Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
JUDGE LONGS PENSION.
How the Increase Was Railroaded
in One Day.


And six Thousand Dollars in Back rem
sion Paid--A Further Kerating Melted
One Thousand Dollars -Kcmarks by
Corporal Tanner.
WAsHINoroN, July 24.-The following
additional statement has been issued from
the Pension Office with reference to the
suspension of Judge Longs pension
"A further examination of the papers
in the case of Judge Dean Long, who on
NAV 9Th, 1889, had his pension rerated,
and $50 q month granted from June 4th,
1878, and S72 month from June l7th,
1878. does not improve matters Tor Inc
Judge, The examination shows that the
case was taken up without legal Appiica-
ton or declaration of any kind on May
9th, 1889; that it was examined on May
9th, 1889; reviewed on May 9th, 1883: med;
ical action taken on May 9Th, 1851 anu
certificate issued on May 9th, 1850,
In other words, it was railroaded
through between two suns, and something
like So 900 paid to the Judge IN BACK pen
| sion. On July Both, 1883, in compliance
with letter written by the judge to Com
missioner Tanner, dated June l2th. 1889,
| the case was further rerated at the rate OF
S25 per month, from June 9th, 1867 70
| June 9TH, 1856, and $3l.25 per month from
| June 1th, 1872, to June Attn, 1919. rms
| SPCODu iNkbSh viz JaNt7A - NSHefN -
about LOCO
at Is further remembered by several
| pension office employees that Judge Long
was on the ground himself when the pen
sion bureau took its first remarkaplt
action, and, together with Major wright
OF the pension bureau, seemed TO be look
ing carefully after his interests.
"rhe papers also show that, despite th'
fact that the office medical board whict
| ,aI I,tIva nnU nm March OlSt INN
only found him entitled to $50 per month
which defeated any right OF his to an IN
crease, for he was then in receipt OF Wy
per month pension; in August, 1854, III
pension was arbitrarily increased by Com
missioner Dudley to $50 per month.
ut should be stated. however, in justic
to MIR. Tanner, that before he grantei
Judge Long his first rerating he obtaine
from chief of the law division, Mr.. Bailey
legal opinion, prepared by Captain
Lyon, which sought to justify the contem
plated rerating by the commissioner.
Is needless to say that this opinion doe
not properly state the law in the case, a
any one conversant with pension affair
will attest"
A STATEMENT BY CORPORAL TANNER.
Regarding the pension granted to Jude
Long of the Michigan supreme cour
which has been reduced by order of Poi
sion Commissioner Iiochren, Corpor;
, Tanner, under whose administration III
/ increase of pension was made, SAID TO r.
porter to-day:
! "'rhe fact is that Judge Long Is disable
, with q gunshot wound III the left hip, an
has the arm of the same side alnputatt
above the elbow. The gunshot woun
reaches through from the left TO the rigl
hip, where the bullet still lodges, and Il
wound has never healed. The wound r
: quires to be dressed from twice u day u
1 wards, and Judge Long has no hand {
/, that side to do the dressing, and has 70
i. regularly attended by u nurse, who do
! this for him. 1t is true that he is receiyil
a good salary OH the bench, but Il
= Almighty gave him his intellect, and
d cultivated il after he came out OF the W
It a private soldier, and he deserves all
j. gets from it, No matter with what luxu
i he is surrounded, If you take away tn
J. attendant and let that old wound alo
= for one week Judge Long would be de-
= man, for it is u place that cannot
q allowed to heal without producing bio,
II poisoning
y Major Wright, the medical examin
under whom the pension to Judge Lo
was granted, was present at the time a
added;
l. "The statement that ne never made g
d plication for ali increase of pension is
s. nonsense. lie was here and made apI
D. cation in person, and, so far as medl
q examination Is concerned, it does not ID
le very much of medical examination
determine when man has an arm
above the elbow"
Now that the press has got started
this subject" concluded the corpor
V there will be plenty more suspensic
" ordered without any better cause. As
as am concerned, | granted the pensi
g. under the belief that It was only what :
I'd due a man who had suffered for
re country, and if / were there again, q
there were 10000 more such cases, wo
IS, grant them all"