Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-02
In Justice 70 a veteran.


las CHJcFs, oct. q.
Tine common sense OF Jn4iice, and
the par atc sp,Fit el the people OF
Net Mexico irrespective Of party
4 ssiii ~ arr; TN Cf7TviTFcd, m
ssca jiguIfei ascendeney, that they
R4iUfa resenl, q unworthy Of 10y
Al American ciczens, every attempt
to uaj asliy cast rgptenen, or m'srep-
reses-,atieu. q Pnbiic prii-ir = a. y
OF the wounded surviving veterans
OF the war Of the rebellion.
Tha', by ioueaio, there is such
misrepresentation O one OF the mob
lcsl OF our honorable Z. 5. senators,
in paragraphs rceefs4y re-Publlshed
.at Las Cruces, and credited 10 the
Optic, 5 quite eyi,Iftft.
Halt tia'bs are often the most
rnis,eaing ot ljrs and any iateili-
geat perzoa who viii inform himself
OF details % the Ie rating Of sena-
tor Mandersoa's pension viii d..
cover. 10; cuiy tae unkiuiuoss, hat
also the injustice, ara the tnorzt M
truth in the paragraphs referred
, 10. He viii discover that tic
eminent war SCARED veteran,
whose sterling honor and nteg-
FitF thaF AHA IT. tt,t--ttffftii, me- her aP
Piled tor. nor was be eagnizant ot
application being made 70 F.Fssts BIZ
pension; and. wten such ur>oliflted
rera;ed ceryt ate wa- seat 10 hlm.
its. rr-.r-e-r-c; t.se cfse u II fgI =
er1-i ~ tae Department. - he ra !
6lgd ~ application aud. WITH rgl
dent iu,entlpn hoF 10 accept any re-
rating which might be ilIesal. or "a
I -(eryFrsIJn 0f The purposes OF ,be
pension law. q quote from the
pctcant rcpubiitatiors.
T How many persans, ny dear read
er. carsbie 8. mskins, et tt.c's}ltssg
saeh urmeri,ei ssper~ions, tank
I You, would how a. much virtue a
that, relative 10 AZ. gpttng or not a.
/ cepting pFeferyd remn"eratie n
from their coupiTy TOR ttcir services
and wounds fprovidtl they hai any
10 her defense! Echo answers, nov
MANY?
How mary wonli decline FOR them.
selves 10 dgeidie rte question II ac
cep,anre or rejecuou OF sach an IN
solicited proicr a. Senator Aandcr
4 s,n did!
1 X, tAe truh be known that n The
very irefaace t.r which such ms
leading haf truths writers abuse sn4
ruisreprese5lt him he bas abGudantly
shown not only his proof aglns
temptation, bll, that he ls a far bel
Ter c8Hseryator of the pgb3c inter
ests q grrerat, nni Of The "tisar par
posfs Of f5s pension lar, n parueu
lar. tban could be reasonably expect
I'd from ,hc writers AID rcpublishe't
OF ,ach iil advised aud unjus,tliab!,
paragraphs.
That "groescsI atfse, and tnost un
deserved attacks could comc to maj
who has ,r1ed TO d. his duty to b.
tt-tfr4tit = in lls-r rTetd, arri no trss
dore4l al 50 well aiai efficiently 4
Senator Nauiersan < vel known L
bare done ii, seems indeed Is
credible.
Lot Las Cruces honor hersell b.
frouning upea AMI properly resent
ing a44 st the ....stii IL iifof ioes
4 press.
Once more. let the readers Of you
!, valuable paper kno,e, that Secrelar
d Noble. in giving bis opinion on u
: Henderson pension reraung cas-
SAYS: The pensioner = ehivalroy
Anfiitcr. whose merits are not TO be il
" dieated by a pensionable rera,ini
was not volunteer party TO the =
i tlon in this matter; and it appea
tha, he neither sought nor expec
cd IT,"
7 Here alone is full vindicaiion
{ Senator danderson, snd from Il
:, bead e ,ie interior department.
7 Ii NJ author Of theHliack ilE que
ton did NOR kSow The tat,s here
= -, icr;h. LEI him d. himself the il
ncr t. plead ignorance, ar M sfuto
:, mation. in exfruualian al his unlu
" sspersious. as publicly as be irfliet
= the wrong, Inns mitigating for bis
self tie odinm from Hhiek be cam
csrape tttrrsrr any NtT1TJF's7'rrTT ttnsEt
had fuI knowledge ftFe faetS
the case. Far Ju.TirIA.
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