The National tribune., 1894-03-29


He is taxidermist, and has considerable
collection of birds and animals which he
has mounted. He was one of the followers
of DR.. McGlynn. He is assessed for $1,000
worth of personal property on the Assessor
books.
We have carefully compared this
formidable Indictment with the volumi-
nous pension laws and regulations of the
United States to find just wherein Com
rade III. M. d. has offended, so as to
render him a culpable pension fraud.
Up to the hour of going to press we
have been unable to find any provision
whatever against druggists who do a good
business, or even a bad one, for that
matter So far as we can see, too, there
is no provision against men of "little
less than the medium hight, healthy
looking and well preserved apparently"
1t is doubtless very stupid in us, but
really we don't understand why men
who own cottages on the St. Lawrence
are legally debarred from receiving pen
sions. Doubtless, if Congress were to
pass the laws again it might specifically
exclude men who are taxidermists, and
have considerable collections of birds
which they have mounted" But it
didn't when it passed the laws. We con-
fess we don't know why it should, but
that simply implies that we don't know
as much about the matter as the Times
does. And will the Times kindly point
out the section and clause which pro-
hibits pensions to the followers of Dr.
McG1ynn," or who have $1,000 worth
of personal property?
Next was OR. w. j." Colonel of the
142d n. Y. His disabilities are L" double
hernia, epitheliome, and senile disa-
bility," and this is what the Times ac-
cuses him of:
His age is about IS, and he is an unusually
active man for his years. He lives in q
comfortable house in a desirable location,
and has some income aside from his practice,
because Of an annuity left him by his son.
He is an orator, and is often a speaker at
gatherings of old soldiers. He has never
earned support at manual labor having
been ever since the war, as now, practicing
attorney-at-law.
The sixth was al. l., 142d n. Y,
and Nineteenth Veteran Reserve Corps,
pensioned for rheumatism, disease of the
heart, and varicose veins" He carries
on fine farm of 140 acres on the banks
of the St. Lawrence River, near Morris
town. He is a Frenchman, tall, wiry,
and in every lineament an honest man.
He has black eyes apd an iron-gray
mustache."
That settles it. No man can really
have rheumatism, disease of the heart or
varicose veins, who carries on a fine farm,
and is Frenchman with black eyes and
an iron-gray mustache. The idea is
preposterous.
The seventh was &C. w. NJ, Co. G,
1881 N. Y, who was pensioned for the
same disease as j. L., and is black
smith who works at his trade every day,
and is said to be good workman"
He told the Times investigator:
I work because must work / will go
with you to any physician you may name,
| and submit to an examination to determine
whether / have the disabilities which !
claim. / have family to support, and
work many days when ought not to.
The Times admits that he did not
"seem to be in sound health"
The eighth was ell. NJ, Corporal, Co.
I, 106th n. Y, and pensioned for total
deafness of right ear and disease of the
nervous system" He is barber, and
he is at his shop every day from morn
ing until 10 o'clock at night. He is OF
medium hight, and has a mustache
which is black from dyes. He works
at his shop precisely as he has done for
years.
Of course, barber of medium hight,
who dyes his mustache, has no right to
pension, not even if he whipped Lee
and captured Richmond single-handed
He has probably been suspended on
both charges.
The ninth was al. p, Co. G, 1920
n. Y, who is pensioned for wound in
left hand and hernia" He is a labore1
in lumber yard, and the main accusa-
ton against him is that he works nearly
every day, and industriously tries to
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