The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-09
PENSION INVESTIGATION.
THE HOUSE SECONMITTEEL LOOKING
INTO RAUM,S AFFAIRS.
Evidence Given Before the Pension
Committee Yesterday-The PEN
sion ssBusiness.,,

Evidence Given Before the Pension
Committee Yesterday-The PEN
sion ssBusiness.',
By Telegraph to the State Chronicle
WASHINGTON, April S.-The testi-
mony submitted by Commissioner
Raum yesterday before the special
pension investigating committee of the
House, in regard to S. R. Hersey's
action in selling information obtained
from the pension office, by reason of
his having access to the files through
his position as private secretary to sew
eral Congressman, had the effect
of bringing Representative Brook
shire, Of Indiana, and Repre-.
sentative Gantz, of Ohio, the
two members who employed him to do
pension work for them, before the
committee this morning, to explain
their connection with Hersey in en-
ploying him to call up their pension
claims. Mr.. Brookshire said he de-
sired to make statement in reference
to the evidence of yesterday. S. &.
Her, ey' had been bis secretary to at
tend to his pension business; he knew
that Hersey had experience in the
pension business, and he had perfect
confidence in his integrity. Believing
that Hersey was trying to render him
good service, he turned bis pen
! sion business over to him. The
soldiers seemed well satisfied
with the work he was doing
: If abuse of privileges had occurred by
Hersey, he never heard of it. Mr.
: Gantz. of Ohio, said that he had been
7 sick during the win er and needed
some one to help him in the soldiers
interests, and he employed Hersey and
3 had no knowledge that be received
compensation from any other person
i than himself. S. r Hersey was in at
r tendance and was called as witness.
e He said he had been employed by
y Representatives Durbarrow. Perkins
d of Iowa, Brookshire and Struble, but
e he had no understanding that he was
T to receive pay from others than those
who employed him. Representative
t Cooper aud he did not have any sucf
y understanding. He had done moth
o ing, in his judgment, tha
d was wrong. Judge Payson put th'
a witness through severe cross -exami
7, nation which brought out the fact tha
J. witness knew that clerks to member
l. OF Congress received pay for this work
but the members did not know it an,
also that two clerks to mtmbers, t.
his certain knowledge, were enaged il
this business and he believed that on
o. clerk to Senator did such work
70 They were H. S. Maddox. who was
20 clerk for Congressman Harter, Q
10 Ohio, Cochran, Of New York, an
~ English, of New Jersey. and a MI
4 Mcclellan, son Of Representativ
90 Mcclellan, of Indiana, who was hi
ch fathers private secretary and also SCI
ba reta y to Representative Martin, {
wv Indiana. Witness said he woul
have told Commissioner Raum or an,
body else that he was engaged in tn
business if they had asked hir
because he considered it honorabl
Witness further stated that he knew
III clerks who had been employed /
:. 7ii attorney Lemen that were now in II
IVY pension office, but none that had al
~ connection with Dudley. Witne
''y made an approximate of cases f
~ which he had received pay and plac
'on ~ the number at 200. Judge Pa
"ii son showed that in the clair
io- witness had called up for the
'o' he had used call slips of Repl
10 10 sentatiees Cooper and Brookshil
'o' Witness concluded by saying tnat
10y member of Congress was responsit
IL for bis action and he never looked
GU it as dishonorable, as thousands a
ian thousands of cases had been called
m '"'l over congressional slips. E. E. Lii
vas weaver, confidential clerk to Gene
u Raum, took the floor and told Of
40 movement in assisting examiner Gre
o 'oe await in taking the depositions
'oo' Ohio and Indiana. He said Il
~ the commissioner never asked
w 'n'0 to watch employees, but he
o'''' at different times told the c(
:, missioner that he had seen p
7h ,i sion office employees associat
'1lo 'm with Geo. B. Fleming, and WillaI
,i' hotel seemed to be their rendezvc
o0' Witness said that Examiner Spaes
ui:u a: was brought on from Pittsburg
- ~ Green B. Raum, Jr., which staten
'"u ~, was in direct contradiction to t
ne.u '" made by Commissioner Raum be-
'o9.0 the committee. The committee
o'' iourned until tomorrow.
may -
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They the Very Rev. George Gran
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