The Washington times., 1894-10-21

pears that the entire excess of removals above
| appointments out OF a total OF some 800 10
5000 is less than 100. and it may be truthfulIy
said that Of this number several had outlived
their usefulness by reason OF age. ana Others
were discharged for causes OF various kinds
arising from their own personal faults and
habits
The statements from the same source as
those already answered. made on a recent Oc-
casion, relative to discharges in the Census
Office are equally untrue. some of the alleged
discharges being destinations. others utterly
untrue, persons named not having been dis
charged az all, and as to others the discharges
were made for cause or 70 reduce the force
in the regular course Of business.
Regarding the Government Printing 0fiee
a brief inquiry showed that when Mr.. Bene-
dict succeeded Mr.. Rounds there were p men
on the watch force, OF whom were ex-UniOn
soldiers. When Mr.. Palmer succeeded Mr..
Benedict the whole 27 were ex-Union soldiers.
Mr.. Benedict is keeping up his record under
the present administration.
So OF the General POst-office: At the close
of President CievelaLd's first term there were
% ex-Union soldiers on the watch force. Mr..
Wanamaker sal ''the POst-omce is no; 60
ing to be dumping ground for old soldiers"
and proceeded to turn out 10 of them because
they were Democrats. saying 10 the delega-
tion who called TO intercedede for the old
soldiers: II will appoint Old women before 1
will have these places filled by d democrats. -
So again as to the iterated and reiterated
statements regarding the Pension Depart
ment to the effect that this administration is
cutting of the pensions from the soldiers and
rejecting just claims" To this it is enough
constituted, consists OF 164 Republicans and
IL Democrats and the board of re-reviews
consists OF 30 Republicans and Democrats.
REFUTE THE STATEMENTS
These figures, we repeat. speak for them
selves and utterly refute the statements pub
Iished by the association of ex-office holders
before referred to, and we might close our re
port here. But, considering the falsity OF
these statements and the evident purpose to
reap partisan advantage at this critical per-
iod in a political campaign. your committee
feel justified in indulging few observations
in the line OF rebuke, to sucn misrepresenta-
ton.
In the first place all civilized countries, and
this country to greater degree than any
other, have recognized and rewarded the SER
vices of its soldiers VINO have imperiled their
lives in its defense. Beginning with Gen.
Washington with two terms in the Presiden-
tial chair; later with Gen. Jackson. the hero
of New Orleans, two terms; then Gen. Harri-
son, Gen. Taylor, Gen Pierce and Gems.
Grant. Hayes. Garfield and lastly. our own
one term and a short reach for a second.
Turning from the generals to the privates
we point to our colossal pension scheme, by
which the government is paying out over
$3.50, ,000, 900 annually TO the veterans of three
wars. All these honors and emoluments have
been bestowed and voted for ungrudgingIy by
all parties from the earliest period of the
national life, and among the brave men and
heroes so recognized are to be found men Of
all parties.
For an upstart party at this late hour and
in the face of history, for a party scarcely
more than quarter of century old, born in
the midst CT internecine strife and civil war
and fed till now on the passions and preju-
dices of that stormy period. for such a party
to plume itself as the owner of all patriotism
and all the soldiers and the flag of our coun-
try as partisan symbol, is the rankest AFRO
gance hypocrisy, and fraud. In the ranks
of the Union Armies marched 100000 more
men OF Democratic faith than there were Of
the Republican faith. and but for the bayoners
and banners borne by Democratic hosts, fol-
lowing such gallant leaders as Mcclellan,
Meade, Hancock. Slocum. Sickles, and
Reynolds. the civil war would not have lasted
six months and the South would have tri-
umphed, aud to-day in the place of our
united and glorious country, two hostile ma
lions would be frowning at each other across
Mason and Dixons line.
THE PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER.
Your committee would be the last to throw
any undeserved reproaeh at any real soldier
who had faithfully served his country in the