The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-10
A Specimen Veto.

The President is again dcNotiny some of his
leisure to the writing of vetoes of private pen
sion bills, and the Administration organs are
full of praise tor his industry in this particular.
one of the bids upon which he has exercised
his talents proposed to give Il small pension to
the widow of DR.. IL. II. Langdon of Burlington.
Vt. The circumstances Of this case. as narrated
hy the Free Press Of that city, are interesting.
pr. f-angdon was an excellent physician with
large practice. lie surrendered all his prospects
at home to serve a> assistant surgeon of the
seventh Vermont Regiment. lie was with
that regiment in six months of hard service in
the Louisiana >WampS, which carried three
hundred men Of the regiment to their graves,
and SO cnfceb!cu the remaner that it was hard
to find enough well men to bury the dead.
This terrible experience broke down his health.
and he resigned and came home confirmed in
valid. with chronic Inflammation of the liver
and diarrhua. lie was able after a time to re-
sumo in part the practice of his profession, and
so long as he could do 50, he did not apply fora
pension. But sclf-support becoming difficult
by reason Of the progress Of his malady. he ap-
Piled for pension in 1880 and one was grant
Ell him in January. 1881. In September of the
same year he died, and his widows claim for
pension was refused, because the disease from
which he died. consumption, was not the same
disease for which he was pen>ioned. When
the matter came before the Committee on PEN
>ion>. investigation showed that the cOn>ump-
ton was occa>ioned by his chronic maadeS.
and the committee voted Il moderate pension.
The Senate and House passed the bill without
question. and Senator Edmund>. who introduce
cd the bill in the Senate, and who knew DR..
Langdon for thirty years. declares that the
President has done great injustice.
1t is a great and inspiring spectacle which
Grover Cleveland, himself in the enjoyment of
100000 a year. presents when he gives his time
and energy and great intellectual powers to
vctoing bill which was designed to keep the
wolf from the door of worthy surgeons
widow. Boston journal.
Rev. Increase NJ. TarboN of Boston, is dead.
At Quebec the jury in the case of the saliva
ton Army indicted as public nuisance, return
ed the verdict of guilty.
1t is reported in Washington that it is posi-
Bile Mr.. Fuller will not accept the position Of
Chief Justice of the United States
The British Legation in Washington has been
taught that the horse has some rights in this
country which even titled .Enyli>hmen must re-
spect. A member of the legation had his
horses tail, locked in the English fashion and
was fined $3.50 in each ease.
The recent purchase of bonds by the Secrc-
tarv of the Treasury has saved the Government
more than three and Il half millions of dollars,
basing the estimate upon the interest that
would have been paid if the bonds had been
allowed to run to maturity.
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has de-
cided that the Prohibitory law of the State does
not apply to liquors kept for individual use.
And now would-be drinkers are asking how
they can have liquors for individual use if no
one is allowed TO sell any to them.
In Oregon the wild flowers begin to bloom
about the middle of February; and as winter
does not begin until about the middle of Deem
Der the season of cold is very short In fact.
an Oregon winter generally means a season of
warm rains. broken by less than two weeks of
light snow.
\ memorial to the late Mrs. Craik, author of
'John Halifax, Gentleman" is to be placed in
Tewkesbury Abbey. 1t will be in the form of Il
marble medallion. Tewke>bury is the place Sc
lected by her as the home of her most widely
known hero, and the last place visited by her
before her death.
1t has been learned that the ship Rock Ter
race, Capt. Atkinson, from Philadelphia Sept.
II for lliogo. is Il total loss in the China Sea.
The crew was saved. The vessel was built in
1919 and was owned by Troop 4 Son. David
Lynch and Others of st. John, \. b. She was
insured for So, 800. The owners will be heavy
losers.