The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

sed poallsbed correct ilgi m liaia N lhe
nhmss std tosldchtesof oycfy person ,lalm
lns and feceiglhga pension from lhe Uhl'ed
states and tho reason f1f fucIt pension
fheao lllla should tbon lo distributed In
those localities whore iho pensioners puf
pofl 10 live. We not only think ms
Hmdy. but sensible, practical and per.
GcOy feasible plan for reaching an eyil
seemingly otherwise incurahle. There AZ
ways has been aud always will be found III
any and every community sufficient mum.
her of citizens interested In learning who OF
their ncighbors are doing well and who
are not, TO insure tie closest scan
ming of the lists and the speediesl
report to headquarters of all cases oil
discovered fraud. But let the government
once publish TO the world who are
IFS pensioners, and it will be but a short
time before those only receive public ala
who are entitled to it. Mr.. Farwell's pro-
position has the merit OF relieving inc
United States government as such from
hunting up n series OF numbcrless and wide
spread frauds and enlisting gratuitously IN
such service the whole people. And when
once q populace at large is turned loose
upon hunt backed by the press, it is seldom
| that results are found to be unsatisfactory
| We cannot see that any valid objection can
be offered to the measure, and 1t strikes
| in the cheapest and most expeditions way
directly Mt the root OF the matter. An
other excellent and important feature
! in view of the great growth Of
pension claims in late years, whenit would
be supposed all such would have been pre-
| sented years before, would be the proven
ton it would insure to the filing of add
tional fraudulent ones. 1t would be
pretty bold man who would dare present OF
| file a false claim in the face OF published
| lists wherein the name, residence service
etc, of the pensioner mad to be inserted
Those rightfully entitled to TIE care OF the
government, those who did honest service
and received honest wounds, or we're shat
tered in health, need have no lear IRON
publishing the same to the world, ant
indeed could not, with any reason, object
to the proposition. Indeed, tho
| idea is meeting with approoa
d. ,,onorollv throughout the
country and is of sufficient importance aho
magnitude of scope to receive earnest ah'
honest consideration by congress. Ii 1t DE-
possible by measure to save two or three
hundred millions ofmoney it is certainly
worthy of attention and general interest
and far more significant than the Thousand
| himsy, demagogical motions, resolutions
and bills the consideration of which usually
fills up congressional day. What thu
country is more particularly interested
in at present is the lessening of tn
burdens of taxation, but this can only b.
done by curtailinS the expenses
of government. Three hundred
| million dollars is an immense amount o
money, and saved out ola fraudulent pen
sion nav roll, and lifted from the taxes o
the country, would pc OF incalculable ben
eft to the people at large. We have NJ
doubt that by proper investigation ah'
management sum sufficient to pay th
annual expenses of the government coul'
| he saved from what are now but glaringl.
fraudulent charges. There would be III
necessity for any additional retrenchmen
or economy if there we're only genuine re
form,-if, in short, those only got the publ
moneys who were entitled honestly t
them. 1t is in view of such reflections a
these that the scope and import of Nh
Farwells proposition to publish the pen
sion lists is seen. Before the adjournment
of congress we hope to see it meet will
I such general favor as to become law.