The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-22

prosecuted under the old law, which secures =
fee Of SIS. II will also wake up many old bounty,
horse, back pay and other claims. You need not
he known as being In any way Interested, except
on my hooks and records.
And the circular runs ON In this
strain closing with this pathetic SEN
tence. IL was for many years engaged
in newspaper work rs publisher, edi-
tor, proprietor, and naturally have a
fellow feeling for the craft that
prompts me To divide with them a big
thing" What a whole-souled lot of
fellows these pension iiends are. to be
sure. The caption of the circular which
the STANDARD is asked to print Oh the
one-tbird plan is: GLORIOUS News to
Soldiers, Pensions Speedily Procured
for Six Hundred Thousand More,
Apply at once. Proof Easy, Success
Certain" Then the three features Of
the bill are recited.
First we have dependent parents who
have "Only to prove that they now have
no other support than their manual
labor. Under this law thousands of
fathers and mothers can get q pension
nj once. They do not have to prove
dependence on the soldier. Rate, S12
q month"
Second is the pension for soldiers.
rUnder the BILL" says the circular "all
Esoldiers who served NO days or more,
and are now suffering from mental or
physical disability mot the result of
vicious habits(, rendering them unable
to III a support by labor, get a pen
sion of not more than twelve dollars
per month nor less than six dollars"
Third comes the ease of widows and
minors. ANY widow of an officer or
soldier, who has no ear Of support
but her own labor, is entitled to a pen
sion under this act, without proving her
husbands death to be the result of his
army service. Such widow gets eight
dollars per month and two dollars per
month for each child under sixteen.
II wont require much proof to enable
those entitled under this act to get
their just deserts. The fee is ten dol
lars, payable on uccess only"
The circular impresses the fact that
70 man or woman need not be needy in
order To draw "A pension prize. II says:
"ln order to be entitled to the benefit
of this new law, 1t is not required that
the soldier must be poor and in poverty
not af all. IL applies to all soldiers,
whether rich or poor, provided only
that they are incapacitated from
nal labor, in such "A degree, as to render
them unable TO earn a support" That
is to say, under the twist these pen
sion jerkers give the law. a man has
only to show that il he had to earn his
own support he could not do it, and
down he goes on the list as an acknowl-
edged pensioner.
In the circular we are summarizing
the statement of the scope of the pen
sion bill just given is followed by the
aryumentum al hominem in the follow
ing style. II is for the flag and an APP
| preparation every time;
Comrades of The q. A. r., soldiers, and heirs,
send your claim nj once Ia that tried and true
comradc and fellow soldier, n. y -, who makes
"A specially of pensions, and who has been In the
pension business for "A quarter of a century. His
maine il a household word among our conntry's
defenders. Comrale p viii do You jus
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reliable, and gives his personal attention la all
claims entrusted Ia his care. Printed In this
paper you viii ind questions To answer, aud re-
turn AT nncc. The questions apply Ia all eases
under this new law. Remember, comrades, 1,
too, was "a soldier, I have collected millions OF
dollars for our c%ouniry's defenders, their widow,
and orphans, ! always attend Ia all business
promptly.
This extended review of a pension
racket is presented in order To show the
spirit and purpose of the men who
manage to lobby enormous pension
outrages through congress. IL must
wound the pride Of every worthy citi-
zen To note how the thing is done. II
is passing strange that the protest of
men who really fought and suffered for
their country during the years of the
rebellion does not make itself felt 10
the s~ilencing of these clamorous pen.
sion pests who. year after year. under
every sort of a%rtiiice, raid the nations
treasury for millions almost too many
to be counted.
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