The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-17
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

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EDITORIAL CoKhE'fo"
,.,ere.tiug Information In Regard 10
PensIons-An Interview with CONGRESS
man UpdcsrHh-Pe .,,',a, N -
ancea '' o'' w,.r,xoToN March Is. /,
;. .,.,,. - ,hs intsllIrepeor. .lll ta "a
aiInded in late letter TO the subject Of
pans;ors spbiect in which great
l,' $780, vonr readers arc deeply inter
ns,nd Tbcre are in the United States
naorly a quarter Of million Of persons
n,ho i,ow nension from the Government,
~ whom 125OOo are invalid or disabled
=" and a ,OOO, widows Of soldiers.
~ ,SiS;,;on n these are 1900 invalid or
',;a,S,oJ .o;Iors and ZOO widows OF sail
o's"0'ou '@'ic' ~ ~ o..;r ,hare are
ors. In aadiuoh " 1ns9e "k" 80 ~
1902 survivors OF the war OF - that
draw pensions. and 2l,194 widows OF SOL
- H., ,,ar T do not find that there
u'ei9 y, 'N.' "s' - L., ~ a eola;er
is at TINS time single VIM" VI -,
or sailor OF the Revolutionary war, Out
there we're lust prior to the late war, q
=, srcb Who had married aged
huu'"9A y, 4eN -. g.. a. .,,.,;,ors
veterans. up 10 TINS t''no ". su' 'A'e.'
OF the Mexican war have not Deen pen
a;oned Int from all / hear, a bill to that eff
~ -. 1;,,ol, ho nasued In the
'ecs VIII inVss tAU ", ~. -, ~ ,;..hioJ
next year or two's'oi COURSE .no u.'A ~.
soldiers OF that war, as oil all our wars,
draw pensions. The contemplated Dill
will give all the survivors who are not DIS
abled s. per month, the same as was
finally paid to survivors OF the Revolution!
For long time alter the Revolution no
pensions were paid save 10 disabled or In
digent soldiers. 1t was not until about
1920 that Congress began to pay pen
sion Of s. per month to the survivors
who had rot been wounded ,e 81 wh W
We're Emo not ~ f,ha PsSont;on say in 17s9.00
I And tbat only Sit, 900 was paid out in d
year. In the year 1900 only So, SO7S ". was
paid out, and ms 70
wv ~ .n ~ iIoS nrr b;s,ory m 10 This time
The greatest sum paid in any one year
prior to the late war was s4,5s9, l52 40 in
1888 From ms amoaht IL ue Sntase ~, 70
SL,iVV,oo2 q ~ a' fSs, war N The late war
m ny War. II. ~ 80 siS az cSi nj FTnm
t9OcI W. ~" No Grsnd tntaI has swclled "a
cox i %siJ 1S9! "a MI IL iS7o al This amount
g Sac inS M. az n .rar ont n The arrears bill
$500 t., ~ ,,aarS - :
PssSeu ~ 'uHS 80 .,.,. q ...I
AN INTERVIEW WITH ooNeNAs'~"N 'U'"A'
GRAFR. ~
BEING DESTROYS to inform myself more
-.,..,1..l,. -, ,l,o sr,,;o.tI " nanaiona u
Pai'iet''"''9 " '4o ouO'eSSs = K
called an evening or TWO stnce M9 Jus
rooms Of our esteemed neighbor who rep
resents the Belmont district in Congress,
i.ns,,;.a 10. Io was a ,Inember N the i'm.
ANYWAYS '""S -. ~ VS. :. = -. "a, -. ...,,
portant committee tnat mas tne "ho'espp'
ject OF pensions under constant considera-
linn. found him busy among his books
49,, ,.noro :, M 1aIo i straet Int never.
anu papers " w. i't- S''ee,' pu', ue'. ~.
thcless,' quite feaay 70 susPenu his lliNes't'
cations long enough to give me the desired
information. And lust here will say for
an. ro,,bhor that be Ia ono of the most
W. Ne'suDo' s.Ss az - 49, J.. s - -
industrious, actlVe anu attentive members
Of either branch. He is always at. work,
and seems 10 take delight in It. Isaid,
Or. I have called 10 post myself up on
nensions, as that il subject that interests
many OF our readers in your district as
we'll as in our own State. have listened
TO the debates in the House on the sub.
iect, on private bill day as well as at d
night session, and was good deal en-
Iarrassed, after listening to General War.
ner's speeches, to determine whether
YOUR committee would ever be able 10
meet the necessities OF petitioners by
means OF private bills which seem 10 re-
Gnire az mnch investigation in committee
and nroyoke "a much debate In The House.
VIII II mi be impossible for CONGRESS ia
n,sS nronsylv m all these cases IN anv
P+sH 1S isrvth NJ time9 -
H. IinSegraIE- as IN that I NAV
SOW ,os n Esnsrni Warner has n chanca
h" tSke mn iii The time Of The Honse
IN tnit;nr Wa have Mad two evening
sassions 81 arS,, synyeSslv for nans;on
SIIa MasoS hSNs,d mn and Jrr;n.'tTa
Ar , oSanSno wasot q tcw Hills nassed INF
WarSsr took nm a large mart n the lime
w.. IL;.t,, a. ;n,srtnn1;ons In tha way ~
s ~ %h'n nsrsonsl ramsrks etc On tbs
spe st.i aniar s ba wos On hand and vac
s ,I!' ,;,,,as 10. r,"Ia snascbes AID IN
M .".S,;u . san,s.Ls n IL now watt,
s',aiI itSaI,, ,ha. M ,o,s n i;harSI ranS;oyy
Sim.e e and Tia onneSition ia Of no effect