Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-09

Pensions to be cut ORs:-' ?
Ths'qAiNUsSon soldiers ofskeiate war,
maDy'Sf sticSL:: reside in 'tEis Stale and
county, will be .swptFs9 psssa no less
chagriued to lgA .fllieseelioa of IBoke
smi!h, ..bs Secretary of stbe Interior,
proAeskatsd. <sR aAys I'D ;nsiks Pen.
sion Office. which ,iu effect will deprive
many of them IF de piltance Of pen,
sion they now receive aud sherefore.a
livelihood. TkeAlaw YatS. thas-apsh-
sion Of from S5.to Sly ser moath. hbRii'
be gry,psed pll ys,eraus Of the war who
are suffering from mental OF physical
disability Of a Permsuest character. NOT
rhe .rtsal, q their owl viSsbus habits,
which incapacitstss them br 'thel per-.
forrnsnee Of manual fhkpr 4. sueh,,i De.
gress to rePder them unable to earn ..
support.
Commissioners Tanner and Ragm. the
RepuhIisaS. predecessors Of the DEMO
erat, Loehren, who has afpresent 'chasge'
If thesPsSsiOn Dtp.rtmeat i6f tiis'ggyl
eminent construed the statdtA literally
as applying to all the old sIp1lssiasrs,vba
by reason Of any i96rmity could NOT rer-
form the labor o. Well ms% akdi thefaE.
by earn coa,petOst support. and che
test wss a rthpredghr fiscal exam il
nation made By compe.enta medical ex-
aminers appointed fOr1hss purpose: This
construction Of the law was undoubtedly
correete The, spirit and ,inteati9n-Of the
act is 10 care 10 = certain extent for
the welfare of.'thies Cd y soldiers.
when unable tufulsy sarSsss themselves
for the, rest Of they days now swiftly
drawing TO q close,l mo Sef
pr plan epals-hsrs. been devised to as
certain the physical condition of the
slai~aats thas sy-,Ih sxaanaIiQn' rsgt q
BY medical experts.
But the p6liiSfsssSiwdS h ssarss' 81
slap-trap thunder to arouse ehnasy.
and excite 80, suspicion, aided
by that other clasy Of individuals,
who, of malighnnt dispositions are ever
snviOus of any good THAI others derive
in which they do NOT shete, have allow
ed their tongues to wag, charging that
the Pension rolls are polluted with palnes
of cOwardsg dessters aua jqposters, i In
such ssbeistf HE Dedpdiasic parIy bss
pretended 10 share, and ased the charges
as a weapon of political .Saffare IN the
last campaign and having secured c,b-
rOl ofthe goyel nlps1A ar. assys:sseeskSiag
by u1fair means to subesaptia,e its ,am-
paign falsehO6ds THE ssHlisiautiaI esesi
Of Secretary Smiths order viii be to re-
open many of the PensiSnssases!hereto-
fore acted upon, and have, other exnsi-
nations made into the ply sidal conditiii5n
of ths pensioners, yaPa if II
shall appear that any II the n are draw
ing pensions from the eoysFprneR.. .yh.S
are able to enrn by their own manua
labor even ouly partial support then
names will be, stricken from she Pension
rolls, abls 81: iuSknNyA
The veterans Iss' Eusl- sSs tfsse extern
blame themselves for such = stats, 81
shings.e che. policies Of the Bemscratic
party have been prCystblpfly narrow aud
contracted, and it is iwell known tint
Southern soldiers and their sympathi1ers
have no warm regard for their late fJes
IN arms. liowsyer, they ,piay, deceptisely
assert to the contrary; to allow the penn
ecratic party directed and controlled by
that element. therefore. ia obtain
control of the Qaeygoyernment
it was well known it would result
IN the execution Of 'alahy just such un-
fair and unlawful practices as are now
being enacted in the Pension Office.
Yet, with these facts Starring them in
she face many Of the Union soldiers and
their friends thrdaghcthe channels of the
grand army and otherwise in their ca
geroess for changed of rolicits cOatribs
uted toward securing for the DerupSratic
party control Of the goyerpmeut. and
are now beginning 10 enjoy the fruits Of
their ill-adsissd assioI7r aia.a u -S9'N
In The sweep likely to fSllov,this tech,
nicsl CONSUMPTION y the pension act of
1890 aforementioned Isodse of the. cid
soldiers 10 the county will likely suffer-,
then they alsir ffSeuis and RELATIVES viii.
learn for another ri lime be that the Republican
party has, and ,,aix4ys, WI be.their best
friend. ;y.f ;Is.iz .s:isise Ins; BIZ i,a..:
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