Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-03

commission Of all claims basel
un,n Nlexicarf grants. Ii Is not I'M,
10 an intelligent and enterprising
people that their peace should h.
disturbed and their prosperity 70.
tarried by these old contentious.
express the hope that differences 1Y
OpiuiOn as TO methods may yield IN
the urgency Of the case.
PENSIONS.
The law provides a pension for
every soldier and sailor who wn,
mustered into the service or tbe
limited states during the civil war
and is now suffering from woupfs
or disease having an origin In the
service and in the line OF duty. I've
Of the three necessary facts
viz. muster and disability
are usually susceptible Of ea,v
proof, but the third, origin IN
the service. is often difficult, and In
many deserving cases impossible %
establish. That very many OF thoss
who endured the hardships Of o.,
most bloody aud ardOus camIaina
are now disabled from diseases thai
had a real though not traceabE
origin in service, we DO not doubt
Resides these are another class CON.
pOsed OF men, many Of whom seryel
an enlistment Of the full three years
and of re-enlisted veterans wG
added a fourth year OF service, wh7
escaped the casualties Of battles All
fine assaults of disease, who we-
always ready for any detail, $,
were In the very battle line Of the
command, and were mustered Oh.
in sound health, and have, since
the close of the war, while fightin.
with the same indOmitable and in.
dependent spirit, in the contests Of
civil life been overcome by disease
or casualty.
T am NOT unaware that the pension
roll already involves n very large
annual expenditure; neither am
deferred by that fact from recon-
mending that Congress grant PEN
sions TO such hOnOrably discharged
sailors and soldiers, Of service dur.
ing the war. as are now dependent
on their own labor for maintenance
and nv diseases or inability are in
capacitated for earning It. Many Of
them who would be included in thi,
form OF relief are now dependen,
upon public aid, and il does not, in
NV Judgment, cOmpOrt with nation
al honor that they shall continue 10
gIbsist uuOn the local relief iudis-
criminately given to paupers, In
stead Of upon the special and gener-
Gus provision Of the nation they
served so calamity and unseli-
ishly. Our people, / am sure,
will very generally approve
such legislation, and l am equally
sure that the survives OF the army
and navy will feel a grateful sense
Of relief when this worthy and suf-
fering class Of their comrades are
faithfully cared for. There are de
fects i'm the existing law that should
be remedied. To some Of these the
Secretary Of the Interior has called
1t is gratifying TO be able to state
that by the adoption Of new and
better methods in the war de-
partment, the calls OF the
nension Office for information
rs T. the military and hospital
records Of claimants are now
answered, and the i1iuri-
BUS and vexatiOus delays that here
tofore occurred are entirely avoid
ed. This viii greatly facilitate tie
Of all pending claims.
THE NEW STATES
The advent Of four new states.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
ANA and Washington, into the
Union under the Constitution, in
he same month, and the admission
If their duly chosen representa-
ives to our National Con-
,ress, at the same session,
5 an event as uneXamplet
Is interesting. The certification OF
he votes cast, and the constitutions
ldoptgd in each Of these states was
by me as required IN the
,th section Of the act Of February
>, 1850; the Governors OF said
Territories respectively having
lfter a careful examination found
hat the several constitutions and
were republican m
orm and not repugnant TO the con
titution OF the United States, that
Il provisions Of the act Of Congress
md been complied with, and thafl
Of the votes cast IN each
4 the said proposed states
vas in favor Of adopting the Con
/ did 50 declare by a sep
rate proclamation rs to each: az o.
North Dakota and South Dakota,on
SATURDAY, November =, as % Mon
aua. on Friday. November :, and
IS 10 Washington, on Monday,
Il.
Each Of these States has within
I resources, the development Of
which will employ the energies and
-ield comfortable sustenance %
.reat population. OF these new
states the smalleSt-Nashlngton-
lands twelfth and the hFgest-
,Ioutana-thirI, among forty-'wo
n area.
The people Of these states are al
eady well trained. intelligent and
.atriotic American citizens, having
ommon interests and symIathles
slfh the older states, and common
urpOse 10 defend the integrity, anu
phold the honor Of the nation
rttE, INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
The attention Of the Interstate
has been called 20 the
ryent need Of congressional leSis-
.tion for the better protection q
Ne lives and limbs Of those engaged
I pperating the great freight lines
+ tile country and especially yard
zen and brakemen- y petition
gued 10y nearly 100000 railway
-aksmen, was presented 10 this
,mmissl0R asking that STEPS be
ken 10 bring about the Use Of
ltomatic brakes and eOuplers on all
eight cars.
At a meeting Of state railroad
and their accredited
held at Washington
March last, upon the invitatOu
the Interstate Commerce Com
ission, a resolution was unani-
ously adopted urging the commits
IN 10 consider what can be done To
event the loss Of life and limb IN
upling and uncOupling freight
r. and in i'm handling the brakes
switch cars.
During the year ending June 50,
S.. over 1000 railroad employees
ere killed in service and more
an 20, 600 injured. 1t is comPet-
It, l think. for Congress to re-
lire a uniformity in the cOnstruc-
on of the cars used in interstate
lmmerce. and the use Of safety
,pliances on such trains Time
in be necessary to make the neeu-
/ changes, but an intelligent and
.rnest beginning should be made
once. 1t is a reproach TO our
vilizatiOn that any class Of our
orkmen should, in the pursuit OF
necessary and useful vocation, be
Injected to peril Of life and limb as
eat rs that Of soldiers in time OF