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MUSTERED OUT.

HEsBIsOH-Robert HerbisOn died ct his resi-
dence in Pierre Oak, March y IN the 67th year Of
his age. He entered the United States service
q private in CO. II, I'd n \. h A. jan 4, 1854;
was discharged from the service Aug 23 1870, for
disability; was mustered into Sully Post Jan.
10 1888, and when he died was Post Chaplain. lie
was buried with military hOnOrs b the members OF
his Post.
RIACK-James Black died &C WindfsIl Ind,
March 10. Courade Black was q member % Go. X,
Sth Ind. and Senior Vice Commander Of Post No.
$50
SHALrY-George shalty died at Windfall. Ind,
March To- Tie a member OF Co. i, iith Ind.
Cav and Senior Vice Commander Of Geo. MliIeE
Post, No. 359.
KINGscoTT.- W. Kingscott Co Il, % Mich,
Cav died at Argentine. Kan, FEB is, OF pneu-
nonia aged 66 years. he WAS buried under the
auspices of Gen. Logan Post, No. 465.
STEvENs.-1Iartin =. Stevens, C1- 4, ID " iS-s
and First Lieutenant Co q, Isl vs. r. A., wsis
killed by a runaway team near Albion. Neb.,
March g. Comrade Stevens was about 40 years Of
age, and WAS the first Commander Of Kit Carson
Post No. AZ.
VIcKEr.-Volson Wicket, 27th Mich, died at
stool. bridge Mich, March 3, aged Is years. He
was a charter member Of G. h Ewing Post, No.
2il3 and was laid to rest by his comrades.
PaISEEx-Died at Abba, Iowa, March 9, " m.
Phinney Captain Co d, odd Iowa. aged - years.
KoOETZ. Died at Abba, Iowa, March 10. Alph
Koontz, Co. /. 18th Ohio, aged 4S years
LAMBERT.-Died st Abba, Iowa, March IL w >.
Lambert, Surgeon, 9th Iowa, aged 81 years,
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THE RESPONSIBILITY.

The rules Of the House Of Representatives,
and the peculiar political conditions which
now exist, put all pension legislation under
the entire control of the Chairman of the
Committee on Invalid Pensions-Col. C. G.
Matson, Of Indiana.
This control is absolute-is despotic even,
if he chooses to make it so. Every pension
bill introduced into the House Of Repre-
sentatives is referred directly to his COM
mittee, and unless he chooses to do otherwise,
It may sleep there until Time, or at least
Congress, shall be DO more He must decide
when it shall be reported to the House, if
ever; what sort Of report must accompany
It. and what shall be done with it after it is
reported. If it is merely placed On the
calendar it is not necessarily in much better
condition that when sleeping in the COM
mittee room. It's turn for consideration
may never come, or if it come, it may be
postponed indefinitely by somebody else
crowding in another bill upon its time.
If the Chairman really desires the consid-
alton and passage of a bill, he moves that
its consideration be made the regular order
for a certain day, and makes a struggle tc
secure this. When it is secured he arrays
his forces for the day of debate, and brings
the strongest men and the strongest argu
ments to bear upon the House to influence
it his way.
If he does not want the bill to pass b
does none of these things, and this neglect i
fatal, for no one else can do what is mad
his special duty to do.
Another form Of the despotic power give
him is the right to call up a bill in whic
he has special interest, under suspensio
of the rules, and insist upon its passag
without debate or amendment This com
pels the other Members who may be i
favor Of some features of the bill, but OF
posed to Others, to either vote for it in til
particular form in which he has reported
to the House, or else go upon record as OF
posed TO the whole of it.
Col. Matson has, therefore, had the powe
at any time since the opening of Congress I
report the GAR. Pension Bill to the Hous
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TIE BOND PURCHASES.

The Secretary of the Treasury is compla-
Gently calling attention to the good results
of policy which THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
urged upon him months ago. He informs
the public that since April II he has bought
$2,490,OOO of 43 per cent bonds, which viii
save the country $685. 1880 in interest, and
81, 285, $50 of A per cents, which viii save
$3.50, 672.25 in interest, making total pur-
chase of So, 1855 and saving in interest of
1864, 934.75. In making this estimate the
Secretary has computed the interest for the
entire periods the bonds viii run, and de-
Quoted therefrom the premium he has paid.
The Secretary is commencing quite early
to seek applause for his fuanciering. Per-
haps this comes from a painful consciousness
of long neglected duty, which hurries him
to announce that he is now really doing
what he should have done long ago.
a purchase of $3,775,65O of bonds and a
saving of 1894, $3.50 in interest is fair begin
ming, but it is only beginning. There are
| $230,544, 600 of Al per cents.-annual inter
est O,374, 507-which are due in but little
over three years, and the most of which he
can get on very reasonable terms. THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE has urged him to devote
the surplus to wiping these out, relieving
| the country of that much debt, saving an
immense amount of interest, and returning
hundreds of idle millions to active circula-
ton. He cannot pursue this policy too
theoretically. The country will welcome a
great amount of energy in this direction to
make up for lost time. He can use up the
| $150,0OO00O of surplus now on hand in this
way to the best advantage,
Some will urge that it viii not do to push
the purchase of bonds too sharply, or they
viii be "cornered" and the price raised
There is not much in this fear. The $780,.
$4,000 of Al per cents. are due Sept. 1, 1891
The United States can take them up ther
without any objection on the part of the
holders. The interest that viii be paid from
now until then will be just Is per cent. o.
course the holders will make some eonees
siOns for the sake of having their money two
or three years in advance, and it will bt
much better for the Secretary to pay then
half their entire interest-73 per cent
premium-or even 8, or 10 per cent
non than to keep the money lying idle il
the Treasury and pay is when they are due
So far he has been able to get the bonds fol
shade under per cent. premium, which
makes it an advantageous transaction for the
Government. and an excellent one for thu
bondholders.
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to secure a day for its consideration, and to
secure its passage, either with or without
amendment, by proper use of the authority
given him. There are enough declared
friends of the veterans in the House to
pass that and THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Service Pension Bill at any time that he
shall gain the opportunity for them TO vote
upon them. He is therefore directly re-
sponsible for the failure of the House to pass
any general pension legislation thus far, and
no one else than he can be held accountable
for any further delay.
If, on the other hand, he shall, even at
this late day, use his great power to Sc
cure the prompt passage of the Disability Bill
in the shape that it came from the hands of
the GAR. National Pension Committee
and THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Service Pen
sion Bill, he viii have, as he viii deserve,
the entire credit for his great service to the
veterans.
We insist upon an early dag being set for the
consideration Of these bills, nth full UOte and
an honest count.
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measure Of the greatness of his legal at
tainments is not very clearly enunciated.
he is a native Of Maine, So years old, and
a graduate of Bowdoin College. Hemarried
the only daughter of the late banker Cool
baugh, whose suicide at the foot of the
Douglas Monument furnished Chicago a
sensation some years ago. Physically, Mr.
Fuller is picturesque lie is about the size
of Malone, Of Virginia, and his head is
crowned with mane-like mass Of siIvery
hair.
Altogether, while not q great man at all,
he viii, no doubt, be acceptable to the Sen
ate, and be confirmed without more delay
than is consonant with dignity.
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the pensions provided for In this act and TO pay for
the increased clerical force IN the Offices Of the
Commissioner of Pensions, the Adjutant General,
and the United States Pension Agents hereinbefore
authorized to be employed, be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated out of any moneys In the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec 9. That any agent attorney, or other person
instrumental in prosecuting any claim under this
act who sha directly or indirectly, contract for,
demand, receive, retain, for his services or in
strumentality in presenting and prosecuting such
claim, greater than $40 payable only upon
the order of Commissioner Of Pensions, by the
Pension Agent making payment of the pension
allowed, who shall wrongfully withhold from
pensioner or claimant the whole any part of the
pension or claim allowed and due such pensioner
or claimant, shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof SHALL for
every such ofense, be fined not exceeding $500,
or Imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding two
years, both, in the discretion of the court. Pro
Uided, That fee whateversh shall be allowed to any
person whomsoever in any case where an invalid
pensioner is granted an increase under the provis
ions of this act.
Sec. 10. That all laws or parts of laws which con-
ict with the provisions of this act shall be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
1t will be seen that the main features of
the bill are:
1. Every man who served in the army for
three months or more is to be put on the
pension roll at the rate of one cent per
month for every day that he served during
the war.
2. No pension is to be less than s. a month.
3. Every widow of soldier is to be placed
on the roll at $12 month
T. The clerical forces in the Pension Bu-
reau, the Adjutant- Generals Office and the
Pension Agencies are to be increased to the
extent necessary to allow all the pensions
granted under this bill inside of two years
from the date of It's passage.
We feel that it is unnecessary to offer ar.
guments in favor of the bill. 1t commends
itself on sight to every comrade.
The thing to do now is for every comrade
to urge his Senators and Representatives tC
favor the passage of the bill, and to appeal
to every political convention of his party tc
indorse and recommend it,
In this way its speedy success can be as
sured.
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THERE is no finer type of the volunteer
soldier than ex-Gov. Russell A. Alger, of
Michigan. He went into the army at the
outbreak of the war as a subaltern officer,
and without friends or influence. By dint
of good, jealous, gallant service, attended
by much hard fighting and several severe
wounds, he rose through all the grades
to Brevet Brigadier- General At the close
of the war ne was without means, but he
had what was of infinitely more value than
mere money-business sagaeity of the high
est order. He saw the opportunities of
wealth afforded by the Michigan pine
lands, and invested every dollar that he
could secure in them. The result has more
than justified his most sanguine expecta-
tions, for he is now one ofthe wealthiest men
in the Nation. No man in the country does
more good with his means than Gen. Alger,
for he is constantly employing it in some
way that win aid deserving people. Though
these charities are unostentatiously bestowed
their great amount makes it impossible to
keep them concealed from public notice.
Last year it is estimated he gave away in
charity over $4,000.
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Fnnd for the past week Zee:
ExTENsTOY OF THE TI,IF.

In our first draft of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE PENSION BILL we made the limits from
March 4, 1861, to May 4, 1865. This would
cover the period of actual fighting during
the rebellion.
But we have been reminded of the fact
that there was a considerable force of vol
unteers sent to the Rio Grande country after
the surrender of all the rebel armies, and
held there for some time as an Army of OBJ
servation upon Macmillan. Inquiry at the
War Department discovers that the last
white volunteer organization was not dis
banded until Nov. 10, 1867, and the last
coIored regiment Dec. 90, 1861 We have
therefore extended the limit in our bill tc
the latter date, which will cover the service
of every volunteer who enlisted to serve
during the war of the rebellion.
This viii add to the justice of the proyis
ions of the bill
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srRsCRIRE Nor

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TIOEAL TRIBUNE
It is vastly more valuable and interesting
now than it ever has been.
Every man who served his country should
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It gives history, information and eurrens
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SOME NINE-1oNTHs STEs

Tne admirahiy-wriiien history Of the siege
Of Pei Hudson, which we publish this week,
pays well deserved tribute to the 18th n.
H., the 25.h Conn, and other nine-months
regiments which fought through that bloody
and ar5uous campaign with the courage and
foTtitude or veterans. They left a frightful
proportion Of their number lying dead and
mangIed in front Of the rebel works. They
were % such good material that the Cen
eral selected them to lead a grand storming
column. Yet, under the mangling amend
meats proposed by Col Matson, the men Of
these regiments who were broken down by
the aIdaous marching, and laboring under 9
hot sun il that malarious region, would re
ceiTe paltEy $40 per month. If they
have sucoumbed TO tie disease then in
planted IN their systems their widows vii
get Q similar beggar's allowance
These men served a much longer time
did more bard fighting and suffered mucI
mere severely from climatic and Other ad
verse influences than did the average MeKi
car volunteer, for whom Col. 8Iatson secure,
IS month last year
Why Is it worth S a month 70 a man t
have been a few weeks in camp during til
kfeziean wax, and only S2.70 10 have bee
disabled by nine months Of hard service j
the miasua-smitten lowlands Of Louisiana
Moral Pass the GAR. Disability Bill
and Chen TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Pensio
Bill
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ApA1rANTINE LIMITATIONS.

There are certain elementary facts which
Col. Matson strangely ignored while man
Cling the Disability Pension Bill.
The first of these is that no man could do
more than die for his country. And he could
die but once.
If he died six months after his enlistment
he gave the last full measure of devotion"
just as utterly and completely as if his de-
cease was postponed three or four years.
The same proposition applies with equal
force to his physical breakdown. If he
broke down-he broke down, no more, no
less. He had done all he could-he had
reached the last limit of his bodily powers.
Whether this end came three months after
enlistment, or six months, or II or SO months
is minor consideration. The main one is
that he did all he could-gave all he had.
In like manner his wife, who gave him to
the country, gave all that she had. She
gave the lover and husband of her youth,
JHe 1aJfter OF nST CHlIdTSH-bue support VI
herself and children. The greatness of her
gift-the extent of her loss is wholly indie
pendent of whether he managed to survive
three months of service or three years
It is inconceivably cruel and unjust to try
to measure and estimate these losses and de-
servings by yard-stick divided into minor
decimals.
The least that the Nation can, in honor
and decency, give the men and women who
gave it SO much is S. a month during their
lives.
To have it higgling and chaffering-as Col.
Matson's mangling amendments propose
offering this bereaved widow 80 cents a
month in lieu of lost husband, and that
veteran $3.50 in return for health wrecked
in the swamps of the Mississippi or Chicka-
hominy, is disgraceful parsimony and in
gratitude.
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THE ANNIVERSARY OF CHAMPION
HILLS.

HILLS.
Comrades, remember that the 18th inst. is
the 25th anniversary of the great victory of
Champion Hills, the turning point of the
Vicksburg campaign, and possibly of the
whole war. The victory won that day de-
cided the success of Grants great movement
to the rear Of Yicksburg decided that the
Mississippi should be opened, the Confed-
eracy cut in two, and that the National arms
should triumph. Defeat there would prob
ably have been fatal to the cause Of the
Union.
The man who was most instrumental in
winning that great victory was Gen. John
A. Logan, our deceased comrade. The best
way in which to celebrate the quarter-cen-
tennial of that momentOus triumph, is by
making it a Logan Day" upon which shall
be held Post and public meetings to collect
funds for monument to the great Yolun-
teer Comrades do this with zeal and IN
Outstanding.
The receipts of the Logan Monument
Fund for the past week were:
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Report of certificates issued during week
ending April %, 1888: Original, 1858; in
crease, 26O; reissue, 1885, restoration, 2s; du-
plieate, 10; accrued, 1So; arrears, o; Act of
March 3, 1888, 2; Order of April 8, 1884, 2;
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Act Of March 5, 1885, 0; Order Oct 7, 1855,
L Act of aug. 4, 1885, 0; Supplemental,
Act Aug. 4, 1855, s; Mexican war, 331i total
2I9A Reissue same date. 0.
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THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.

The President has at last put an end to
tue conjectures of the political gossips upon
the appointment of Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, by nominating Mel
vile w. Fuller, of Chicago, for the position.
The irony of fate deCreed that Minister
Phelps and Senator Gray, two candidates
for the place, should be sitting on sofa in
the rear Of the Senate Chamber at the time
the message came from the White House,
and they got the news at once. There were
a great many inquiries as to who was Fuller.
He had been scarcely so much as mentioned
as o possibility. 1t was soon learned that, il
not great lawyer, he was at least ga good
fellow" with rich wife, and would be an
important social acquisition to West End
Washington. Although this may not ap-
pear very important, yet one familiar with
life at the Capital will recognize the weight
of the consideration, and the color it will
give to comment by the correspondents on
"the Row." who daily supply teIegraphic
opinion to the newspapers of the country.
Mr.. Fuller's Democracy is described as
being of the silk-stocking" species. He il
said to be a fair lawyer, although the exact
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PERSONAL

Capt. Franklin How
land, who Is the only
member OF the BIassachu-
sets Senate nominated
and elected on the Pro-
hibition ticket. was bera
ia 1SB in Little Comp
ton, R l., out since his
second year has lived IN
Bristol Co. Mass. He
served in the I4ih and
, 18th y. 7. regiments, and
was al one time Assistant
Provost Marshal General
Of the Department Of Tho
South He was taken
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EXTRA COPIES.

Any subscriber who may get an extra
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viii understand that it is sent him to give
to some acquaintance who is not a subscriber
to the paper, but who should be.
He viii confer favor upon US, and di-
rectly benefit his comrades if he VIII take
the trouble to call mis- acquaintance's atten-
ton to the many merits of the paper and its
value to all veterans, and try to induce him
to become subscriber. By subscribing he
win add TO the papers power for good, and
strengthen its pleas for justice to the veter-
ans. It's fighting the battles of all veterans,
aud every power possible should be given
its arm. Of the Inconsistencies into whose
hands the paper may come, we ask a careful
examination and a comparison of it with
other weekly papers. We are sure that he
viii come to the conclusion that it is a most
desirable weekly visitor to himself and
family; that he will wonder how he could
have done without it so long, and that it is
worth very much more to him than the
small sum required to pay for it for one
year.
Let all do whatever lies in their power t.
build up the circulation of the paper, for that
is the surest way of aiding the cause of the
veterans rights.
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Write at once to yOur Member Of Congress
demanding o0te upon general pension bills
before taking tie cote on the Malls bill to empty
tie 9reasnrQ
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THE wonderful labor of the mountain,
which resulted in bringing forth ridicu-
lous mouse" has been paralleled by the five
months incubation by the Invalid Pension
Committee of bill to give crippled vet
Gran three cents dayI
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Mrs GEN. LOGAN had magnificent ova-
ton upon the occasion Of her visit to Toledo
in connection with the 22d Eucampmeut,
GAR, and fifth annual Convention, w.RO.
In company with Cen and Mrs. AIger, OF
Michigan and escorted by q committee from
the Grand Army, headed b. Past Command
er-in-Chief Kouutz and committee from
the W.RC, headed by Past National Presi-
dent, Mrs. Sherwood, BIrs. Logan visited
both the Eneampment and Convention.
Afterwsrd she held a reception lasting two
hours at the Body House, assisted By ex-
President and Mrs Hayes, and in the even
ing was present at the magnificent Campfire
at Memorial Hall The scene presented
upon her entrance into the business session
Of the Encampment was of the most touch
ing character. The applause couId not bs
restrained, and the veterans were all in tears
and clung TO her hand ike children.
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Bsfe a once 70 yOar Member Of Congress
deeea8iTg " Jota fpoa general pension bills
bg faiag The gote oa the AiIIs biz 10 empty
u ay
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Write at once to yOnr Member Of Congress
demanding Uote upon general pension bills
before taking the cote on tie Mills bill to empty
the Treasury.
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less period received.
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Fsite at once to yOutr Member Of Congress
demanding cote apoa general pension bills
before taking the uote on the MUS bill to empty
the Treasury.