Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-03

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Heee voeosane onqoe-4nn0 HAM Thele
# $500 - ~ ~ k-l.ss !,
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E-onslSasss 40 F-sssseuted.
The pension hureau has notified a
nre1k usanv nersIonars thronohout the
eaffre c0sntrv RIO nre drawinu nen-
sfnnn nndar fha act ri .I,,na oJ isG0
lrnOrrn ~ \ danandent mansion not
Efhnt rnxynanf n thaIr nensinns will IA
eaIensnx{s It,r sfrtv davs. dnriny which
ffSna fhev - ras,sira3 II shnw ransa
Nhv fhny shoaId cOntinua Ii draw non.
sicns' Tha festim.nv -nacnssarv Ia nnre.
yAn1 4halr bainr dr0n,Yed from the rnlls
n fhs oertilscate 81 s rauntahla nhvsi-
cian. A4tnsfad - TIA witna ,sea 10 the
eaect that tha pensioner d = ,eclnded
frusn active lahnr n,VinO n ininrias or
dlonhilitv 4 fha rasnif al his avn Vic.
fOne habfta. m casa M attention Il
naad 8 the denartment n~otification
within sixtv dsvs the nensioner will be
dropped from tie rolls. On the other
hand. ahould tho necassarv cartif;c ates.
proUerlv drawn IN ana signed. le for.
Narded Is the sion bureau. the nan.
sioner will IS reuuested ID anrear before
the local board 81 medical examiners for
exeminstion q "a his condition. This
oction u pursuant is the recent ruling
Of Secretary Smith ia the effect that q
poneioner nnder the ~ al lime ".
1S0O. drawing I mansion fnp total dian.
bility must be shown TO be physically
incnneble 81 manual labor. The heard
81 Review appoineed 10 carry into az
feet that decision a row gOing ovor ali
the cases Of June u. 1890. probably
10000 In number, and rejecting those
cases which show in the record that
the pensioner NAV not be in,apac;-
tated for manual labor. In the cases
thus rejected the pensioners are noti-
fed, ~ before stated. TO prove their
total disability to the department or
cease to draw pensions, Under Score.
tary Smiths ruling the department
holds that q man who can work
shouldn't draw q pension for total dis.
ability. II is estimated ut the Pension
Office, although the work has but re-
Gently been begun, that somsthing
over 1000 suspensions have already
been made,
There is q rising tide at nrotest
against the Shameful course OF the au-
th0rities at Washington in dealing
with the men who fought the bites
Of the Union. The flcod of detraction
and Misrepresentation has spent its
fofcs and has beaten yainly again i the
rock Of truth. The heat OF the nation
Is true a. ever to the cause for which
the surviving veterans risked their
lives, and for which their comrades
died. Those who Imagined that the
Union soldiers. their widows and
orphans could te assailed and abused
With impunitv are finding hat they
misiudoed the American chnractar.
Not Republicans alone but loyal Demo-
rra.s a. we'll are sternlv protesting
against the maltreatment of Union
veterans, and in every section OF the
North utterance, are heard denouncing
the Injustice that would drive the dis,
abled Union soldier to the poor-housc
in order that Bourbon hate might be
gratiied and the tariff reduced FOR the
Eyery laborinr man in he Tinted
6k8G98 OH YemHm1pr that p5I1nAls-
hcad ma frec-trade IAemocracv has it,
two chief objects in view in :nnrring
the pension roll.s The first il tn strike
down the Union soldiers who stranded
the rebelli0n. The second is ch,,an
labor. which the South has ALWAYS
favored. and now PROPOSES to gain Hv
reducing the laborinr men Of the
United States To tha nanner wage levels
and Conditions az r,annarixnd E,,rona
The MCKINLEY tariff IS nrnvidinu the
"a nav ali 4ha Yansions II die.
abled veterans. without one CENTS eY.
pense "a the NJ ,nle 81 he nntion.
Positive proof 81 hat etatement Is
given IN The TACT hat the average price
- tne consumers ol uutiaple goods
anp1rsS y lnto tne tinted states Is
n0asly ~ Gene; cnea!er to-uay tnah
DoloIo sne slch,nley tarlH became tne
n,Vs' hcipiuI law eVer ehacted !or
~ 1no peopIe = every portion
=. .ns COMFY. - me Mchlnley
sArIn - repsaieu american wages WI
~ .eIucea ~ ielss y PEI cent, our
49, raes VII " ciosea, ana !ne ave,
~ Prico " ,ofoign gsols increased
Alver our INDUSTRIES nav Eeen de-
ssroyou. Let every iaDorlng man paste
sa.as son.olso "a MS n,lnu, anu walcn
1T ..o cersain aAu iuihiilneh1
= cuo tarIn y repealeo.
ny tamesican People are IN laVor OF
80 ~ ansn;. ma n M rs aM