The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-21
SLAPS THE BEGGARS
The Pension Frauds Find 1t Hard to
Gain an Audience.
Are at Once Informed That They Are
No Longer ON the List.
OLD VETS INDIGNANT AND OUTRAGED

OLO We > tNOlGNAN AND OU 1T RACED
The Pension Question Viewed from a Re-
publican Standpoint and the Atti-
tude of Senator Palmer.
WAshINGToN, Nov. 21 Il Especial. lit
would not be surprising if Senator Pal
mer, of Illinois, Joined with Senator Voor.
hees in crusade against the pension sys-
tenn of the administration when congress
reassembles. General Palmer was an
earnest supporter of the original plan of
inequitable revision of the pension rolls,
but he has been surprised and made not
little indignant at the manner of the
execution of revision. For the last six
months he has kept one of his committee
clerks, Mr. Johnson, constantly en-
ployed in looking after the interest of
| the Old soldiers
| Johnson took on case to the bureau TO
see what was the trouble. He applied
to the chief of division in charge of the
case and was, curtly told that these in
quiries as TO suspensions were a nui-
sance. He glanced at the letter from
Tie Grand Army post at Chicago aud
threw it back to Johnson with the sug.
gestion that his time was too valuable to
decipher such illiterate productions. He
added that no suspension had been made
in the case.
Johnson was hot and responded that
the letter was plain enough Anglo Saxon
for any intelligent man to read He
asserted also that the suspension had
been made, as proved by the circumstan
tial details Of the letter. Then the Off
cial declared the case was not in his di-
vision. Johnson cornered him, however,
and fDally succeeded in having the files
Of the case produced. Then the official
g}.nc.d over the mass of papers and in
Johnson stuck to his point and at last
pointed out in one of lbe stray papers
that the suspension had been made.
The cause Of it could not be learned, as
the official insoiently stated that he
would deal directly with the party and
would write to him before long. John
sons inquiries were made in the name
of Senator Palmer and on one Of the in
quirv blanks furnished to senators.
This experience is one of the many in
the same line which show in what an ar
bitrary and high handed manner the
suspension policy is executed.
The comptroller of the currency, in
an address at a meeting of the Boston
Bankers association few days ago
said that the advocates of sound money
must not rest content with the vantage
ground which now is theirs, but must
continue to do battle against those, still
numerous, who clamor for an inflated
and inferior currency. OF course MIR
ECKELs knows that the great majority
Of this class of the people belong TO his
party Most of the advocates of free
silver, outside of the silver producing
states, are democrats and all who favor
the repeal OF the 10 per cent tax on bank
issues, so that the wildcat currency oi
the ante be!lum period may be restored
are democrats. The comptroller OF The
currency understands perfectly thai
there is no,Aing 10 be feared from the
republican party, which has always in
sisted that the currency should be KEEP
stable and sound and whose represents
tives in congress sustained the admins
tion in its demand for the discoatnu
ance OF silver purchases. The only rea
danger now, in a financial way, is that &
democratic congress and administration
may allos the state banks TO issue cur
rency.