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talk. he told of the rise of Gen. Mcdowell
from subaltern to the position OF Commander,
which he held at the time Of the battle of Bull
Run early in June. 1861. Mcdowell. who Was
then a Brigadier- General in the Regular Army
commenced the fertilization Of Washington. He
was peculiar as a soldier in that he never drank
a drop of any intoxicating liquor He was also
the best read man in the service. Gen. Howard
spoke of his own military life. He was sent to
the front in command of a brigade Of five North
ern regiments. He was graduate Of West Point
aud believed thoroughly in discipline. When
other regiments took of their shoes and stock
Ings. in order to ford stream, he made his men
walk across just as they were. He gave de-
scriFtion of the battle Of Bull Run, the position
Of each army and the several movements, which
finally resulted in the defeat of the Union
troops. He spoke of the fight of the Northern
soldiers and how one staff officer, trying to
make them 60 the other way, shouted: " The
rebels are running; you had better hurry up
or you will miss all the fun" Gen. Howard
interspersed all of his lecture with anecdotes Of
happenings that had come under his personal
observation, and all his stories were spplauded.
When he had finished there was a surprise ia
the shape OF the performance Of Mr. II. Mitchell,
who was a drummer in Gen. Towards corps.
hr. Mitchell had his drum and gave samples
of the different signals that were used in the
army. The Chautauqua salute was given to
Gen. Howard. It was made by waving the
handkerchief, and was a beautiful sight.
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THE AMERICAN FARMER is on the side of
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BfAJ. Il. n. MORRILL,.

One of the leading candidates for the
nomination for Governor Of Kansas is
Maj. E. N. Morrill,, for long time Repre-
sentative in Congress from that State.
Mai. Morrill, is entitled to unusual con-
sideration by the veterans of that State,
as we'll as of the whole country. He was
one of the most faithful friends they ever
had in Congress. He constantly urged
the most liberal Legislation, and as a
member and later Chairman of the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions, was very
effective in securing the passage of laws
of the greatest benefit to the soldiers Of
the country. He was chairman of the
committee when the Disability Act OF
June 81, 1890, was passed. He was the
leading spirit in the formulation of that
act of great justice to the veterans, and
under his skillfhl management It be.
came Law. and through 1t the comrades
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BRECKENRIDGE, Mimi, wants its name
changed. Don't blame it. While there
are great numbers of private individuals
of the highest responsibility of that
name, yet it will always be associated
in the public mind with a Viee-Presi-
dent of the United States who broke
his oath, and tried to drag his State
into rebellion, and with a Congressman
involved in the filthiest private scandal
that has ever come to light in the
National Capital
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think seriously of attending the great Ma
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of the Republic, which is to be held in
Pittsburg next September. AS usual,
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"PENSION-RoLL PURGING."
Under this head Washington special

to the st. Louis Republic says:
An interesting statement of work in the
Pension Bureau has just been issued:
Between April 1, 1893, and March 81,
1894, during which the Law Division of the
Pension Bureau was under the present man
agement, the sum of $27, 513 improperly re-
ceived for pensions was collected, as against
$16,S 1888 collected for the corresponding year
previously.
Besides this nearly 81 100000 have been
saved prospectivcly TO the United States on
payments that would have accrued and been
paid on admitted and pending claims but
for the discovery of fraud and punishment
of the wrong doors. Here are the figures:
Under former management there were,
from April ], 1892, to April ], 1893, arrests,
65; indictments, III; convictions, 70; SEN
fences, Sd; acquttals, 80.
Under present management, from April /,
1893, to April 1, 1894, arrests, 1879; IndIct-
ments, 341 convictions, 161; sentences, SO;
aequittals, 80.
After all the clamor and hullabaloo
about well-known frauds in thousands
of communities after the expenditure
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
voted by Congress for special investiga-
tions, besides unknown sums otherwise ;
after subjecting the veterans of the
country to untold anxieties, miseries,
and injustice, this is all there is to show
for it: "s27,513 improperly received
for pensions" has been recovered, against
s16,SS3 last year-an increase of but
$1,000.
The claim of having "saved ST.
100000 is ridiculous. 1t reminds one
of the little boys composition:
"Pins has saved millions of lives"
Howl" gasped the astonished
teacher.
By not eating EN-" replied the I'M
abashed youngster.
There is no use confirming the claim to
100000 saved by not being paid out
to clearly fraudulent claims. Why not
make it s1OO,0O0,OO0 or $780,.
O0O,O0O2
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have received many millions of dollars
that were rightfully due them.
These things, we think, give Maj.
Morrill's candidacy an unusual interest
to the veterans everywhere, and place
him in the best possible light before
those residing in Kansas. Without dis
paragement to the other candidates, we
say that the great. State of Kansas
cannot have better Governor than he
would make.
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THE building of the Nicarauga Canal
is an absolute necessity to US, if we pro-
pose to have any foreign commerce, or
to successfully defend our Pacific Coast
in case of war. 1t will bring our East
ern commercial centers into close COM
munication with Pacific South America,
and China, India, and Japan. The Suez
Canal has put San Francisco nearer to
London than to New York, and this we
should not abide, when an easy remedy is
in our hands. 1t is now over 10, 900 miles
by water from San Franciscoto New Y ork.
The construction of the canal would re-
duce this distance to 5000 miles. Every
part of the country would be benefited
by the construction of the canal, and
especially the ports on the Gulf of Mey-
leo, which would at once be put directly
on the line of the worlds maritime high
way.
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AN EXTRA COPY.

Sone comrades may receive an extra copy
OF this weeks NATIONAL TRIBUNE, which
they are requested 10 hand to some other
eomrade who, they know, is not subscriber,
but should be. Every man who wore the
bine should be on the subscription-iist of
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE during this great
Aght for veterans rights. Try to bring all
the boys into camp. The more subscribers
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has, the better
fight it can make.
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PENSION CURIosITIKs.

PENSION CURIOsITIES.
It is stated as a curious fact that there
are now, nearly 80 years after the civil war,
100000 more persons getting pensions than
there were troops in the field On the Union
side at any single time during the war.
Yet there are 5000 applications for PEN
sons yet TO be acted upon, In June 1893,
the pension-roll had 966, 012 names and ILL.,
$50 claims were pending. The Outgo for
pensions was SIS, 155, 342, figure which
exceeds all the pensions paid by all the
nations in the world for all their wars.
We "pay" twice as much as all put To-
gether In fact, if we capitalize our pension
payments we find that we are in effect pay
ing interest on bonded debt equal to the
true valuation of all the property in the
seeded States in 1861, which was some
$4,000, 100000. The war cost some $1,000
100000; pensions since have cost 81 800,
100000. 1t would have been economical
to have settled the differences of 1861 on
cash basis.
The Suns figures are simply absurd.
We do not begin to "pay more for pen
sions than all the Nations in the world"
On the contrary, considering the num-
Der of men we had engaged. the length
of their service, and the amount of fight
ing they did, we really pay less for pen
sions than any other civilized Nation.
None of these papers seem to reflect
that the pension-roll was recruited from
the same cause that kept the effective
strength of the army down. Every bat
tie, every toilsome march reduced the
army by thousands and enlarged the
pension-roll at the same rate. The great
problem for the Government was to keep
the stream of recruits for the army equal
to the stream of wounded and disabled
men that went from the front. When
men were being killed and wounded by
thousands every day the pension-roD
grew with amazing rapidity.
The war did not " cost So, 600, 900, 000,'
but more than twice that, or Sc, 100000
900. But it is of little use going any
farther with the Suns figures. 1t hasn'1
anything right, even by accident.
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MEXICAN PENSION ROLL
One Which is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of 15.21S
survivors and z .2S2 widows. and
something ever 3 1000 cases were
pending at latest reports. This
makes n total of %, 497. or sew
eraI thousand mOre men than
the United States had i'm Mexico
at any one time during the war.
These all receive either IS or
$I2 month.
Among the names are those
Of the widow of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. a New Yorker by birth,
who was Adiutant-General 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
Adiutant-Genera Of the South
ern COnfederacy, and Officiated
as such until the rebellion col
Iapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing pension since June
@, 1857.
The widow of Thomas j.
stStOneWaH") Jackson, who
was next to Lee the most pOpu-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The widow of Ma. -Gen. George
Z. Pickett, who commanded a
division i'm the rebel army.
The widow of Maj. -Gen. Gideon
j. PILLOW, who commanded q di-
vision i'm the rebel army.
The widow of Lieuf.-Gen. A. r.
Hill, who commanded one of
the three corps of Lees army.
The widow of Sidney Smith
Lee, who was dismissed from
the Navy for "gOing over to the
enemy" and afferward became
aCOmmOdOre i'm the rebel navy.
Brighten. Jas. II. Chalmers,
who was FORESTS chief ieu-
tenant.
Maj.-Gen. Dabney HI. Maury.
who commanded the rebel
troops at 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 a
Mai0r-GeneraI i'm the rebel
array.
Hon. Jas. z. George, Senator
from Mississippi. and who
served i'm the rebel army as q
Colonel. The number of his
certificate is Il. 2I4.
Hon. A. HI. COIquift, Senator
from Georgia, who was a Major.
General i'm the rebel army
draws "a pension under certifi.
cate 19. 1913.
The widows above mentioned
are Of men who were educated
at the Government expense. and
afteFgard fought 10 destroy the
Government. They went on the
roll al once, while last Apri
there were pending the cIaimi
ofI45. $40 widows Of Union sol
diers who had not yet been able
10 get ON the roll.
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SENATOR SHERMAN estimates that
the war cost the country So, 100000, 900.
New York fnanciers estimate that the
loss to the country in the shrinkage of
the value of property, the lost or re-
duced wages, ETC., since the Tarif-De-
formers and pension-haters began their
wild work has been greater than the entire
cost of the war. This is high price to
pay for malignant rebelism and blatant
demagogery, but perhaps we have to have
them, no matter how high they come.
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WHEN will the country tire of those
who represent 81 worth of property
legislating to ruin those who own the
other 81?
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THERE is no need of overfowing this
country with immigrants. There is
plenty of land elsewhere for them.
South America contains more arabic
land than North America, and, besides,
there are Africa and Australia. Let
them go there and build up homes, as
we have done.
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Now he wants to bring ruin upon those
who frustrated the designs of himself and
fellow conspirators.
Is it not monstrous from every aspect :?
The defeated conspirators of 1865 are
glutting themselves with revenge.
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Wury we look mt what tho Tar;f4

WHEN we look at what the Tariff.
Deformers have made of their own
poverty-stricken section, what encour-
agement is there for committing the
destinies of the whole country to their
weak and wicked hands?
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SENATOR HILL seems to be making
all the reputation that is being gained
out of the Tariff situation. That is be-
cause be is entirely right.
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S5.O94.5631S7

D1XOD Lille, eACluuiAlS bcla"oic anu
the District of Columbia, is but one-ffth
that of the entire country. Yet we have
the astonishing spectacle of the men
representing this small fraction of the
general wealth being clothed with power
to legisiate destructively against the
whole, and using that power relentlessly
to impoverish those who fought against
them.
The men who composed majority Of
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House of Representatives, which framed
the iniquitous Wilson bill, were:
VIM. L. Wilson, of West Virginia;
Benton McMillin, of Tennessee;
Henry G. Turner, of Georgia;
Alex. B. Montgomery, of Kentucky !;
Justin r. Whiting, of Michigan;
w. B. Cochran, of New York;
Moses T. Stevens, of Massachusetts,;
VIM. J. Bryan, of Nebraska;
Clifton r. Breckenridge, of Arkansas;
VIM. d. Bynum, of Indiana;
John c. Tarsney, of Missouri.
Of these. Wilson, McMillin, Turner,
Montgomery, and Breckenridge formed
the controlling element. They were the
soul of the raid upon the National pros
perity. Tarsney, renegade Union SOL
der, and lickspittle for his Southern
masters, was eager to do anything which
would commend him to the Quantrell-
James Younger element, to whom he
owes his seat, Bryan, blatant dema-
COG, was willing to agree to any
thing, so long as he could have some of
his pet economic nostrums included.
Bynum is mossgrown, gray-whiskered
Free Trader. Cochran, the representa-
tive of Tammany and the New York
importers, wanted larger measure of
free trade, but shrank from some of the
enormities his colleagues incorporated in
the bill Stevens, wealthy woollen man
ufacturer, was willing to sacrifice every
thing else, so long as he got free wool and
coal, with protection on his own products.
Whiting is a doughface of feeble men
tally, and only counts in making up the
majority.
These were the fabricators of the mon.
strous measure for the House, and which
was put through that body under the
lash of patronage and the caucus. The
II seeding States had So votes solid 70,
any measure that might be proposed, nc
matter how hurtful it might be. The
Border States reinforced them with 81
more, making total solid pbalanx O.
125 votes, or but So less than ma
jority.
In the Senate the II seeding ant
five Border States have 80 out of tn,
50 Senators, or but II less than ma
jority. Of these 81 served in the rebe
army. At their head stands Harris, O
Tennessee, who is the most active il
forcing the matter through. He wa
aboriginal Secessionist, and devout dis
ciple of Calhoun, Yancey, Toombi
Rhett, and Jeff Davis. AS Governor Q
Tennessee he dragged his State out Q
the Union against the expressed wishe
of majority of its people, plumbers
Its Treasury to aid the conspil
acy, and prosecuted its loyal peopl
? with absolute fendishness. He
pushing the raid against the prosperit
Of the country with the same malignan
energy with which he hunted and she
+ down the Union men of East Tennesse,
t His motives are essentially the sam,
/ Then he wanted to destroy the Mort
r that he might have slave oligarch
rule the South unchecked and unlimited
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The wealth in South Carolina aver
ages but s34S per capita, while that of
Ohio is s1,o76. Yet there are people who
want the South Carolina idea to rule the
whole country.
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OKLAHOMA is a very new country,
and settled mainly by Northern people,
among whom is a large proportion of
veterans. The wealth of the Territory
is already 1871 per head, while in adj
joining Arkansas, which was made a
Territory in 1919, and a State in 1886,
the wealth is only s40S per head.
Which is the better for the country
the Arkansas or the Oklahoma style?
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WHERE THE RUIN WAS PLOTTED.

The Census of the United States for
1890 estimated the wealth of the coun-
try at s65, 435, 4O1, 5S4 Of this the
following amounts were in the seeding
States:
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$9,fs6,2T6,529

sat is, the whole of the II seeding
States have altogether less than one
eighth of the property of the country. If
we add to them the property of the Bor-
der States, which were loyal to the Gov
eminent during the rebellion, and which,
mainly through the ability and enter
prise of the loyal people who have settled
there, are very much weather., it still
does not raise the proportion to a re-
spectacle ratio. The census showed the
valuation of the Border States to be:
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JEFF DAVIS is dead, but his work
goes bravely on.
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"GOT 1T, TOO"
100000?

The Baltimore Sun has &c got if, too,"
and goes at it in the same laundering
fashion. Read its editorial:
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If Jeff Davis could have lived to see
the wild havoc wrought by his disciples,
he could have died serenely happy.
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One Which is Not "Purged," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

WAsHINGToN,-D. c.. MAY 10, 1894.