Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-02
CAPITAL CUlLIkGS.
r,rby's Appointment Calls Up All
sorts of Malicious Lies About
HENDRICKS, MCDONALD & CLEVELAND
|7.-t,'s Appointment Satisfactory to
Both Hendricks and Nc
Donald.
uow LONG WILL PENSIONS CONTINUE?



WASHINGTON, June l.-0f course the sp-
ointment Of Col DENLY, of Indiana, to be
|y;r;s,er TO China has revived the talk about
Ne relatious Of Hendricks, Mcdonald and
1. President. There are all sorts Of
|.rrors and al sorts of statements put in
mint alleging that the appointment was
|i,,sstelnl to Mr.. Hendricks, that it shows
is, there Is no sympathy between the Presi-
cent and the Vice President This is all
nonsense, worse than nonsense. 1t is mali
rops invention and misunderstanding false
hood. 4 gentleman who is Mr.. Denby's
rdsh5cr in Evansville, said to your cOrres-
|ronisut the day that DENLY was nominated,
ha; the appointment would Oe entirely
satisfactory TO both Hendricks and Nc
ponad. Mr.. DENLY had letter from Mr..
Hendricks recommending him to the sp-
continent to the place. He said: "Of
course he was supported by Mcdonald, too,
b.: that fact does not prove that he was the
hO.cs of Hendricks as well The appoint.
neut will be entirely satisfactory to every
pymocrat IN Indiana, and Is as satisfactory
o Hendricks IS 70 Mcdonald"
DO you think there is any truth in the
eporis that there is lack of harmony be.
ween the President and Vice President
Il know there is not. Their relations are
Entirely satisfactory. There has all along
| BEEN perfect understanding between them.
his has existed since long before the cleo
ion The matter was thoroughly canvassCd
soon as the nominations were made, and
thorough understanding established az to
lat voice Mr.. Hendricks was to have in
saIi to The patronage Of his own State.
laI arrangement was considered entirely
satisfactory by him and his friends, and it
SIS been rigidly observed by the President
1Ae all the talk that was made about the
ll,auspohs PostOtfice, for instance. There
as rot q werd Of truth in it. Hendrlck
ss to control that place, and when the tim
sme TO 6ll it the President was ready. H.
ID him and the man was appointed. Tha.
as the end of it. The President has kept
aost scrupulously his arrangement with
| Ir. Hendricks, even extending its limits,
Ehich were entirely satisfactory before, aud
as neglected no opportunity TO show him
is appreciation of him and his
|ltention of treating him with the
tmost fairness. Mr.. Hendricks has,
know, no word of complaint to offer.
|n the other hand he finds the President
| cry kindly disposed to him personally and
| hcially. Gou may set down all these silly
umors about unsatisfactory relations be-
Teen the Vice President and the President
false and am not guessing at it, either.
know what | am talking about.
low Long WIN the Pension List Continue?
The pension Office announces that it has
|ro5ably reached the down hill grade in its
| ork, where the number OF certificates for
ensions begins to be less than the number
certificates for pensions issued. Hereto
pre- it has not been able TO keep up with the
lat the applications for pensions are going
cease entirely, OF that the payment Of
ensions will be stopped. This generation
III not see an end to the payment of pen
Ons. The applications still continue to
|Ome in at the rate OF 400 q day. aud the
me that the payment of pensions for ser
| ces in the war which ended twenty years
20 is a long way off The last brigadier-
|eneral Of the revolutionary war died in
ia.
e Marquis Letayttee in 1888. Following
is analogy it is probably that none of the
|aneral officers will be living at a later date
an 1915, or none ofthe members OF Con-
ess at the beginning or who were in
|evious Congresses in 1915. 1t IS Comouly
| tin ated by the ins u-an,e companies that
ends at a hundred years Of age aud
vtral Of the tables contain no estimate
er %. The question then becomes that
Row old the youngest men were az the
ose Of the war and how long they will live
|terwsrd Recruiting began in 1861 and
IS continued in 1862, 1868 and 1864.
| bat was done in this lone in 1865 did not
count to much and was stopped in April
very large increase was, however, made |
1864 and among the recruits were
|rge number OF boys who had only reached !
ages of fifteen aud sixteen. Among |
EN- will probably be found the survivors.
NAV possibly be that one or two shall sur
We tili 1850 or 1851 the latter date being |
shty six years after the cessation of hos |
lilies. There will of course be several ]
|indreds living between 1910 and 1919,
| Assume for calculation sake that there
ere living in ordinary health at the close
the war, federal and confederate incIud-
2,942 600 soldiers, they will not have |
mipisbsd one.half until 1904, to one quar- |
r until 1918, or to one tenth until 1920.
|s,imatipO the average ages Of the survivors
| IoG5 at 2S, they will be 81 in 1901, 70 IN
|13 and 5S in 1920. If we assume that
2 average age Of the veterans IN 1850
Es %. the following would represent the
- Tripe, a. each period Of five years,