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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-05

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MUSTERED OUT.
Veterans of the COuntry's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.

Veterans of the COuntry's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.
Isenders of obituaries will please adhere strictly
to the form in which the notices below worded.
Notices be brief and be sent immediately afteK
| the event to which they reiate.l
TREAT-At Chelsea Mass recently, Of heart
disease John Treat Co. K, 45t b Mass aged 81 He
was his way from Colchester, Conn.,. to the Sol
| diers' Home al Chelsea.
| MAcMsHoN-At Boston, recently. of heart failure,
| John Macmahon 18th Mass. aged 81. At the time
of his death he a Paymaster IN the United
States Navy. In 1851. when 10 years old, be
listed and served through the war. COmrade
MacmahOn was wounded IN the hip ut the battle OF
Bull Run. At Gettysburg he was taken prisoner
and carried to Libby Prison. where he remained
until exchanged by the Government.
| DooLEY-At Clarksburg Mass, Sept. Is. of hears
disease, Capt. Peter DOoley. 37th Macs. aged IL
Capt DooIey born at Cert Ireland, and came to
this country when lS years old. In 1862 he raised
a company and offered his services to Gov. Andrew.
He received his commission as Captain in August,
1862 and Immediately went to the front, but on
count of sickness lie was retired from command in
March, 1863 He then returned home, and from
that time until the close of the war did valuable
work in recruiting. Comrade DOoey had been
engaged in the lumber business since the war. He
leaves a widow and seven children.
SPAULDISG.-AtSt Johnsbury, VT. Sept. Is, Allen
Spaulding 9Th VT. aged SO. He was born in ROx-
bury VT and at the age OF 81 enlisted in regi-
ment raised near his town for three years. Conn.,
rade Spaulding a member of Chamberlain
Post, and one of the oldest GAR men IN the
United States
McCURDY-At his home near Star Valley, Kan,
Sept y, John MeCurdy. aged 81 He WAS born in
WestmorelRnd County, Pa, and enlisted from thas
State
WEYL.-At his home in lie Sueur County. Mimi,
Sept z VIM. Weyi, Co. A. Ilth MINI. He WAS
charter member OF Oliver b. Smith Post, lS3. Le
Sueur and a faithful cosnrade.
SUPPLEE.-At Carroll. Iowa, Sept 3, j. Supplee.
Co. F. 25th Iowa. COmTGde Supplee enlisted April
Z 1852 and served until June g. 1865. He was q
member of JEFF Q. Davis Post, and was buried by
that organization. he leaves a widow and six
children.
MERsHoN.-At Stanford, KY, recently, Granville
l.. Mershon. Co. @, 18th KY Conlrade Mershon
helped organize the Post at Stanford. and has
always been a good worker in the Order. he
leaves a widow and four children
RossA RT-At his home near Penalosa, Kan. Sept.
I6 of disease contracted in the Tice. Joseph j.
Bossart Co. z, 2ist Pa, aged 46. Conrade Bossart
was born in Pennsylvania, and enlisted from that
State in August, 1864. he was 3 member of King
man Post, 265 and buried by the Order at
Isrado. Kan
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MIR. Reed as a Philosopher.
IHcC7ure's Magazine.


Before the conversation had gone beyond the
serious point, remember asking the ex-Speaker
how he felt at the time when che entire Demo-
cratic press of the country had pounced upon
him; when he was being held up as "The
Car "a man whose iron heels were crushing
out American popular government. "Oh." he
promptly replied, "you mean what were my
feelings while the uprosr about the rules of the
Fifty-first Congress were going on, and while
the question was in doubt? Well, had no
feeling except that of entire serenity and the
reason was simple l knew just what / was
going to do if the House did not sustain me; "
and raising his eyes with a typical twist of his
mouth which those who have seen it don't
easily forget he added, when man has de-
cided upon plan of action for either contin-
gency, there is no need for him to be disturbed,
you know"
''And may ask what you determined to do
if the House decided adversely"
II should simply have left the Chair resign
ing the Speakership. and left the House. re-
signing my seat in Congress. There were
things that could be done. you know, outside of
political life, and for my part | had made up
my mind that if political life consisted in Sit
ting helplessly in the Speakers chair, aud see-
ing the majority powerless to pass legislation,
/ had had enough of 1t, aud was ready to step
down and out"
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THERE are IS Senators, three seats being
vacant, and the question is, how long they
can talk ON any single question? There
have been some remarkable feats in this di-
rection performed in the past, when there
were not so many gifted loquacians in that
dignifed body as at present. In 1850, when
the Senate contained but SO members, they
talked six months over the admission Of
California as o State, and there were tire.
somely-long talking-matches over the loca-
ton of the Capital at Washington, the adj
mission of Missouri, and the force bill.
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The Same characteristics.

We notice by South Carolina exchange
that man named Roberts was gathered in by
the police while suffering from an aggravated
and aggravating case of jim jams. (Jlm-jams
is a disease resulting from 3 prolonged abhOr-
renee of water) 1t would seem from the ua-
fortunate experience of Col. Roberts that the
liquor dispensed by the State has the same
characteristics that endeared to all hearts the
poison dispensed by individuals before Gov.
Tillman took the star-eyed goddess into his
confidence Then what shall 1t profit man to
get drunk in accordance with the statutes and
ordinances made and provided. il he is to be
hauled off to Jail like common malsfsetOE,
and fined $40 and costs when he sobers uPI
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THE ruction over Van Alen-nominated
ambassador to Italy-still continues, and
the facts developed make it quite clear that
he and his friends understood it to be def
mite bargain that he was to receive the COW
eted post in return for his contribution of
$50 900 to the campaign fund. The belief
was so strong that those two eminent Mug
wumps-Horace White and J. Watson Gil
der-who did not want him to be appointed,
began raising fund of $4,000 to return his
money to him, "since the goods could not be
delivered" as Mr.. White says White and
Glider each subscribed 81 900, but the rails
ing of the fund had to be abandoned just
before it was completed, for some reason
that has not developed. All the same, it is
likely that the Senate will confirm him.
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LAST Saturday the United States Tres

LAST Saturday the United States Treas
urer mailed bondholders 27,257 checks to
pay 81 $50, 1877. so of interest due Oct l. We
haven't heard that he notified any of them
that he had decided to suspend the pay
ment of their coupons until they could
furnish additional proof" that their claims
were just and legal. That method of deal
ing with the Nations creditors seems to be
peculiar to the Pension Bureau.
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WHENEVER any of the Congressman
whom Comrade Morse stirs up are at loss
for an adequate answer to him-which they
generally are, by the way-they try to make
slur at the stove polish which Comrade
Morse manufactures. We have yet to learn
that making stove polish is not quite as
respectable business as practicipg law OF
selling groceries. 1t is not intimated that
Comrade Morse does not make an excellent
article of stove polish. The fact that he has
built up an immense business seems to prove
that his polish is of superior quality. People
generally will say that it is better to make
good stove polish than the inferior quality OF
stump speeches which have SO far been the
principal production of Comrade Morse's
antagonists
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See our offers in another column.

QUITE number OF propositions have been
made for new laws imposing more stringent
punishment upon train-robbers. This is the
customary blunder of thinking any evil can
be cured by the mere passage of law.
What is wanted is the enforcement of those
already on the statute-books If the policy
is adopted of relentlessly hunting down
every train-robber, and inf1icting upon him
the present penalties for highway robbery
and murder, train-robbing will come to a
speedy end.
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with the delegations which appear before the
Committee on Ways and Means in the interest
of retention of the Mckinley Tariff, and
they are striving to let the country know as
little as possible of the proceedings. Chair
man Wilson and colleagues are confronted
with too many hard facts to make their con-
templated work of tariff smashing an agree
able prospect.
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The 4th Pa. Cav. is not mentioned in FOx's
300. It's enrolment was l 800, and loss in
battle and died COL. So Mr.. Fox must be
off his beat somewhere, for the 4th Pa Cav.
is not the only exception to his ironclad
rule. Again, the 4th Pa. Cav. participated
in II battles and engagements. Mr.. Fox
mentions none of the above engagements,
and he gives the loss of the 4th at 358 dur
ing the war.
The following is the number of deaths
from all causes in the Union army during
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IN the face of the constant assertion that
there is no drunkenness in France, statistics
show that alcoholic insanity has doubled in
Is years, and the number of persons who
have been placed under restraint on account
of it has increased % per cent. in the last
three years.
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MAKE EVERY CLAIM SPECIAL"

MAINE EFAhf CLAIH 81 hCIAL'
Let US have every claim now in the Pen
sion Bureau made Especial and settled
without future delay.
Certainly, % years after the war closed,
this should be done.
1t is high time that the Government paid
a debt incurred more than a quarter of a
century ago.
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Loss of Both Eyes.

Mr. Gallinger recently introduced bin Is.
BOA providing that from and after the passage
of this act all persons on the pension roll, and
all persons hereafter granted pensions, who,
while in he military and naval service oil the
United States, aud in the line of duty. or as q
result of such service, shall have lost the sight
of both eyes, shall be entitled to and receive
pensions at the rate of 500 per month.
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THE Brazilian war seems to be of the usual
South American type: a great deal of powder
burned at long range, great deal of noise,
an immense amount of pronunciamentOs, and
scarcely anybody hurt.
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In making references to the Union and
rebel regiments quoted, six OF each, it would
seem the rebel regiments suffered the greater
loss, although the per cent. of loss OF each Is
about the same, from the fact that there
seems to have been none missing in the
rebel regiments.
Among the 800 fighting Union regiments
the following sustained the greatest losses
In the cavalry service:
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OUR GOLD WATCHES.

We have reduced the prices of all our
watches to keep abreast of the recent de-
cline incident to the times. 1t cannot be
expected that such condition will long
prevail. Take for example the Waltham
repeater, that formerly sold for at least Sl35,
now offered at S65 This is below what the
watch cost the manufacturer. It will never
be offered at such a price again short of the
life of generation, if at all.
The moral of the situation is: Save money
by buying now what you went while it Is
cheap.
See cur offers in another column.
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1t seems the records of losses were not cor
rectly kept in the rebel army, and IN the
Union army not accurately. The mOrtuary
statistics of the war of the rebellion will
never exactly be known.-W. G. YARD, Co.
K 4lh Pa Cav
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 5, 1893
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.


One Which is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions
On tIie Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of 1925
survivors and 2 .2S2 widows. and
something over 5000 cases were
pending AT latest reports. This
makes a fetal of -, 497. Or sew
efaI thousand more men than
the United States had i'm Mexico
al any one time during the war.
These ali receive either s. Or
$I2 a month.
Among the names are those
of the widow of Gen. Samuel
Cooper, ~ New Yorker by birth.
who was Acknowledgement of
the United States Army at the
outbreak Of the war. and used
his position to aid the rebels i'm
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned his position TO become
Acknowledgement of the South
ern Confederacy, and Ofiieiated
as such until the rebellion coli
Iapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing "a pension since june
6, 1857.
The widow of Thomas j.
'Stenewau") Jackson, who
was Esext TO lee the most p0pu-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The widow Of Mai. -Gen. G Gorge
r.. Pickett, who commanded a
division liz the rebel army.
The widow OfMai. Gen. Gideon
j. Pillow. WHO commanded a di-
vision ina the rebel army.
The widow Of Lieut.-Gen. A. H.
Hill, who commanded one Of
the three corps of Lees army.
HE widow Of Sidney Smith
lee. who -6as dismissed from
the Navy for "going over 10 the
enemy" and afterWard became
G Commodore i'm the rebel navy.
Brighten. Jas. R. Chalmers,
who was FORESTS chief lieu
tenant.
Maj.-Gen. Dabney III. Maury.
who commanded the rebel
troops ut the battle of Chicka-
saw Bayou.
Hon. y. B. Maxey, late United
States Senator from Texas, who
has been drawing his pension
since May %, 1857. He was q
HajOr-GeneraI i'm the rebel
army.
Hon. Jas. Il. George, Senator
from Mississippi, and who
served ira the rebel army as "a
Colonel. The number Of his
certificate il 1924.
Hen. 4. HI. COiquift. Senator
from Georgia, who was "a Major
General i'm the rebel army,
draws "a pension under certifi-
cate IS. 1919.
The widows above mentioned
are of men who we're educated
al the Government expense. and
afleEward fought 10 destroy the
Government. They went ON the
roll AT Once, while last April
there were pending the claims
Of If5. go widows Of Union sol.
diers who had not yet been able
TO get on the roll.
Total amount paid on account
of bonds and interest notes
principal. interest, and pre-
Tmiun, TO bOndlIOIders 10 June
30, 1898, since and including
fiscal year 1861:
Principal SI.791.399,I34.7(
Interest 2.53I. 1G9. 32I Il
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THE tin-pate liars could not down the
industry. The figures show that we have
been making much more than we had antci-
pated.
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THE country seems to be taking care of
itself without waiting for Congress. Bust
ness is steadily reviving everywhere.
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TIE BEST WAY

To get ready for The great fight for soldiers
rights is to get up big clubs for the veterans
champion, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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Total Sf,4f6.O3I,742.5s

The proposition for a union of the free
silver and Protective Tart fl men, to prevent
on the one hand unconditional repeal of the
sO-called Sherman law, and on the other I'M
wise reduction Of the tariff, seems to have
died a-borning.
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF
PENSIONS.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
PENSIONS.
The first report of Commissioner Lochren,
of the Pension Bureau, which we publish
this week in full, will be read with deep
interest
1t is far less voluminous and comprehen-
sive than has been the rule with his prede-
cessors, which may be accounted for by the
newness of the Commissioner in his Office
At the close of the fiscal year for which 1T
is made he had been less than two months
in his office-too brief a time to admit of
more than superficial knowledge of 1t and
its multifarious features.
x*x
The first thing that arrests attention is
the statement that $1,000 pensioners were
drOpt from the roll last year, from death or
other causes. Taken by itself, this shows
that the death-rate among pensioners is
about double the average mortality IN the
community. Even this statement does not
set forth the full magnitude of the mortality
The average rate of death in the community
is raised by the enormous proportion OF
deaths of children of five years of age and
under. A proper comparison of the rates of
mortality would, we think, show that the
veterans are dying off four or five times as
fast as their fellow-citizens
An analysis of the table of those dropt
shows the following causes:
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fore him during his long term on the bench
is of the most positive help to the Pension
Bureau in facilitating its work. 1t would
be practically impossible for the pensioners
to getalong without attorneys, and any at
tempt to do so would overwhelm the Pension
Bureau with work that is now done outside
at no cost whatever 10 the Government.
&sx
That the Commissioner has called to his
assistance as his First Deputy and trusted
lieutenant, one of the leading pension attor-
neys of Washington City, shows the appre-
citation of the present Administration of the
value to the Pension Bureau of the training
and skill of that class of lawyers
Furthermore, the report of the Commits
sioner unwittingly, it may be, pays high
tribute to the character of pension attorneys.
1t is estimated that there are 10000 pension
attorneys practicing before the Bureau.
Yet, of this great number, only SO were
recommended for disbarment during the past
year, smaller number than we are sure can
be found among a similar number of at
tOrneys in other branches of practice.
Then, too, it is the fault of the Interior De-
partment if unworthy attorneys are allowed
to practice before it. 1t has complete power
to prevent them.
The attack upon the completed File" "
is ill-advised. The much-abused Com
pleted Files" system was based upon COM
mon sense and good business principles. 1t
meant simply that when case was COM
pleted in all its requirements Of proof, it
should be taken from the mass of those which
required more OF less proof, and placed with
others similarly completed, and there await
its turn for action, instead of being COM
PEELED to wait until it could be reached by
routine among hundreds of thousands of
cases which had been pending for years, and
might stall hang on for years more. When
a claimant has furnished all the proof that
Bureau requires of him he has gained the
right to have his case taken up at once,
and disposed of instead of being made
to wait until reached by slow progress
through an indefinite number of other eases,
where full proof may not be furnished for
years, possibly never. No one can dispute
the rightfulness Of this. If pension attor-
neys abused the system by stating that the
proof in cases was complete, when not really
so, then the Commissioner had ready
remedy. He could disbar or otherwise pun
ish an attorney making such false state
ment. Certainly he ought not to make the
claimants who have been able to furnish all
the proof required of them fall back to the
rear Of those whom it may take years to
get their claims established. There is
neither justice nor good business practice in
such proceeding.