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The National tribune., 1881-11-26

has expended more than $100,000,00O osten-
sibly to improve our rivers and harbors; that is,
to remove distinctions so that, in case of a for
eign war; the enemy's feet could sail all over the
country without running aground or meeting
with other serious natural obstacles.
We think it is now time for our law makers to
take steps to prevent the occupation of our ter
ritOry by foreign foe.
Let us have Navy to compare with our great
ness as a Nation, and sea-coast defenses supplied
with proper and modern armament The time
may come when we shall need them. 1t is best
to be on the safe side, prepared for any emerg-
ency that may arise.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
Running the Country.

Soldiers were paid in greatly deprecated cur
rency during the war; they were taxed at home
while they were fighting at the front to sustain
the Government; settlement of their just claims
was often delayed for years and no interest al
lowed upon the amounts finally found to be due
them respectively; Congress passed statutes of
limitation, which in some instances wronged
them out of hundreds and even thousands of dol
lars; yet now, when the Government, grown
ashamed of its treatment of It's defenders repeats
the unjust law in one instance by enacting the
arrears of Pension Act" all the money kings of
the country take up arms and say, "if we are
forced to pay to the pensioners the money we
have owed them for tive ten more years. and
from which we have been deriving handsome
profit, the country will be ruined" We advise
the money kings to remember that but for the
pensioners Of to-day the country would have
been ruined in 1861.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
ANOTHER VIOLATOR OF LAW,

On Saturday last after the adjournment Of the
court and while the assassin Guiteau was being
conveyed to the jail, a man by the name of Viii
liam Jones, living in the county few miles from
the city, rode up along side the prison van and
shot at its occupant. The bullet passed through
the side of the conveyance, cut the sleeve Of the
prisoners coat, and dropped upon the flooring
where it was subsequently discovered Jones is
reported as man Of some property, half crazy
and on the day of the shooting was considerably
under the influence Of liquor.
The driver eff the prison van appears to have
been badly scared, us were the policeman and
guard accompanying him. There was gross neg
ligence on the part of the guard, Or Jones would
never have been allowed near enough to attempt
the violation of law of which he is guilty
The would be assassin of the assassin was
traced to his abiding place, arrested, given a
hearing on Monday, and committed in default OF
$4,000 bail to await further action, which was
had Tuesday by his waving an examination and
giving bail in the required sum to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

THE CONGRESS Of the United States would
dare to pass act declaring that all claims
scented within a certain time, otherwise the
amount accrued to be forfeited to the Govern
ment; there would be bondholders rebellion
instanter if such a bill were even introduced for
consideration.
And yet a claimant for pension, having an
equally just debt against the Government, is
forced to submit to the operations of statute of
Limitation which deprives him Of at least part
of what is his honest due. The principle being
the same, we think it should be made applicable
to the bondholder as well as the soldier.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
ED. WILLIAMS LYNCHED,

special from Durlnd Wis, gives the partic-
ulars Of the lynuhing Of Ed. Williams, one Of the
murderers OF the Coleman brothers. He was
caught in Hall county, Neb, and conveyed to Du-
rand. In court he pleaded not guilty to the
charge of murder. The court room was crowded
and several men were outside. Williams had
scarcely entered his plea and asked for time to pro-
cure witnesses when moose was thrown over his
neck. Those inside the courtroom showed him
to window, while those outside pulled the rope
and he was dragged some forty rods to a tree and
hanged until he WAS dead
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
A Crank'S Idea.

Boston crank, set in motion by Commissioner
Dudley's estimate of $780, 100000 to pay pensions
during the coming fiscal year, has turned out a
letter, published in Tuesdays New York Herald,
in which he proposes that the necessary amount
to meet the annual payments in the future be
borrowed on termnabe annuties each year.
We think that inasmuch as the greater por-
ton, nearly if not quite two-thirds, of the sum
above specified consists of money wrongfully
withheld from pensioners and upon which they
can draw no interest, the more honorable, and,
in fact, only decent course for the Government
to pursue is to pay the whole with little delay
as possible. We want no Boston male or female
money shaving shop opened in behalf of the pen
sioners of the United States. Nor do men with
one foot already in the grave by reason of wounds
or disease contracted in the service of their coun-
try want to be made the subjects, in any way, of
graveyard insurance or any other hobby which
the anti-pension idea may terminate.
The Boston crank's plan might be made to
work-we admit as much-but meantime, before
it could DC set in motion the pensioners would be
all dead. That is probably the result which the
suggestion aims at; as it would be quite credit
able to the country to finally cheat the exsoldiers
and sailors out of the 100000 900 or S6OOOOO0O,
the payment of which, though long deferred, was
provided for by the Arrears act.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
THE REVISED CENSUS.

The revised and corrected returns OF poPui&-
ton show the following to be accurate Alabama
1862, sos; Arizona, 4O,44O; Arkansas, ooS'o@o'
California, 864 694; Colorado 1887; Conliec'i-
cut, 622, 709; Dakota, 135 H. Delaware l4ooOo'
District OF Columbia, 177624; Florida @o''4Y0;
Georgia. T. 42 $50: Idaho $3.50; Illinois, 5O77,-
81; Indiana, 197s3o1; Iowa, l,G24Gl5; Kansas,
996 Oo6. Kentucky, 1,64869O; Louisiana $780,
GAG: Maine G48956; Maryland, 034,943; Mas
sachusetts, 17S3Os5; Michigan l,636,937; Min
ncsota 780773; Mississippi, ,l3l ,597 Missouri,
1Gs 393; Montana, 39,159; Nebraska, 452, 400;
Nevada 81 266; New Hampshire, 346,99l; New
Jersey, 1881, JIG; New Mexico, 1866; New
York, OS2 ST. North Carolina, ,399750 Ohio,
3 1913 O62; Oregon, 174,76S; Pennsylvania, 42S2,-
sol; Rhode island, 276,5 31; South Carolina, $685.
ST.; Tennessee, 1542,359; Texas, ,59l 749; Utah,
1896; Vermont, 49,, 286; Virginia, 1872, sos;
Washington Ter, 1916; West Virginia, sl8, 457;
Wisconsin, 1,3l5497; Wyoming, 2o,7s0 Grand
total, 80, 1878.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
The Amount OF 1t,

ONE hundred and twenty millions Of dollars
for pensions
Yes, Mr.. Bondholder, that is about the amount
of it; but the sum would have been less by
nearly if not quite two-thirds had you not forced
Congress to pass unjust laws by means of which
thousands of claimants were wrongfully deprived
of several years pension. You have nobody to
blame but yourselves for being confronted with
such an array Of figures. The contract with the
soldier was that himself, if disabled in the service
of the United States, or his widow and minor
children in case of his death, should be paid
pension from date of discharge in the first in
stance or from date of his decease in the second
You procured the enactment of laws modify
ing this contract What is known as the ar
rears Act" simply repealed those laws. The
original contract is now in force, so far as con-
Germs claims filed prior to July l, 1880, and the
money due under it must be paid to the last dol
lar just as surely as the interest and principal
of the Government bonds you hold must be paid
You can accomplish nothing by growing. Your
Just debt to those who saved the Union will
have to be liquidated all the same.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

THE MONEY power is arraying itself in oppOs-
ton to the pensioners of the country. There will
be no presidential election for three years-the
soldier vote will not be needed until 19S4-and
so between tie two political parties of the day,
and the opportunities of the bondholders for a
reduction of the pension list, the poor soldiers
who lost health Or limbs in their cOuntrys ser
vice must suffer.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

LAST week we suggested thata National Reunion
of ex-soldiers and sailors, under the auspices of
the Grand Army of the Republic, be held in this
city on the Both of May next-Decoration Day
We shall be glad to receive expressions of opin-
ion concerning the proposed gathering, from our
friends of the Army and Navy generally, and
especially from those who are members of the
organization referred to.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
A Discre6itabie BUSH

DiScreditabie Business. -, n..S :!
The New York Herald of recent date in an
article headed "How to Deal with Pension
Arrears" among other foolish things said, re-
marks:
"If we are to pay the arrears of pensions out
of the surplus revenues must either delay
very greatly the payment of Just claims or in
crease the burden of taxation considerably, or
both"
We have italicized that portion Of the above to
which we specially take exception, viz, the
words "iust claims" by the use of which the
Herald evidently intends to convey the impress
sion that claims under the Arrears act are unjust
Such an intimation is as cruel as it is false
The Arrears act would never have become
necessity had the bondholders, Of whose interests
the Herald seems disposed to assume the cham
pionshp been honest in their dealings with
the soldiers, their widows and orphans.
But for the fact that Congress, listening to
the seductive voice Of wealth as represented
by the Goulds and Astors and Vanderbilts,
and possibly the Herald, passed acts depriving
those entitled under the law to the full amount
of pensions due by virtue of contracts made
with them by the Government when they en-
listed the pension roll would never have ex-
ceeded $35OG0,O00 or $40O00,000 per annum.
1t was the barefaced attempt on the part of
the rich to swindle the cripple, the widow and
orphan-to cheat those who gave their man.
hood and their supports to assist in putting
down the rebellion--that trebled the amount.
1t was the Withholding from pensioners large
sums Of money justly due that has brought
the country thus face to face with an estimate
of $120000000 the probable amount neces-
sary to lquidate the sums SO kept back and
meet current payments
And now the Herald virtually proposes that
instead of lquidating that honest debt the
attempted theft of it by the bondholders shall
be confirmed!
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

DURING tie session Of Congress THE NATION
tons introduced which relate to PENSIONS boun-
ties &c, and also give the names of all Senators
and members voting for and Of those who vote
against each measure Soldiers who wish to keep
fully posted in the matter should subscribe to
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE without delay.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

THE New York Herald objects to the surplus
revenues of the Government being used to pay
to the soldiers the millions of dollars due them
for back pensions which, through ill-advised leg
islation, the bondholders have been enabled to
dishonesty withhold from them for years. The
Herald is sensational-has always been so-but
we fear that in thus Directing it is acting in good
faith as the organ Of the money kings
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

REALIZING the deep interest felt all over the
country in the trial of the assassin of the late
President Garfield we have devoted much of our
space to a report of the proceedings had during
the last week Matters Of less Importance have
thus been necessarily crowded out, but will
appear so soon as the requisite space can be
found.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

Is IT not about time that Mason, Guiteau's
would-be murderer, had trial? If he is in
sane, and therefore innocent in the eyes of the
law, Of course he should be sent to an asylum
for unfortunate creatures like himself If he is
guilty, he should be punished that the vindica-
ton Of the majesty of the law may be complete
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

EVERY PEzsloNER and claimant for pension
should watch the course of Senators and mem
bers of Congress in reference to bills affecting
their interests, in order that when the proper
time comes, friends may be remembered and OPP
pOnents not forgotten.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

WE SAY let the bondholders wait for their
interest if any class of the Governments credi-
tors must be put otf-the moneys due pensioners
under the Arrears and all other acts ought to
take precedence.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

TIE LATE Mr.. MacVeagh is absent in the flesh,
but present in spirit. That is he has skedaddled,
but his resignation has not been acc pied by the
President as was recently enormously stated.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

THE MONEY kings may buy the Governments
bonds, but they cannot purchase the soldiers
votes; and the vote of the poorest pensoner is as
effective as that of a Gould or Vanderbilt.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
TmnOrtaut Notice.

Desiring to extend the usefulness of our paper
to the widest possible extent, and in order that
no ex-soldier or other person interested in matters
growing out of the war of the rebellion May have
reasonable excuse for not taking it, we have con-
Guided to fix the subscription price, until January
/, at one dollar per annum
Those who have heretofore sent one dollar and
fifty cents for single subscription, by sending
half dollar more with an additional name and
address, will be granted an additional copy, thus
bringing their individual subscription down to
one dollar for fifty-two numbers Those wishing
to become subscribers, should, in view OF the
above offer send on their one dollar at once, and
those who have already sent one dollar and fifty
cents, should, without delay, remit the remaining
half dollar with another subscriber before the
new year commences.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
Educational Gg,ibu,tf>

T-e VALIDITY T-E PUBLIC UNITED STATES,
AUTHORIZED r,oUDS6 DEETs INCURRED PAYMENT
PENSIONS SURPRISING HsURREC-
TON OR REEEoN ROT CUEsTCNEO.''- SEC. ART
CONSTITUTION United STATES.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

THE GOVERNMENT will withhold a soldiers
pension for years and, when shame compels a
settlement, pay the principal only, and that
under protest from the bOndholders, who are the
only parties in interest, so to speak.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

4 STATUTE Of limitations ought never to be
set up by the United States in bar Of an honest
debt: at least not until the Government is pre-
pared to 20 into bankruptcy.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

WHAT Is commonly known as the arrears of
Pension Act" should be amended by striking out
the clause which limited the time during which
claims could be filed under if.
Statutes of limitation, when they relate to
pensions and bounties, are in derogation of the
right of those who are affected thereby.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

WE PRESUME Winslow, the Boston forger, the
Newark bank officers who recently failed for over
100000, Vanderbilt Jay Gould, and others of
that ilk, object to the payment of the enormous
sum of $120000000 justly due, but for years
wrons fully withheld from the pensioners of the
country, and politicians can probably be found
who will listen TO their objections And yet every
dollar due under the Arrears of Pension Act must
be paid if the Government would serve its good
name for honorable dealing with its defenders
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

A DROP of blood shed in defense of the United
States is more valuable than tons of gold invest
ed in Government bonds.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

WE have in preparation a series Of interesting
sketches of Western army life, and of various
battles fought by the armies of the Cumberland
and Tennessee, to be published during the
winter.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

THE sketch "Some Historic Places" On the
first page in this issue Of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE will be continued through several
numbers.
Next week Incidents of Hospital Life"
something about Camp Convalescent, and other
interesting matters viii be given.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

Subscribe for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE the
best Soidiers' paper in the country.
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IN WISCONSIN the other day an alleged Grim
inal who had been brought up for judicial exam
ination was seized by mob of law-breakers,
forcibly drsgged from the court house before any
hearing has been given him, and brutally muir
dered No -apmnnity where such proceedings
are tolerated can be considered a safe place for
even the best of men to live in The ruffian ele-
ment too strongly predominates; and that same
element has the power to murder whomsoever it
pleases with impunity, law-abiding people had
best give it wide berth, lest they, too, should
become the victims of its Nihilistic doctrines.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

JONES, the would-be assassin of the assassin
Guiteau, is a crank, it is said; but whether he is
or not, the law should give him good turn in
prison. to teach him, and others similarly Inclined
that i'll this country the courts the only legal
instruments for the punishment of crime. He
should be severely punished, not simply because
he shot at Guiteau, Whose wretched life is not
worth penny, bat because OF the fragrant VIC
Iation of law of which he was guilty in doing so.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

PERHAPS after all it might be best to compro-
mise with public opinion, in the case OF Guiteau,
by combining the assassin and his two would be
slayers, Mason and Jones, all three fully armed,
in the same cell, and compelling them fight until
but one remained alive that one to be tried and
hanged according to the forms Of law. The
dangerous members Of society who are net quail
fed for admission to an asylum for the insane.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

BRAVE men and good citizens do not counte-
nance mob violence and murder; therefore, those
citizens who advocate lynch law or assist III exc
cutting il, towards and bad members Of sosisty.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

THE Postmaster-General has gone to Florida
to establish Star Route through the Everglades.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

WE TAKE the side OF she ssldisT every time
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

No INDICTMENTS yet against the Star Route
men.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26

For Grand Army matters see eighth page.
The National tribune., 1881-11-26
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To BORNE TIE EATTte, AND FOR HIS
ORPHANS ''-AaRA4aa LINCOLN.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-23

Miss Flora Blinn has arrived in
Wadena, and is now prepared to teach
limited number Of pupils, on. the
piano or organ. Place of residence
over Miller l. Foss' hardware store.
Terms, $40 for twenty.four lessons.
The following nice little story in
one chapter, was taken from the
lowell, Mass. Saturday VOC Populi:
''Gecrge Smith had killed several
men at Brainerd, MIMI, and his sue
cess in that line convinced him that
he was invincible. He got into a
quarrel with Jack O'Neill in saloon,
and coolly said: Elm sorry 1 amt
got gun, but III go and get one, and
shoot you when get back. You
won't have to wait more'n FIVE min
utes.'' When Smith returned with
his weapon he was easily shot from
behind a door by O'Neill."
The annexation fever is increasing
in Canada. Three leading papers
The St. Catherine Ne,cs, Quebec Mer-
curry, and st. Johns Globe, openly
favor it. In due time Canadian an.
nexation will doubtless be accom-
plished, but at present Uncle Sam
has no ambition in that direction. It
might he we'll, however, for our
carpet-bag politicians to begin to
pack their bags, and hold themselves
in readiness to 90 into Canada in time
to gain an election to Congress.
There is nothing like being an early
bird in this annexation business, be-
cause there will be a large number of
worms to be picked up north of here
as soon rs Canada becomes i part of
this ge-lo-ri-ous onion.-Dulu:h 1Tib-
,tNe.
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Notice..

will receive sealed proposals un.
til o'clock p. M. Saturday, June Is,
for taking out all the trees and grubs,
and blowing six inches deep a strip
of land one rod wide in the center of
the road, between J. Swindlehurst's
and \. Langley's, 4 distance of 80
rods. Terms cash.
W. H. FULLER,
Road Overseer.
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OFFICERS OF THE DAY.
President of the day--G. \. Whit
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Speaker.-Judge 0. P. Stearns, of
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Reader of Declaration-E. E. Luce.
Marslal-E. NJ. Cooper. Aids-C.
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Kephart, F. Coon, A. Murray, J. II.
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