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PERSONAL.

The appointment of Judge W. O. Veazsy 10 the
Interstate Commeree Commission win meet the
approval Of every veteran in the country. judge
Veazey a prominent Candidate before the Ma
tional GAR. Eucampment for Communicating
Chief and he Withdrew in favor Of Gen. AIEsr, in
q neat speech. His appointment ON the Commits
sion will be hailed with delight by every soldier
who attended the Encampment, for the Judge
made a favorable impression upon every delegate
and veteran in attendance by the manly course hs
pursued There are big chances in store for Col.
Veazey. and time will fK these matters.
Gen. James r. o'Beirne, Of New York city, 10
prominently mentioned for the United States Mar
shaship Of the Southern District Of New York
Gen. O'Beirne served as Captain through the term
of service of the 37th y. Y, and Provost Mar
shSl-Gen of the District OF Columbia during
the year 1865. He edited a newspaper in this city
after the close of the war. and has been on ths
press OF New York city for many years. He 10
known as one Of the best newspaper men Of Tho
country, il an educated gentleman. and Is desers-
eddy of the most popular men Of New York
city. He would make good Marshal.
Rev. David Fl. Moore, the neWly-escted editor
Of the Western Cristias Advocate YVES the Lieuten-
aRt-CoIoneI OF the I25ih Ohio, aud had briliiaus
record a soldier. He is 81 years old; was horn
at Athens, o.; graduated from the Ohio University
In 1850, and very shortly afterward entered the
army. He is said TO be an expOunder Of the Gospel
OF unusual force and Is a scholarly gentleman and
win undoubtedly fiji his new position eredisably
to himself and the people who elected him.
NJ. e.. % 1,.,,.. 90 - e..
- - - - -. ~ -.
day evening last at Fort AIeHeHry, Resr Baltimore
Md She first drank pint OF eoa-Oi then satu-
rated her clothing with the same huid, lighted q
match and set herself fire. Her four yeaF-oId
daughter her commit the deed and gave thu
alarm, but help reached her too late to save hen
life, as she was roasted before assistance reached
her.
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RALLor-Rox PROTECTION.

Several States have recently passed laws
looking to an honest ballot. That some re-
form Is needed in this particular is admitted
by every candid observer. In New York
City the ballot is little more than an article
of merchandise, and in large sections of the
South the votes are not counted, but the
returns are made simply in accordance with
the political needs of the faction In the
ascendancy.
The Kentucky Legislature passed q law
establishing what is known as the Austria
liam system, where the ballots are officially
printed and supplied to the voter, who en-
tiers room alone, and having made his
selection, deposits his vote in secret, with
out the possibility of anyones knowing its
character except himself The Supreme
Court of the State has just declared the
law unconstitutional, because it practically
abridges the right of an illiterate person TO
vote.
In the South the proportion of illiterates
is very great, and if this is to be accepted as
good law by other courts it is apparent that
some other device must be adopted that will
not deprive those who cannot read or write
of a vote
The question arises, naturally, whether
the electors who are so illiterate az to be
unable to read their tickets are fit persons
to vote; but the right being constitutional,
some means within proper limits must
sooner or later be adopted, because the out
ragged conscience of the Nation demands it.
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from egsgy section ga regard 20 GTGEd Army Fem
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saaies and lotsrS The Editor tru 0tsGps reoesro
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ITS MEANING.

EDITOR EATIosAL tribune: Please explain the
first and second paragraphs of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UsE Service Pension Bill, and settle contro-
versy. Some contend that II a soldier has served
only 100 days and Is drawing $50 he will draw 81
more, and II he is not drawing anything he will
only draw sl.-J. N. MATTHEW'S, Grab Orchard.
Ill.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Pension Bill
propose that mans service pension shall
be added to and included in his disability
pension. Thus, if he is already receiving
$50 for disability, he would under It receive
$38, if he had served more that 80 days and
less than 500. If ne served more than 800
days, he would get cent month more for
every day that he served in excess of 500
days. Thus, if he served four years, 400
days, he would get $146O month in addi-
ton to his disability pension, or s44.60 in
all
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WORK OLE THE PENSION orrIor.

During the week ending Sept z, 1889,
5,1S5 claims were received, of which 1877
were original invalid; $40 widows; war
of 1912; Z bounty land; AZ navy; old
war; 81 on account of Mexican service, and
3,04i applications for increase. The names
and postoflice addresses of $3.50 officers and
comrades were furnished for the use of claim
ants. There were 65,50l pieces of mail mat
ter received; 25,S30 letters and blanks sent
out.
The number of cases detailed to special
examiners was TAI; ss7 reports and cases
from special examiners; cases on hand for
special examination, 1929.
Report of certificates issued during week
ending Sept. Z, 1889: Original, 1,o47; in
crease, sol; reissue As; restoration, II;
duplicate, O.; accrued, SO; arrears o; act of
March 3, 1888, O.; order April 3, 1884, o.;
act of Aug. 4, 1886, O; supplemental, 8;
arrears June Z, 1883, /; Mexican war, 20 /;
total. 2.Oss.
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THE CHAMPION LIAR.

The Florida ex-rebe1, who has become
editor of the st. Louis Republic, is working
very hard to win the belt of the champion
liar and soldier-hater of the country. In
the multiplicity and wanton reeklessness of
his falsehoods he leaves his Eastern colleagues
far in the rear. Every page of his paper teens
with the most monstrous fabrications. They
begin with the Washington correspondence
on the first page, run through the telegraph
columns, appear in the clippings, where
everything defamatory to the veterans and
their friends that can be found in the ex-
changes are carefully reproduced, and the
editorial page shrieks and bowls with denun-
Citations. The fellow really seems to be the
victim of monomania against the veterans.
The following is one of the multitude of
fslsehoods which have appeared in its
Washington correspondence:
Tanners latest break Is characteristic Of the
man. Judge Taylor, of tho Western Reserve, who
succeeded Garfield, called upon him tho other
morning upon official business. The Judge IL n
dgnfed, scholarly man, who. upon entering the
Commissioners office. said Good morning, Mr..
Commissioner" The great pension re-rater kept
on writing while he mnttered. Good morning"
Judge Taylor then said: 81 have a matter of inn
por,ance TO talk about
THAT'S all right said the pension buccaneer |;
=" can hear you and write. too; so spit 1t out"
The digniiied Judge. with look of whitening
contempt aud indignation In his voice, replied:
" Well since must spit II out, want to know
whether you intend TO appoint a non. partisan
Board of Pension Examiners. or whether you in
tend TO follow tho example of the preceding Ad-
minisiraiion. II had two Democrats and one Re-
publican. Do you intend to appoint ono Demo-
Graf and two Republicans
The surplus-destroyer growlcd forth: Maybe
you think more OF Democrats than dor"
The Judge now thoroughly netlled cast a look
OF lefly judicial contempt upon the Grand Army
foragor and slowly aud en-, phatically said: There
Is not Democrat in the United States mean and
contemplate that do not respect more than you,
sir"
The Judge then walked out and Tanner learned
later that he had been insulting distinguished
Member OF Congress.
A comrade called Judge Taylor's attention
to this, and he replied "a follows:
WARREN. o., Aug. 10, 1859.
J. FRANK CUMMINGS ESQ.
DEAR sra Yours OF the 18th inst. inelosing slip,
which return. Is just read. In reply have to
say that the whole statement is absolute and
unqualified falsehood. My denial has been pub
lished over aud over again. and stI the lie keeps
on the wing ia one shape or other There have
been something like dozen versions. but ali are
equally false. / have met Commissioner Tanner
nnd found him gentleman. haze not seen him
since he 'oas appointed Commissioner Of Pensions.
Very truly yours f. b. TAYLOR.
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serter ever pensioned, nor can he be, inasmuch
deserter remains. constructively. In the serv-
ice. He has no discharge, and therefore has not
been released from the service" No man, what
ever may be his questionable disabilities can De
granted invalid pension so long he continues.
either actively constructively, in the military
service.
As we said in the beginning, this reason
ing is simply unanswerabls. 1t is from first
to last clear, cold logic, without flaw. The
Assistant Secretary has nothing to do with
what should be, or what might be-he deals
only with what IS. 1t is his sworn duty to
execute the law as he finds it, and that he
proposes to do. He is not going to usurp
the power of Congress, to alter or amend
laws to suit his ideas His view of its
meaning is precisely the one that has pre-
vailed without question or dissent for SO
years, was supported by the ablest jurists
tho country possessed, and WAS distinctly
upheld by the Supreme Court. The shrieks,
perversions and Qualifications of the malig-
nant press rebound from this like spray
from rock.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-09-12

THE report that another American mil
lionairess is about to buy European Prince
seems to be well founded. The niece and
heiress of C. p. Huntington is the purchaser,
and she acquires possession of Prince HAITI
feIdt, a disreputable rake, but genuine
Prince The fact that the yield of Princes
in Germany runs about as high as an aver
age wheat crop in North Dakota ought to
have suggested to an ecOnoSieal girl that
mortgage of 100000 for gambling debts,
which must be met, was heavy encum-
brance on the property, but money seems to
be no object to Miss Huntington. Besides,
it is only matter of few cents hundred
on the freight ON her uneles railroads, and
the dear people will pay it.
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NOTHING would give THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE greater pleasure than to calmly
discuss pension matters with some anti-pen-
sion paper which would take the trouble to
post itself up on the subject, and debate it
coolly and nationally. We are so confident
of the right and justice of the soldier side of
the question that we have no fear Of the re-
suit of such an argument. But no paper
will do this. If ii is opposed to pensions it
less ISLANDERS and lies, which renders calm
argument impossible All that can be done
is to simply denounce its twaddle asslies,
and this finally gets to be tiresome iteration.
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We do not know whether the Bohemian
Jews who conduct Puck have been natural
lied or not. 1t is possible that, like good
share of their patrons, they do mot care
enough about the blasted country to be-
come legal citizens of il. Naturally, they
have very little regard for the mer- who
fought for the country and rescued it long
before the aforesaid Bohemian Israelites
thought of immigrating lit. They are not
the style to be moved by feelings of honor
and gratitude. The American dollar alone
appeals to their hearts, and were it not to
be gathered here in plenty PUek's publishers
would soon put the ocean between them and
this land of freedom.
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TIE rRuIr ErAPonAroR.

Hundreds Of farmers waste enough every
year TO support family. They allow cur
rants, apples, peaches, citrOns, etc, TO rot
when il eyapOrated they would more than
offset the annual store bill When peaches
are ripe everyone elses peaches also are ripe
and The market is gIutted, and perhaps the
crop l. practically lost None are lost If
evaporated, aud the producer is in position
70 wait tan the market quits MIN. Send for
our fruit evaporation, described on another
page, and try once the difference it viii
make II the family account-boOk.
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If New York city intends to wrest from
Chicago the opportunity TO have Worlds
Fair in 1892, her capitalists must remember
that simply pointing at big bank accounts
will not do the businesss They must break
into their cash-boxes with a lavish hand, or
their vigorous Western sister will get away
with the prize, and viii deserve it The
fact that New York has the most money
won't help her any if she won't put it up.
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@TRUMPETER FRED. y
BY
Capt. Charles King.

We have secured a new serial story from
Capt Charles King. the popular author OF
sThe Colonel's Daughter" and other tales
illustrative of army life 1t is entitled
aTrumpeter Fred and is replete with stir
ring incidents of the camp and field that
viii enchain the interest Of our readers from
first TO last No one should miss it. II
viii be commenced soon, and will run
through a series Of issues of the paper.
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"PUcK" AND PATRIOTISM
"FUeE" rex nc


" ot5sc 20 the pensions these fellows = blue
Are Claiming jH-t Dow rtgbfsIy due
For wounds o. disease tlley contracted IN war
While engaged Ia a cause that really sbI,or
- oteci 70 these pensions. ! do. 'pon my soul
Tie psaeiiee is bad ssd tiley .i.ake such hole
lD tie luDd iiiat. stirred 40 Wllh iree-lrader's
SPOON.
Might yield precious pap Cor my party cartoon.
. ] have suspicion. when al things Ere said
That every true patriot nog mgsi be dead
The war aas 20 Aneisut--tbe fnct IL not screened
then 'sas IN Germany, just getting sesned
Besides. twas their business. viAt soldiers are
Tor
Isfood Tor gunpoWder. the pisytbings Of war,
And al ~ titas sentiments 20 more shan fostl
" saving tiie eountry-When wAs at home.
Their proper reward Is a nicely made grave.
hiih sl9ne-a cheap sione-aSd IIe words lie
was brave
True aBd faithful; well may IL be said
He died foT Iis country yes. who carer a redy
'Ilis man took his chances. tie vigor Of lie
May have eb5sd from LIS veins la that terrible
strife;
But tiiai is no credit 10 ilifn, lst him die
He ought 70 give way Tor sses heroes as L
Lei the surplus be boarded nngTaiefnl. It's said
hei'nt'ics base been tiii their heFoes are dead
And quite approvei lea iisss oid fellows die.
Aisc sife wa ioT lAe suciseissueh suckers as l. -
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SUPPOSE that the $4,000 600 which the

SUPPOSE that the $4,000, 900 which the
Government has paid out since the begin
ming of the year for pensions had not been
distributed among the people, and suppose
that the Wall street operators were not de-
tered by the knowledge that the Govern
ment will make the amount Ss0,000,000 be-
fore the end of the year, does any body doubt
that they would have preciPitated panic
upon the country by locking up the funds
in New York under their control2
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The Emperor Of Germany having had
lovely visit with his grandma, has set out to
see the Sultan of Turkey. The official news.
papers Of Berlin congratulate the people
upon the bene6cent political significance of
the good times these worthy relatives have
been having with each other. 1t seems that
Her Majesty never once spoke Grossly to her
bnmptious grandson, nor did the young
man from Germany twit his uncle, ii. Ri,
with the fact that he is likely 10 be a
grandfather before he is a King.
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ST.. LOUIS makes a bid for the Worlds
Fair by producing map with circles drawn
with radI of 500 miles from ST. Louis, Chi
cago and New York, respectively. Within the
ST. Louis circle there are % IA, 947 people to
u $4,000 in the Chicago circle, and 10 Gal, :
6n2 in that of New York. In the same area
ST. Louis has 77,57l miles of railroad, to
"a ,sO1 for Chicago, and 81, 361 for New York
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ELGIN WATCHES.

No other newspaper has ever before been
able 20 secure Elgin watches of the grade
we have for premiums While all our
watches are exactly as represented, we wish
to call special attention TO our magnificent
gold Elgin.
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OLE PnFnfIT,nr LIST.

We have printed large premium list,
which embraces great number Of articles
of al descriptions They are al 10 be had
free or On easy terms, and are all warranted
90 be exactly a. Described. Send us a postal
card with name and address before you buy
q watch, gun, any iewelry OF china, or, in
fact, almost anything else you want, and we
viii mai the list to yon FREE
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SO the President has decided that we are
70 have no extra session after all. This will
be generally approved. By attending close
~ 70 business Congress can get through all
its Work in reasonable time in regular ses-
sion
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Or the 16 Past Chief OF
the GAR, four-HurIbut, Logan, Burnside
and E2rnzhaw-aTe dead. or the Il Past
Senior Vice mmanders-in-C Chief one
Joshua T. Owen, who served in 1sGs-is
dead. o. The II Past Junior Vice Com
Chief. three-wm. EaFnshaw,
Geo. Bowers and w. H. Holmes-are \
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EUsyy man ThO wOrs The Jlae, and emery
friend Of has, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE II giUes more aud better matter
than my other family reekly paper, and costs
only tio0 cents a week.
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Our typewriter.

Special attention is called to our typewritsa
explained fully on another page. This is 3
novelty in the way Of premium, bat nothing
could be of more utility in the business Of
thousands of cur readers, aud il comes within
the means of all.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is TIE only
champion the soldiers hare among The great 4oa-
pers of The country The best pay TO help all
geteraas is by getting ii more subscribers.
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M0tkI Is the time to subscribe for
NOfF TIE NATIoSAL Tribune
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON. d. c. SEPTEMBER II, 1883.
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Can either the Commissioner of Pensions ar
the Secretary of the tntGrior create penalties that
not defined by the statutes which they are
sworn To- executor Can either, or both com.
bined, atfix penalties To alleged offen~esp
Can either. or both. infiitts n penalty unknown To
The law, by ludieiaiu Instruction of lhe statute
by tho Interpolation of phraseology upon the
statute, or by an implication OF law? With all
possible emphasis, answer MOI Penal statutes
Ilust be strictly construed. They cannot be ex
tended by implication The law does not allow Of
constructive offenses onarbitrary punishments
and. therefore. il ish Fundamental doctrine OF
criminal Jurisprudence thai, where an offense Is
protected by the letter Of penal statute he cannot
be deprived OF its benefits on the ground that his
case in not within its spirit. Things which do not
come within the words Of eonrt-martial's sen.
tence cannot be justly brought within by construo
tion
He points out very forcibly that the I'M
pOrtation of words" into statutes is a thing
not tolerated of any executive officer Ger
tainly they cannot be allowed TO import
words" which will create crime where the
law has made none
As to the pensioning of deserters" the
Assistant Secretary says:
While II Is true that " Congress did not intend
to pension daseTter,n and that no deserter can
ever be lawfully pensioned, yet IL is not true now
WAS II ever true. that 'deserters pension is
forfeited by The act OF deserton" In fact, no dc.
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What We PIsadI or.

Patriotism must have been INDUCING in a
Kip Van Wrinkle sleep, Judging from the
Arguments against giving somen municipal
suffrage. as APPEARED in your issue Of the
10 int. in susrsring such objections We
should feel that W. were staying the slain"
bat a. se remember that all reforms are
brought about by line upon line Ard precept
upon precepr." Ne will AS briefly possible,
define our Vnws on tbs. srest question.
W. claim sqnal political rights for women
because oar Government declares that, al
power il Inherent III the people ~ AN free
governments are founded on their authority
We will leave Patriotsms Angel. of
Queens" to the protecting care Of The Re
n.on.rrsnts. and plead for the ballot as a
means Of prot. ction for Thousands of poor
laboriug women and girls rho have no homes !;
for thousand. of good ard pure women liv-
Ing with drunken and lceutious men; for
widows orphans. victims Of unjust laws adj
ministrfed by INSCRIPTIONS men for WON
en- held amei able 10 laws they have no voice
10 making and for the support Of govern
mrut that denies them presentation; for
the crim nal classes Of my sex who are de-
priyed Of the right guaranteed to all male
criminals "a trial by jury OF their peers
and confronted by judge and jury of
their poiitteai sDPerrtsprs for mothers, de-
med the guardianship Of their ctiliren. and
VINO have plead in vain with our l. gi-lature
that the age of consent by hich our daugh-
iers may sell their virtue be raised from
.hirteen to eighteen years.
And now dear Patriotism" | must say
farpepll with the assurance that my prayer
for "a il that the spirit Of the Mas'er may
yet be yours and in all matters pertaining To
B.