The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-12-09

dets minstion OF the pension bureau On ths
merits, or to secure favorabls action whan 1.
could not 20 expected under the most Nberal
execute If general laws, it must b, cd
mitted, opens t!is door to the allowance OF
questionable claims, and presents 20 the
legislative ard executive branches Of tie gov
ernment applications ccnce6edly not within
the law, and plainly devoid Of merit, but 60
surrounded by sentiment and patriotic seel-
ing that they are hard to resist.
/ suppose il will not be denied that many
claims forspensions are made without merit,
and that msny have beon allowed upon
fraudulent representations. This hes been
declared from the psnsioa bureau not only in
this but in prior administrations. The iss-
fu!ness and the justics of any system for TIC
distribution Of pensions depend upon the
equality and uniformity OF its operation. II
Will be seen from the report of the commits
sioners that there ara now paid by the gov.
errEeEt Isl different rates Of pension.
Estimates from the best information we
can obtain show that {, ,0JJ OF those vino have
served in the army and navy OF the United
States are ROW supported, in whole or in
part, frorI public funds Or by organized
charities, exclusive os those in soldiers
homes under the direction and control of the
government. Only Is per cent Of thoss ars
pensioners, whila OF :he entire number of
ineI furnished for tho late war something
like ~ per cent, including their widows and
relatives, have been or now arc in receipt of
pensions. The American people with a pa
triotic grateful regard fer our eI-soldiers too
broad and too sacred to be nonopoiizsi by
any special advocates, are not only willing
hut anxious that eq1al and exacs jtstico
should be dono to ali honest claimants TO:
pensions.
"Every patriotic heart he says, responds
to tender consideration for those who, hay
ing served their country long and well, nre
reduced to Gesti:ution and deSpondeace, not
as an incident Of their ser, ice but with ad-
yancing age and misfortune. We nre cll
tempted by the contemplation Of such a con-
ditioa to supply relief, and are ostca :n.pa-
tient Of the limitations Of public duty.
Yielding to no one in the desire to indulge
this feeling OF consideration, cannot rid
myself CT tho conviction that il these ez-
so,aers are to be relieved, they ani their
cause are entitled TO ths benefit OF az enact
nent under which relief may be claimed as a
right, and that such relief should be granted
under the sanction OF law, not in evasion OF
it; nor should such worthy objects of care
ali equally entitled, be RENTED to the un-
equal operation Of sympathy, or tho tendsr
mercies of social en- political influence with
their unjust discrimination"
On the ish OF March, 1855, the current bu-
sinsss OF tie patent ofiics was, on an average
five aud half months behind. At the close
OF the last fiscal year such current work was
nr;t IN, a,,l =
serted und believed that in the next few
months the delay in obtaining an examina-
ton Of an application for a patent will bs
but nominal Tho number OF applications
for patents during the last fiscal year, includ-
ing reissues, designs, trademarks and labels,
equals 41,6IS, which is considerably in excess
of the number received during any preceding
year. The receipts of tho patent Office during
the year aggregated sl,26, iG1.S), enabling
the Office to turn into the treasury a surplus
revenue, over and abovs all expenditures, of
ebou. si63, ,Il03l.
The nrmbtr of patents granted during the
last fiscal year, including renewals, trade
marks, designs aud labels, was D, ,6l9-s num-
Der also quite largely in excess of that OF any
preceding year. The report of ths commits
sioner shows the ofiico to be in prosperous
condition and constantly increasing in its
business. No increase of force is asked for
The aToun: estimated for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1885. was $3.50, 7j). The amount
estimated for the year ending June 80, 1881,
was SS23, $40. The amount estimated for the
fiscal year ending June SO, 1883, is SITS, no.
OF the Pacific railroad dsot extension
proposition, he says, that congress in con-
sidering the plan suggested by the secretary
of the interior. and endorsed By the board of
government directors, tine sole matters which
should be taken into account are sthe situa-
ton OF the government as creditor ald the
surest way to secure the payment OF the
principal and interest of its dsbt.n
OF interstate commerce he says that by
n recent decision OF the supreme court OF the
United States, 1t hes been adjudged that the
laws of tho several states are imperative to
regulate rates Of transportation upon rail-
roads, if such regulation interferes with the
rate of carriage from one stata into another
This important field of control and resula-
ton having been thus left entirely uroccu-
pied, the expadiency of Federal action upon
the subject is unworthy OF consideration.
The relations OF labor and capital, and OF
laboring men to their employers, sre of the Ut
most concern to every patriotic citizen.
When these arc strained and distorted unjus-
tifiabie claims are apt to DO insisted upon by
both, and IN the controversy which results
tie welfare of ell and the prosperity of tho
country arc jeopardized. Any Intervention
of the general government, within The limits
Of its constitutional authority, 10 avert such
a condition should be willingly accorded. In
a special message transmitted to tie congress
at its last session l suggested the enlarge
ment of our present labor bureau, and add
ing to its present functions the power Of ar
b.tration in cases where differences arise be-
tween employer and employed
When these differences reach such C stage
rs 10 result in the interruption of commerce
between the states, the application OF this
remedy by the general government might bo
as entirely within its constitutional
powers Bat after all las been done by the
passage of laws either Federal or STATE, to
relieve a situation full of soiicitude, much
more remains TO te accomplished Sy tie re-
usta:enient and cultivation OF true Amer
can sentiment which recognizes the equality
of American citizenship.
This, in the light OF our traditions and in
oyalty to the spirits OF our institutions,
would teach what hearty cooperation on
he part of all interests is tie surest path to
national greatness and tho happiness of our
people, that cspital should, IN recognition of
he brotherhood OF cur citizenship, and in
'pirit Of American fairness, generously &C
,ord to labor its just compensation and con-
rderetion, and that contented labor in cap;-
ais best protection end faithful ally. It
would teach, too, that the diverse situations
If our people are inseperablo from our civili-
.ation; that every citizen should, in his
phere, be a contributor to the general good;
hat capital doss not necessarily tend to tho
oppression Of labor, and that violent dis
urbauces and disorders alisnato from their
true American sympathy cad
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