Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-29

refused to give the name Of the lady clerk
whose promotion he had asked for. She
said subsequently, that she had not been pro.
NOTED, and had been treated little roughly
by Green B. Raum, Jr Witness stated that
he had said he had no confidence in General
Raum. The witness declared that he did
not seek to compensate or bribe General
Raum to secure the promotion.
William h. Barker, formerly Chief OF
the Record Division of the Pension Ohice,
was the next witness, He said there had
been charges preferred against him while
in the Pension Office of borrowing money
from employees and not returning it These
charges followed him to the Treasury De
partment, where he had obtained position,
and he resigned. Witness said the entire
amount of money he had borrowed In Wash
ington was $629, and he had lost $12, 600 in
speculation. He had received, he admit
ted, information from W. w. Dudley in re-
gard to stocks, on which he had acted.
Telephoning to Dudley at All Times.
The witness also said that persons in the
Pension Office had spoken to him about
Ford. one of his assistants, using the office
telephone after business hours, one of the
persons to whom he would talk being w.
w. Dudley. Mrs Fithian had once offered
him (Barker) money in return tor promo
ton. Witness reported the matter to
Green B. Raum, Jr., and Mrs. Fithian was
not promoted. Witness said he had bor-
rowed $50 from a clerk named Donohue,
whom he had made a section chief, Dono-
hue getting the money from a clerk named
Morse. The note not being paid, Donohue
wrote witness letter during Office hours
saying that unless the money we're paid i'm
mediately, Morse would have him (Barker)
arrested. Witness paid the money and i'm
mediately reduced Donohue to a cierkship,
(but without reduction in salary for in
subordination, in writing such a letter dur
ing Office hours. After good deal of ques-
tioning the witness said Geen B. Raum, Jr.,
probably got part of the $50, as he and
witness were borrowing money back and
forth of each other.
Thomas Farnett, an attorney and formerly
an employe of the Pension Office, was the
next witness. He told of the circumstances
attending his discharge and his efforts to
secure a reinstatement. He attributed his
failure to get back to his refusal to recog-
nize John Raum (son of the Commissioned,
as an attorney in case in which there was q
fee of S25 involved, unless he obtained the
consent of the Attorney Of Record.
Indiana Claims Advanced Before Election.
Witness said that before the election of
1oSo .IHcie were peusiou Cidins iionA thC
State of Indiana advanced for considera-
tion. He cited case from Columbus, Ind,
he had handled, in which Mr.. j. j. Dunbar,
Representative Cooper's opponent for Con-
gress, was interested.
Regarding the working of the completed
files order, witness said that about 5 per
cent of the cases that were sent to his divl-
sion as complete were really complete.
The first lot of cases that came along were
Lemons cases, (Which always came up
smiling with complete slip" These cases
of Mr.. Lemons included many old claims
that had been in the Office for long time.
Witness regarded the completed files order
as detriment to business.
In concluding reply to question, wit
ness remarked that he would like to show .
in parallel columns his record in contrast
with that OF the Commissioner in discharg-
ing him, and at the same time keeping
Smith and a number of women
reputed to be of bad moral character in
Office. This remark was finally stricken
ont, and the committee adjourned till
Wednesday.