The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-14

tration, and is now engaged In tho lum.
Der aud coal business.
Comrade Lawlor was one Of tho frat
members Of G. L. Nevins Post No. /,
department Of Illinois, g. A. H., which
has O membership Of nearly COO, and is
the third largest post in that depart.
mont lie has boon its commander for
tw0nty-siX consecutive years. He
served for iivo years rs O mombor OF tho
department council Of administration,
one year each as Junior and senior vice
department commander, and was elect
cd by unanimous vote Of the encamp.
ment to the position Of department
commander for tho year 1882, his post
refusing TO accept his resignation as its
commander during tho year OF his scr.
vice as department commander.
CoNNtrrHs ON PESsroYS.
The committee on pensions made o
report which was unanimously adopted.
The committee expressed the opinion
that thero was still just cause for com.
plant on the rules OF tho pension do
partment, which are uninvorablo TO tho
applicant and result In unjust d!scrilni.
nation and that doubts we're decided
unfavorably 10 tho claimaut when thcy
might have been decided In his favor,
under moro liberal construction.
Tho committee urges that Order No.
220, from the department OF tho interior,
bureau Of pensions, is especially obnox'
ious as establishing needless require.
ments In the preparation Of testimony,
and should DO notified 10 provide that
all evidence shall be examined. The
report charges that, although seventeen
years elapsed between tho Mexican war
and tho war for tho Union. yet the
amount paid on Mexican pensions was
increasing, while tho amount paid to
Union eoldiers was diminishing.
The report conclpdea:
"Wo fool compelled to say that there
Is evidently, on the part OF both the ad-
miniatrativo aud legislative depart
ments, a feeling OF hostility to our
worthy and suffering comrades, tho
wards OF the nation, who bore the bur-
| den and heat Of bnttle--n feeling
which certainly should not exist in o
country savod by thoir devotion.
"Whilo tho Grand Army Of tho Ro-
public is pledged TO pnrity Ia public
affaira, and will, therefore. syupathize
and cooperate with any aud all proper
efforts at economy TO tho end that all
public burdens may be reduced to the
minimum, wo view With extreme re-
grot that false economy which shaves
and parcs to tho quick at the expense
OF honor, justice aud patriotism.
I'VE insist upon an honest, patriotic
construction and administration Of OK.
isting pension laws and that every Just
| claim shall bo speedily settled go that
whatoYor Is found due shall DO paid
while tho applicant Ia alive to re'
ceivc it.
"we are confident that the loyal SON.
timert OF tho country will condemn q
policy thut attempts to rccuperate tho
public treasury Dc the expense largely
OF tho slender purse OF our dlaabled
hcroes' widows and orphans"
At tho afternoon session OF the en-
cumpment tho resolution condemntng
Col. Alnsworth for diacharging vetcr.
uus because OF tholr testimony at tho
Ford theatre disaster at Washington,
was taken up and discussed.
IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS
Among the resolutions adopted were
tho following:
"WuEREAs, The twcnty.oighth na.
tional encampmeut OF tho Grand Army
OF tho Republic has been informed oil
| tho distress that has tallou upon many
comrades and wards OF tho ordor
through the withdrawal from them OF
that preference in the public scrvico TO
which they arc Justly entitled, and
which It should be nlways tho grateful
duty Of tho authorities Of tho national
govornment to accord.
"ReSOlud, That the Grand Army OF tho
Republic, protest 10 tho people OF tho
! United States against tho conduct oi
those OF their public serynnts, more
particularly at tho national capitol, who
without necessity, justification, OF
Wild excuse, and contrary TO tho 70,
poated declarations aud assurances oi
Tho legislative and executive authorities
| OF tho government, have deprived many
| hundreds Of honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors OF tho Union army
aud navy, and the widows. sons and
daughtors Of those deceased, OF thctr
employment in tho public offices, anu
establishments, for tho purpose oil ap'
pointing or retaining other persons, dea'
tituto Of tho loyal and patriotic claims
OF theue victims, or OF superior qualllca'
tions for tho places thus taten from
those 10 whom thoy Tightfully belong.
"Res0lUsd, That wo Wow with groat
concern tubs attack upon those, who, IN
tho hour OF tho Country'g great noed,
laid aside thor political proieren COG
md became dotOndGrs OF the Union,
Offering thoir lives to tho nation to
maintain Is institutions and preserVe
the honor OF its flag.
"R,Ajl,el, That our comrades and
wards who aro holding tho employment
unlor the Vovernmont should have,
an2 thew havo tho right to demand
from tho executive authorities, that
nrotcction awarded thom by tho na'
tional logiulnturo, and any failure on
tho part Of theao authorities 10 go pro,
tnct thom Ia n violation Of tho law and oil
patriotic principle which oSclscs our
strongest rOprobatlon.
"RtSOlrwl, Tint inasruuch as tho Of:
forts Of tho national and department.
olIicors OF this organization against TINS
virtual prescription Of mOmbcrs md
wards OF tho G. a. r. have proved prnc'
tically unayniling, an appeal lB hereby
made 10 tho people OF tho Unitod States
for nm eSprcssion through the colnmna
Of tho public prcss. tho spocclcs and
writings OF pubic mon, md tho pro,
cOodipgs Of public assemblies upon III