The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-08

Correspondents should write each question on
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dress and mark it Correspondents Column" No
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companied with name and address Of writer. 1t is
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letter. Postal cnrds will be replied to by mail
only. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
withina week. and il in this column within three
weeks.l
c. f. G., C1ayspHe, O-Suppose pensioner
fills out his voucher and his check is made out
and he dies before he signs his check; his wife
is in the asy lum one minor child. How will
they proceed to get the check cashed? Ans,Cer.
The check is a part of his estate, collectable
through correspondence with Hon. Samuel
Blackwell, Auditor for Interior Department
u s. Treasury. Washington, d. c.. by the adj
ministrator or executor, II any, or II not by the
guardian of the insane widow.
f. p, ST., BrewertOa N. Y.-Will you kindly
inform me through the columns of your valu-
able paper the amount of silver coin at the
present time in the hands of the Government?
Answer. On Sept. /, 1896, there were in the U. s.
Treasury Of standard silver dollars 1891 .056..
100; subsidiary silver, Sis, 500 601 silver bull.
lion, $116.691 ,740
j. H. .SeaJrook, NJ HI. saw few days
ago an account of a veteran getting an increase
of pension under the new order of Aug. Ia, 1896.
Can you tell me what that order is? 9. Can
soldiers widow draw pension; her husband
being divorced from her; she having no di-
vorce and neither of them marrying again
Ans,uer. /. No. because no decision rs of that
date has yet been published. 2. No. because
she is not his widow; when divorced she ceased
to be his wife, and upon his death she did not
become his widow.
H. ID. B., 81. Joseph Mo.-Is there not United
States law that prevents 2 deserter from the
late war from voting? hnswer. Section 1896 Of
the Revised Statutes of the United States pro-
vides: "All persons who deserted the military
or naval service of tho United States. and did
| not return thereto report themselves to a
| Provost Marshal within 60 days after the issu-
| ance of the proclamation of the President, dated
the 18th Of March, 1866, are deemed to have
voluntarily reinquished and forfeited their
| rights of citizenship, as well as their rights to
| become citizens; and such deserters shall be
| forever incapable of holding any office of profit
or trust under the United States, or of exercis-
| ing any rights of citizens thereof" Section 1897,
| Revised Statutes Of the United States, provides
that a desertion subsequent to April 10, 1865.
would not subject such deserter to the penalties
imposed by Section 1896. and tho United States
courts have decided (Kurtz u.s. Motif, lis
| U. g., sol, and cases there cted) that this for
| fixture could attach only in those cases where
the persons were tried by court-martial and
| found guilty of desertion.
| N. W., Taneyrile, Mo.-A Union soldier while
| in the army contracted measles aud small pox,
| from which be became permanently diseased
and disabled of eyes. lungs, and general dis
| ability. Application was made by this soldier
for pension about 1886; this claim hung on
until about 1892, when he made application
under the new law, and in May. 1896, he was
notified that both claims were rejected. Sol
der wrote to Pension Office short time ago to
know what steps were to be taken for 70.
| opening of claim. He was informed that an
entire new claim would have to be filed. Now,
under present rulings, does this bar him from
| Aue T,0
quirement of new declaration has reference
only to the claim filed under the act of June q,
1890. The old law claim may be reopenea by
the filing of testimony pertinent to the cause OF
rejection, and without fling a new application,
and il reopened and allowed, pension under the
old law will date from filing of original declare.
ton. To reopen the rejected new-law claim
requires a now application, and pension, II
| allowed Hereunder, will date from fling oil
last declarations, unless (Which is improbable)
| you can con vince the Pension Bureau that the
| rejection of your act of June q, 1890, was an
| error.
W. M IT., Corydon, Pat has been asserted
here that in several of the States voting 70,
the Presidential electors in the States where
women vote, they vote for electors same as the
men. Please state in the columns of The
| NATIONAL TRIBUNE, l, Thu States where
women vote; 2, As to the vote for Electors
and Congressman. The Constitution says males
|
of Congress changing this. This is reported
here as favoring the State Electors where
women vote. Answer. /. Women have equal
suffrage with men at elections in Colorado and
Wyoming. In Montana women who are tax
payers have the same voting privilege as men
| 1t elections. The Constitutional Convention
of Utah adopted the clause on woman suffrage
on April 5, 1895. In New Jersey. New York
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Dakota, Vermont. aud Wisconsin. 2 The
language of the Constitution of the United
States is: " Each State shall appoint, in such
manner as the Legislature thereof may direct
number of Electors, equal to the whole number
In Michigan, Washington and California, act!
granting woman suffrage have been declared
unconstitutional. Limited woman suffrag.
(mainly rs to taxation and school matters) ex ist
in Arizona. Arkansas. Connecticut. Delaware
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa. Kansas. Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Nebraska. aud New Hampshire
OF Senators aud Representatives to which tn.
State may be entitled In Congress, but no Senato
or Representative, or person holding an O6ic,
; Of Trust or Profit under the United States shall
} be appointed an Ecctor." 1t will be observed
that il 10 left wholly to tho States T. prescrib>
} as to tho qualifications Of ElsCtoss; the Con