The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-08-25
GET OUT
That Is the Latest Order Being Issued to
Old Soldiers.
COT rarGuY

That Is the Latest Order Being Issued to
Old Soldiers.
GOT CAUGHy
The first one dropped off the pension
roll around here by the new soldier
administration is John Clifton, of Por-
terville. He was in favor of new deal
and got tin the back of the neck.
Probably he did not stop to think he
was voting away his pension.-Walnut
Journal
DRoPPED FROM THE ROLLS.
W. III. Libby, a deserving pensioner
of Rockville township, has been noti-
fed that his pension has been dropped
pending investigation, the department.
having been notified that the disability
for which he drew a pittance of IS per
month no longer exists. Everybody
who knows Mr.. Libby is aware that he
is incapacitated from manual labor,
and suffers a great deal from disabili-
ties acquired in the civil war. and the
act which took away his pension is only
another instance of the poltroonry of
the administration Tribune
HoCUs-PoCUs HoKE.
J. r. Newman, from near Coffeyville,
was in the city on Monday making out
some pension papers. He was drawing
IS, but Hoke Smith, of southern con-
federacy fame, has notified him that he
must prove himself soldier, and en-
titled to pension, or he will be consid-
cred an imposter and dropped from the
pension roll. Hoke Smiths pension
ruling is like the decision of our former
democratic police judge, Dan Wassam.
in an adultery case. He held that the
defendant had not proven himself in
nocent and therefore would fine him
s25 and cost. Hoke Smith says the old
pensioner must prove himself innocent
of being fraud or stand suspended
South Kansas Tribune.
STICK TO YOUR FRIENDS.
Jacob Zerbe has been notified that
he has been suspended from the PEN
sion rolls on account of the removal of
disabilities for Shich the pension was
granted. Thus it comes home strongly
to Mr.. Zerbe that the republican party
is the best friend he ever had. Physic-
ally he is unquestionably entitled to
the monthly allowance he has received
by grace of republican policy, and it
was most unjust act to take the pit
tance away. He is entirely inca
pacitated for manual labor, and will
miss the bounty of the government
Lyons Tribune.
DULL FOURTH.
An old soldier living in Starr town.
ship did not enjoy his celebration re-
Gently as well as many others. Just
before the time arrived when every
body is expected to put on patriotic
appearance and celebrate Independence
day, Mr.. Rolph was the recipient of a
little communication from Washington.
ID. c., probably sent out under the d.
rection of Hoke Smith, informing him
that his pension had been suspended
for further investigation. Mr.. Rolph
has been very bitter against the repub-
lican party and did his share last year
in helping elect democratic president.
Although getting his pension under
Harrison's administration. he would
say that he couldn't see that the adj
ministration had done anything. He
no doubt can tell of at least one thing
that Cleveland's administration has
done. Mr.. Rolph is a disabled old SOL
der and we are sorry to see him lose his
pension.-Concordia Daylight.
REAL CRUELTY.
The cruel operation of the recent or
der of the pension department suspend
ing for sixty days the pensions of
thousands of veteran soldiers of the
union army was signally illustrated
last week in the case of Joseph King, a
brave union veteran residing in Boston.
Joseph King is the grandson of patri-
otto American who commanded the
privateer Growler in the war of 1912.
Inheriting his ancestors love of coun-
try and readiness to fight in the coun-
try's cause, Joseph King enlisted and
went to the front to battle for the
union against the hosts of secession.
He was in the expedition which capt
ured Roanoke island, and there
confederate shell exploded so
near him as to impair and event
ually destroy both his sight and
hearing. He also has wound in
the hip, where rebel bullet
left its permanent mark. Joseph King
has borne his terrible misfortunes, in
Cured in his country's cause, with the
patience becoming brave, true-hearted
soldier, and he and his wife, also an
invalid, have managed to exc out a
frugal existence with the aid of a small
pension granted to the old soldier by
the government for total disability.
Last week Joseph King was led up to
the pension office toreceive the pension
that would be between him and his
faithful helpmate on the one hand,
and starvation the other. The blind
hero who had marched bravely to face
the rebel shells presented his sightless
eyes at the wicket of the pension
agent. The money was not there
The government he had helped save
had deserted him. Grover Cleveland's
secretary of the interior had ordered
the blind soldiers pension to be sus-
pended. N. Y. Press.
Going Away.
He had been worshiping her for
months but he had never told her, and