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The National tribune., 1888-09-06
NAT0NAL WASHINGTON G. fURsDAY

for this clause. It would do what is pre-
eminently right give The widow Of the pen
sioner a pension at once without any delay,
doubt or expensive processes. 1t also raises
the pensions of minor orphans from 81 TO $
per month, another act Of justice which win
find warm approval in the heart of every
veteran. 1t is estimated that at least $4,000
widows and 10000 orphans would be bene-
flied by this clause
The fourth section prescribes a fee for PEN
sion attorneys and severe punishment for
those who charge or receive more, and the
last section is formal one repeating all acts
and parts Of acts inconsistent with this one
The only objection that has been urged
by veterans against the GAR. Committees
bill is that it does not go far enough nor
help enough people The figures we have
given-and they are under rather than over
the mark-shOw what a misconception this
Is A bill which would distribute S12,2I0,
600 year among $1,000 of our most meri-
torious and needy comrades and their wild
ows and dependent ones-give $50 year
extra to 10000 orphans, making $4,000
per annum, or a total of $4,000 0O-is GER
tainiy grand step toward a universal PEN
sion and the granting of long-delayed justice
to all soldiers.
The most of the objections that have been
made to this bill have been by those who
could not have read or understood it, and
have been aimed wholly at the second sec
ton. We have yet to hear of any objections
to the first and third sections. No oBjec-
ton to these has OF can be made.
To the few who find fauIt with the Sec
ond section, the great benefits conferred by
the first and third sections should be sufii-
Gent to make them waive these and unite
with the rest Of the comrades in a unani-
nous support Of the entire bill BY doing
so they are doing the most effective work
in hurrying forward the passage of q uni
yersal seryiee-pension bill
The National tribune., 1888-09-06
60 - - %. 80.

Perhaps it is not worth while to speak Of
50 weak and poor thing as our once robust
faith in Col. 8Iatson has become.
Perhaps it is not good taste to direct at
teution to the frailty and dilapidation Of a
thing that a few months ago was glorious in
its strength and beauty.
Perhaps on the other hand it may teach
useful lesson in showing the vanity Of
earthly things-thc danger Of trusting poll
ticians, who, verify, are born Of worldly am
bitioD, are Of few days and full Of deceit.
Yet, amid the sacl1cloth aud ashes in
which we now sit, mourning our dying faith
IN the Chairman Of the Committee on Invalid
Pensions, we turn back long, loving look
upon its beautiful and stalwart proportions.
No longer ago than last Christmas, how
buoyant, how perfect, how satisfying and
ioy-giying It was then.
Truly" we said unto ourselves, sorrow
may endure for a night, but JOY cometh with
the morning. That morning is now come
for the veterans Here is the man who
strove vaIiantly for their rights in the last
Congress, and to him has been given the
/ power necessary 10 do for them all that they
would have done All pension legislation is
/ in the hollow Of his hand. He can have
everything just as he wants it. What he
desires made into law win be enacted forth
with, without a doubt OF peradventure. He
has been reappointed Chairman OF the Com.
mittee on Invalid Pensions; a majority O.
the House are pledged friends Of the vet
terans, and stand ready 70 vote for whatever
he VIII advise; they win do it almost with
out discussion. The Speaker Of the Hous,
is his friend, and win recognize him AM
day that he asks It, The Senate is equal,
ready to pass any reasonable measure, ant
only waits the word. The pension measure
have been 80 fully canyassed in the past tina
everybody understands all about them with
out further talking; no one is better settle,
in his own mind on the subject than he, am
before the full moon Of the New Year wane
to a crescent he VIII put bin througl
which VIII carry Content and Joy to thou
sands Of homes where pinching Want no,
reigns"
, Thus. out Of the fullness of our hear
/ did our mouth speak. But, faith, the Apos
tie James tells Us, without works is dead
and the persistent and unaccountable re
: fusal Of Col. MatsOn to perform works whicl
The National tribune., 1888-09-06
MUSTERED OUT.

LEE-DanieI J. Lee Co. T. Is0tIl Ohio and Junior
Vice Commander OF Burnside Post No. y, Depart
menJ Of Michigan, was killed by being struck on
the head by falling Limb recently AT Decatur
Mich.
SPESCER.-Byron Spencer died Aug. p at his
home in Fan River, Mass. III the 18th year Of his
age. COmrade Spencer served as a private in Co.
D. 23d Aass, and was iueIsioeT OF Richard Borden
Post No. %, Department of Massachusetts, which
Post attended hia funeral.
DEEEISG--Dauiel T. Deering died st his Eoune sc
PASSPORT, ale. July -, aged Is years COngade
and served III Co. A, i7tI L 5 Inf. He was ways
IL Post meetings and took ar active part ia All mat
tiers pertaining 10 the Order, having served Quar-
tcrnlastcF Tor the past four years. HIS funeral sery
lccs were conducted by The Post.
BoRSEAs.-Euler-ou BoruhaIu died at Clare
Mich Aug. ., IA tie I5th year of bis age Com
radc Bornlam served as a private IA Co. O, stsh
II. Y, snd a respected member Of Vs. 5. EIau-
cock Post, No. S3J, Department O. i1ici's-slu, By
cd By "aoano Post, No - Mount PEASANT, - IS
Hubble Post, no 80, Coleman, and Gen Ch1ts.
Griffin Post, No. $50 FarweH-
CAsTSEg--IIet 10 E1e-iufo lli-s = w u LaFllt
Cashier Of Go. D. 15lh Ill., aged So. he |Gs e
spectcd co.urade OF O. J.. Nevius POST so. b and
wa buried by the Post, assisted by Camp no. IS,
Sous of Veterans. aud siIugaates Of tier Manu-
faclrrfntr Co. where he worked fer - years. He
leaves wife and six-year old boy 70 mourn his
WuIs-Died at Rockford. H.. Aug. Is, Geo. wis.
private Co. Z, 42i L. =. Z. T. Ills dealt, WAS very
sudden, as he was sick only u hours. Sixty COM
Tades Of Nevlus Post and Il brothers, Camp No.
IS sons of Veterans attended the burial. He leaves
a wife son and daughter.
BRONK.--Jozepb Bronx died at Ccxsacl1ie, \. Y.
Aug H. of heart disease and other ailments, which
were contracted in the service, and for which he
received pension. COmrHde Bronx enlisted ut
tie age of IL yetrs, iIs ISjI in the 10Th n s ~.
served his time and re enlisted IN The SJth y Y;
was hoaOrabiy dIscAarghcd at the close of The war;
serving altogether four years and seven months
and having fought in over 70 battles. He was Past
Commander OF HOLSTER Post, No. .. which al
tended has funeral.
EM1I0S.-SanICei Robert Lennon died Aug. g.
1883 at Canton, o.. aged 46 years, Of exhaustion
the result OF disease contracted hie la the service
of his country Deceased enlisted at the first call
for volunteers for three months IN April 1851 in
Co. +, 18th Ohio; re-euii=led in same company for
three years, and WAS hauorably discharged Feb, =,
1868 account Of disabilities contracted while in
line OF duty After sufficient recovery he enlisted
in Co. F, "a Ohio Cav. and served TO the close Of
the war, and was hOuo.ahly discharged Sept. IL,
1866. For upward of eight years previous 90 his
death he was confined To bed, almost perfectly
helpless. and the extraordinary, indOEntaoie wllls
heroic fOrtitude and accomplishing patience he
displayed during his long suffering, stieh 9s tsV
men are called ulOn 80 be.r. was remarkable.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06
Will 1T BE sroPrq

An earnest effort IS being made at last TO
have Congress investigate the peculiar finan-
ciering in the Treasury Department on
which THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has been
commenting for the past six months This
is the loaning Of the peoples money, with
out interest to certain favored bankers to
loan out again at high rates of interest to
the people Undoubtedly, when the people
come to thoroughly understand the practice
there viii be storm which will make
somebody very repentant The whole his
tory of our National finances shows nothing
so entirely indefensible. shrewd banker
has, let US say, in 1864, invested some Of his
great gains, which came so easily to those
who staid at home during the war
and traflcked, in United States bonds
He bought 100000 worth Of these
for currency. This currency was worth
then, say, 30 cents on the dollar, making his
actual investment on gold basis SAC, 900. He
got 6 per cent. in gold interest on the $780,
600, or over IS per cent per annum on the
gold value Of his original investment. In
seven years the whole valne of his first pay
nent was paid back to him, but his interest
went on.
Subsequently he exchanges his 6 per cent.
bonds for 4 per cents, running 30 years longer.
He is only getting $4,000 year now on his
original investment Of $4,000, but this is
still about 10 per cent. Then the Secretary
of the Treasury gets up another scheme to
swell his income He allows him to bring
his bonds back to the Treasury and deposit
them, and get a loan-without interest-of
$4,000 of currency, Che peoples money.
/ This the shrcwd banker Immediately loans
out to farmers in Kansas, Iowa or
elsewhere, and he certainly does not let
them have it for less than per cent. That
is, $4,000 a year, making his total income
from his original investment of $4,000,
/ $4,000 year, while the bonds have been
enhanced in value to $4,000.
Looked at in cold-blooded, practical
business way, it is incredible that this
should really be done by the custodian Of
the peoples finances What would be
thought of the manager Of a corporation or
company who would lend out the funds in
trusted 10 his keeping to his friends, to bank
upon and make money with? Yet that
would not be SO bad as the Secretary Of the
Treasury's giving certain favored banks tens
of millions of the peoples money, free Of in
terest, to make money for themselves. The
report for The 1st Of September shows that
there was $54, 395, 10G so deposited at that
date This is somewhat less than the aver,
age for the past eight months, which
has been in the neighborhoOd of $50.
100000 If the bankers have been lend
ing this money at the ruling rate of pei
cent per annum-and they probably have
they are realizing about $3s600,000 a yeal
out of the free aac of the peoples money
enough TO put 23,Gl4 disabled veterans OF
the pension rolls at 312 moath.
In addition to this we are paying interes
On the bonds that that $60,OO0o00 should
have bought up and Cancelled.
But it is the old story: lavish millions 70
the money-lenders; pinching, stingy, dolinl
of pennies TO the soldiers.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06
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The National tribune., 1888-09-06
A HrnRrnY oFrIcER.

Mrs Emma S. Hampton, the accomplished
and earnest President of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, closes most successful admins
tration with the meeting of the National
Convention at Columbus. Mrs. Hampton
has labored zealously and with wisdom in
the upbuilding of her grand Order, and she
will turn it over to her successor greatly in
creased in numbers, and strengthened in Or
ganization and effectiveness.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06
An1urnNr-GENERAL FISH.

We trust that the coming Encampment
viii properly recognize the services of Adj't-
Gen. Daniel Fish, and we have no doubt
that it will Comrade Fish has been the
right man in the right place in the Adju-
jutant- Generals Office, and has discharged
its multifarious and exacting duties with
marked ability. He is a genuine comrade,
and has devoted himself to his work with
enthusiasm and intelligence.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

The coming Encampment will terminate
the official career of Commander-in-C Chief
John P. Rea, but will not lessen the esteem
in which the hundreds of thousands Of COM
rades have learned to hold him. His adj
minstration of his high Office has been what
his ardent supporters predicted it would be
when they urged his election -dignifed
safe, conservative and efficient With an ex-
cellent military record, fine scholar, a
strong thinker, and captivating, popular
orator he has produced the best impression
wherever he went, and strengthened the
Order in the affection and confidence Of the
people.
No mistakes have been made at National
Headquarters, no unwise steps have been
allowed to be taken anywhere, and the Order
has grown from one end Of the land to the
other. Every Post and every Department
reports marked increase in membership and
even a still more marked increase ia fra
ternal, spirit and interest The year that
Comrade Rea has presided over the destinies
Of the Order has been one of the most salts
factory in its history, and this is honor
enough for any man.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06
YOUR WIFE.
How Did You Manage To
Get Her2
A Chance for the Veterans
To Tell RomanCeS.

Among Is spirited and daring q body Of
young men IS formed tie Union army, there
must hare been many instances Of peculiarly
romantic Wo0lng of The women who became
their wives. These stories would be very
interesting Il he rest u lie comrades, and
TIE NATIoEAL TRIBUSE vii be glad to
publish then. Come boys: tell your com-
Tades If there was anything peculiar and
romantic il tie way you managed TO secure
ToHE beloved he.pmeetz
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

SOME of the English papers hken Gen.
Sheridan to the Archduke Charles, whom
Napoleon pronounced the ablest antagonist
he ever encountered There is one impor-
tant difference, however: the Archduke
Charles was frequently defeated, while no.
body was ever able to teach Sheridan the
meaning of the word.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

n CHANCE FoR ORR ToUSG FRIENDS.
We began last week the publication Of
the ioag-promised story, By the famous
writer Of books aor young folks, Col Thos.
VI. Knox We have resd the entire story,
and can promise with confidence that inter
esting as The opening chapters are. they fall
Ear short IF what is to come as the story
progress
We hope CIR young headers VIII appreci-
ate our efforts in securing this great treat
for fhem. aud VIII tel all their friends about
it,
The story is good and long, and wiz
nm into next year. Now IS the time for
young ciub-raisers TO 60 to work and get
one Of orr splendid preraiuia books we have
p'sssNEed for orr boys who like good stories
and usefaI works Of history.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06
CALL A HAT A omar"

The New York San, 4 well-known Demo-
cratic newspaper, has an editorial in a recent
issue calling upon Mr., Mills to avoid bun
combe on the stump, and denouncing his
hedging on the free-trade tendency of his
bill as humbug" Mr.. Dana closes a half
column double-leaded BREWER lecture with
the following plump dogma:
Mr. BIlls's policy will make this country free
trade land within % years. Let him either tell the
truth or leave the stump
If this is what the Mills bin is leading o
it is interesting in the same connection to
read the vivid picture Of what happens to
people living under such system, as told
BY DR.. Edward AIcGlynn in the course of an
address last week.
Said the eloquent priest:
Though England is very wealthy country, yet
a large portion of its people reduced to most
horrid poverty. Commodities are cheap, but man
hood, human flesh and blood are cheaper still.
LApplause.l What good does it do man to know,
while he is starving, that commodities are cheap?
man is starving for the want of money to buy
bread. AITee-traCer comes along ana says ny
dear sir you are living in the happest country in
the world" Happy country! aceursed coun-
try" g. Ny dear sir you are no patriot" 81: / am
starving my children are starving" " But YOU
are an Englishman; the wealth Of England las
enormously increased in your time; do you feel no
patriotic pride in the fact that it is your country?
Commodities are cheaper; 1 can demonstrate to
you, sir, in an hours time by logical argument
that free trade las made commodities cheaper in
England" But l am afraid that shall be dead
| in an hours time; won't you give me bread? "
Why, my dear sir, it is the easiest thing in the
world to get bread; bread never was cheaper IN
England than it is to-day don't care whether
it is cheaper or not, have nothing wherewith to
buy it. would be better off if bread cost pound
"a loaf and had a few pounds whesewith to buy
itn
This picture explains why Castle Garden
is located in New York and not in Liver
pool; Why emigrants move out Of Europe
and not from the United States.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

WHATEFER else may be thought Of Scna-
Tor Vests utterances. they usually have the
merit Of lrankness, and this quality sticks
out foot IN message to campaign club
IL St Louis.
Mr Cleveland, by lis nczsagc. for which sin
osreiy hoaof lrl las challenged the protected in-
dustriez ertae country % tgllt OF determination
The fight Is - The deata.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

THE Expenditures Of this Administration
have beer s95o030C0 more than those Of
its predecessors. Money seems 10 have been
laFished On about everything and everybody
except tie veterans.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

IT is believed that nothing has contrib
uted 50 mach to SAN RaudalI's rapid re-
coFery rs his hiIarity over the spectacle Of
Gills and Breckenridge franticalIy hunting
around for that enormols surplus
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

so1E people are uucon5ciously funny, and
then they are the funniest Of all This was
tie case last week with Senator German,
when be 6cpiorcd The bad taste Of Senator
Allison II paE4ding the 100000 excess Of
expenditure Of this Administration over
that Of lis predecessor at this time on
account Of its partisan effect Senator Cor
man did &c. deny that Cleveland really has
spent S95o99Qoo more than the Garfield
Arthur Administration, bat he thought that
this was not the time to debate tie problem
When could he have found 2 better?
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

Il would have been 50 much better to let
that surplus 20 to paying tie soldiers their
dues than 10 squandsE il in dredging out
Southern trout streams.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

THE Superintendent of Castle Garden
testifes that the German, English, Irish
and scandinavian immigrants now arriving
are as intelligent class as they were 20
years ago, but the Southern Europeans are
learfully deteriorated"
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

GEx. PICKETT. who led aboutthe only real
charge Lees array ever made, It's to have a
monument at last It viii be erected in
Richmond. where lie is buried.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

II tie President would speak his true
sentiments now: they would be a lament
that the vanished surplus is not a theory,
huf a fset.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

Eeery man echo aoOre he blue. and ecery
friend ofAis, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. Il gioes more and better matter
than any other family aDeekly paper, and costs
only t,co cents a loeek.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

THE British aristocracy has gained an
other foothold in this country. An English
syndicate, with S5,0O0,O00 of capital, has
bought up a number Of New York brewer
les This is a more serious invasion than
the Importation of any number of mobile
families" The brewers are the real aristo-
Gratis of England. A successful brewer has
more wealth and power than most of the
titled families The whole land pays him
tribute, and politically he is mighty. The
licensed victuallers of England answer to
our saloon keepers, and they hold the con-
servatiye, or Tory party in their hands. In
turn, the licensed victuallers are in the
grasp of the brewers. The returns show
that the drinking places in England are
mortgaged to the brewers for fully three
fourths of their value. They are as thor
oughly the retainera and dependents of the
brewers, as the serls were of the old feudal
lords, and the brewers use them unscrupu-
lousy in politics. It is for this reason that
so many brewers are knighted at the hands
of the Queen. Socially, the brewers rate
very high. Brewing and banking are the
two branches of trade" that a gentle
man" can engage in without loss of caste,
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

WE have sent a man-of-war to Hayti TO
protect American interests. We ought to
send force down there and annex the
Island That and the whole of the West
Indies should be ours.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

THE passage of the Mills bill would bring
ruin to the lead and silver mining interests
in Colorado.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

REPORTS OF THE ENCABIPNENT.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE viii as usual
contain fuller reports of the National En-
campment than any other paper.
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

G-5-z5 ~ rs rsaoro. P9sr ea- * alaasa oss ssrss
The National tribune., 1888-09-06

HEADQ' rs G. B. COKE Posi-, No. I47,l
EEEELt1sD, Pa, Aug. ~. J
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Iuc.osed
please find 500 collected by the above
Post for the Gen. Logan Monument Fund,
contributed BIZ Inc iAIlUWiuE I'D smbeEs:
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WASHINGTON D. C., SEPTEMBER c, 1883.
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GsrAsusBED 800

ED EEKLY.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-02-04
ZENO INSISTS.

| see no good reason why tx. X" so
persistently mistakes my case against the
judiciary. | have pretended to discuss
chow the constitution should be interpre-
preted, and nothing else. have addressed
no Judicial tribunal nor congress. |
am advised ito make distinction be-
tween what the law of the land is and
what we should endeavor to make it.
| see no reason for this remark when
the question is, how is the law of the
land interpreted? Indeed, most of
tx. KS" argument does not apply to
me in any logical manner. If tx. X"
is not merely writing for fun, perhaps
he will furnish some more answers in
support of his theory.
/. Could | be tried, under the laws of
a State, without indictments: or could |
be tried twice for the same offence; or
be compelled to be a witness against my
self; or be deprived of life, liberty and
property without process of law; or can
State take my property without COM
pensation; in other words, can a State
adopt new constitution under which
these things could be done, and allow
me no appeal to Article v of the amend
ment? tx. X must answer yes, or
abandon his absurd position.
1t is no answer to say that State can
not establish a religion because its con-
stitution forbids. The people of Il
State are above their constitution, and
can change it.
In the light of common sense, only the
first amendment limits the federal power,
and distinctly says so: Congress shall