that he was discharged by the commits
sioner, who wrote that he did not know
that witness was furnishing information
to George b. Fleming, but the fact that
witness associated with Fleming was suffi-
cient reason for his discharge. He was re-
instated after declaring that he had fur
nished no information to Fleming. He
worked on cases under the completed files
system. Mr. Lemon sttirst had most of
the cases. subsequently Milo B. Stevens,
who had officers in Washington, Cleye-
land, Chicago and Detroit, had more cases
than any one else.
Deputy Commissioner Davidson of the
pension office testified that when he re-
ceived Mr. Dunbar's letter asking to be
treated on the same plane with congress
men with respect 10 pension cases the re-
quest was accompanied by about $50 calls.
1t was unusual for the office to give this
privilege to other than members in such q
large number of cages, though it was Gus
tomary to occasionally call up cases for
prominent persons