Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-24
ltuisso the approval Of noasst and Independents

ssThesR dpf6DseS might have sOm0 weight but 4
for tho fact that these bills were oil passed by
Democratic House OF Representatives. upon the
representation OF Democratic Pension Com.
mtttea-- Whata aot Of zcouudrets. these Dome
cratic Congressman must have been to consent
to these fraudsi
AnalyzinR the bills, approved and those
vetoed, no one can discern any difference Of
honesty or merit In the two classes on which to
base such. insinuati0 Tho reasons given in
many cases simply betray ignorance OF the 70.
spective provinces OF Congress- and the Pension,
h Ilss THUS the bill to penst0n Mpyila
st0s is vetoed because there lla mo pretext''
JthHt she "}s entitled under the general law, !"
iianh dozens Of others are vetoed upon this GAse
*gspund -: 5, '.,''''ss5'a
should act, the oase is'U worthy one: 30 nay,
an act should t'bsconael& aaw,beoause there II
10 right under' existtug law. ,srto aver that
Congress shall oreate no. new pension ?riohta !
The Presaaent instead Of proposing 70 limit To
Pension once by the will OF CQpgress, actually
proposes to, limit Congress BY the WIN 81 th8
Pension Once. %''' ''sh5i @'ii'i'afti
Neither vim the Plea 81 ohacial dtxy 'av4il. ,'t
'''H CASES CITED '}t'''Itnn; ,'%od
The pill to pensiio5n HnI+iet veeiHh II vAtoxdl
Notwithstanding the Pres dent SaVA: IT haliKvl
her case to be q pitfable bn6, and w,sh ;tl,n&1
could join In her reltef b,ts nnfortunhthv. GA
oial duty; can not alWavs bo Well donS,Shcn A.,
CcCL0Os6OlolV OY NrmnathV and HhnritG ~
But ttis Roman devotion to dmt., AZ M 49,; ,,
vent him from sicnin~ tia h;Ia ~ ,a1s,os ~ ~
widows of Generals Hnncocl- ,n,niE 11IT1 80
at a sum eounl In each cnse r. mat reGm,rad ~
fourteen such cases as this ntiaSin, ona Io ~
taylor WIS bsnsionei, nj SiSin H,61,h IVA :,
special: ~ III Congress: Tie Peasion once
holds shat III tAn moi inHrnass Mo :nansion MAJ
refuses to- do I'D hecanse Consass,hos q xad I r,s
,atinei. He; .is, ,hereforo, connpNed to .no ~ 4
Congress- further relief, anil ar act Ia mossaS
to give ,,hAm SIS per month. ,But, the Presi.
dent vetoes this bill HOLDING int fha rjaimnnt
now has b liberal rntinp fnr a 4 run.shof vomhJ
through the face and Shoulder, Ani6,a afteGts his
c,,h+ 80 ho..;, II ~ ~. aSs.t.: ~ .I
raleio pains Rnt sSS cons"i.
entio s scruples in sitHing abillito increase the
pension OF Beniamir r terlev tn ,s1oo,nen month
for Gunshot wounds which do not disnmnlifv
him for d high grade clerkshin n tha Pansion
ONCE hh - 1';Fn~h' ::''Jln ""r- ~? ~
Joseph Romisex WAS q member OF. a MARYLAND
volunteer militia company. In an emere y
the colapanv VIZ called an ~ the Gouetkm
and sent 10, Cutnherland,to renei a .1ouse.lsrats
attack, This soldier. while In ,.he ranks w,s
wounded bv the accidental dischnrpe 81 n M,,n
In the hahds ofia comrade: the nal, nassinp,
through his head md destroying. the stoht ofone
eye and the hearing Of one eay, 49,, ,,-,'.',.,
special dot, but the President: vetoed tina hn
because the, man. was not mustered into the
United statea ssrv,"a R"t ma az snv
an abns1 r. thu vsfc oHvsI aver. ~ = ssss',s
Democratic House. and tho hi, was ,nasaed ovar
the veto by . vote Of is to S., In the senate it
and n6he.in tina naS.siys ",',.y y .'"..'
Scores OF cases of hil,s annroved and h,iia Va.
toed might be cited to show tie utter iinconsist:
epcy of the President In considering thesb cases.
1t Is O fact known to every one familiar with the
work of the Committee on Invalid. Pensions
that the President has repeatedly vetoed the
strongest bills aud signed the, weakest that he
and approved GthsS Siiis' whGte the sane tta.
sons existed. III" lis: .:!ii!'@,i,, - ":
It IS enthusiastically true that the President
has little sympathy for the Union spldter;and
would have vetoed many more cases il he had
had time, as he plainly declares: and his hos,
tility and utter lack OF sympathy with this large
class constantly crops out in trivial and sarcas.
tic sentences in his messages, For instance
ceivsa 81 Tim Upon ether Enlistment "''.PSroS.
ably there were those who fo,ihdi tAor Interest
in such an appeal" Ito Congress). .:The NUM- !,
Der OF instances III which those Of our soldiers
who rode horses during tue war were injured by
their saddles indicates that those saddles we're
dangerous contrivapces..' AFTER this brilliant
Eservice with terrific encounter With the
measles" ~WhaterAr elsei rnny, be said of this
Claimant achievements during MS, sh9rt mill,
tary career, it might be considered that he ac-
cumulated q great deal 'of disability" Many
more quotations might be made. Of similar char
acter from his veto messages. They are coarse,
undignifi cd and utterly unworthy of the Chief
Executive of this great Government. ~. ~ :.
e THE 'DHRENDENT PENSION BALL. .,...,;
If any further evidence is REQUIRED to show
the utter lack of sympathy On the part 81 fhe
President tor the Soldiers who ,to,iHwo5 .t,;eJr
country's dag in tho late rebellion. it is fully
furnished bv his action in. yetoing the Denend.
ent Pension bill PASSED in the Fortv-n{nth Gan:
eress. '7''''G II
The COMMITTEES q on Invalid Pensions. COM.
posed OF nine Democrats aHd six RBpGblicans.
in an able attit exhaustive report i,6ahin6uslv
adopted, say:''1t'passes the comptehcnsion Of
this Committee to understand. how! the Presi:
dent could have overlooked in another bin what
are alleged as faults. In this bill.~,..s.~
.uThe BIN werefer to pds ed the House the
same day as this did and met with his unhesi-,
tattne APPROVAL. Il IL the bill TO rves nensions
to tue survivors Of tie war with Mexico. etb.
Under that bill, il one who was q sotdter:in TINT
war and is now Under ;sixty.tw6 yvehrS' OF hoe
applied he must Hlieee ana prove some deepea;
If Observation-Disclosures and nX matter hovs,s,ioht ,nnite
vague: and indeAnite, and anv degree Of disan,l-
| itv ia sufneient. mo- MATTER how inonrred - az.
cept.in the military service against the. ,United
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