Evening journal., 1891-02-06

tai principles Of
constitutional government lie had not
since seen any occasion to change or mod.
ify his conviction.
Not in Favor Of tho Lodge Bm.
He was In favor Of an impartial elections
law, but the proposed measure did not meet
his approval Il appeared to him to be cum
brous, complicated obscure In many Of is
provisions and difficult Of application. II
subordinated the judiciary to political con
troll, and opened the treasury to indefinite
expenditure, without requisite supervision
and In violation lin his iudgmeuO Of the
spirit, if not Of the letter, Of the provision
Of the constitution that declared that nd
money shall be drawn out Of the treasury
except in consequence OF appropriations
made By law lie had no Arrangement ~
have his vote counted against the passage
of the elections bill He was as ready now
A. he had always been TO proceed with
its consideration and with notifications
believed essentiaD to support it to the end
a Reply 10 His Critics.
In reference to the criticisms that had
been passed upon him, Mr.. ingalls, said
that the leaders who had conducted the
most powerful organization known inI
American history to the most stupendOus
and overwhelming disaster recorded In its
annals, might well pardon those who were
disposed TO doubt the infallibilty of theii
judgment II they were wise they would be
less proscriptive, and more tolerant of dif
ference OF opinion among their associates.
on questions of opinion on which differences
might be allowed, especially among those
whose devotion to human liberty had never
been questioned, and whose constancy and
fortitude had been exposed 10 tests as
severe at least as any which they had ever
known.
The Pension bin Passed.
The pension bill, with all the amend.
ments, was passed and the eight hours
bill reported, The pension appropriation
bill appropriates for pensions for the year
$685. lI3,OS5; for fees and expenses Of exam
ining surgeons, 1880 ,0O0 for salaries Of
eighteen pension agents, ST., 900, and for
clerk hire, 5000 The latter item Is in
creased, on amendment Of the committee
on appropriations, to 100000 Another
amendment reported from the committee
strikes out the proyi~o limiting to 81 the
compensation Of pension attorney aud
inserts ia lieu Of it proviso limiting such
compensation to s. There was Il long dis
cussion on the latter amendment.
Raum Anticipates No Great Deficiency.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Commissioner of
Pensions Raum has addressed letter 10
the secretary Of che interior about the bust
ness Of his bureau, growing out Of the new
dependent pension bill, in which he says
that during the past seven months SIS, 58l
applications for pensions under that law
have been received at the bureau. The
commissioner thinks that $1,000 claims
will be allowed under the new law during
the current fiscal year a. a cost of 5000
600 for first payments, and estimates that
S1,BO,OOO will be required to meet first
payments on all claims allowed during the
currant fiscal year, being a reduction of
slO,0OO,000 on first payments as compared
with the past fiscal year The prediction,
Commissioner Raum says, made in some
quarters of an extraordinary deficiency in |
the appropriations for the current year are
not likley to be fulfilled.
The commissioner calls the seoretary's |
attention to the fact that the office is daily |
receiving thousands of letters from claim |
ants and their attorneys asking for the |
status of cases now pending. These appli- |
cations are so numerous that It Is abso- /
lutely impossible to comply with the re- |
quests and transact any other business in |
the office What he is earnestly trying TO |
do is to adjudicate all the claims that are |
complete TO order medical examinations, |
to make calls upon claimants for proofs |
and upon the war department for the mill /
tary aud hospital records of claimants as |
rapidly rs possible. The important thing.
he says, for claimants TO do is to secure /
and forward to the bureau the necessary |
proofs in their cases without waiting to be /
called upon for these proofs by the Office.