The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-21
A D ELICIT BY FRAUD.
HOW u, ILE SArI IS KEPT POOR ALL
T1e TINE.

Heel and it's Healing. ,
ASIiiNGTON, -. g., May 9.-In these {
ay> or trial and trihulation at the [
rcaaury depart rtmcnt, whcn Secretary
'oS;er is turning from one desperate
xNcdicnt to anothtr to get cash in
land TO meet the quarterly pension
payment, it is as we'll TO remember that
,nc- third of those payments SO hard to
meet are frauds, robberies and swim
Hes.
The total amount of the pension pay
mcnts at the coming quarter will be
S3O. O.OUO,OnO and more. Not less than
SIO,UOO,NUO of that amount will go to
persons who have no more right to 1T
than they have to private ownership in
the capital at Washington.
If there were no pension frauds there
would now he no treasury deficit.
If the pension department was looked |
after with one-tcnth part the care cXer-
cised over the other departments OF gov
ernmcut there would be no anxious
in the treasury for sub
Sidlary com and other lllndS 10 pay Cur
rent expenses with.
Thus does the course Of events bring
home The lIcrald'S ahmonitions on this
subject.
At the beginning of the last session
of congress it pointed out precisely this
result, that the treasury would be prac-
tically empty within six months unless
some of the pension legislation should
be repealed or the pension frauds re-
moved from the pay lists.
Word for word what The llcral! said
then has; come true.
With decreased revenues, increased
cXpcndlturrS and the pr SpeCt Of Il de-
ticlt III the treasury at All early day the
question is whether it is good sense to
Keep on pouring out mlllionS every
wear to nrn who nave no right to them.
Look 1T SOlup sample cases of the way
This waste through 2uOOtW spigOtS goes
OH.
Take the case Of Jesse l.. Talman.
hulivr ui pcuSi III certificate No. 40, POO,
formerly Il member Of Company H.,
Fltlh Indiana cavalry. This man is now
draw inHn pension OF S3Oa month-S3bO
Il year. suppose we follow his case
from point TO point us shown on the
papers on file in the pension bureau and
see how easy 1t Is tUEct pension With
ont deserving one.
Talmau was discharged from the
army on September 18th, 1850, and put
III II clajm for Il pension on the ground
of "tiiaHl!lltS wound in the right
heel.
This claim was investigated. and Oh
Apr 1,n. 1870. rejected aS having no
merit.
Talman promptly put in another
claim. and ull June l6th. 1874, the case
Was rruprncd. He was then granted Il
pension ri 80 u month, to d ate from his
discharge from the army.
l,.,, WAN n ni
| UIh,r ;ippic alton. this WAS increased
tn IS Il nuutn, TO date from April 2I
1876.
With this tine modest ralmNn seems
to have been rrutrnt until November
1850. lie thrn came up with an appll
cat ion tor another increase, which was
rejected on November 4. The follow
ing April lie WAS Oh hand again witt
Suil unuIhrr application, which Was re
jcc ru April 20.
Ihrl,upnn Talman tried fresh
tack. On july l3. 1856, ht hold him a
the doors OF tn" pension bureau agar
applying Tor All increase on the same
Uld gr,und and two new ones disease:
of the i.raIt and the kidneys.
This application, having been inYeSti
ga,"t. came up lur adjudication or
August Is, 1897. when the claim on ac
count ct disease of heart and kidneys
/ was rt !, ct,u on the ground that INC
! disability from disease OF the heart ant
! Kidneys has existed since date OF illlng
claim.
But, having lriusod that part Of tnC
Application, the board. to even thing:
up. suppose. for tncrc appears To have
been nn other ground, granted the par
Of the application based upon the
wound in the heel and liked the pension
at 81 Il month from June |, 1887.
Mr.. Talman'S heel was now earning
more than some persons can earn will
both hands, and was doing quite wei
thank you.
Nevertheless he seems to have
thought it might do a little better. Or
February II, 1888, not Il year after hi:
last increase, he came dowl upon thu
bureau with his seventh application
first and last, and this time he wanted
poor man. both Increase and rcrating.
THIS time the application slept unit
June II. 1889. Then, as cvcrSDod.
was getting pensions. rcratlng>. III
crraSrS and anything else he wanted
Mr.. Talman visited the pension bureau
: in. pcrsom and wanted to know whcr
Was hlS shar" Of the Doodle. SO tn
commissioner Of pensions obliged hin
by writing on the slip in the case:
, "fhiS claimant is now here and dc
! Sircs action on his claim for rCratin&
: Will YOU please see tn It case Is brlefrt
at once and SUDmitted?'
= 1t was not only "hricfed." Mr.. Con
=. missioner. but 1t went to the board q
, review The same day. Two days late
: the application Tor Increase was grant
y ed. ami Ialman' pension WAS mad" 81
:, Il HonlA, with the following rerating:
= From date of discharge to March. 1S1