The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-11
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- Hsions in this |
as H. more fraud
q Eher department
OTTON EsSS.sSS,1r,os Tough it has been
OllVN n nsSf since the Mexican
gre ...,.. zen years since the
on ,-..the list of pensioners
lie i-'AN NV {. .s..stanty increasing, and
ana property ',S..ttional appropriation is
lSS- INA" ,nths how tremendous sum that
W holds $50, ,-,..oners. 1t has been ration
reueHp '''" ,y-a' that all who wele really
etin esiimaL ous.y in the conflicts re-
anu and who needed or were
the assistance of govern
,,cssed ,sppuld have made application
and S,sossions at least within six or eight
hat Artiiter they had an opportunity so to
ditua The reverse, however, is true. The
n ,sssier away we get from the wars and the
Or hmer the association and events OF those
ssNoublous times grow, the greater the num-
Der of the applicants and the larger the APP
preparations grow, Such facts as these have
attracted not only the attention OF many
honest legislators, but the public at large,
and a general demand has gone up that the
patent fraud and evil be stopped in some
way. Now that spirit of reform has taken
possession of the country generally, re-
newed interest is being manifested that
the pension rolls and appropriations
should be more closely scanned
than ever before. Millions upon millions
are given away annually to pensioners
when it cannot but be true that thousands
ofthose who are the recipients of the gov
ernment's bounty and misplaced gratitude
and generosity, are frauds OF the first water
or fic,ions of the fertile imaginations OF thu
claim agent. While it is the duty an(
should always be the pleasure of govern
ment to care for those who, in r@pons
to the sentiments of duty and patriotism
have become amo.t unable to car
for themselves, it is equally just to tn
mass of its citizenry that the III
worthy or dishonest should be discoN
cred and punished. In the case of the per
sion list there seems to be but one way /
which the frauds heretofore and now pra'
ticed against the government can be SUI
: cessfully unearthed and punished. Tn
: remedy lies in the publication of the list
! Let the public know every name on IL
. rolls. the amount received by such penslon'
e and the reason for the bestowal OF the q
lowance, the place of residence of the pei
sioner and the command in VIII oh the part
Z served. in whose behalf the pension is give
a There is not an old soldier in the COUNT
eninto whose hands such published lists wou
'otll, who would not peruse them
ties 'atively and critically, and who cou
W., detect what fictitious or fraudule
m Sss there might happen to be thereon,
~ a.. Hood of revelation might be anti
49,. 49, rdcannot stand the light oipu
',eN, \, n or criticism, and this mi
~ Of lntIIINment aid involves so maj
% III !se that there can be
mvs Y5ys'' me .uIu WY the puDlicaton.-as in
,onr lie marld not be made. If the matt
d;sn, Is Saaed a few years longer, as those W
hon implicated in the wrong are hsthi
, \, Tor, it will be next to impossible to det'
~ the inaccuracies of the list, as M
NJ of those who could now cas-
lie expose them will have passed away.
is view of the premises, therefore, one OF
r most sensible things congress could
d. would be to order completepublicatior
y the pension lists of the government. !
effort to induce such is now being made
congress, and every honest representa-
n should lend his support. Nothing, 1t
70 possible may be found wrong, but
~ probability is that by so doing, a thousi
%, or two rascals would meet punishment
10. como millions be saved to the pu
.os treasury.