The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-10
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL,
WASHINGTON. ID. q. Jan.

torial in the Bedford Mail relative to the
pension of Henry Hoard As the edi-
torial comment was somewhat severe
he concluded to investigate the case on
his own hook. He wrote to the post
master at Huron and learned the COM
pany in which Hoard served, then he
went TO the pension bureau, with results
below given, which, in effect, nail false
statements that have been circulating
around that section. The editorial that
attracted Mr.. Dalton's attention reads:
THE following is from a soldier who
has been made a victim of HOke Smith.
There is not an honester man in Law
renee county than Henry Hoard but he
had the misfortune to be a loyal SOL
dier. one Of those who fought against
Hoke Smiths rebel friends, and the adj
ministration is wreaking its vengeance
upon him:
HURON, Ind, Dec. IS, 1893.
''F. B. Hitchcock, Bedford, Ind:
Dear Old Comrade-Please find in
closed IS cents TO pay for the Bedford
Mail, and you viii please stop sending
IL to me as the rebels have stopped my
pension and L am not able TO pay for
your most welcome paper, which L will
miss very much. My pension was
stopped Oct. u, and they would not pay
was stopped. Yours in F. G. L.,
HENRY HOARD"
Commissioner LOchren's Letter.
When Mr.. Dalton went to the pension
bureau it was to learn all in connection
with the case and to assist in restoring
the payment to Hoard, if he had been
suspended without good cause. The
matter was carefully attended to and
the following letter. which Mr.. Dalton
today received from Commissioner
Lochren. is in itself sufficiently eX-
planatory OF all the details:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 3, 1894
"AIr. L. Dalton, Postmaster House OF
Representatives:
Sir have 20 acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of the clipping from the Bedford
Mail, containing a letter signed by
Henry Hoard addressed to Mr.. r. B.
Hitchcock of Bedford, Ind. dated De-
cember 1893. In this letter to Mr..
Hitchcock Mr.. Hoard states that his pen
sion had been stopped by the rebels
and that he is no longer able to sub
scribe for the Mail, etc. In commenting
on this letter the editor of the paper
states that there is no more honest man
in Lawrence county than Henry Hoard
but that he had the misfortune TO be a
loyal soldier, one of those who fought
Hoke Smiths rebel friends, and the ad-
upon him.
touching this letter of Mr.. Hoard,
and the comments thereon, I desire
simply to state that in this claim the
soldier was pensioned by certificate No.
235, rs at he rate of SIS per month for
rheumatism and resulting disease Of the
heart It has been determined since
March, 1888, that there is no such legal
rate allowed in pension claims as SIS
per month, the legal rate being SIT per
g.. 10. Of hi TO-
which Mr. Hoard is pensioned. The act
of March, 1888, fixed the rate Of S24 for
disabilities equivalent to the loss OF
hand or foot and there is no legal rate
between ST and S24. This being the
case Mr.. HOad was notified that his
pension would be reduced to the legal
rate Of ST per month, but he was Al
lowed 10 file testimony TO show il he
was entitled to S24. the rate fixed by the
act of March, 1883, for disabilities
equivalent TO the loss of hand or foot
Some such testimony was filed by Mr.
Hoard and carefully considered by this
bureau but inasmuch as it did not show
that he was by reason Of rheumatism
and resulting disease OF the heart dis
abled for the perfornnan nee of manual
labor in a degree equivalent to the loss
Of hand or foot, the rate Of ga could
not be allowed him
In view of these facts, and there be
Ing no legal rate of SIS per month since
Alarch, 1885, TINS Oince Was COhlpelieu 10
reduce his pension to the legal rate OF
81 per month
"a new certificate granting this rate
will be issued at once and forwarded
TO Mr.. Hoard through the United States
pension agent at Indianapolis, and the
suspension will be removed and pay
ment resumed from the date Of last pay
ment at ST per month.
These are the only grounds that ex-
tst for the complaints of Mr.. Hoard and
On referred to me by you. Very re-
ypectfully, WILLIAM LOCHREN,
commissioner"
Mr.. Bynum Says 1t Is n Fake.
To your correspondent today Mr. By
mum said that the interview published
as having occurred between him and
the pottery operators Of Trenton is
fake. He SAYS that similar reports were
published on Mr.. Morrison when he was
chairman of the committee and that
members have been grossly misrepre-
scented every time a tariff bill has been
reported.
p M. sherwood, the editor Of the
democratic paper at Delphi, is in the
city. He is an applicant for the post
Office in his city with fair prospects
Of getting it.
For the Seventh internal revenue dis
trict Henry Cassidy and Stephen d.
Brown. of Terre Haute have been ap-
pointed gaugers and Peter Warner store
keeper and gauger.
Congressman Bretz has succeeded in
removing the postmaster at Oden, Da-
viess county, although he has served
but two years, and William j. Danner,
a prominent merchant, has been ap-
pointed to the Office.
J. B. French succeeds w. II. Oatman
70 the postoffice at Bear Branch, Ohio
county.
Henry w Mellon OF Bonneville re-
ceived his credentials as commissioner
10 Alaska and departed for his post to-
night
Representative Cooper VIII Stay.
Congressman Cooper had announced
that he would attend the congressional
convention In his district at Martins
vile the Sth, but now that the situation
IS so critical here he concludes that the