Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
creased to $12 per month the pensio.s.

creased to $12 per month the pensions
of los, 568 widows, minors and depend
emit relatives of Union soldiers. The
total annual increase in money granted
to these 102,568 pensioners by reason
of his approval Of said act is $4,923,-
264. He approved the act of August
4, 1886, which has increased the PEN
sions Of 1902 crippled and manned
Union soldiers of the late war from
$24 to $50, from $50 to $50. and $50
and $37. so to $45 per month. The av-
erage increase in these cases is esti-
mated to be 80 per month, or $108 per
wear, and the total annual increase in
money granted to these 10. 092 pension
ers, by reason of his approval of the
act OF August 4, 1886, is therefore
81, O89, 936.
He approved the act of January 20,
1887, which has placed on the pension
rolls 1,704 survivors and widows of
the war with Mexico at So per month.
or 500 per year. The annual amount
in money which these 81, 7O4 Mexican
pensioners will receive by reason of
his approval of this act is S2,O93,5o
He approved the act of June Z, 1888,
granting arrears of pensions to widows
from the date of their husbands death,
in all cases filed subsequent to June 80,
1880. All those filed prior to July l.
1880, were entitled from date of death
of husband, under the arrears law OF
1S79-provided, of course, they estab-
lished their right to such pension.
The approval of this act of June Z.
1888, will Immediately affect some TO-
900 widows of the late war, whose
claims have already been allowed from
the date of the filing of the same The
average amount in money which these
1O, 1000 widows will receive by reason
of his approval of this act will amount,
it is estimated, to an average of sos
in each case, making a total of 81, $780,
OOG, and the allowances of widows
cases which have been filed since June
80, 1880, during the present fiscal year,
will probably increase the amount
paid to such pensioners during the
present fiscal year to over $780, 900.
1t will thus be seen that since the in
auguration of President Cleveland he
has approved general pension acts
which directly and pecuniariiy benefit
some IA, 1854 ex-Union and Mexican
| war soldiers, their widows and orphans
and dependent relatives, and that the
money value of this benefit will be over
1000, 900 per annum.
Since the Inauguration of President
Cleveland he has approved Or allowed
to become laws by limitation over ], POO
private acts granting pensions, while
but 1924 private pension acts were
approved or allowed to become laws
by Limitation during the entire twenty
four years that the Republican party
was in power There is little doubt
that before tina present Congress adj
iourns President Cleveland will have
approved or allowed to become laws
by limitation nearly or quite as many
private pension acts as all of the Re-
Arthur.
The above figures, taken from the
official RECORDS, show beyond cavil or
question that no such nberality to ex-
soldiers, their widows, orphans and
dependent relatives in the matter of
pensions was ever shown by any adj
, ministration in the history of the Re-
public, and that no former admins
tratiOn has ever extended the munif-
icence of the Government to so many
of the beneficiaries of the pension laws
as has the Administration of President
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