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The National tribune., 1894-03-15
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A TIMELY PUBLICATION.

The State Department has shown its in
telligent appreciation Of public conditions
and needs in this Wilson Bill period by the
publication of a bulky volume on "Vagrancy
and Public Charities in Foreign Countries.
The brightest thing that Secretary Gresham
has done since entering office has been this
prompt recognition of public need of infor-
nation as to the best ways of providing for
those who are reduced to need by the willo-
pus-wollopus of Tariff Reform.
Very naturally, and very properly, the
greater part Of the book is taken up with
details of the management of pauperism in
that Paradise of Free Trade-Great Britain.
No other country in the world has such n
large proportion of absolute paupers in her
population, and, to her credit be it said,
none does more to properly care for them.
One man and woman in every 80 of the
population of England is chronic hopeless
pauper, who has TO be supported all the
oiHc, WINE al duultfOndl large pelceHtdSo
are ca 'uals who get occasional relief.
Consul Lathrop reports that the rich city
of Bristol spends 81 ,OOO,O0O year in caring
for its paupers. AS Bristol has only 100000
inhabitants, this means tax for this pur-
pose alone of So head, OF S25 family.
The Parliamentary statistics show that one
in every % of the people of Bristol is a
chronic pauper. Through the rest of the
towns and cities of the Kingdom the ratio
runs about the same, except in London,
where it is much higher.
The whole Kingdom is divided for pauper
provision into $50 unions" Each of these
has workhouse, where the habitual pau
pers are supported, and the "casuals" given
food, lodging, etc. The total number of
men of this latter class given relief every
day in these institutions is from $500 to
700. The women and children are addi-
tional
In 1878 the population of England and
Wales was 22,7O8,O13. Indoor paupers,
154,171; outdoor, 1876, 446; total, 893617.
In 1888 the population was 25,97211
Outdoor paupers, 600, 176; indoor paupers.
1914 ,672; total, 500, 848.
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RECENT LITERATURE.

FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON Es-
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This great book will be of uufailiDg interest
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deity by writers who participated in the events
described. 1t includes the Escape from Libby
Prison, Andrews's Wild Ride by Rail to Chatta-
nooga, the Raids of Mosby's Men, Romance of
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Mr.. Reeds rare ability. profound learning.
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volume, which is a we'll written, concise hand
book of the subject. Rules to govern, and sug
gestions to meet every conceivable contingency
arising at meetings of men called together TO
deliberate or transact business, are salient fea-
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. A Novel By
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psychological study, and remarkably
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Magazines and Notes.
Confederate JFdr Journal for March contains
an excellent panoramic view of New Orleans in
1862. The battle of Shiloh is described by
Maj.-Ge Braxton Bragg. in report written
at Corinth, Miss, 1862
Table TAX A fine periodical for the house,
keeper, contains valuable advice aud useful
hints about the management of the kitchen
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PERSONAL.

1t is reported that Mrs u s. Grant has decided
not to publish her memoirs of her husband, as it
is her wish that this book shall not be published
| until after her death. Several publishers have had
the opportunity to look it over and it is said that
one has offered 5000 for the work.
The War Department will soon issue pamphlet
giving "A list of the officers and privates-about
2OO0-who have thus far received the bronze medal
of honor for gallantry in the civil war. Some old
soldiers think the value of these medals has been
deprecated by the liberal way in which they have
been bestowed.
Ex-Vice- President Levi P. Morton, who has been
i'll in Paris from the effects of an operation per-
formed on his left foot, is nearly recovered, and
expects soon to be able to walk out of DOORS
The suggestion of Gov. Mckinley that a statue
of ex- President Hayes should appear in the group
of Ohio's leading men in her Sta,ehouse yard meets
with approval
Maj. Schieren, of Brooklyn, and ex-Secretary
Tracy were the guests of honor at the New York
Republican Club dinner on Monday The after
dinner discussion was Municipal Reform"
Gen. Miles. the veteran Indian fighter, and his
Aid-de-Camp, Capt. Maus, made a visit to Sandy
Hook, N. j., OH the steamer Ordnance and were
received with salute. He was greatly delighted
with the exhibition of modern guns such as in all
his long service he never saw before. Firing from
small guns large siege rifles and the largest coast
defense guns, including the large Pinch mortars
was kept up with amazing rapidity. The Crozier
disappearing gun carriage was again successfully
used.
William Dowd who gunner on the old ship
Hartford, and helped Farragut through the IA
nous scrimmages at New Orleans and Mobile Bay
is now teamster i'll New York, and had his house
burned the other night. Ali he tried to was a
case containing an old flag, made by Mrs Farragut
and her friends. aud kept ut the peak in those two
famous engagements. He did save it, and will re-
turn it to Farragut Post its owner.
Maj-Gen. Oliver O. Howard has been granted
permission by Congress to accept from the Presi-
dent of the French Republic diploma comforting
on him the decoration of the National Order of the
Legion of Honor.
The late Mrs. Mary Hemenway, of Boston, will
have her memory kept green in that city by the
simple act OF preserving the historic Old South
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Church. This Is but one of the msny ways In
which she showed her great philanthropy.
The rude mining cabins Of Senator Perkins and
the millionaire John W. Maekay are displayed at
the Aidwinter Fair, and are objects Of great inter-
est Both OF the owners built these humble homes
with their own hands
Those who made their fortunes by taking Horace
Greeley's sdvce-"G Go West young man"-bave
been asked to contribute towards completing the
fund for the statue to Greeley 10 be erected at
broadway. Sixth avenue. aud Thirty-second street,
New York. and which will probably be unvaiIed
on Memorial Day.
Mary Washington's memory IL finally 10 be hon
ored by the erection of n monument at Fredericks-
burg. Va. twill be dedicated May 9 or 10, under
the auspices of the National Mary Washington
Monument Association. The Marine Band has
oeen engaged FOR the occasion, and banquet will
De given in the Opera House. The question Of
giving Colonial ball at night il under consdera-
hon Many distinguished guests will be present
The 81. Croix Danish West Indies Bulletin con-
tsins personal of Comrsde Alexander Henderson,
who celebrated his 25th year Of police service at
Frederiksted. The paper states: To-day COM
pietes the above period Of time since he first
donned his Msiesty's uniform and became an arm
OF the law. Previous to this Mr.. Henderson WAS
one of Uncle Sans blue jack cts during the W ar and
AFTER aud In 1885, he babe aeconsie adieu to the
stars and Stripes and returned home since when
ne has served under his own loved DannebTog
Appointed policeman Nov. % 1868. he filed the
position until 1878, when he was promoted Police
CLERK, which post he stiI fills. During the alb
sence of our venerable Police Adjutant on one or
two occasions Mr. Henderson acted in his sted and
believe he has always given satisfaction in the
discharge of the various duties which have been
assigned him, thus meFiting the appreciation Of
his superiors." Mr Henderson served during tho
war on the L. 5. 5. Pembina of the West Gulf
Blockade Squadron. and afterwards on the
Tahouna
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REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER asked q
question, to which he knew the answer
quite as well as any man in the House. He
wanted to know why Illinois, having more
population than Ohio, had but 6S,000 pen
sioners receiving 81 ,O19 600, while Ohio had
102,961 pensioners receiving $17,326,000.
In Indiana, 100000 were distributed to the
Congressional district; in Ohio, $855,000;
while in Illinois but 100000 were distrib-
uted to the district The reason is that
large portion of the population of Illinois
are foreigners who have gone to Chicago
since the war. During the war the popu-
lation of Illinois was much smaller than
that of Ohio, and, while she did her whole
duty, she was credited with only 259,147
enlistments, while Ohio had 319659 or
60512 more. Then, too, a much larger pro-
portion of Illinois than Ohio soldiers went
further west after their discharge.
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from which it can be viewed, astounding
and its defense impossible. The people
have strongly intended that the men and
women who have earned the right to pen
| that they succeeded in establishing that
right. Congress has provided and main
tanned great Office for the adjudication of
the claims, and labor beyond computation
has been expended in the work of adjudica-
ton. Now all this is nullfied, set aside,
defeated, by the arbitrary decision to with
hold the money from those to whom it is
due, and return it to the Treasury.
This is the cold, legal, business view of the
matter-the one that would be taken if
Secretary of the Treasury should choose to
withhold the payment of $25, 100000 which
Congress had given him to disburse to con-
tractors for river and harbor improvements
or for armor plates. 1t is the view that
would be taken by business house of the
refusal of a bank to pay the collections it
had made for it.
The other view is the higher one of honor
mercy and justice. The men to whom this
$50, 100000 is due have waited many years
for their rights; they have gone to great
trouble and expense to prove their claims;
they have suffered incredibly from the need
of the money owed them, and they are now
old and broken, and thousands of them will
be dead even before the end of this fiscal
year, of which Mr.. Bell speaks so glibly.
The average value of the first payments last
year was $24019. This sum You propose to
save" would, therefore make the first pay
ments to more than 100000 veterans, and
bring the glad sunlight of contentment
and justice to that many homes now dark
ened by Want and made gloomy by repin-
ings at the country's ingratitude.
We beg you, comrade, to harken to a voice
which is far higher than that of mere political
expediency and give these men their dues
give them the only consolation that is left |
them as they approach the dread Valley of
Shadows-the consolation of knowing that |
their country is not unmindful of all that |
they did and suffered for her, and that she |
remembers them in their hour of need.
Appeaiingly,
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SUSPENDED

BY ALTA IsADoRE GOULD. MORLEY, MICH.
II was plain white missive
Which came in the evening mail.
Why should the veteran trembe
And his sunken cheek grow pale
AS with quivering lip he read it?
Twas message fraught with woe,
For it made him shrink and shudder
As beneath an awful blow.
In the lines so few and formal
A blow had come to him,
Implying doubt and insult,
Which made his eyes grow dim.
He who had fought SO bravely,
With never a doubt or fear,
With only blind devotion
To the cause he held so dear;
With never n word of question,
Only pure. unbounded faith,
Till he left an arm behind him
On a dreadful field of death.
Then, as poor, helpless cripple,
He had seen the troops march on,
Leaving him fainting, praying
That the victory might be won.
He had never quailed In battle
AS lie did before this note,
Which the man at the Pension Bureau
With calm Indifference wrote.
He had never paled and trembled
While under the leaden hail,
Or fiinched at the roar of cannon
AS now at this bit of mail.
And this was the bitter message
He read with "A sinking heart:
"You are from the rolls suspended
Till you further proof impart."
And the cruel word Suspended"
Was all he could read Alright,
As he slowly left the office
And sought his home that night.
Heart-failure was the verdict
OF the doctor old and gray,
As beneath the clods of Winter
Poor Jim was laid away.
But his many friends suspected,
And 1t strikes me just the same,
That the list, Suspended Pensions.1
Bears another Victims name.
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that when he was Senator, some years ago,
friend of his, and brother Senator, was
so impressed with the belief that the pen
sion-roll was tainted with fraud that he pre-
pared q bill, and secured its passage, to pub
lish the name, regiment ETC., of every
pensioner on the roll This was done at
great expense, and the books distributed
throughout the country where every body
could see them. If any frauds were discov-
cred, or any publication of the rolls found
necessary, he had never heard Of it.
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Hon. II. w. BLAIR reminded the House
that when the Mexican pension bill was
under consideration the Southern Repre-
sentatives and Senators demanded it should
be made a service pension bill, pure and
simple, and this was done. He might have
added that one of the first men to take ad-
vantage of its provisions was Gen. "Cerro
Gordo" Williams, one of the wealthiest
men in Kentucky, and then Senator from
that State.
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THE SUSPENSIONS REMOVED.

Immediately after the passage of the act
of Dec 81, 1893, we urged the Commissioner
of Pensions to Immediately restore all those
who had been suspended and pay them the
amounts which had been withheld. 1t seems
that, before doing so, he applied TO the At
torney-General fora Interpretation of the
statute This he has apparently received,
ard as to its character we can judge by an or
der issued by the Commissioner March IL, in
which he directs that immediate steps shall
be taken to remove suspensions On pensions
in all cases in which such action has not
already been taken.
1t was stated On the floor Of the House by
Mr.. Enloe that the Commissioner had $780,
600 held up waiting for this decision.
Commenting on the order the Commits
sioner said
This order directs the removal of suspensions In
all cases in which action Of resumption of pay
ments or dropping from the rolls has not already
been taken. 1t has become necessary TO do this
been construed by the Attorney General to in
cude all cases of pending suspension of pay
ment Of pensions. even where the evidence of
fraud lack Of title is strong and convincing The
result will be TO pay out a large amount of money
from the Treasury to persons who are defrauding
the Government
This is pretty strong criticism on the Con-
gress which passed the law and the Presi-
dent who approved it, but we can leave the
Commissioner to settle that matter with
them.
The statement is, however, far from being
accurate. The Commissioner has just as
much power as he ever had to revoke an un-
lawful pension, only he must do it in law
full manner. The Government has every
power to protect itself against fraud, but it
must prove that there is fraud, and the
accused must have the rights of an Amer
lean citizen to defend himself.
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THERE is no doubt that the landing of
the British troops at Bluefelds has direct
reference to the Nicaragua Canal project. The
Isthmus of Panama is about the only great
highway of the world that is not directly
under the British guns, and we can rest
assured that there will be no sparing of
effort to get it So This is an old scheme of
Great Britain's. She gained foothold on
the "Musketo Coast" as early as 1740, and
retained it in spite of the efforts of Spain TO
get her to leave the country. Several
treaties were made to that effect which she
disregarded. In 1926 she had, in accordance
with her usual policy in getting control of
countries, native Indian crowned as King
of the Mosketo Nation" When he died his
place was taken by the British Agent at
Balze. In 1S4S Great Britain declared
protectorate over the country, and seized the
important port of San Juan. This was
strongly resisted by the United States and
the Central American Republics. The
Taylor-Fillmore Administration came into
power in 1s49, and at once took steps to have
the protectorate withdrawn. There was
quantity of sharp diplomatic correspondence
and little smell of gunpowder. But Gen.
Zach Taylor was then President, and he was
not man to be easily bluffed into sur
rendering American rights. The result was
the celebrated Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, in
which the Monroe doctrine was reaf1irmed.
San Juan made free port, and the country
given to Nicaragua.
The National tribune., 1894-03-15

SoLDIER-HATING papers cannot speak of
Gen. Blacks speech without going into
ecstacy of delight over his soldiership. But
for Col. D. B. Henderson, who replied to him,
they have nothing but sneers and condemna-
ton. Yet Col. Henderson was every bit as
gallant soldier as Gen. Black, and had risen
from sick-bed where he was thrown by a re-
amputation of his wounded leg in order to
defend his comrades in the House.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH Is, 1894.
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

one Which is Not "Pursed," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names Of 1925
survit eEs and :. 2S2 widows. and
something ever 5000 cases were
pending at latest reports. This
makes a total Of %. 497. Or sew
eraI thousand more men than
the United States had i'm Mexico
al any one time during the war.
These all receive either s. or
$12 a month.
Among the names are those
Of the widow of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. "a New Yorker by birth.
who was Adjutant-GeneraI of
the United States Army at the
outbreak of the war. and used
his position TO aid the rebels i'm
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned his position 10 become
Acknowledgement of the South
ern COnfederacy. and Ofliciated
as such until the rebellion coli
Iapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing "a pension since June
@. 1857.
The widow of Thomas j.
e'StOneWaII') Jackson. who
was next 10 Lee the most p0pu-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The widow of Mai Zen. George
Il. Pickett, who commanded u
division i'm the rebel army.
TheWidOW of Maj .-Gen. Gideon
j. Pillow. who commanded a di-
vision in the rebel army.
The widow of Lieut.-Gen. A. p.
Hill. who commanded one of
the three corps Of Lees army.
The widow of Sidney Smith
Lee, Who was dismissed from
the Navy for "gOing over to the
enemy" and afterward became
aCOHImOdOre i'm the rebel navy.
Brighten. Jas. R. Chalmers.
who was FORESTS chief lieu
tenant.
Maj.-Gen. Dabney III. Maury.
who commanded the rebel
scoops at the battle of Chieka.
saw Bayou.
Hon. >. IL. Maxey. late United
States Senator from Texas. who
has been drawing his pension
since Way 20, 1857. He was a
MajOF-GeneraI in the rebel
army.
Hon. Jas. Y. George. Senator
from Mississippi, and who
served i'm the rebel army as n
Colonel. The number Of his
certificate is IL. 2I4.
Hon. A. HI. COIquift, Senator
from Georgia. who was a Major.
General i'm tile rebel army.
draws "a pension under ceriifi-
cate I9.T99.
The widows above mentioned
are of men who were educated
al the GOVernmeRte expense. and
afferward fought TO destroy the
Government. They went OH the
roll ut once, while last April
There were pending the claims
OF 1890 widows Of Union sol.
diers who had not set been able
10 get on the roll.
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GEN. GRosvENoR made point on Enloe
that penetrated deeply, when he showed
with all that gentleman's prating about
yearning for economy, he had introduced no
less than u bills to layishly reimburse
Southern gentlemen who had their chicken
coops robbed or their fence rails burned by
the Lincoln soldiery. One bill of Enloe's
proposed to take $68OOO,O0O out of the
Treasury to pay back the cotton tax