Daily Republican., 1885-07-13
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Pension agent Black, if all reports OF
Mm be true. should BIO summarily lis
missed from his Off 20 as hrst class
fraud. He was gallant soldier In the
Late civil war no doubt, indeed he has
the &C srs to show that he was wounded
in battle. For this he deserves credit,
and il crippled pension from the
government. The latter he is getting
in the shape Of 800 . month, besides
his salary of &, 900 year for acting az
pension agent. The law under which
he draws his pensioa reads as fol-
lows
All persons who. while In the military
or naval service Of the United States and In
She Line Of duty, shall have been 80 per.
msnently and totally disabled as to req quire
the regular personal aid and attendance OF
another person, BY the loss OF the sight OF
both eyes, or by the loss ofth sight OF one
eye,i ,ithe sight OF the Other having been pre-
viously lost, or BY the less OF both hands, or
oy the loss OF both feet, or by any other In
Jury resulting in total and permanent helr-
aessness, shall b. entitled to q pension OF s72
. month
The question is, how did Commits.
sioner Black get $l00 month pension,
when the highest pension allo wable for
an almost destroyed man is only s72 a
nonth. There must have been seme
tall swearing done to get such q pen
sion. The records show also that he is
the only mau that draws SlOo month.
ut OF 220, 900 pensioned soldiers, only
S6S get S12 per month, only one gets
800, and he Black himself What a
terrible used up man he must be Now
what 10 General Blacks physical con.
dition Instead Of being blind and
lod about by an attendant, he has the
use of both eyes. Instead Of being a
physical wreck, he has the use OF both
hands and both feet.
This man takes delight in nothing
more than to seize pen and sign a
discharge of some veteran wounded
soldier from office, if he happens to be
Republican. And yet he does up the
brave veteran act every day OF his life,
and poses before the public as the friend
OF the soldier. He meets without a
blush the manned veterans who hobble
on crutches around his office, aud de-
cides upon their claims for recognition,
His appointment is an insult to the
soldiers and especially to the wounded
veterans.
General Black investigates cases
where soldiers are believed to be get
ting too large pension and he re-
duces that pension az he thinks prop
or.
Why does he not Investigate his own
case He IS not entitled under the
law to 800, nor S72, nor even $50 a
month. The fat is, he ia not entitled
TO anything while he draws 1000 a
year salary. 1t is hard to account fol
the appointment of such man excapl
upon the principle Of Democratic re-
form and economy. General Black
could never have go. such a pension
except by the most reckless aud crimi
nal Misrepresentation and lying. -
President Cleveland may not hay,
known him when he appointed him
but he undoubtedly knows him now
What will he do about it 4? Will be
Keep Black on at the head OF the pen.
sioD department, when he cannot help
oat know that he got his pension by
sa grossest kind OF fraud 7?
One It the latest ac's of Black was
to dis, harga l. Y. Balou. a ve,e, an
soldier W. was local examiner for
Danyilie. Illh+,H!s, Black own home.
Ballou served hie country three wears,
and was severeiy wounded at Shiloh
lie never would apply tor a pension
because he could w6-k for bis own liv-
ing. A year ago he met with an ACCT
dent while in the discharge of his duty,
which disabled him to such an extent
that he canPot dress himself without
assistance. Still he went abou. doing
his duty. There was no complniut
against him except that he was Re-
publican, nevertheless he finds himself
removed and an able bodied Democrat
who never saw ser rsice, appointed to his
place, while the physical wreck" of a
man, Black, enjoys his pension of Sl0O
month, obtained b. fraud, and his
$4,000 salary fJr turning out veteran
soldiers who are Republicans, and put
ting In Democrats who never saw 2
days service except in the cause o. the
ex- Confederacy.
THE Dolphin, in accordance wi HI,
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