The National tribune., 1910-11-10

"Disbarred by State courts for deceit
malpractice and other gross miscon-
/ duct
| "Collusion with pension attorney in
/ the prosecution of pension claims while
an officer of the Government.
"Coilusion with Federal officer in
| the prosecution Of pension claims.
Collecting Illegal fees. and, in capac-
Iity of pension attorney. borrowing
money from claimants, failing to repay
same.
Attempt to bribe a Government
officer in connection with the prosecu-
ton of pension claims.
'PTaCticing under an assumed name
and forging fee checks.
Making false statements to Depart
ment in order to be admitted to prac-
tice
Procuring and filing applications and
affidavits not sworn to.
| Prosecuting claims while q Govern
ment officer
interfering with the work of and
assaulting a Special Examiner of the
Pension Bureau.
Illegally drawing several pensions
latter death or remarriage of pension
ers.
Making and fling false affidavits to
lsecure removal of charge of desertion.
Collecting illegal fees and making
false jurats to pension vouchers.
Collecting Illegal fees and procur-
ing and filing as evidence papers which
We're not sworn to.
Procuring and filing false, fraudu-
lent and forged evidence.
Loaning money on pension certifi-
Gates.
Gross neglect of claimants interests.
Falsely representing to be an officer
of the United States.
Conspiracy to obtain fraudulent PEN
sion.
Forging fee agreements.
'Blackmail."
This is simply lying by implication.
The plain truth is that upon the
examination of the roll of pension at
torneys in the Bureau which had been
neglected for many years, thousands
were found who were dead or had dis
continued practice, and the roll was
cleared of them. Mr.. Evans's own re-
port shows:
During the year 27 attorneys and
agents were disbarred and five were
suspended by the Honorable Secretary
of the Interior upon the recommends
ton of the Bureau for improper, IL
legal and unprofessional conduct. Upon
the recommendation of the Bureau
eight disbarred agents and attorneys
were restored to their former stand
ing"
That is, instead of disbarring 24,662
for the crimes alleged, there were
restored. Commissioner Evans's own
report is the most crushing reply to
this vehement charge of colossal mall
feasance. The Worlds Work would
have 1t that they had victlmized the
Government of many millions each
year. Commissioner Evans, We have
the Worlds Work authority for affirm
ing, pushed the prosecutions against
the pension attorneys with the ut
most energy. and even yindictiveness,
and his report says:
THE sum of ss,5ss has been refund
ed to the United States. of which
s3,s04 was recovered by civil suits.
Two thousand four hundred and forty
dollars were refunded by attorneys and
agents on account of fees which had
been improperly certified and paid
them"
Think of that, With all this parade,
with all Commissioner Evans's desire
to exploit himself and show himself
an energetic prosecutor of wrong
doings, with all the machinery of the
United States Government at his COM
mand, he recovered not many millions
Of dollars, as the Worlds Work would
imply. but the pitiablc sum of SS.5SS.
and squeezed out of the hands of these
agents for improper fees s2.440.
This is enough for the present of the
Worlds Works gross exaggeration and
absolute falsifications. We shall re-
sumo the consideration next week.