The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
GENERAL PENSION BILL.


claimant was dishonorably discharged,
and the service as shown by the discharge
certificate shall be conclusive as deter
mining enlistment and discharge: Pro-
vided 1nrUher, That the death OF a soldier,
sailor, or marine while in the service of
the Cnlteo states, and not for or in VIC
latlon OF any law or regulation there of,
shall 90 construed and held as equivalent
to an honorable discharge in determn-
Ing title to pension under said Act.
pee; II That an application under
said Act OF June twenty seventh, eigh
teen hundred and ninety, shall be suff-
cienG as TO allegation of disability if the
dlsapllity, not the result of his own
VICIOUS habits, which renders him unable
TO earn a support; and every disability
found TO exist at the time of filing
Whlch Is recognized as pensionable under
the general pension laws or under said
Act OIL June twenty -seventh, eighteen
hundred and ninety, shall be taken into
consideration in determining the degree
OF disability of such applicant, and to all
alsa pliltles pensionable under the general
laws the same rate of pension shall BIZ
allowed as under the general laws, not to
exceed In the aggregate twelve dollars
| per month: Provided, That no pension
snail pn granted under said Act of June
| 6Weh seventh, eighteen hundred and
ninety, unless the pensionable disabilities
amount In the aggregate to at least six
dollars.
SEQ. Is. That upon the rejection of
| claim for pension under said Act of June
twenty-seyenth, eighteen hundred and
| ninety, on the ground of no pensionabie
degree Of disability, the applicant shall
| not be required to file new or supple
mental declaration, but on filing in his
case the sworn statement of a reputable
PHYSICIAN that pensionable degree OF
disability does in fact exist, an order for
| the applicants examination, before an
o1her board Of surgeons if desired, shall
issue; and i'll case the report of such
Doard and the evidence show the exis-
tence OF pensionable disability at the
| time OF Hing, the pension, when allowed,
snail commence from the date of fling
gne application rejected as aforesaid, or
II otnerWlse, from the date subsequent to
said filing at which the disability began
to exist. as shown by the evidence.
oec. 10. That the term without other
means of support than her daily labor"
IN section three of said Act of June
twenty-seyenth, eighteen hundred and
ninety, shall be construed and held. to
all lntents and purposes, to be equivalent
TO ana mean, without net income of
three hundred dollars per annum."
sec. IL. That in the administration If
the pension laws said Act of June
| twenty seyenth, eighteen hundred and
ninety, shall be construed and held to in
clude the Glasses Of persons mentioned
and described in paragraphs second,
fourth, and fifth of section forty six hun
dred and ninety three of the Revised
Statutes OF the United States: Provided,
always, That said persons otherwise
bring themselves within the provisions
OF said Act.
Judge Noonan, of Texas, is the only
Republican member OF Congress from
that State. He is New Jersey man by
birth; but went to Texas before the war
as young lawyer. He owes his present
eminence in that State to his GOODNESS as
buffer. When the war came on the
Confederates conscripted him. He de-
clared that he would neither go into the
Confederate army nor foe from the
country. Judge Bnokner, a relative of
the Confederate general of that name,
urged Noonan to enter the army, urging
that the Confederacy needed all the men
it could get. az will make a proposition
to you,' said Noopan to the judge, "you
may enlist and will be judge Buck
ner thought this saucy joke; but
bounced himself as candidate for ju dge
against Buckner. Noonan campaigned
as Unionist. In that part of Texas,
where the people all loved Sam Houston.
sentiment for the Union was strong, but
the Union men were not SO we'll organ.
lied as the secessionists Noonan told
his hearers everywhere that the Confed-
IL,
would soon be back in the Union. In
one county the secessionists let it be
known that anyone who should vote for
Noonan would be considered q public
enemy, which meant that the offender
would be shot or lynched. So Noonan
got no votes in that county; yet he was
elected and Buokner committed suicide
In ohagrin. few years later when
Judge Noonan was a candidate again.
and the Confederacy had sucoumbed, the
people of the county where Noonan had
been prescribed and got no votes, decided
that, as things had come out about as he
said they would, he sh ould have all their
votes. So from those days until these
Judge Noonan was reelected Judge. And
when the Fifty fourth Congress was to
be elected they asked him to be oand:.
date. Although the district was largely
Democratic he was elected, and sets in
the House as Texas's only Republican
member. He is quiet, modest man,
with smooth face and gray hair; but
the heavy square jaw which dominates
the lower portion of his face shows why
the Texans preferred to elect him judge
rather than try to force him into the
Confederate army.
One of the noticeable things about this
Congress is the fact that the Democratic
party is not bowling because Democratic
congressman are being turned out of
their seats for fraud. Yet in oil proba-
bility as many will be turned out as were
turned out in the 51st Congress. But be-
cause the Republican majority was mar
row then it was possible to make MANY
people believe that the ejectments were
for partisan purposes Now, az the Re.