Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-04

AHN.H ANNNA.. VII NAlN A.NA" 81 20 AAN ''.H
~hD we're pru.ioneI under Cue act oi
-iJns ON account 81 death uud
disabilities not charsrumr tp
army service, was 4I4i.jll. [
lhe number added 60 tue rHl.aIuIue
the year was 1913 B3i, aud the Iulh.r
dropped was a3 .bgi. The hf-t Try.
mputs on pensionr allowed dufiug tie
year amounted 60 s8j. go. 1lDNs lH
includes arrears rr Accommodations Doe.
tween the time from which the allow.
guce of pension dates aud the time Ul
actually granting the certificate.
AlihDulh the Inv Di lsgl permits
pensions Tor disability now related N
military sefvict, yet us o. requisite Co..
its benefits q disability must exist Iu-
CapaCitnting nlpliCms from Che
Performance Of manual lau1r CD
such degree ns Zoo render them
unable 60 earn support. The pX,ru.
lion OF this law iu Boz CHrIy stages
does not seem Co have boon ln accord
with its true iutauiil bat toward tue
clofu no the lgst uImiuia.r. tiHu uu
authoritative CuusiuDtIlu was given
% the statute aud HiuCp that time this
construction has leon followed. uui4
mas hau She effect Ii limiting tue 0pcf-
alton % Cue law 40 iis intended pu-
pose. Too discovery having tcrl
made that many names hal uruu put
upon tue pension roll by means of
wholcFu'r anu gigantic frauds, the
CummiWinuur FusIpuuyd payments
upon number 0f pensions which
seem 20 bu fraudulent ur uuauthaTzf g
pcudiug complete tNim nation,
giving notice Go the pensioners in order
mat they might have au uHpur.
tuuly 60 establish, u possible,
the Justice 0' their claims
Notwithstanding apparent iuvallIiiy.
IniH, ! understand, IL tho practice
which has fora long limo prevailed Ia
tie pension bureau. But after enter
iug uIOu those recent designations
the ODmmissi0utr mo lliirl this rule
no AZ not 10 allow, until after complete
examination, Interference with tue
payment OF a pcnaiOu apparently not
altogether void but which hal been
liked 40 rate higher than that uutuU'-
iE.i by tao law, / am unable 90 uu.
dtrsihul WIZ frauds in tue pension
rolls shuull not hu exposed sud cor.
lcrivd with thor0ughnuss anu vigor
Every psmc frauuulcnty put upon
thrar rolls be- awickDI imposition upln
tho kindly sentiment Ia which
pensions have their origin. Every
fraudulent uonsiouUr has become "a hai
citizen. Every false oath iu support
5t r. pension has made PERJURY more
cOmmlui hui itlso AMI unIcsprying
pcuHl0uvr rob tue people, MT only Df
tnrir money. uut 90 the iaJi1iiU bou,i.
munt which thU survivors, uf the war,
who fought iOr the Preservation OF the
Union, ought 10 Inspire. Thousands
Of ugighbJrhooda have their we'll
known fraudulent pensioners aud g..
cont Developments by the bureau
establish appalling cIutrimCicH Go
accomplish prnsiln frauds, By no
means Che least rJug done IN 10 the
brave aud deserving pensioners
who certainly ought not %
bee condemned TO such association.
Those VINO attempt ia the liuv Of duty
10 fUCuly these wrongs should not br
accused OF oumty or indifference %
the chains OF honest veterans.
The Gum expended on account of
peusl0uH Tor tho year ending Junu 800.
1858, was sld6 7il,4ITll. the Com.
missioner tztimatus that slBi. uuu. 900
Will be- required Go pay pensions
during the year ending June 80, 1891
INDiAN AFFAIRS
The condition OF tho Indians and
their ultimate mic are subjects which
are related 10 sacred Iuiy % the
government AMI which strongly
appeal io the sense OF Justice anu
tnu sympathy oi our people.
our INDIANS number about ai3,0ID,
most OF thum relocated 900 lGl fe.pr.
yatilns, containing aj, lli,iBl acres Uf
land. About 10000 Uf these luIlans
have to q large degree adopted eva.
i2rd customs. Land IN fuypmlly
Inns teen allotted 10 many OF them,
Such allulmcuts have been maize 10
M, 700 individuals during the last n-csl
year, embracing about l,0Uu,uII uyrta
The number OF Indian schools
opened during the year was 100, an
iucteaFe OF r. over the preceding year,
OF this total, 100 were on tusct.
yau0uF, ui whign % were hoard.
Ing schools and % lay schools
twenty boarding schools aud day
schools supported by the government
were not located on fe'uryatioU-. The
total number OF Indian children co..
rolled during the year as attending all
the schools was .l,3ls, an increase OF
Afahl 0NtA wv tNNNNllAANAk ANN AlAi IIAfNAH
Gus year. / Am sure that secular Uiu-
cation aud moral and religious tcaCl-
inc must DO important factors in any
effort 10 save the Indian and lead him
% civilization. 1 believe, TOO, that thb
Teliuqulbhment VI tribAl relations aud
the holding OF land "a srvcIalty may
ia favorable conditions aid this uun-
summation. IL seems 20 me, how
ever, that allOtmouts OF land Ia
esvGtalty ought 90 be- maue
with greater care ani circumspeutiun.
IL hastily done, before the Indian
know ~ meaning, while yet hu has
little or no idea Of thing farm and
no conception " thru, there II great
danger that n reservation life In tribal
relations may be- exchanged Tor the
paupuTism VI civilization instead OF its
independence aud elevation. Tho
soluti0n Ofthu Indian problem depends
largely on good administration. The
personal fitness u. agents anu their
ndaptability TO tue prculipr duty
VI rRrug for their wards
Ia OF tue utmost Importance.
The law unviiing that except in
especial cases army oillcrrs shail be-
detailed a. ludiau Agvuls, 10 b. hoped,
win provo a successful experiment.
There In danger Of great abuses creep.
lux into the prosecution OF claims Tor
Indinn depfeIatiDur,Rud / recommend
that every possible sniesuuid bc pro-
vlIed against the enforcement Of uu-
just anu fictitious clnims OF THIS dts'
CHpti0n.
Thr appropriation on account of the
Iuuian bureau Tor tue year ruliug
"a al o.. + 4