The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-01-16
CLAIMS OF OLD VETERANS H0SOPO.
LIE ATTENTION IN THE HOUSE,
ExcoNrEpERATE's VIEWS
nsssfai walter. who served wan Die
tiaetion on 0enoral JHbHi iarlfH
star. Deeiared Tbat the south Ap-
proved the pensioning 81
inion Veterans Cam
minEs on Pensions

MAsniNuroN. Jan. 49, The House
spent yesterday in further debate
upon the pension appropriation bill,
The speakers, with % single exception,
were all Republicans, and oil favored
a liberal administration ot the pen.
slon laws aud the adoption Of the
ehanges 20 existing laws proposed 10y
The bill Among the speakers was
General John a. Walker. who served
with distinction la the Confederate
army from Manassas 10 AppomntloN,
lie Il the only Republican representa-
tive from Nirginia. llispssuranccoi'iho
good feeling that exists in iho south
toward the tnion soldiers. ana the
lack OF hostility toward the pension
system, was warmly received on both
sides OF the House.
Air Cummings, Democrat, ot New
York created q sensation hy severe
atraigument of the pension uhiCe for
hostility 60 the old suldicrs aud q
strong rcpudiution Of the apveoh made
Yesterday hy Mr.. nurtlott. who is also
one OF the 1ummauy congressman
from New York
Mr. Kirkpatrick, of Kansas, in nu
extended speech, spoke snrcusticnlly
" the presumption of fraud which hc
taid the pension bureau scts mp iu tine
cate of every pension application.
Every Witness testifyiug in behalf
~ an old soldier lac snid, "iN pre-
sumed to be- unworthy ut belief
Also, boards of examining surgeons
are presumed Co be iuvumpetcut or
unreliable. Again. m caAc the old
soldier should have his cntm pvudmg
f0r years aud should finally die hcior"
"a IL determined, aad ~ his pood wife
should make application tur "a pen.
tion, then tue presumption rs that the
soldier whose widow nulrs this up.
plication had as the time ot his mar
riage at least one wife. l uot morc,
llvmg, FROM whom he had mover hrcu
SiVorred. aud the widow iS required to
prove that such was not the ease
Nay, more, the presumption ot thc bu.
reaa h that the wife hcrsclf prior to
Her marriage vita the >oldier had at
least Que living husband, ~ uot more,
from whom She had never been dt
,orced; aud she Is required to search
she conntrV from one end to the other
Tor the purpose at rchutting The nrc.
aNMpilou indUlrcd in hy the depart.
ueat
Again. when application Is madt
"a bohalf ot thc children oi a deceased
soldier. the presumption ndulncd n
hv the hurreu is that these Vhildrvn
ave illeEitimate. aud the mother or
their guardian Is vailed urou go c~.
tahlish the fact ut thcu lcgitonavv hv
ahowing not only thut ,hc MAR
rlage was la dac form, but tho
power at the party io contract
,he marriage La the FIRST instance,
n may hc permitted Ca say Mn
Chairman, that there is one cn~s oi
Individuals against whom thvsc pre-.
fumpilons may not rest lhcrc Be- uuU
GLASS ofmen who have the presumption
running la entirety n thcW favor and
Ia whom the bureau seems to have the
utmost confidence theso are tho Ocm
poratio postinastcrs in thc vicinity
where the applicant tur pension rc
sides
II seems probable now that lhc pcu
eral dchaic nn the pcusiou hill will
Cvniinur for several days