National Republican., 1880-10-08

presented thom at the department. aud the amount
due to her, exceeding tho sum of 900, was there
upon paid over 70 him az her Administrator.
A,terwarda in the year 1873 Mr. J. P. Cooper took
ont letters of administration on her estate IN Jef
ferson county, in tho sano state, and now claims
payment ofthe money to him rs her true admins
tr1tor
The question presented Involves tho validity OF
| the first letters Of administration.
The present question was before the secretary of
war IN lbl5 and was then decided by him, and the
| money Appropriated by congress for the payment
| OF this claim was In pursuance OF this decision,
drawn from tho treasury aud disbursed for this
object The power was conferred on him by con-
gross to consider and 10 decide the question, and
| bis decision, thus made In tho performance OF his
oihclal duty has been executed by the payment OF
It Is sufficient answer to this application that no
money can be drawn from tho treasury but in pur-
that there Is now no money In the treasury thus
| appropriated for the payment of this claim. The
appropriation Is exhausted and requires the. re-
neWcd action of congress,
ISAAC ToUoEY
To WILLIAM L. MARCY, Secretary OF War.
TALsEHooD ADDED TO FRAUD.
In tho progress of the case English denied
that ho had withheld the shares duo tho heirs
and claimed to have paid them, but tho owl.
dence was overwhelming that he had added
falsehood TO his crime. In fact ono of tho
heirs in this case. full cousin OF English,
has written twice within few weeks
to inquire about tho matter, saying that
English had not yet paid the money. These
letters arc MS follows:
MARSHALL, I'LL, Aug. 81, $780,
| Hon. James A. RCilHy.
DEAR Sin: am one of the heirs of Philip Eas-
| ton, who was soldier In the rev outionary war;
and ain informed that William H. Engllsi who
| Is also heir of said Eiston, drew tho whole
amount duo the heirs of said Easton about the
year 1910 or 1873, and still retains the money due
said heirs Now you will please inform me the
| hn IN
said heirs that he drew. Direct your letter to me
at Marshall Clark county, ILL.,. in care Of l. L. ALI
| son.
The name of the soldier in the revolutionary war
was Philip Easton. do not know the company
or regimen! IL which ho enlisted But am IN;
cousin of mine, drew the money and still holds f.
and want to find out the time he received II aud
"0 amount "S '''S's'' NffpREtnX HiRHInr Z. ALLISON
| MARSHALL, ILL.,, Sept %, 1880.
j. A. BenHy Commissioncr of Pensions.
DEAR sin; In reply to yours of tho 2eth instant,
inclosed, have to inform you that there was a
claim filed by William II. English, as admlnlstra-
money and the heirs of said Easton for rs services in
the revolutionary war. and he drew the money,
and my father, Charles Easlon. who was an uncle
| of said English, was q son OF Philip Easton. and
was entitled TO portion of said money and never
received IT, and he Is now deceased and ami one
of the legal heirs and want TO find out how much
money said English received as administrator of
said estate. He drew the money about 1910 or 1915.
Please examine and let me know In regard TO tho
matter, the dato and the amount received. Re-
specially HARRIET ALLISON.
From which It Is clear that even IL English
used the money drawn In 1916, and could not
repay 1t, he has not, now that he is worth his
millions, as yet settled with his grandmother
heirs.
DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONY.
Unless Mrs. Allison Is republican, every
scrap of evidence in this disgraceful case is
| ia ayit Ia pntf fro, nh "A
men, nor from those whose famo was confined
TO the continent, but who, In the persons of
Secretaries Marcy and Toucoy and of Senator
Bright, were we'll known everywhere as lead
ing mon in the old democratic regime.
These men, with President Folks commits.
sioner of pensions, virtually declared, over
their own signatures, that William II. Eng
lish, present democratic nominee for vice.
president, set OH foot plan to defraud tho
estate of his grandmother before she was
hardly cold in her grave, and that he did
frauduently draw II revolutionary pension
due to his grandmother oil account of tho ser.
vices of her husband, the grandfather of Eng
lisb, in the war of the revolution; and that
although he received the same for the sole
use of the surviving children of his grand
mother lie retained the same and refused tc
pay 1t to the rightiul heirs, all of whom were
his near blood relations
The story of the records is too clear to call
for comment.
What will the democrats do about a case
liko this2 What will General Hancock do
VIII h6, soldier as he Is, fellowship man
who thus swindled blood relations out oil
money duo for services in the war of the
revolution? But the problem Is now before
the democratic leaders and the original papers
are ON file in Washington. II. V. b.
A VACANCY MADE FOR A CONSIDERATION.
When the full effect Of the above document:
had been produced upon the mind of the SEQ,
rotary of the treasury, and an explanation
from Mr.. English having proved cminently
unsatisfactory, that gentleman was informed
that the government had no further need OF
his services after tho end ofthe current month.
Somo unentorprsing men would have quietly
taken the z. b., and would not have expected
to make anything more out of his position,
until another grandmother could bo resur-
rectcd. Such was not the disposition of Mr.
English. lie know thore wero anxious
pIatriots waiting for vacancies, and that some
were willing to pay to have ono made. II is said
that he sought out one of these walters upon
providence and proposed to be that providence
for consideration, For the production of
such vacancy the aforesaid waiter was will
ling to pay $500. English produced tho va.
cancy and, it Is said, thus earned five months
pay in spite of adverse circumstances. Eng
lish seldom gets left when money Is in qucs.
ton.
A SOUTHERN WAR CLAIM"
That somo of the heirs still consider them.
selves claimants against the government for
the amount paid to English and never banded
over to them is evidenced by their application
FOR action at tho pension office within
n few weeks. 1t is a question whether
tho government Is not liable to the
heirs because 1T did not soc to II
that the payment was made to their legal rep.
resentative Should they be able to mako this
plain their only relief would be IN an applica.
tion to congress for y new appropriation to pay
them. There Is but one thing in tho way Of a
hopo that these longsuilGring heirs may get
such rolief II Is among the possibilities that
Hancock will bo tho next president. IL he is,
the heirs will of course be in dispair again, for
this southern claim" would certainly fall
under the class Of those to he vetoed by Han.
cock because they are too stale