The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-09
i l79Rs.l l1ncoIps PENSION,
Adverse Report of the Senate Com
mlItee..An Inventory Of Mrs. Lin
i'' coins Edectss.-HOw the
Widow Of a Republican
? I } lPreBidentS should Al
01f7 % WAsfiN0ToN,a May 8.

t'H 10 wAafNoToN,1 May 8.
The Senate Committee on Pensions, to
whom was rcfcfted tho House bin grant
ing pension of 5000 u year to Mrs
Lincoln, made epnladvCre report on the
bill to-day. ,........
The Committee say in their report, that.
although by the Constitution oftle United
States, the President Is made Commander
in.chicfoT the army and navy, he Is q
civil and not u military officer: The
death Of PresilGnt Lincoln occurred while
ho was engaged in business Of civil life
There waSnO principle on which pensions
had hitherto been grante b this country
which would warrant the passing Of this
bill, No provision of'ilils nature hHs eyer
been made for .thP.NNidoYB Of families Of
any one Of, tho Prcsidcntsio ior other civil Of.
tIcers or the United States, although many
of thOn; like Mr.. Lincoln, rendered most
exalted service 10 the country; and two
Of the Presidents died while IN Office,
and. the families Vt some of them
were Z left . III Sv6Ey' slender 5pecu-
MARY scirGumsn.reUs., There Il nOtll-
'inc, 10 FIR, to distinguish this case
co,s, HS, If FIN ,be iovernment " Who oraIl grades
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HSI%SasS ~ 6r;sti,s earliest neriGdI IkaVsIost
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Iii s,.'II,o. o.J,,t;oS % on1 have .Ioff behind Them
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,2tse 10 d,co; n opI IlSir nITIciai tefn tIev
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oo,,i;t;on 1'Si which hss heen 'renresented and
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',I,.onJ rcconIt;IIStiFn' of her Hssots
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L.lS nuspa.s ti.H. -, tSo gs,b * Sertenbsr Han
alu a;,,nd na; % ~ 1os n stIarS n tha ncraonoi
w LcSctFSu !. paoniia~t n Nv T;ncnIn S9s 7eSISIl
es eS!S'e ou rTSS g,G, aleu- ber gyen to her mi.
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nss.ss aor soRh h&kS ' 9GE n II adS;tion to which
.Ios ssesS SOSno ,,UUronctfve real estate nf
ic, tnetS u ~ gUuS SomIm;It"C Iovc taken no'ac:
% Which 'TS ThO,, S j,"Ho %ooi % rcsson MO to helieTo
CUs.Hs. ne IN, M i;consiSernhIe sSnG,nt
S9e ~ n,a,I,r', StsESS NISta T"nseHoII Sootis lie
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u,Sa,1nc;n% u'ser Sno ho~ ~ mccnni"rv condition
,,,'',i ,,n s,,ioJ @ IN tSc "%oye mcntionc
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n.Ssoi, ", W." 10 nv "ro,,nI If octal wants 6
Sn1'siy so W - 'iG i;Co Tn h"r nctilion, trans.
vyGTtS mIttS9 tlo5t n tFrankfSft ntaSlng for pen
sion, She states she has been advised to
Try, ,the mineral waters @ during the Sum "
s elsi nsShs S sS a Is not psE@tRs e Eate al