The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-07-07
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WAsH1ysrog b @ JaaesO 1893
Bosh eBtis Of the capitol buiilltsg arr
3 lie hands IF small anmy Of work
men uh1are pntfipg tyeFg thiug ia ship- 1
saaps for toe extra session Of Q 'ngress
EpergfhiBR Is beirg 0venhsnibd ahd I
rssitenpd up " EeBeRed - the exig@n-
eiss Of the case my Remand Although
ssp probability 81 Il esident Cleveland
raskiBg 20 carrier date Tor the s1trt Sc
sion fbzn September is regarded Is *
O. dlugiy slim il Is thought best 60 rH-l
tns work NJ tine capitol 81, that ever
ihing Rauld be rrady fer c ugrsss b
,sssmbie IS esrly ~ the latter parl Of
Jnly in ease the president should chang
il,s 1nind.
Speak ng Of calling the extra session
ii congress Garner than = -plembef, q
gentleman who had a loug c lnv-FSaIiOn
with the president on the sahise says:
The president fhinkB, aud 1 agree HIth
DIN, that instead Of being 81 reason tvi
a earlier extra session. she action OF
beeeFrrnment If Great BrItsin Ia stop
aug sue cBEnage Of Eiiser On prisate &C .
e,Jaat ~ India, furnishes one ~ the
strongest reasons against sn earlieF ses-
-iop. Ever, one has sone sort of Rp
! Jdsa OF what vii be the result Of cuttIHg
OF uith a stroke of the pen the market
4or abant ope-third0f the worlds silver.
Faly time can show precisey what thai
result will be. IL congress were TO De-
call+ai 70 meet within three or four
seeks il wonld necessarily lack mach
information Upon tbis 81 blsct which b,
4 the middle Of September eau easily bs
obtained information too. that is, 10
auy Opinion. ub % ately essential to in
eIligeot aud beneficial finznclal leglsla
ton and any other Sort Of legislation
I sontd be much worse than BOne.'
/ Investigation has brought ont the fact
that many men who are dra2Ing disa-
1 ailIty pensions are living in Soldiers
4 Homes aith0uE cost to themselves and
are earnlng rsgalsr wages for the per
fBrmaRee Of MAMMAL labor Furtberin
4 EssligatiOn sh8ws that, except in tb-
case OF those syho draw pensions nBtler
he act Of 1890 notht0g Can be done IA
| ,,rsFrnt q eOnIlHu tHce of this practice
without new legisiatitp. III "a evident
hat the VII .le system Of pension lass. =
remarked a CONGRESSMAN tyh0 was him
self 3 union soldier, ''aRe faulty sBd in
/ ueed of ID rough revision, but I av.
serious doubss "a 10 the courage Of con
gfesB { , make that revision. Pension
nave been used as capital 80 togg bl
1 slrmagogue- that the people ct 3srg'
YIl. have to De educated On that snhi -e
before the pressure upon congress be
ctmrs strong enough to compel action
Tee prsiiminarY SLEEPS in this edReati
,usl work aFe being taken hythe admin
IsiEailon Ia It's endsavsFs 90 Gear tbl
4 roll OF illegal pensioners. Later, III
revision Of the laws viii come Ia an<We
10 a public demand Ia which Ihoasaud
IF sld soldiers Wiil ] in; indeed, man
,tf bAeB have really d Eue no. As 500
As psnsioDs are eDti ely divorced iTUL
partisan politics justice Will be dODe
alike 10 the tsxpaisr BUD the old so
der"
Among the fraudulent peneioRei
, whose dropping from the r,,ll WAS 81
, cinlty Apr Ved this week we're eisRe
! meu shnWn by the records OF the W.
/, department 10 have been de-srters an
who are still dessrtsrs at large one ma
: ftWbo never was in the army at aii, Sc
I erai women who continued tn draw FH
: aYF's pensions ate they had maFris
: again, aud one notorious prOslituh
surely such A. these have no basine
I, % a Fuii Of honor"
Y President Cleveland was asked by u
. Committee ia charge Of the preparatiol
:, tor the e-lepralipn 4 the centennial
the laying al tue c+brnsr-stOne OF N
= United States capitol building to aeiiY
Il. % pfIncIpat oraliOn upon that beeasif
I, aat ~ the president expects 10 have \
y. haads fui ab8ut the date OF the ee
1 bEa8oa--Ssptenbe 16-- he told /
eamlnilfee that be ound not conn
y, With their reqae-t, bat Woali glas
!, make short speech Introducing /
- Juan they selectsd 70 deliver the 0
z Mon
:, To-day closes the fiscal year. aud Wh
the huaueiai con ition Of the gevs
(, ueut Is not all HAT C nd be- gsk-d 4
a. is yeTs much better than there )
ans good reason SIX mgnths agp,
expecting that it WonId be nc this tin
IL taet'there were sbaH,l aut reasons
,Bonihs ago for the fear that, insttad
the comfortable cash balance on hal
v tue administration wanld have TO be
40 the new year with q deficit,
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