Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-09
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Pensions to be chi on
Tic Siai1 ,aJSs ,,oldiersSs4h. Ii. wa,

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The old UEdop soldiersalths Lie war,
many OF who,.: reside in this State and
county. wills D. esyrAes snd no ,tss
ehagriued to9sFh IL tic action ofEbke
S,Vith fhe s1SscsstarF IF he, Interior,
PROMULGATED REV dssys- ssu niilJs Pen.
sion Office, which. in effect will deprive
many of thesa Of the riis~scs eta PEN.
sion they now receive, and therefore !
livelihood. The Law rrSls: that usus
sion of from IS to Sl2 ser mbsth shall
hegr 'hted all veterans Of NE war Yyho
are suffering from a mental or physical
disability Of = spernauept character. no,
the result q their own vicious habits,
which iDcspacit.tes them for tRe per-
formsnce Of manual fatorso such / d.
geshs torentar' ihsia uakkle 10 earn q
support"
Commissip6erssr snserkpd Rsuw, the,
Republics predecessors 81 the Demo.
craft kcehrep. al sii sbs,se Z
of the Pension Department. d Abe gov
ernment construed the statute literally
as applying to all the 'olaitstaieissho
BY reason ofsqy 'ip6rmity cppld uot::per-
form the l-tS- "a veil men. and there
by earn atcompetcnt support, and the
-
test; sss g thorough physical gezsai.
nation made by cohPesent medical esr
amiuers appointed for that purpose. This
construction Of the law was undoubtedly
correct, eTheaprh aud intention Of the
act. iseto care 70, Ascertain extent for
the welfare Of the. old Z. soldiers,
when unable to fslly care for themselves
for the fess Of iteiri days now'swiftiy
drawing 70 /. !. close, no set-
ter plan eosl8 have. been devised 10 as
certain the ply steal condition Of the
claimants tbas 'hysss--eEamination made
by medical ekPsrtao ax1w a.,,,, !,
But the politicians always in, search Of
clap-trap thunder to arouse enmity.
and excite { ssispicioD, aided
by that. other class q, individuals.
WHIP, of malignant dispositions are ever
euvious Of. a9y good that Others drriiys
in which they-do not share, have ALLOW
ed their tongues to wag, charging that
the Pension rolls are polluted with names
of edwards, ddsertets ahi 5mpoststs. !, In
such a belief the Democratic party has
pretended toshqre, and used, the 7eharges
as a weapon Of political warfare in the
last campaign and having secured son-
troll Of the government srslhdwtseekSug
by unfair weans, to sghsMgsiate, it's. sap;
paiga fatsehoods. re Athsta6tisf effect
of Secretary Smiths eraez*illfbp to re
open many Of the pension cases hereto,
fore acted spon, and kaseEptber sksmi
nations made into the physical cp1ditition
ofstN bpeesisoets, yIatdii fsif i2is
. shall i ear that any If the IRE draw
ing petsiSss from the gpsgrnu,snt who
are ablsrto earn by their own manual
labor even only partial support 4heir
na9ss-ilI s''ssAssD frFttfees f fiesion
rolls.
The veterans mnst,s soEddkrge extern,
blau,e.i .themselves fsrSsSch u stats of
things. I The polisiss qfake spsmocEatic
party have been provgrlSally narrow aud
contracted, aDd il il well known til 1T
SoutaerR'sOadiers and their sympathizsrs
have no warm regard fcF. tbeir late foes
IN arms. however they may decepiively
assert to the contrary; to allow the Dem
ecratic party directed and controlled By
that element. therefore. to obtain
control Of the'' government
i, was we'll known it would result
IN the execution of many just sscb I'M
fair and unlawful practices as are now
being enacted IN the Pension Offse.
Yet, with these facts staring them in
the face nsnyef the Bnisn soldiers and
their friends through the channels of the
grand army and otherwise in. their ga
geroess for a change of policies contrib
uted oward~secdfing for the Democratic
party costrol ii the government, and,
are now beginning to enjoy the fruits Of
their jII-aansea action .; ..o.a. ~
In she,sweeP likely to follow thissech-
nical. aconssssctiaiBf Of the pension act Of
Is9Oh aforementioned Some ii Che old
sOldieyss u "a tss csunsy vii l'kelysafer, i
then they, their frisaas snd;relaiis as wi
learn for another time that the Republican
party has, and aEwssys Wiii'be their best
80, It's y. .sTsi;fs' spsSl ~. 70 Y
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