The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-26
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:. KANSAS PEN8IQH AGENCY
ouri. NOT conssEt Sifh cIamoripg
! earth in general, 90 far as II re.
u Kansas, is now making q vigor-
I'd persistent effort to have the pen.
agcncy at Topeka removed TO that
and everything that can be brought
~ 70 accomplish this object is be.
sought out and made uss OF.
.uri has 60 long been fattenlng up
.usas that Il Is beginning 10 assume
"a owns the slate, and has the right
40 from il such government patron
if now enjoys.
"a organized effort upon ihe
/ certain sofeheEds 10 divert Presi-
Cleveland from his pronounced
and determlnaiioa "a place the
est men IN Office ,iHg failed.
AYE rssoried 10 the bIost uuscTu-
defamAilpnaof private character
% malicious lying about his APP
Is.
assault Is now being made by
stacks upon ex-Gov, George w.
the newly appointed pension
Tor Kansas. Not by the Demo :
journals OF Missouri, but by a
Of the Republican press Of that
nhaFging his appointment as one
p.r 10 be made; but that
III the real cause of the
iiicp; It Is al attempt upon the
1seBe people TO chow thar Kan
egRal to the task Of conduct
hslon sgencY, and that II the
Is removed 70 MissourI, AL will
serenely and the Veterans will
jqstice dono them. The appoint
o. cx.Gov- Click as pension agent,
the retention OF this important
n Kansas, and they know II, and
the real cause OF the opposition
Rh5s1.
Rspablicau could. a Course, ex.
to be appointed the place
Democratic administration
we feel bound 20 say
President Cleveland could moi
xercIsed . wiser discretion than In
,pointment Of ex. Governor Click
Ne man 80 popular with the masses
roughly Imbued with the interests
- state Of Kansas, so surely snc
the friend alike OF citizen and
r. as TO have been elevated to The
-. office within the gift OF III,
IA man who would not If he could
could not II he would, detrAct on
4. from the rights OF, and the benefn
Jung to, the veterans OF Kansas. 1
fortunately been put beyond tn,
3 OF any one, Democrat or Republi
/, u do that. The laws settl'
;, and they cannot be changed
ped, set aside or misconsirued by In
.duals. They are too simple not Il
and right here we ar
apelIed to confess that the pusines o
whole pension system has been fAcil
Cd and improved under the preIen
to.a degree unknown q
ner Goes.
nsral John o. Black, Of Illinois, a
al Of this system has shown him
tle soldiers friend to greater de
han any commissioner who ha
isld the place. The wheels of tn
move smoothly and rapidly. ever
r and soldiers widow who Is en-
70 . pension gets 1t, ever
IL discovered and punished
the feeling OF restlessness ant
~ that pervaded the minds G
soldiers that their pensions Nigh
lsyed. reduced, or cut of entirely
e, the change Of administration, ha
. way TO . feeling of confldenc
implicit faith that full aud ampl
,ee will be done them.
'ss appointment Of ex.Gov. Georg
CLICK a. pension agent tor the stat
sansas II In line with this policy. n
Kansas man, and, in this mattel
ID be sustained by every Ransar
aer Democrat or r publican, moi
landing the howl from Mi.
I. Kansas soldiers want {
lid In Kansas-the loyal state fror
'ce they went to the battlefield, t
a they returned 10 triumph, wher
still live TO receive from the gov
a at the money Justly due them as
i recompense for their sufferIn
snse Of the Union-and they vii
- the Kansas agency removed {
.uri without making q vigorou
It.