New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22
BLACKS WORDS AND DEEDS.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 81 (SpecidD.-In his annual
report for Ss5. Pension Commissioner Black SAID :
At one time the Pension Bureau was all but
ayowedly political machine flied from
border to border with the uncomprOmlsIng ad-
herents OF single organization who had Ior tne
claimant other tests than those oil tne Jaw,
and who required in addition to services I'D the
field submission to and support OF party oeiorc
pensions granted. Chlels OF DIVISIONS, as-
sistants. clerks, messengers, messenger DOSs
watchmen and laboers were all but ehtircy
from one school. Veteran service could not Sc
cure continuance in Office, and Mt the DehesC anu
demand of partisans beyond the 0iilce ola employees
were cut aduft and Jealous ruiers placed IN their
stead; leaves Of absence were granted that inc
active men OF the party might dom mate over INC
elections. 1t widely proclaimed that the pen,
sion system of the United States. this vast ana
unmatched benc6cence, depended Tor its cOhtinu-
ance on partisan success. The glory OF noble
gratitude was taken from the people ana made d
masquerade as "A party Accomplishments ana me,,
were taught that the immense sums leVlcd OH an
our borders, a grateful reward Tor the veteran
soIdjerv and their dependents, were party con-
trbutIons and would cease if a change In Govern
mental administration occurred
These charges against Republican administration
OF the Pension Office the Physical Wreck strained
every nerve before Congressional Committee TO
prove but failed ANONYMOUSLY in the effort, and
has been careful not even To HINT az 10 IN
SUBSEQUENT reports It. remains for Black himself
to prove conclusivrly that his own admlnlstr ration
has been grossly partisan in the very distribution
of the sacred trust funds at his disposal: that he
has in fact madeGl or at Democratic bari OF
the appropriation foe pensions To prove this II
is necessary only to examine his own annual report
for 1887 From the table al pensioners ana pensions
maid given hy counties some rough calculations
will show the relative value OF the pensions re-
ceived by pensioners in the different States, the
Democratic States being placed in one column
and the Republican States in another:
The most casual glance at this table shows that
the soldier abiding in a Democratic State receives
as a general thing larger pension per annum than
his less fortunate comrade who lives In IL kcpuD-
lican community. The Kansas soldier, for eX-
ample receives SIS , less year than the vet
eran dwelling in Mississippi and sl3 Is less IMAM
the soldier of favored Indiana. The men oil ONO
hosts who hail from Pennsylvania and NeDIiisR;i
is ptiable in the extreme. 1t would be very well
for every Republican member OF Congress i'll q
close and doubtful district to take a tablet ana
Blacks tables for $50 and SS7 and address HIM
self at this opening season OF the year To II STATE
mcnt of account and strike a balance between
himself and his conscience, The PhySicai
Wreckn and his chances for reelection.
From the interesting tables which furnished the
data for the average, quoted il en- lie shown that
even in Copiah and kcmpcr Counties MISS the
Democrat pension bari" has been tilted up on
rnl so that its capacous hung hole sends gurgllng
food. into the wide funnel with which the I'M
terrified" prone upon the sacred soil, hath gar
nishod his thirsty Inns. An that Commissioner
of Pensions has charged against the Republcah
adminisi ra ion of his Office he has himself hcen
r,fltv itnn, NV item and the r"oord OF which nc
now convicts himself ho~Gars al p rtisanshl. ever
before attempted. Before the next appropriation
for pensions is made PLEDGES should he cXforted
from tho "Phvsical Wreck" for its fair and honor
able disbursement.