Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-26
CLEVELAND AND PENSIONS.
some Important Figures for the Consider
alton of the Palsy Mon.

FIRST, IA to the personal official record
IF President C!eyelmd on this subject
What has he done Tor the Union soldiers :
LIT Us see.
Private pension acts General Grant from
$50 to ISL, inclusive, period Of eight
wears, approved i-5 private peusiUn acts.
President Hayes, trom l-T7 % l~.l, inclu-
size, a period OF four years, approved BOB
private pension acts Presidents Garfield
aud Arthur, from l~-2 10 lsSj, Inclusive.
period OF four year,, approved 80 phi
ya,e pension ac.s, while Presideut Cirye-
land, from lS-G to lo-i, inclusive, period
Of buJ two years, has approved Of S53 pri-
ylte pension oc's. This is - more thau
Presidents Gran; and Hayes approved in
twelve vetrs, ami l21 more than prrsI-
dents Garfield uui Arthur approved IN
toug yeats.
What else has President Cleveland done
for , LIun soldiers ami their widows, or
2hau- and dependent relatives
General pension acts: He approved the
act o! Marcu 10, l--6, which Increased to
Sl2 the pension oi ~ 90 widows, minors
and dependent relatives OF Union soldiers
lie approved the act OF August : 1856
which INCREASED the pension OF III, $50 Grip
Piled ana manned Union soldiers of the
late war from S2i to $50, from So t. $}6,
and from $50 and So 30 70 $Ij per month
lie approved the net otJaIulry 80, 1857,
which hgs already placed upon the pen
siCu rolls :. i5j survivors and widows OF
the wsr with Mexico, and this number
will be increased 20 5000 within the
present ti-ca, year.
81 much for the personal official record
OF President Cleveland on the subject Of
pensions
Nov lst IA see what a.s been done by
the Bureau OF Pensions under the admins
lral;un o. General Juhu Z. Black, Commits
s.unsr Let Us compare the last two ycar-
ot Republican rl,e with the first two years
OF DsWCc-ul,C rule, and 7sc what the rec
or,ls dIsrlCS. ol this subject
Pension certificates ISSUED: From July l.
I--3 10 June 50, l~-5, inclusive, q psriot
ol tIo years under Republican aGmiriStra-
ton, TO Ji1 certificates OF gii classes were
issued ~ the Bureau OF Pensions, while
lrom July I, l-~5 70 june -, 1851, inciu-
save. period CD two wears under Demo-
cratic administration, 26-, 60 certificates
of an classes wrtc issued
Here r-a clear .r,uGi $50 l~O certificates
I'm the first .wy years under DsmoCrlur
over the last Two years under Republican
rule.
Funds disbur-oi on account of pensions:
From July l. l~-.: 20 July /, l-~j iGciu-
sjge, period 81 two years, under Rspuoh-
can rulr, there WIS discussed on accOGnt
of pau-ions Sl!2, 9GTgi& 10
From Ju'y I, l-~j, to June 30, l--1.
inclusive, uparroG Of two years, under
DamUcratic rule, there w"s ditburs"d on
account ui tensions Sl-G, - 21D ID
Here Is clear gaia OF Sl6GlT,U2j %
discussed on account OF pensions during
the FIRST two years OF Damocrat:r rule over
the last two years Of Republican rule.
Net gains IN peuSlau rolls: o. July ],
l--2 there were upan the psnsluu rolls
3US. G-- pensioners Of all classJs On July
I. l~~5. there were upon the pension rolls
30. 10 pensioners at all classes. or net
GAIN during tur LIS two years ut E-punil-
can rule assisted by two aud one-hal'
months cf General Backs splendid work
Of a i5T pensioners
On the Is, dag OF July, 1857, at the
close Ct the first two years Of Democratic
rule, there was upon the prUsion rolls
~ uOO pensioners .InCnic,al, bat low
estimate OF all classes
Here L. me- gain 20 the rolls in two
wears under Democratic RUE OF SO SO p n
sioEers, "a against net gain OF ll.lG7
pensioners during the las, two yeas OF
Republican rule, OF -, 4Os to the advdn-
tuge OF the Democratic administration
and this, ton, IN tho face OF the tact that
the clerical force OF the Bureau Extensions,
has been reduced III within the past two
yelrs, and that the death rate among the
cid soldiers IL rapidly increasing as the
years 70 by.
Daring the fiscal year ending June 30,
l~-T, III 3GO certificates of al asses
wsrs issued nv the bCreau CT Pensions, OF
which 30 1914 Were original. The highest
number OF cs.giusl certificates ever issued
10 cu, year le.osc was IN l-56, when Their,
were 80 81, 80 that the number Of origl-
nal certificates ,s,uad dU,ns the year Just
rlu.td Il > OF in excess q the highest
uumbar ever before issued in the history
Of the bureau