The Forrest City times., 1892-07-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
,ecial Correspondence of The Times.

Special Correspondence of The Times.
 Commissioner Raum of the pension office, one of the heaviest burdens that the present administration has to stagger un- der, is getting into more and more trouble. The house committee which has been in yestigating him has made a scathing report against his methods, to be followed by resolution requesting his removal from office. If it were not enough, his private affairs are being exhibited again in about as unfavOrable light as his refrigerating company enterprise and his loan from Pension Agent Lemon, stock holders of tue Charlton Heights investment and Building association, suburban real es- tate speculation started in the district Tn May, 1890, have sued for the appoint ment of receiver, claiming that the con cern is bankrupt and they have lost what I they have put into it's stock. The officers
 of the company, as set forth in it's printed documents. are headed by ''Green B. | Raun commissioner of pensions, presi- | dent; Albert J. Chiljs, chief clerk census bureau, vice president. It seems that Raum, thus allows his official position to ! be used to boom the company, but it was
 a failure, nevertheless. Further inter
 esting developments may be expected ! Mlch the Sult comes 10 lfial.
 The Fiftieth congress, in which the
 house was democratic, appropriated S67l.-
 963, ,S6S.90 The Flity-nrst congress- or Read congress, appropriated Sl,Oll, ,OI6,
 2s0.l4, an increase of Si93. .052, 40. 04. Shameful as this showing is, it is not al. . But for a few. a very few, scared republi-
 cans, tine subsidy bill would have passed
 the house in worse shape than it did, add | ms af tgaat tTE sg, ...yr,a.t- ditures and but for the votes of few re publican senators the force bill would have passed, entailmg untold millions
 more of expenditure. Harrison Iecom-
 mended these measures Bad as the record of the billon-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 dis 1 tinguished committee of protectionists to home industry will bring in a verdict that
 the difficulty arose because the tarid was
 not high enough to enable Carnegie & Co
 tO pay the existing rates of wages.
 1 The democratic house has succeeded
 thus far in eurbng the eXtrayagant pro
 pensities of the republican senate and ex-
 ecutve in the matter of useless and waste | ful expenditures. All has not been ac-
 compliShed i'll the way of economy that
 was desired, but enough has been done to
 exhibit ln plain way what would have | been done had the laws enacted by the | Fitty-iirst congress not stood in the way
 of still greater reduction. It has been the | old story over again-a republican admin | istration sending in extrayagant estimates l for purposes often unnecessary and some ! times suggested for the benefit of some l special interest alone, the house declining | to appropriate, the senate tacking on
 millions of dollars for jobs and offices, the | house declining to assent, and the senate | finally yielding a part of the plunder. l Only two courses were open to the demo- cratic majority of the house, either tU
 tack repeal laws to the appropriation bills, or to secure such reductions as the senate would yield, in the face of a determined house. The former course would have re- suited in the temporary stoppage of many of the wheels of the government; the house wisely chose the latter and better course, and appeals to the country. The record is made up. The republican sena- tors and representatives in the present congress have fought for extrayagant and wasteful expenditures. and have been Nutuohc III lARls AliCCttVn Uy 1feSluGnt Harrison and his officers. The demo- crats of the house and senate have stood braveiy for frugal and economical ad- ministration, while giving with a free hand every dollar actually needed. not only to support the service, but to extend its usefulness. The people will soon de- eide at the polls whether they desire their money to be wasted in order that taxes may be still piled upon them for few Carnegies and Goulds.
 The senate declines to touch one line of that sacred, thing the Mckinley act There are individual republican senators who would gladly vote for decreased tariH taxation, but the party holds them in it's remorseless grip, and notice is given to each would-be redueer Of taxes that re- publican success depends upon the money Co be contributed by the benefciaries Of class legislation. Iae free wool blli winch also reduces greatly the cost Of wooden clothing, Is stiked in the senate finance committee. while the bill reducing the i he monopoly rates ol the tin plate, lead