St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-03
THE PENSION VETOES.
Beginning of the Fight Against
Them Another Bill Disapproved.

.Ehem--Another Bill Disappeared.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-In the house Mr..
Taulbee of Kentucky. from the committee
on invalid pensions, submitted a report
upon the veto message of the president
granting pension to Carter W. Tiller.
This is the case of the Louisville policeman
whose application for pension as de-
pendent parent was denied by the pension
bureau on the ground that the dependency
of the claimant was not established.
Mr.. Sawyer of New York submitted a
similar report Oh the veto message on the
bill granting a pension to Andrew j. Will
son. The reports were ordered printed and
laid over for the present 1t appears from
the report Of the committee that Wilson
was drafted into the army, notwithstand-
ing his allegation that he was suffering from
deafness and eye complaint. In the
service he contracted rheumatism
and kidney disease. on which
he based an application for pension. His
application was rejected by the pension
bureau. on the ground that he was disabled
| before enlistment which is also the reason
| for the veto. The committee takes the po-
| sition that under the circumstances the gov
eminent is estopped from setting up the
claim of prior disability. Senator Miller
to-day
PRESENTED A PETITION
of the Daniel L. Scheruck Post G. A. R.,
Of Fulton, n. Y, asking that the bill to
pension the widow of Capt Daniel Il.
| Scheruck may become law, notwithstand-
ing the veto of the president. The petition
| is largely signed and sets forth that the pc
| titioners are aware that the death of the
husband of the claimant was the result OF
service in the army: that the widow did moi
apply for pension while in good financial
circumstances and that when reduced in
fortune she filed her application, but being
unable to comply with certain technical
tiles of the law, her claim was rejected and
she then appealed to congress to grant her
what she was justly entitled to.
The president to-day returned to the house
without his approval the act granting pen
sion to William Boone. 1t appears that
Boone, who had never made application fol
a pension to the pension bureau, enlisted in
August, 1862, was in action III November Of
the same year and was taken prisoner and
at once paroled. During the parole he took
part in the Fourth of July celebration al
Aurora, ILL.,, in 1863 and was terribly in
jured by the discharge of a cannon which
he was assisting to manage In reviewing
the case the president says he is unable tC
discover any relation between the accident
and the military service or any reason why.
if a pension is granted as proposed by this
bill, there should not be a pension granted
to any of the companions of the claimant
who CHANGED to be injured at the same
| time. He says further:
| ga disabled man and wife and family are
objects which appeal to the sympathy and
charitable feelings of every decent man. but
it seems to me that it by no means follows
that those entrusted with the peoples bust
ness and the expediture of the peoples money
are justified in SO executing the pension laws
as that they shall furnish means of relief
in every case of distress or hardship
The Legislative BiIl Passed.
WASHINGTON. July 2. In the Senate.
after considerable debate, an amendment
was adopted to the legislative appropriation
bill, for an additional clerk for the civil
service commission. Amendments increas-
ing the salaries of the assistant treasurers
at Boston and Baltimore were agreed to,
as also was the amendment increasing the
salary of the commissioners of pensions
and patents from 81, 600 to So, 900. The
bill was then passed. The death of Hon.
Michael Hahn of louisiana was made the
subject of memorial eulogies, and the SEN
ate adjourned.