Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-01-09

lIhlllEY " lDIrAS WIN which radically
llyVNWxAI Mchange existing
&>gzV2LIal Va <pension laws. Ono
WIN. WE iySSof his measures
MkW ~ ,IM//< provides for u ser
| TM/WEu(E1W vice pension and in
| WtStkI0I%N order to provide for
SNG>>!Nl/% the payment Of such
W. A. PETER a pension by the
governme directs the secretary
Of the treasury TO issue paper money
to the amount Of sos, 900. OOO II is
to be known rs Service Pension
Money" One hundred millions Is TO be
in denominations of 81, 81, 50 and s.,
and five million dollars Is to be in frac-
tional pieces. This money Is to be ex-
changed at par for treasury notes or
coin certificates or United States notes
ut the treasury in Washington. when
presented in sums Of 500, and legal
tender In payment Of all debts, public
and private, receivable for taxes and
all public dues. The bill further pro-
vides:
On tho back OF the pieces shall be inn
| the other peace. In addition to these speci-
fcatlons, the piece shall bear such other de-
vices, vignettes, notices, legends and en-
| blems as to the secretary may seem appro.
pirate. to the end that the money may be
suggestive, nea', handsome and dim ult 20
counterfeit The fractional pieces shall bear
such colorinVs, devices and Inscriptions ~
the secretary shall prescribe. including the
denomin 4tlons in plain letters extenfed full
aci oss the face, the title, "service Pension
Money" authority and da OF issue, tho fac
siinlle OF the register. with the words, "LaW-
full money and legal tender 10 any amount
not exceeding S."
That the money which 10 prepared under
the provls IONS Of this act shall be issued
first In payment Of pensions herein granted,
TO be paid on draf from she proper dis
bursting officer. And no other money shall
be used for that purpose until all OF this has
been paid out; ait that service pensions
shall be paid out Of regular appropriations
as other classes Of pensions are paid. When
ever any portion OF service pension money
Is taken In xchange, as provided In section
i've, or when Il comes into possession OF the
government In any other way. It shall be
paid out In the ordinary transactions OF the
treasury, the same as other moneys, and be
thus kept In circulation as part OF the circu-
lating medium Of the country.
According to Senator PETERS bill
every honorably discharged soldier who
is not already receiving pension is to
be entitled to q monthly pension equal
to one cent for every day Of his service
in the late war. and those who were
made prisoners OF war are to receive an
additional amount equal to one cent
for every day of their imprisonment,
and. in computing the time the impris-
onment is to be deemed to have begun
on the day Of capture and end on the
day of release. The payment OF this
pension is to continue during the life
time Of the pensioners and to their
widows during their widowhood.
The other bill introduced by SNnator
PETER abolishes all the pension Agen-
cies in the United States, including the
one at Topeka, and provides for the
establishment Of pay division in the
bureau Of pensions at Washington, to
be in charge Of a chief clerk. The
work of this division shall be to pre-
pare and forward drafts in payment OF
all pensioners on the rolls. Senator
PETER thinks this will greatly decrease
the expenses Of the pension depart
ment. The same bill provides for the
rerating Of pensions and reduces the
number OF ratings from 125 to
ten. It provides that all persons
whose names are now or may
hereafter be placed on the pension rolls
at the rate IS per month or less, shall
be rated and paid at the rate of S. per
month; all persons.now ON the roll ut
a rate of over SIS and not exceeding $40
shall be paid $40; all persons now on
the roll at a rate Of over $40 and not
exceeding SIS, shall be paid at the rate
of SIS per month; all persons at a rate
over SIS and not exceeding $40 per
month, at $40 per month; those from
SEQ to S95, will be SIS month; from
SIS to $50, will BE $50; from $50 TO $40,
will be $40; from $40 to $50, will be $50;
from 500 to $50. will be $50; from $50 TO
800, will be 500.
The bill also provides:
That hereafter, where continuance Of PEN
sion depends on periodical examination OF
the pensloner by medical board or exam
liner In all cases where the pension v less
than Sil per month. the pension shall be
continued ut the present rate without further
examination, during the natural life OF the
pensIoner, land descend rs it would nave
done under the law which granted the orig
lnal pension.
That In all cases OF medical examlnations,
unless the applicant or pensloner otherwise
request In writing, the examination shall be
made by one member OF the board OF exam
liners for the particular district, the member
20 be named by tho commissioner OF PEN
slons; and In that case fees for only one ex-
amIner shall be charged and paid. But this
shall not be construed TO prohibit oxamina-