The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05
III.-A CHANGE BEFORE ELECTION.


found to be in every respect ready for issue. It
was not to 60 to issue then. 1t had to wait its
turn. till 1t was reached in the regular grind,
before 1t could be passed from the desk OF the
examiner to the certificate division. Later on
the Commissioner wrote a strong letter to the
Secretary OF the Interior against the whole
system Of Congressional assistance. Among
the tens Of thousands Of cases two were found
IL which selfish apRsSnts he'd written scores s,ne
enoe to their claims. In one Of those cases
thirty letters we're written writ BY GongressImon
called the becretary's attention to these, two
cases Then again among the hundreds q
nsme to 81
The COMMIT ssioner Of Pensions called the
these facts. Consultations were held. and
finally the following order was issued:
w..r n1sas, b. e. 9 %p' ss' isS
i
in connection with the rrespondenceof members of
Ct UP. IN their r0aKh the ysros n rn
suss. the aI.wins q more ,han thousand eases
:sSp The o. sisS. sss eaS ss.a,
acting a. az
claim. GATED Down upon ,I ap
ef m so 70
in respect to pension claims carried you state that
s s S's as ss
have been forw 70 your bureau reply
sS By ant
other although ihe has been notified h Of
tsrsyeisst .s..r. been rseeysa from di.efsas
rs claim YsS :ssss TIA. ssssi. nov Needed II rs
s TO The a '
the S and hospital n g,
complies their eas.. and efisr,ns medical eSaains:
w Du s 81 s.rs
now cases. on the completed dies Which are be-
fss % sS
sisss S ':s snsy sSapss
m1n'h are being issued upon claims nliSwsd ed, ,,.
the same Information many times duplicated and
:sSals 5. eseapss WITH more lsstins.s as,is.
sa
% to s
attorney, tina. much patience Is all
are being Considered as rapidly as possibie-nos IN
IT sy wGsS
esInns the the rait1 f s
either claimants their attorneys shall be adj
ioiss ssrssa x,I permit, ana thss such IN
fuTnishins ne same Information many times:
s,s
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complete shall placed the completed Mes and
claim notified when his will probably be
.ss Mass' w ss;fs ss aHs S%p
g s$i IA, sssT claim; VII Pc SajSi,sss% Tass
that their claims the led ne. and WIN DO
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ns, your
claims pending beforsit.
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w Tor sd SshSH ala nra
theirs Tho magnitude OF the work pendinE before
y sas pit &c
S Of %eS clans
during the last scal year Of ComnssionsT Blacks sd.
"a Ss' a"S ss%i
JOHN W. NOBLE. Secretary. ,
Ito answer all the calls made would virtually
stop the adjudication of claims" and that
Sny aeSrt
gressional calls have been answered. without
S al interfering with the work Of the bureau
only twenty-five per cent. of their calls In this
Congress, had been answered.. It Is hard to
see why these calls cannot be answered on the
eve Ola Presidential election. as we'll as in
other years. a.. .
evils I here described. your bureau should cor
respond direct with other the claimant or his
attorney. and thereby relieve members 2t Con- !.
In substance. this order directs that the Rep
resentatives OF tho people DO relieved from the
no attentoh Whatever to their requests
beers who live in close distriets.and al me
No, to w NOT much relief in this.
Since tho war. claimants have been accus-
toned 70 call on their ConGressmen for assist Az
next election will have gone into history be-
fore tho constituents learn that IL Is not tho
members fault that he accomplishes nothing
Tor them now.
Iv.-PESsIoN AGENTS IN THE SADDLE
The order next directs In express terms that
corresondenco be carried on directly with the
claimants or their attorneys. which Is tanta-
| mount to an order to pay no attention to Con-
gressional calls. and closes with comparison
OF the work OF the bureau under Its present
Republican management with the work uhaer
Gen. John c. Black. Very flattering Is the
| comparison to Commissioner Raum. 1t would
| not seem SO favorable II Mr.. Noble had re-
TERED to tho fact that the law has been radi-
cally changed by Congress-. and the bars
against ires snsions taken down since Gen;
has also been greatly Increased. =, ,,..o.,o
This order created u great deal OF dissatls-
constuentsm 9spS a SSa no Was paid to their
calls. They began to write applicants the
Iacts IN tho case. Then Q new move was maze
| following letter:
pErARraESr OF The INTERIOR, BgREAu or PrNsloSs,
| wAsHISGIos. u. C.. May ~. 1877
SIR have tho honor inform you that the printed
form spreArng on the reverse side of this sheet VIII
E claims and the envelope containing same NM M
oe suuIesseu 10 the claimant and Forwarded 10 tue
member Of Congress for his examination and trans
| INITIAL Very respectfully.
| GasrN b. RAuN, Commissioner.
On the reverse side was the following printed
circular. now being sent out by the Pension
once IN reply to letters OF inquiry by Con-
| eressmen:
| No. Name Co. .... Reg't gee. 20.
DEPARTMENT OF IHE INTERIOR. buHEAu or PkS5ioAs.
| WAsAH0IoS, ID. O., $500, 1Be-. J.
call has been made for tns present cond!ion Of the
lSaississ Sss been iisS Wv win lie ss.. % b ssSsd