The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-07-09
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Z Special Correspondence to the GLOBE RE-
! PUBLICAN.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. July eth.
! The first effective step toward free and
! fair elections in the South has been TAX
en- by the House in the passage of the
national election law. 1t is most sub
stantial victory for Speaker Reed. who
had no small job or his hands to keep
his party firm and unwavering. but he
proved equal to the emergency and the
end justified his confidence and political
sagacity. The speaker said to your cor
respondent that this law need have no
terrors for honest minded people and
that it is only the rogues who complain
of the severity of the laws. LET them,
in the South be decent in their elections, :"
he says, land this or any other statute
will not weigh very heavily upon them.
The country, though. is tired of men
coming from the South with only few
hundred or thousand votes cast for them
and with none in opposition, and this,
too, in strong republican Districts
As so many applications for infOrma-
ton concerning the new pension. law
have already been made. it is worth
while as matter of very general inter-
est, to give some of the points already
the subject of decision by the pension
bureau under the authority of the sccre-
tary of the interior.
All pensions under the act will COM
mence from the date of filing the appli
cation in the pension bureau; hence the
necessity of pensioners giving the matter
early attention.
Applications must be in the form. SUBJ
stantially ut least. prescribed by the sec
retary of the interior. If not properly
prepared. the application or declaration
will not he good and will not. therefore.
be entertained by the department.
The rates of pensions under this law
are not affected by the rank of the SOL
der.
This act promises the following rates:
For dependent father or mother. twelve
dollars; the widow. eight dollars, and
a soldier under sixteen years, and if the
widow dies. the child or children can
draw Such pension. The soldier is enti-
tied to any rate. from six to twelve dol
lars. according to his inability to earn a
support.
\ pension under existing laws may
apply under this one. or a pensiOner un-
der this Que may apply under other laws.
but can draw only one pension at the
same time.
This law doe. not require that the
mental or physical disability of soldier
should be the result of his military SER
vice but only that he is suffering under
such disability not caused. however. by
vicious habits.
In case of widow her claim is good
no matter if her husbands death did not
result from his military service.
In dependent parents cases it is only
required that the soldier died of wound
injury or disease. which under prior laws
would have given him pension.
These are the main points of the law
as construed by the pension bureau. but
Of course there are many minor regula-
tons. which are required to be complied
with, but they relate more particularly
to the proofs required, and the like mat
tiers with which attorneys of claimants
will. of course. or should at least be ia
miliar.
The Senate was forced to back down |
from the position it had taken as against
the judgment of the House. in the mat
ter of an increase in the salaries of Sem
ate employees. The truth is the Senate
employees do less work and draw more |
pay relatively. than any other class of
government clerks. and it is well known
that none of them are killed by over
work. As a specimen. there are mes
sengers and laborers about the Senate.
both white and black, drawing over four
teen hundred dollars year. This is not
a question of politics. as the stoutest
of superfluOus officials and
extravaganza salaries are democrats, like
German of Maryland. The senators who
induced the Senate to back down from the
to increase the pay of the
Senate employees were Hiscock of New
\ FORK. Sherman of Ohio, and Plumb of
kansas. If the labOrs performed by the
Senate officials We're under private con-
troll not one half of the present force
would be required and the expenses
would not be third of the present dis
for the service. The House