The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-10

diligence. The total Number AZ -
upon the roll on the 30.h day Of Ia. -
t7e.ioo. Ihers were allowed. darinr =.
year ending 20 that tine. 81. 125 ca.ss \,
number ies,ss7 were allowed un1., =
OF June q, lseo. Ths issuing ~ -
has been proceeding az tbs
about 5000 Dee month. about =
Of these being cash. Under the 49,
commissioner expresses the oulnio,
Will Re she 70 carefully aaIuilcats -
$500 ciAims during the present fi.r,, -
appropriation Tor the payment 81 -
the tscal year ls9tsI was ST.. sss "a. =
amount expended .lis.5}l.sp ~. l ssv,.- =
expended surpils % b.ljal4A6t
The commissioner l. quite egres--.
there vii ue NJ fetl this year Cor 80.
appropriation. uufWlt hstGnafnr 49,
vita which the work u being nns.I
mistake which has been made b. ns,s3 u
estimates OF the cost If pensions il m -
account Of the diminished value al
mcnts under the recent leriSlat;on rsS
mcnts under the laws have teen "a, -
large. a. the pensions when allowed -
tac ume OF the n.ing OF the claim, and =
these have been pending for yes-s ~
payments under the law OF June lsqo -
lively small, and az the per cent OF ,Ss.s !
increases and that OF the old caSas az
the annual aggregate of first payments \. Y
reduced. The Commissioners, undsr so,s 4
vemter IS, furnishes me with ~
ment that during the last four ,o-s.a
10 certincates were issued-27sas
the general law and 5j.2S2 under the a.. =
u, $50. The average first payment dn.ss
four months was Sl3l s.. while the svs.at
payment upon cases allowed during ~
ending June 80, 1871, was $50. g. being :. -
ton Ia the average OF fret payments 4
these four months Of si07 IS. The estr,s.
pension expenditures for the fiscal We !.
June 30, 1898, is $l4i coo, which & ~
examination OF the subject the -
sioner is of the opinion will "
Client. While these Disbursements
disabled soldiers OF the la-s
war are large, they do not realize tho :.
atod estimates of those who oppoSe n Il
ticent legislation. Ire secretary OF tbs ,.s
shows with great fullness the care thai M
to exclude fraudulent claims, AMI $50 80 -
Tying fact that the persons to VII N A. I
slons are going are men who rende-
slight but substantial war service.
The report of the commissioner of rss
shows that the total debt of the suhoid. -
roads TO the United States was on Deesus.
1890, $ll2,5l2, 6l3.06. A large part OF the AZ
now last approaching maturity with no 49,
provision for its payment some messnT
dealing with this debt, with a view to ~ :
mate collection, should at once be adonsa|
Is very difficult aud well nigh impossib's n
large body as this congress to eoadurfI
necessary negotiations and inyestigss;cJ
therefore recommend that provision n
for the appointment OF a commission "a
upon ana report plan for dealing win
debt.
The work OF the census bureau Il ta- n
vance, and the great bulk Of the enormous
involved completed. IL Will DE more strse \
statistical exhibit and less encumbered n
saws than its immediate predeepsso-s n
methods pursued have been fair, csr<lu,|
Intelligent. and have secured the srprov1
the statisticlans VINO have followed tkxn
scientific and non-partisan intarcss IT.
preparations necessary TO the early c0n1Il
hud publication OF the aulhoFize. f6H
sho1ld be given in time 10 secure azaluf|
LAYS. which increase the cost and At IL =