The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-11-25

vigorous condemnation, but the gigantic
pension robbery causes no unkind comment
arv- A great noise is made over petty loose
ness in accountability, bat the most glgantlc
robberies are quietly acquiesced IN. lmhk
of the noise made about the little Olb OF chI-
penterinp done to Sherman's house iu Wash
inpton while he was absent ID ONO attend
ing TO his fences, while not WORD Is WIS
pered about the great pension ROBBERY winch
will not fall short OF 5000, ,OOO, ooo- Inc uooI
of the Pension Bureau lets out mllllonS OF
dollars when only slightly ajar. The rem
sion Once which di5burses half of the reVe-
nues of the country, is used as pollticAi
machine by both parties Congressional
demagogues of both the Republican ana
Democratic partiss took an active part I'D
the work of plundering the treasury nnooI
the hypocritical cant Of patriotism livery
political demagOgue in Congress on llt eve
of the last Presidential eiectlol Tusneu INTO
the great pension robbery ana Vled Win
each other in shoveling out the pension
fuuds for votes Republican and Democrat
ic demaqopues robbed the people OF the Uni
ted States of $500, 600, 600 TO pay Tow sur
yiyinp ex-soldiers for their franchises. Be
fore the last Presidential election both par
ties went on the stump claiming the great
pension robbery" as their own, ana BOAST
ed OF their patriotism In the rooOeIy II
was done by both parties as means OF max
ing political capital. Pensions to disabled
ex-UniOn soldiers and their families Is a sa-
cred trust but there are thousands OF uh-
worthy penSiOneTs--men who DO nol merit
cent, and men who would not accept cent
if thew had particle OF honor, mahhoOu OI
patriotism in them. The people are groah-
ing under the iniquitious burden. They are
taxed ten dollars apiece tor every man, "o-
man and child or from fifty dollars TO seven
ty FIVE dollars for every adult maze, 20 pay
for this robbery.
of making political capital, aud you don't /
hear any OF the robbers OF either party
bOasting of it now The dark, mysterious
shadow of the eX-soldier looms UP ahead OF
them and the damnng evidence OF their par
tisan demagoguery in Congress hovers over
their rear to estOp complaint. Nor DO you
hear partisan Journals which publish column
after column OF petty Treasury scandals ue-
claim against the great pension lhtamy--
How contemptibly mean sounds the hue ana
crv over Sbermau's carpentering by the side
of the pension robbery That Secretary
Sherman got much more than the carpenter
ing Job is very certain. That the Work was
done and that Sherman got the beneht OF IL
there is no doubt, but why do not the Jour
mails that have so much to say about small
Treasury stealings have something TO say
about the half billion of dollars stolen from
the Treasury. l Teiterate, how contemptlbiy
mean sounds the hue and cry over John
Sherman's carpentering by the SIDE OF The
pension robbery.
The $500 600 900 was a bid from one pOlit-
ical party through its representatives IN Con
press for the soldier vote, and the other par
tV frightened at the ghost Of the eX solder,
hastily converted the measure as It's own,
and both parties went upon the stump and
claimed the pension robbery, but the base
robbery itself miscarried as means OF max
ing political capital. Neither party Is get
ting Just what it thought it was purchasing
when spending other peoples money with
such liberaity. The Congressional dema-
gogoes Of both parties made an abuse OF pa
triotism in the pension business. Thus 1t IS
that under the hypocritical cant OF patrio;-
ism the National Treasury is being plumber
ed. q. y. ,.