Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-30
wrELDER OF roSGuE AID BROOM.


WIELDLR OF iONGUE AID BROOM.
with a furrlua Of probably and a
deficit OF plI.tsm which h tho
moro surprising cyusIeriug that iis
source De- himself q veteran Of tic
war Col Wauue, tao famous street
cleaning chief OF New York, char
aclgrz tho @. A. r. pensioners o. q
"IamuoI lJJ uf drunken tumf.h OF
course tlB various posts IA ,lo news.
papgr generally have raised a sc9rch-
ing tempest about the devoted heal Of
tlo lsriy cllouc; with the sole r,sula,
however, that while hs ,HpTosaus 10.
srOt Tor having made his remark %
sweeping, no rugIlut.ly refuses 90 &C..
tac. 90 DO c.u.un.s that Die tttir.
msul contained large dose d trula,
but he admits that BIO would have
shown more prutuncc had h9 confined
I his eIlrsiyH 90 the scluu,fs and thor.
yuEh cleaning % G0,ham'5 paycmer,s
AID the publication VI her tIoryu D.
mrs anu lot the pension business
auae.
NDh tie opinion expressed in Tic
ut.epucs asq quoted, Col. WafIus VIII
uuI very 'uV who nro harJy ,aauRu
| 90 coincide. la truth ilyf0 lH iu t.c
American mind a very profound a.l.s.
ton ior the Veterans who isuFltl 10 cave
the county, aud who are now Ia their
Old ago as1istci 20 live from ltH bounty.
The pension oystcm no doubt has i,s
abuses, grave and numerous, sharks
and impostom have iOntpd upon a
/ grateful nation hundreds aud perhaps
Thousands OF unjust aud improper
elaine 10 this extent the roll Of pen.
a.1nes hnr lot iti proud distinction as
a roll " honor And yet the nation
would rather err on charity's side than
by hnsiy and ill.c0usiIerol severity
work irjustice TO sIugls deserving
man. Toa department carefully aud
periodically administered, and To the
sentiment Of leading spirits Ia the
q. A. r.. Itself must Ue LEI, the catfec-
ton OF the evils referred 10 and the
puTging Of the Lists. Incorporate
denunoiation 10 no remedy at all; itisa
wrong more aggravated than that
which it assalls, and 10, In the
caso IN point. especially rcprrhuu.
4ible and uuJustlnabIo IN that II iu.
oludes 10 ~ terms the whole noble
hand Of veterans, among whom are
tons OF thousands who are an honor TO
American citizenship and who VIII be-
eusurlned in republics memory as
the beat ~ e Of American patriotism.
Ga Cue other ham, the effort Go
drive Col. Warning out ottue mual1lp.I
position 30 which no has teen hppliu,.
ed deserves nothing but failure. he ls
| Performing iIs duties with uno mm.u
efficiency, Compared with the
work done by bic prtdscps-
sors, he has wrought com-
pltlo revolution. Not having
received the nppoia,mou. q, 8 PARTISAN,
he mas not introduced any Pas,lssa,h..
In biz methods, The buslnrB no bad
entrusted 10 him uas TO keep the lr-o.s
q Sow York clean, Gud tubs auEI-
rcars TO have done to the entire 6alis.
faction OF the people. Ito blundertd
wrmlly 10 his dunuuciatlon referred 10,
but Il does not sileot his efficiency 90
Au official, any more than the proian.
lty Of many army Oliorrs has reflected
upon thoir courage. 10 inslst ,hgt
because the colonel was wrong aud
foolish when lisUumlug one topic DE
should DO moved from a posi.lol iu
which hc "a capable would be- supple,
mentiug bio folly by crime more 10.
HIyisrd anu unlustlha0lg than the origi.
nal gnru.c. would be- 90 make OF
tho mucr -yauntcd idea OF non.parll.
Faushlp in municipal Unairs a hollow
m0gErrp and sham.