Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-01-13


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.zriozs ca she suhjees ~ pensions
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vs2n vas ~. abe - see- speaIag
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dying sTes were ngg able - So the
fan s-l--5oz - As labors. azE The
work 50 we-L 5egGa 1zd e2rrlei On 81
w.th a. the trEsss thas the eoadscioz
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had -.3orEe .Ez ha-sIe~ after - 1azny
days turned the5- E4ppF fses g1z arr
tEez- f1- g-szesar1ed h1la -
s grateful aa-ioa E.es az1 resolved
lE=a- ard gladly saJ7sre9 -pJa them
rs.e pla14iss and the h9aers tasg had
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~1y0r u youuz slluh0J3 wsh az the
aazors and Eos4l05lities - IKE before
tse-n- with all The hogs bora 81 lofty
Courage AMI patriotic a1s saezasssul
zenieyez-ens be4tinZ Eig1 ID their
t.3ssma. ard they leslie ne-Ied ard
s-s1i lea- ez-ed for Elz-e-laL al from
the eo1ntry th4y Eaa preserved and
made free, save where loss % lie ~
lla5 q inpz.rsa health and broken
eoustis1tigrs we're presently vis 5-es
ard fo- sacb- IL The main za15le ami
PROMPT provision was ma Re ~ taas
county
Bat a. tie 5e1rs passed 5-. middle
.ffe tho frsc1erslv feeefo0e5 int
premature Old age, ard Tou.H passei
into r5per gea~s -ith zallOpi1g feet.
ard alas, too sgoa che eEH3caat and
heartv solder fo1nd that 30 the race
~ life tzere we're Weights 5000 his
feet and burdens zpon his shoulders
az che result ~ yge mature and over
heavy Graugats upoa biz vita it,. taa'
sz.l.v lcterfers1 with successful con
reeItlsn II The crowd and iJstle 81 the
fierce struggle for Advancement And
atHI the nation souyat ~ Keep abreast
If the necessities u her herO - aul
81 additional enact ments 70 meas1r
ably make provision for the necessities
If th0ss who had borne the battle. .
s quarter Of a century had elapsed
The Young had become old, the middle
aged had become feeble. and the old
had crossed he river. Time, with is
. RUTHLESS Gnzers had joined hands with
the ravsges Of war. and the two com
binsd had proved a burden upon tht
: aging1so.dier greater than h eOul'
bear. and the cry vent abroad tba. II
too many instance for the credit
: honor Or good name 81 the nation
! many who had f5.loggc1 the flag an,
faced the fiery furnace 81 battle. ha,
II want fallen By the wayside and ID
{ the po0rh0ases were looking ioagingij
/, for the relief and comfort u III
grz7e
Their aympathizin2 comrades and
patriotic people. with one accord
voiced the sentiment that snch wa
. not human administering u the sa
cred trust recognized and announce
. by Lincoln. As 70 what the remsd
should BE-, mems minds differed
Many. possibly q majority Of the sur
4 yiyOrs Of the war, beiieyed that III
! time had fully come when the nam
! Of every hoDorably discharged sur
: yigor should be placed upon the pen
? sion roll Others, denying the RICH
that they should receive aught from
their country through the pensio
roll. stoutiy resisted the demand.
Il was under such circumstance
! and dealing with these cOnhictin
+ opinions, that congress enacted Tn
' disability pension law Of June. 159'
/ The act was accepted By the surgivin
soldiers and By the people IN genera
: asa settlement Of the question. UDde
q the administration Of that law. tn
i poor-house gave up its veteran--h
q who had borne the battle was care
/. for: and thus the sacred trust accepte
:. and left as a Legacy 70 the nation wa
= faithfully administered.
Within few months we hear Wit
: profound sorrow and regret that al
= this must be changed; that the cor
: structioh Of the law has been changed
and the regulations and rules IN r.
:. gard 70 proof and ratings, under whic
more than three Thousand claims hay
been allowed and paid, have been r.
yoked, and another construction 0
y the law has been established. an
Z new regulations for proof and rating.
z less favorable to claimants, hav
% been adopted; that board OF r.
;, vision has been organized in the pei
IS sion office charged with the duty g
. s.aS. f,.o ~