The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-17
From the NatIon,s onpltal.

WAsHISeToS, July 16.-The Presiden
has issued an order in the case of Com
modore w. 7. Truxon. in which
he says: II regret the hard.
ship entailed upon an old aud
meritorious officer. and while of the
opinion that relief must come to him, il
at all, through legislative action. am
also OF the opinion that his case may
properly be recommended to the favor
able consid ration Of Congress. Com
modore Truxon was nominated for pro-
motion to rear admiral, but was elected
as commodore before the Senate acted
upon the nomination.
Representative Morrell. of Kansas,
from the committee on invalid pensions.
to-day reported back the bill granting
an increased pension to john W. Farris,
Of Missouri, with the recommenc ION
that It be passed over the President s
We o. 7 he report says that the claim
ant, in his applcat on. alleges
that the disease OF his eyes was
the result of diarrhoea, contracted In
the service. and cites the opinion OF the
medical examiner to the effect OF that
disease Of the eyes can1f result from OIL
arrhoea. In refutatiOn this he further
quotes the testimony OF several physi-
impaired vision directly due 10 the effect
of diarrhoea The committee, however.
does not deem it absolutely essential
thatit shall be proved with mathemat-
icaI certainiy that the loss OF sight was
the result OF military service, but holds
that Congress has q right to grant the
relief sought, without question, aud
that il was their duty 10 do so, tha COM
mittee, without exception, believed.
Representative Cong reported back
with a accommodation similar to that
made IN the above mentioned case. the
bill granting a pension to David T.
EldeTkin, of l wa Elderkin was dis.
honorahy discharged and filed an APP
plication for a pension. alleging in
sanity, but 1t was refused on the
ground of not sufficient proof. This
fact. together with his bad record, had
wight with the President in vetoing
the bill. In the report, the committee
case, and the only possible objection
that coul / be urged against the claim is
the claimants dishonorable discharge.
But this, It says. seems to oe fully ex-
planned and while technically the
soldiers fault, it certainly was not
in he spirit of intent of desertion. The
finds that his deafness and
insanity was unquestionably
the result of wounds received in the
service and it, therefore, recommends
the passage of the bill over the veto.
The same committee. to-day, agreed
to take the same action in the case of
the bill granting pension 10 Sarah Ann
Bradley, of Ohio, who had a husband !
and four sons in the army. The Presi- |
dent vetoed this bill on the ground that
the husband did not die of disability |
in the service, but the COM |
mittee does not regard that fact as es-
sential. and holds that the evidence /
that the claimant is dependent is sufi
Gent to- warrant the allowance of the
claim. Representative Ellsberry will /
present the report in this case.
The Secretary of the Navy has de-
cided to contra-t for ten new cruisers |
on the plans and designs of the Mani
,cdkdn, recently Ouilt abroad aud the |
other on the plans of the bureau of con-
struction.