Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27

anywhere looked upon by the holder
not IS q solemn trust but IN q fhin& OF
pecuniary value to be sold like his
labors, or his horse. or his As TO the
highest bidderP Which party in this
country is tending most rspi(Ay into the
clutches. of corporations and tariff
monopolistsa L there any candid man
who really believes that in 1880 moro
improper, immoral and unlAwfm In
fluence was exercised over depend9hs
voters in the old slnve-labor States than
in the other States of this sUnion2--
~ y World -. Is, yaa-vK
The Latest Scheme for Grants Bcaent'
The latest Of the schemes for doing
something with General Grant bids fair
to fail. like others that have gone before
it. Mr.. McCook's Joint resolution 20.
place him on the retired listof the ARMY
with the rank and the fnn pay OF Gem
eral. does not find favor with che COM,
mittee that has It IN charge, and is like
~ to be negatively reported, Or not re-.
ported at aIl.-t' inAN =. srsfluslIq stl
General Grants appaseotly becoming
sort of elephant on,the hands of,hiss
friends and the. public, The last year
has been largely taken up with projects
for putting him somewhere, but they
have all come TO naught. He mas been
talked Of for third term - PresidBut;2
for the chairmanship Of the Pana- F,
ma Canal and the Nicaragua Ca,
mining and railroad companies; for the
Senatorship of New York and q PENN
sylvania; for o Captain eneralcy; for
a pension; and for q popular oldest ex-e
Presidents fund. So far these schemes
have all come to nothing. Grant Is still
unprovided for; and now those who
hoped to shelve him ON the retired list,
begin to fear that even this device will
prove Intellectual. ga . Il 2 a4T
or course General McCook's plan for
doing something with Grant Is much
less objectionable than Hayes. Calling
for anew grade in the army. with tho
odious name of Captain-Generala affixed
to it, was monstrous defiance Of pub
lie opinion, as well as q contemplated
violation of the Constitution, which for
bids the comforting by Congress OF
titles of nobility. But General Mo- \
Cooks plan is itself weighted with
grave objections. Why. should tho an
nual army budget be loaded with a spe-
cial salary for General Grant, Why
should the army retired list be made
the receptacle of pensioners appointed
10 it from civil lifep Why should he
receive full pay, when the law allows
retired officers only three-fourths payP
Why should the army regulations re-
garding the requisites for retirement be
altered in his favorP He Is not at the
specified age when retirement can be
ordered or sought under the statutes.
He has received no wounds, and Is not
incapacitated by disease acquired in
the line of military duty. II General
Grants friends want to give him PEN
sion, why not try to prepare the legisla-
ton for giving him one directlyf This
endeavor TO put him on the army re-
tired list is of q piece with all the
other clumsy efforts to get some kind
of military rank and salary for him. in
stead of resorting frankly to a charity
foundation. What is Grant 70 be re-
tired fromp He isn't yet even on the
active list of the army. u- 'is1L az
But deeper than the objections 10
form are the objections to substances
We want no precedent of creating
avowed sinecures. This Is not in &C
cord with the spirit of American insti-'
tutions. IL the object be only, rs Gen.
eral McCook,s resolution says it Is, "a
recognition of his eminent services"
those services of General Grant, Unjust :
be answered, have long. ago been fully.
recognized. He has had a military
grade created especially for him. high .
er than any American soldier beforer
him ever enjoyed; higher than Wash,
ington's. He has been President for
eight years, the longest term our Amer
lean custom allows. What more recog-
milton of his services can be eivenP
Certainly. none can be afforded that
breaks down laws. discrepancies army.
regulations. and creates perilous prece.
dent-M y Sam ~" "a n'T~ ~"