Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-31
Mr.. Enloe Cross Questions the Com
missioner About the
NEW YORK TRIBUNES ARTICLES
On the Way He Was Managing the Pension
Bureau-Raum Says He Made No Appeal to
Whitslaw Rsid-Hs Cannot Explain
the Cessation of HOStiliieS.

for the dismissal of Renaud from the
pension Office. In these letters Mr..
Raum called attention TO articles which
had appeared in the New York Tribune
crlticising the conduct Of pension Off
cials and commenting particularly upon
one case.
The Commissioner wrote that Mr..
Remand admitted having the papers in
the case on his desk, but gave no ex-
PLANTATION as to why he had the papers
on his desk. Mr.. Renaud'S duties did not
require him to examine the papers and
he had no right to take the papers from
the files.
The article could not have been writ
ten without these papers and while MI
Renaud denied having written or in
spired the articles, he admitted being
writer for the Tribune. The article
was a misStatement of the case. Mr.
Raum in his letter further stated that
Renaud after Commissioner Black went
out of Office, boaSted of having written
the well known Physical wreck" artl-
cles and Mr.. Raum demanded his dis
missal on the ground that no clerk In
the department should be permitted to
attack the head of the Bureau IN which
he served.
Renaud was dismissed from the Pen
sion Office. Subsequently he was en-
ploYed in the Census Office, and witness
wrote third letter TO Secretary Noble
calling his attention to Renauu'S en-
ployment Renaud was still in the
Census office.
ToMr. Enloe the Commissioner said
he had never heard that Secretary No
ble had said the statements in the art-
Gle were true.
A Tribune CORES pondent denied that
Renaud had written the article, or fur
nished the facts. Renaud had refused
to assist witness in ascertaining the
name of the author. Renaud had never
said the papers were put on his desk by
mistake.
Mr.. Enloe asked the Commissioner
how long it was since the New York
Tribune had ceased to make war upon
his administration. The Commissioner
said he really could not tell. He was
not usually a reader Of the Tribune,
"Did YOU" Mr.. Enloe asked, ''send any
body TO see Mr.. Russell Harrison, or did
you see HIM, to ask him to use his influence
with the manager, or the controlling pow
ers of the Tribune to stop this attack upon
your administration"
81 did not.n
''Do you know Of anybody being to see
him for that purpose! ~
az do not know anything about It,"
"DO you know of Mr.. Lemon having per-
formed such a serviceW
u No edge nfOrmAfl00
the subject
"Do YOU know Of anybody having spoken
to Mr.. Whiteaw Reid to get him to stop
this correspondence attacking your admin
istration:n
y have no knowledge Of it,"
"Have YOU ever heard Of such thing!n
81 understood that one Of the principal
men Of the Tribune Office was in the city
here and that he had some conversation
probably at the Secretary'S Office. 1t was
probably with General Bussey. / did not
see the gentleman and had no conversation
with him.
"Do YOU know what the conversation
with Gen. BuSsey wasN'
81 DO not Learned that the gentleman
seemed TO be laboring under the impression
that the department was very much dissat-
istied with my mana eement of the Pension
Office. and that they informed him quite TO
the contrary; that they thought | was
giving 10 the country good administration
of the pension Office"
"Was il Gen. Bussey who told you soin
"He informed me of something OF that
kind. suppose that this gentleman also
saw Secretary Noble, but did not have any
conversation with Mr. Noble about it, |
did have with Gen. Bussey. Hevolunteer-
ed TO make the statement
Did Gen. Bussey state that that matter
mad been arranged ~
"He said that this gentleman was some
what surprised at being informed that the
Department thought that my administra-
tion was good ana that the criticisms upon
1t were not just"
"Did Gen. Bussey tell you that Mr.. Rus
sell Harrison and MIR. Lemon and other
gentlemen had interceded with this mau"'
mo. sir; that is entirely new to me-"
"You have not heard what il was that
brought this man here from New York;"
mo sir
"What was his name."
81 cannot recall his name. was not
acquainted with him
@Have YOU not understood that the influ-
ence Of the administration was brought TO
bear on Mr. Whitelaw Reid TO stop these
attacks.'
Il have no no direct information on the
subject
Il do not suppose you have any informa-
ton, but has not that been your under
standingF
Il cannot state that have any informa-
ton on the subject. Persons have spoken
10 me with some indignation about the
manner in which the Tribune was conduct
ing itself in the matter and said that Mr..
Reid ought to be spoken to-
Did the President ever express himself
TO you in that way!N
mo sir. never talked with the Presi-
dent about it,
Did Mr.. Russell Harrisonln
81 never said a word to Mr.. Harrison on
the subject
"Did Mr.. LemOnm
NO sir
who were the persons who expressed
themselves as you say,'
Il cannot tell you. Many persons CON-
Ing into the ofice and talking about these
articles thought it little curious that one
of the principle bureaus Of the Govern
ment should be attacked by the Tribune,
while Mr.. Whitelaw Reid was a minister
to Paris"
"WAile he was holding position under
the administration"
"NeSH
"Did they express to you the idea that
nOAOAAiA a NOsANAOu tue XIV
ernment and having control OF a public
journal should muzzle his paperl'
II have no information on the subject"
This closed the most interesting por-
ton of the days testimony, the re-
mainder of the hearing being devoted
to listening. 10 the reasons which In
fuenced the commissioner in removing
clerks.