The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-06
AFTER THE PENSIONERS.
MANY UNWORTHY ONES WILL COME
OFF THE LIST.
Silver Men Becoming Defiant Over the
Present Agitation-Are Determined to
Make White Metal the Standard.
Extra Session Talk. 80
PENSION FRAUDS UNEARTHED.


has been handed Secretary Smith and
he has approved the recommendations.
1t has been found upon investigation
by the pension bureau that the per-
sons named in the list are not entitled
to draw pensions. Among them
are the names of II men now
drawing pensions, while the
records of the war depart
,ment show conclusively that they
were deserters from the army. One
pensioner has been discovered never
in the military service, but has been
drawing pension with regularity and
dispatch just the same. A mum Der
were dropped because the disability
for which they are drawing pensions
is the result of their own vicious
habits. Several women who drew
pensions as soldiers widows are
dropped because they have remarked,
and one woman will cease to draw a
pension because she is living in open
and notorious adultery.
SILVER TALK.
The Star says: The talk of the rad.
ical silver men since they have got
the first shock of the news from In
iia is rather defiant. Most of them
declare they are more than ever de.
termined to maintain the white metal
as a money standard. While admit
ting that denomination is hard
blow to bi-met 4lism at the present
ratio they speak of it as conspiracy
and insist that it is more than ever
important that this country should
stand up by silver. They claim to
be tirmer than ever in their posi-
ton and say they intend to fight with
all their might to prevent further
degradation OF silver. The more con-
sentative men, no yever, regard it as
whistling against the wind. Their best
Judgment is that many of those men
known as moderate silver men, whose
votes in congress have given silver the
strength it has had against the repeal
of the Sherman law, will be indnced to
look upon the question differently un-
der existing conditions, and that
while the radicals will fight as ever
against repeal, they will lose many
followers in the house and some in the
senate. Those who are not actually
welded to silver, but vote for free
coinage because their constituents
think there should be more money in
circulation, will, it is believed, find in
the present situation an excuse and
reason for voting the Sherman law off
the statute books, perhaps even with
out any sort of substitution as a COM
promise. Representatives Boatner of
Louisiana, Oates of Alabama, Alder
son of West Virginia and Meredith of
Virginia, all of whom voted for free
coinage in the last congress, now de-
clare the Sherman law must be re-
pealed at the earliest possible
moment.
AN EXTRA SESSION,
Secretary Carlisle's mail this morn
ing was loaded down with letters from
bankers, commercial men and others
calling on the president to convene
congress at once in extra session to
consider financial legislation. The
pressure is great, but there is semi
official authority for the statement
that congress will not be convened
before September. A cabinet officer,
speaking of the financial situation,
said this morning there was no
doubt in his mind that the repeal of the
Sherman law would bring about the
much needed relief, whether tenn
porary or permanent, time alone could
demonstrate. Still there was no GER
tainty even now that congress would
repeal the Sherman law. The house
was more favorable to it's repeal than
the senate. He intimated that if the
president was convinced that congress
would Immediately repeal the Sher-
man act, that body might be convened
in extra session before September, but,
he concluned, 1.-The leaven is working"
A silver dollar is worth today
81 cents. Since the treasury went
out of the market as a purchaser
OF silver, June 81, the price has de-
clined from 822 to 7.39 per ounce.
Next monday. July 3, is the time for
the next purchases to begin. but it is
limited at the treasury department
that purchases may be delayed until
July D Or Secretary Carlisle is Civ
lug CLOSE aCCenClOn TO the situation and
will have special conference with the
president on the silver question to-
night.
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Inquiry at the treasury department
discloses the fact thar about $15, 900
remains for the enforcement of the
Chinese acts. On July the new appro-
priation of $50, 900 becomes available,
so the aggregate fund available for
carrying out the Chinese exclusion
acts, including the Geary law on July
1, will be $65 900. AS announced by
Secretary Carlisle the policy of the adj
will be, in view of lack of
funds to rid the country of all Chinese
who entered unlawfully in violation of
previously existing laws, before en-
deavoring to send out Chinese who
came in lawfully, but are now under
the ban of the Grary law because they
failed to comply with its requirements
of registration, etc.
CROOKED COLLECTOR FIRED.
The president this morning sum
marily removed from Office Lotan, col !
lectOr Of cnstoms at Portland Ora