The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-06-22
TALK WITH ALGER
He Thinks Republicans Will
Again Be In Power In 1896.
Sees Democratic Presidential Timber In
Senator HILLS Views Regarding the
Administration of the Pension Bureau.

Senator Hiu-His Views Regarding the
Administration of the Pension Bureau
NEW HAVEN, June 2o.-General Russell
A. Alger, Repu blican presidential pos
Sibility, is in town visiting Professor
Clark of Yale scientific school. In an in
terview he said:
1T looks now as if the Democrats
would pass some sort of tariff bill before
they get through. 1t will probably be q
very different bill than the Democrats
promised the country. There has been
some improvement in business, but it is
very, slow recovering from such blow as
| the prosperity of this country received
1.-THE loss sustained by shrinkage OF
values is something enormous In fact.
it probably exceeds that sustained BY the
war. 1t will probably be 10 years at least
before the country gets back where il
was even under favorable conditions.
And the diffilulty is that matters cannot
mend muah while congress is uncertain
on the tariff bill
1T is foolish to attempt to prophesy
much as 70 the outcome of political
struggles that are yet a good ways off.
pu blicaDs will sweep the country in the
elections next fall. Everything points
strongly in that direction now. In fact
such revers"l may be set down as GER
tain. In 1876 | look to see Repu bicans
gain contro of the government.
''The people are dissatisfied with the
Democratic administration of the affairs
of the government, and those who voted
for the As Democratic Sicket will vote
for theiropponents in the next elettio /.
Such polssi;ai revolutions always fonow
great pQpqar dissatisfaction with an ad-
mipistruton."
"Wil~ex- President Harrison come to
the front as a candidate for the Republi-
can nomination"
II kn{%.1rothng at all about it, no
more Il elAa. ifT we're not in the same
country with him"
T:ilrs Strength.
Concernng tue pro pa Dility of the Dem
orratic nomination, General Alger said
that i'll his opinion Senator Hill had
proved mself much stronger, ADLER,
more, broat!-mindel man than people
generally thought him to be. II told
him." he continued, that while he
might have buried himself politically by
his course, he had done his country
great service, and deserved to be COM
mended for il.
In referring to the administration of
the pension bureau, General Al4er said:
"Well, they haven't founl the great
frauds 5ney said they were going to fin,
and tn, nLm.3er OF pensioners who have
been cut off the rolls because they were
not entitled 20 pensions under the law j.
very snail There was great cry of
wholesale frauds, Dut they have not been
found. There were very few names on
the rolls, evidently, that do not belong
there.
II dc not believe in having undeserv-
ing ma get pensions. But if Democrats
don't Ike the pension laws, why don't
they rQeal them2 AS anticipated, they
find that the vast majority of those who
are drawing pensions are entitled to them
under he law.
THE statement tina. Comm issioner
Lochrtn has saved s5, 900, 000 during last
year may not mean very much. There is
large number of cases coming along
which, If acted upon favorably when the
bureau reaches them, will call for con-
siderable sums in the way of back pen
sions. This makes it very uncertain how
much the pension expenditure for any one
year is going to be-"