The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15
PENSION AGENT SCORED
SOLDIERS MUTUAL LEAGUE DE-
MANDS SCALP OF SPENCER.
His Brutal Conduct in Diminishing
Crippled Soldiers from His OHcc
ON Account of Politics..

The National Union Soldiers and Sailors
Mutual League. at its annual meeting. last
night, scored Pension Agent Spencer Sc
verely and adopted resolutions asking
President-elect Mckinley at once after he
takes the oath Of office to remove Spencer
for his brutal conduct i'm dismissing crippled
soldiers from their positions in the Pension
Office. The resolutions, in full, are as fol-
lows:
Whereas. One NJ. V. b. Spencer. United
States pension agent at Indianapolis. Ind.
did. when he assumed control OF the PEN
sion agency i'll this city, dismiss from the
service in said agency and from the service
OF the government which they had helped
TO perpetuate. seven of our comrades, for
political reasons, and not otherwise. who
were i'm every way competent to perform
the service required of them: and,
Whereas, All of our said comrades so
discharged were disabled from the per-
Torrance of hard manual labor, and said
Spencer, on many occasions. testified to the
integrity and sterling worth of said COM
radeS that they were fully competent TO
perform the service required of them. and
that he had only dismissed them to make
room for his own political friends. which
dismissals. in our opinion. were not called
for. but were brutal in the extreme. some
of them being notified to go without a mo-
mentS notice. one of the comrades SO dis
missed having to walk with canes on ac-
count of disabilities contracted i'm line of
duty as II soldier; and,
Whereas, Said Spencer not yet being sat
isfied. discharged, without cause-to make
room for those who had never borne the
dangers of war eight of the sons and
daughters of comrades. some of whom had
widowed mothers dependent on them for
support, this conduct on the part of Spen-
Ger at the time bringing dow upon him
the censure of the press as we'll as the
just Indignation of all lovers of the old
comrades and their dependent ones, which
censure was taken by said Spencer as a
vindication of his true Democracy; and,
Whereas, Things having changed since
these outrageS were committed, the said
Spencer now seeks. by toadying, to hold
and enjoy the future possession of said
agency. therefore. be 1t
Resolved. BY the National Union Soldiers
and Sailors Mutual League of Marion
county. Indiana, that We respectfully ask
and urge OF Comrade Mckinley that. after
he shall have taken the oath of office as
President of the United States, that he
will at once remove the said Spencer as
place some deserving soldier who served
his country at the front during the late
war;
Resolved. Further. that all soldier or
PLANTATIONS In the State of Indiana take
like action and that a copy or these reso-
lutionS be forwarded TO CoE::dde mckinley
and that n committee of 1--WE comrades or
this league be appointed who shall call on
Hon. e. w. Fairbanks and not only request.
but urge him TO see that these resolutions
be fully carried out. and that he be re-
auested to act herein at once ana without
delay.
The following officers were elected at the
meeting:
President-George c. Webster.
Secretary-Ed CT. BooZ.
First Vice President-Thomas Hanna.
Second Vice Presidential. i. Snyder.
Treasurer-W. II. Lester.
Officer of the Day-A. j. Buchanan.
Inside Sentinel-Thomas Robinson.
Outside Standardization Robinson.
Four comrades We're mustered IN. r.