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The National tribune., 1893-12-21

THE nomination Of Hon. VIM B. Horn
blower as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States still hangs fire
in the Senate. 1t was sent i'm during the
extra session, but the Senate adjourned
without acting upon it, and it was promptly
renewed upon the reassembling of Congress
for the regular session. The delay is ATTRACTING
attention. There have heen serious charges
against Hornblower as to his course while
acting as referee in a case growing out of the
construction of the Wheeling & Lake Erie
Railroad. The Chief Justice of the New FORK
Court of Appeals pronounced his Judgment
in this case TO be illegal and unjust" and
characterized his propositions as "startling
and preposterous," which had no proof or
finding of fact to support them, aud that
his conclusions were illegal jugglery" The
delay ia his confirmation implies that the
Senate has strong doubts as to bis fitness
for the exalted place for which he, has been
nominated.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21
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The National tribune., 1893-12-21

Tie latest estimate places the Treasury
deficit to be caused by the Wilson bill at
ST., OO0,0 900. This is The enormous load that
it is propo ed TO crush down still farther the
embarrassed business, the wrecked manu-
features, the depressed agriculture, and the
unemployed labor Of the country. 1t was
not enough that everyone's earnings or
profits should be injured by the reduction
of protection, but there must be an i'm
mense addition of domestic taxation to
Certainly there never was more wicked
assault on the prosperity of a people.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21
THE FIGHT COMMENCED.

| LIE FiShf ,SchstsNSI1D'
The bill to appropriate 100000 more to
continue special in vestfg;uions ofalleged pen
sion frauds has, as might have been expected,
precipiiated the pension fight in Congress,
and given the friends Of the veterans in the
| House of Representatives a long-desired OPP
portunity to repel, the wholesale calumnies
against them.
Hon. j. G. Cannon tRep.), of Illinois, led
off with a vigorous arraignment OF the PEN
| sion policy of the present Administration.
He claimed that the, allegations Of wide
spread frauds were totally disproEed by the
| facts, and the administration of the Pension
| Bureau had been as honest and fair rs the
| adjudication of cases by the courts of the
country, and denounced the reversal OF Order
No. 164 az akin to crime.
Representative Livingston, Georgia, and
Enloe, Tennessee defended the Administers
tion, but were put on The grill by Repre-
sentatives Lacy, Blair, Stone, Picker, Bing-
ham, Morse aud others. All these proiessed
the utmost desire for the most thorough in-
yestga'ion and the severe punishment OF
all frauds, but were opposed to what Mr.
Lacy termed "the dark and abhorrent
methods that pulled down Venice"
Representative Dngley made sensation
by pointing out that, with all the expendi-
ture OF money and all the prodigious effort
by which 100000 pensioners had been dropt
or placed in jeopardy, only 38S cases had
been discovered which were actually fraudu-
lent. This was but 43 more than had heen
discovered in the previous year in the ordi-
nary routine of business.
The feature of last Mondays discussion
was an impassioned defense Of the veterans
by the veteran Gen. D. E. SickIes, Demo-
cratic Representative from New York. In
conclusion he said he did not think any one
polit cal party should claim monopoly Of
affection and regard for the soldier. With
regard to the claim that the pension system
is boneycombed with frauds, he did not be-
lieve il. The soldiers in his district had
authorized him to repudiare the charge.
He appealed to Gen. Black, Of Illinois, who
sat beside him. who was Mr. Cleyeland's first
Commissioner of Pensions, to indorse his
statement that not one case of fraudulent
pension had ever passed through his hands.
He ended with this ringing sen ence:
And say this in conclusion, hat no party
will rule long III this country, and no ruler
will possess or deserve The confidence of the
American people who, cast unmerlted stain
on the pension-rolls ofgthis Nation"
This is only the beginning. The fight is
now fairly on. and apparently the veterans
will not lack friends who will speak out
strongly for them. There will be deluge
of facts presented TO the public, which will
overwhelm with confusion the v0ciferous
slaud~rers wko have 50 long had possession
of the public ear.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21
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The National tribune., 1893-12-21
THE HAWAIIAN MESSAGE

The Presidents message upon the Ha-
waiian affair, which was wrung from him
by the peremptory demand of Congress, has
been fiat disappointment to the country.
Even the "cuckoo" newspapers, which ex-
travagantly praise everything the President
may say or do. find it uphill work to say
anything Mandatory.
The message begins with q labored reci-
! tation of alleged facts, but, unfortunately
for the writer, all these have already been
placed before the public, and shown by the
strongest evidence to he either untrue, or at
most, but halffacts, which are worse than
direct un'ruths.
He admits that he intended TO use all the
force at his command to restore the fallen
Queen, but dyes prudently behind the
assertion that he was going to keep strictly
within the limits Of his constitutional
powers. This reservation counts for little
with man Of his known disposition to
interpret the Constitution in favor of doing
what he d sires to.
He confesses that his policy is failure,
because the ex-Qaeen refused to accept
restoration on his terms and grant complete
amnesty and oblivion to all instrumental in
her overthrow. This i'm plies that she want
ed the Government of the United States TO
become an accomplics with her in Carrying
out bloody policy of prescription. Mr.
Cleveland wisely halted before this portent-
Gus step. He does not say what he proposed
to do next, but iil-humoredly turns the
whole matter over to Congress for such
action as it may deem best.
Ii would be interesting to know what he
contemplated doing before Congress inter-
fered. Clearly he meditated something, be-
cause he was not ready to report to Congress
when it demanded a report, and resented
the interference. In BRIEF he says: " II is a
mean, troublesome job, but was going to
fix it up somehow. Now you've stuck
your shovel in, and you can just take it off
my hands and fix ithup to suit yourselves"
The National tribune., 1893-12-21
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which begins this week. It will be very
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The National tribune., 1893-12-21

HUNT out the frauds on the pension-roll
by all means, and when found punish them
severely, but in the meanw lille devote some
port ON of The extensive force of the Pen
sion Bureau to discovering the deserving
men aud women who have right to he put
on the penson-roll. Do not strain so in
tensely after the gnat-Fraud, as to entirely
csmel-Justice.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

THE opposition to the Wilson bill is rap
idly on the increase. 1t hurts every COM
munity and every interest severely and
helps no one. Injustice and wrong char
acterize every clause of it. It is particularly
outrageous in face of the great business de-
preston of the country, when it behooves
every public man and every citizen to help
make things better, instead of doing what
will aggravate the depression and increase
the number of unem ployed and penniless.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

THERE is a prospect for large slices OF
very rich pudding for favored ones in the
increase of the whisky tax. Anticipating such
legislation, the distillers have accumulated
over 1i0,000,000 gallons of spirits, which are
now in the bonded warehouses. IF the
tax is raised 10 cents, and not made to apply
to that already manufactured, this will put
the immense sum of Sl4,000,000 into the
pockets of the holders of this stock. An in
crease of 20 cents gallon would give them
28.0O0,000; CT 80 cents, $42 100000, and go
cents-as has been urgcd-would make their
profits $s4000000. There would be enough
in this, after satisfying the distillers, to make
quite number of lobbyists and politicians
reasonably happy.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C, DECEMBER 2l. 1893
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

y < n
One Which Is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
On il.e Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of I5.2I5
survivors and 2 .2S2 widows, and
something over 5000 eases were
pending at latest reports. This
makes Il total Of 90. 497, or sew
eraI thousand moro men Than
the United States had i'm Mexico
at ans one time during the war.
These all receive either IS or
$I2 a month.
Among the names are those
of the widow Of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. q New Yorker by birth.
who WIS Acknowledgement Of
the United States Army at the
outbreak Of The war, and used
his position TO aid the rebels in
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned liis position 10 become
Adjusanf-Genera Of the South
ern ConEesIeracy, and Ofiiciased
as sucIs until the rebellion col
Iapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing a pension since june
q. 1857.
The widow Of Thomas j.
(''SfOHeWaII"1 Jackson, who
was next 10 Lee tIle most pOpu-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The widow of Mai. -Gen. George
IL. Pickett, who commanded %
division in the rebel army.
The H idOW of Maj Zen. Gideon
J.PiELoE. who commanded n di-
vision ia the rebel army.
The widow of Lieut.. Gen. A. II.
Hill. who commanded one of
Tie three corps of Lees army.
The widow of Sidney Smith
Lee. who was dismissed from
the Navy for ''going over 10 the
enemy" and afferWard became
a Commodore i'm the rebel navy.
Brighten. Jas. R. Chalmers,
who WAS FORESTS chief lieu
tenant.
Maj.-Gen. Dabney HI. Maury.
who commanded the rebel
troops at the battle of Chicka-
saw Bayeu.
Hon. =. B. Maxey, late United
States Senator from Texas, who
has been drawing his pension
since May ~, 1887. He was "a
MaiOF-SEeneraI in the rebel
army.
Hen. Jas. Il. George. Senator
from Mississippi, and who
served in the rebel army as "A
Colonel. The number Of his
certificate is I7.214.
Hon. 4. III. CoIquitt, Senator
from Georgia, whS was "a Major
General in the rebel army.
draws ~ pension under certiff.
cate I1. 100.
The widows above mentioned
are Of men who were educated
at the Government expense. and
afterRard fought 10 destroy the
Government. They went On the
roll at once, while Last April
there were pending the claims
OfI45.520 widows Of Union sol
diers WilO had mot yet been able
10 get 0H the roll.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

HAVE you written to your Senators and
representatives. urging that they take steps
to have every case now pending in the
Pension Bureau settled by Dec. 81, 1894?
Ii not, do so at once.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

THE Justice Long case is set to come up
for hearing before the Supreme Court of the
DIS rict of Columbia to-day. Tie Justices
case will be presented by Mr.. Fred A. Baker,
of Detroit, and the Pension Bureau will
probably be represented by Assistant Attor-
ney-General Whitney. Next weeks Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE will have full account
of the hearing.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

not think that we can safely leave the gnats
| to the ordinary course of nature and devote
some attention TO the long-neglected camel
Do You not think that it is high time that
the money and effort Iavished in resultless
quests for undeserving pensioners be turned
toward the discovery and payment of richly
deserving ones?
According to an authoritative statement
| made on the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives last Monday, only 3s5 cases of
reasonable presumption of fraud have been
discovered, after eight months of prodigious
effort and the expenditure of hundreds of
thousands of dollars in extraordinary in
designations. As there are over 100000 pen
sioners On the rolls, this is only little
over third of one per cent. To be more
accurate, it is only one fraud in every 2 800, a
much smaller proportion than is to be found
in any other disbursements made by the
Government. Even these cases are not yet
proved TO be frauds.
We ask you, in sorrowful earnestness, how
long 1919 deserving men and women are to
be kept out Of their sorely -needed dues to
prevent the one black sheep from getting
what possibly does not belong to him? At
the very worst, is it not far better that he
should be paid the average Sill a year than
that these other needy men and women be
robbed of their dues? This is rendered
still more striking by the fact that the ex-
traordinary efforts made this year have only
discovered 43 more alleged frauds than were
developed in the ordinary course of opera
tions of the Pension Bureau last year.
Comrade L0chren, there is tide in the
affairs Of Pension Commissioners as well "a
of other men, which, if taken at the food,
leads on to fame, if not fortune. That
food-tide is now for you. The greatest OPP
portnnity of your life presents ITSELF and an
opportunity such as has presented itself to
none of your predecessors. The country
which has been watching your courpe with
the deepest interest, begins to fully realize
the failure of the costly Investigations to
has been made the subject of comment on
the flor of Congress. Even more FIJI y the
,,,4- H. n
denying deserving men and women their
dearly-earned rights.
The opportunity that is now come to you
is TO seize this timely moment to announce
that your Investigations have vindicated
the honor Of your comrades and the integ-
rity of the penson-roll-tha it is in the
highest sense roll of honor, and that just
ice, mercy and National dignity require that
the roll be completed ard perfected by plac
ing on it at once every claimant who has the
right to be there. Add to this an appeal to
Congress TO give you the means to accom-
plish this work by Dec. 81. 1894.
We firmly believe that this is eminently the
right thing for you to do; we think that you
are inclined TO do it, and we know that it
would electrify the country as great, wise,
Just act, and bring you enduring fame. The
quicker you do it the better for your own
as well rs for the sake of your
comrades "He gives twice who
gives quickly" says the old Latin proverb,
and much Of the past can be redeemed now
by prompt action on the lines we have laid
down.
Yours, in fraternal advice,
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES J. G. B. ADAMS
and Adj't-Gen. Mech were In Washington
last week on their way home from Pitts
burg, where they had been in consultation
with the GAR. National Council of Adj
ministration aud the people of Pittsburg,
with reference to the next National Encamp-
ment. Everything there was settled in the
most satisfactory manner, and the COM
rades can look confidently forward to q
more than royal entertainment and a
very successful Encampment. The Com
mander-in-Chief called ON Commissioner
Lochren and discussed the pension situation
with him, setting forth in clear and positive
language the cruel hardships the comrades
everywhere are suffering from the present
policy. The COMMUNICATIVE Chief while
still very weak from the effects of the severe
surgical operation he underwent in Chicago,
is otherwise in good health, and evidently
has many years of usefulness before him.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

THE President has dono good thing in
removing Geo. d. Johnson from the Civil
Service Commission. Johnson was Col
onel in the rebel army, and is pompous old
fellow, whose uppermost thought is the main
tenance Of his personal dignity, and conse-
quently he was at once tiresome and ineffi-
clent
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

To let 5000 men die month unpensioned
while eagerly hunting for mythical rascals
who are said to be drawing pensions they do
not deserve, hardly seems to be carrying out
the interest and spirit of the pension laws.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

WISCONSIN has 100000 worth of to-
abe, because of the uncertainty in regard to
the duties on imported tobacco. This is only
the country by vicious tariff tinkering.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

LILIUoKALANI wants her restoration to
have hot and cold water and q f.s,-class
guilIotine on every floor.
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

Total amount paid ON account
of bonds and interest notes,
principal, interest. and pre-
miuEs, 10 bOndEIOIders 10 June
30, 1893, since and including
fiscal year 1851:
Principal $I,S94. 800, I34. 20
Interest 2.53I. 169, 22I.I7
Premiums II9,S63. 3S6.zI
Total 81, Us
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

To get ready for the great fight for soldiers
rights is to get up big clubs for the veterans
champion, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

Total S4,446,O3I,742.5s
The National tribune., 1893-12-21

One Which Is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
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The Enect ofFOrest Distruction.

Hon. L. E. Chittenden has views on
the Adirondack question which are entitled
to consideration. Mr. Chittenden was in
the habit of visiting the AdirOndacks as a
sportsman when 1t was a primeval wilder
ness, and before il became the resort of the
summer tourist. He has watched the
changes wrought upon the region by the
lumbermen, the decay of forest grandeur,
and the drying up of the lakes and streams.
He has also visited some regions of the old
world which were once famed for fertility,
but have now become barren wastes and
breeding places for pestilence. About
Rome, for instance, there is the desolate
campagna, which was once watered from
the forests of the Alps, hut has become
unprOductive and unhealthy. He finds
the same canses which have wrought these
changes at work along the valley of the
Hudson. And he expresses the opinion
that unless the destruction is stayed, the
Hudson river valley will become as desc
late as the plains about Rome, unable to
sustain life, and summed by human
beings.-Free Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-05-19

Pope Leo is getting very feeble, but
celebrates mass every morning at $3.50,
assisted through the services by tive attend
ants. He ascends and descends the steps
of the altar with difficulty.
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African explorer,
was received in audience by the King of
the Belgians, at Brussels last week Stan
ley said he had no intention of returning
to Africa, but should renew his candida
ture for seat in the British Parliament at
the next election.
Miss Klumpke, an American girl who
entered the Paris observatory as a pupil
five year ago, has won her place in the first
rank as astronomer, and is one of the most
tireless and successful observers in France.
One of the two great equatOrials at the OBJ
servatory is reserved for her sole use, and
Miss Klumpke was the first woman ever
admitted to the institution. She Games
from family long resident in California
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Flour and Grain
# Department,

full line of everything. We
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Winter patent, $3.50; best Bread
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Cotton Seed meal, Cotton Seed
feed.--which is the cheapest feed
in America Gluten meals, Lin
seed Oil meal, Salt, Baled Hay,
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Floods in Ohio.
PennsyIvsniR and New YOrk.-Il Lives
Lost and Immense Damage to Proper

FehnBylNanth ana new hOfAs-lA Lives
Lost and Immense Damage to Proper
~.
Many places in Ohio were visited by un-
pTecedented floods Wednesday. II is
known that ii lives were lost, great dam
age was done to shipping and the damage
TO other property will amount to hundreds
of thousands of dollars. The rain which
began Monday fell necessarily for So hours,
and the wind at times reached a velocity
of more than 80 miles an hour. Two men
at Cleveland were out in small boat when
one of the oars broke and they were swept
out into the lake and drowned. Seven
men from the life saving station went to
the rescue, and their boat was also over
turned aad four of them drowned. The
damage at Erie, Pa, is estimated at $500,
600 to 100000 The culverts were
blocked by the buildings swept away, and
caused great damage to city improvements.
One hundred families in Erie and vicinity
lost all their possessions. The loss to the
Lake Shore railroad is very large. At
Conneaut, Ohio, a dredge was carried
away and five of the seven persons on
board were drowned. There are reports of
great damage to property in many other
cities of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York.
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