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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23

hair standing up, came tearing through the
brush, mounted on his saddle mule.
chorus of yeils and curses greeted his APP
pearance 1t was an immense relief for the
men to have something to swear at
"Run, you egg-sucking hound"
"Run, you scald headed dominic
Somebody busted a cap in your neighbor-
hood, old white-liver?"
''Seen the ghost of a dead rebel, Pilgar-
lie"
"Pull back your eyes, you internal mule
whacker. A limb'll brush 'em off"
''Look at his hair-standin' up stifer'n
brstles on boar's back"
Z" Your mules's got more sand N you.
They're standing where you left 'em."
"Of course, you're whipped and all cut to
pieces. You was that when you heard the
frs gun crack"
Get out of the way, and let him run him.
self to DEATH That's all he's fit for"
''You've no business in mems clothes.
Put on petticoats. !"
''Go it, rabbit go it, cotton-t ail-you've
heard dog bark"
'Chickee-chickee- for the barn.
Hawks in the air"
Let him alone. He's in hurry to get
back and pay his suffers BILL
The teamster gasped out
You'd better all git ont o here as fast as
the Lord let you. Johnstons bivi~.an cut
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"DEAD MEN ON THE PESSION-ROLL."


One Of the most irritatingly false
statements concerning the pension-roll
among the many now deluging the
country is that it " is stuffed with dead
men )" that there are tens Of thousands,
if not hundreds, of men on the pension
roll who have been dead for years, but
their pensions continue to be drawn
regularly" It is almost unbelievable
that the men who print these lies do not
know that they are lies. No man who
claims even a fair acquaintance with
public affairs can help knowing that it
is impossible that they should be true.
1t is as preposterous as it would be to
say that there are thousands of dead
men still drawing pay as soldiers and
sailors in the Regular Army and Navy.
The methods of the Pension Bureau,
like those of the War and Navy De-
partments, make such thing as nearly
impossible a. can we'll be imagined.
All pensions are now paid by checks,
upon vouchers signed by witnesses, and
attested before Notares Public. The
checks are cashed by merchants or
bankers who are personally acquainted
with the pensioners. To draw a dead
mans pension therefore requires several
distinct crimes. In the first place his
name must be forged, rendering the
forger liable to the penitentiary. The
forger must next secure the connivance
Of the Notary Public, which would
render that official liable to severe
penalties. The witnesses would also be
liable to criminal prosecution. Finally,
the Dd0ECT Or f11pTCIidlL WIZ CdoIiCl Tic
check would lose his money if not paid
TO the right person.
There is no Department of the Gov
eminent in which the disbursement of
money is surrounded with so many safe
guards, and where the consequences OF
violation of the law and of misrepresen-
tation are so terrible.
There are always considerable num-
Der of dead men on the roll-men who
have died without the Pension Bureau
being notified. After a failure to call
for their pension for three years they
are dropped from the roll. Last year.
1858 were so dropped. But very few
men are igorant enough and bold
enough to attempt to personate dead
man and draw his pension. These find
themselves landed in the penitentiary
with certainty and CELEBRITY that aston
ishes them and discourages others.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23

WHILE we think the hundreds of
thousands of dollars which it would cost
to publish the list of pensioners would
be better spent in pensions to needy vet
Grams, We have absolutely no other OBJ
lection to the publication. We rather
welcome it. Such publication in per-
manent book form would be desirable
roll Of honor, which the descendants of
the pensioners can in the future turn
with just pride. For many years hun
dreds Of papers throughout the country
have been in the habit of publishing,
from week 10 week, the names Of vet
Grams in their particular locality who
have been allowed pensions. The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE has wanted 10 do the
came, bet could not afford the space for
several hundred names a week, with
postofficc addresses, regiments, disabili-
ties and amounts. Anybody who
claims that there is the slightest fear or
objection anywhere TO the widest pub
licify being given the pension list is
merely setting up ridiculous man OF
straw. He shows himself hopelessly
ignorant Of the attitude which every
friend of the veterans has always main
tanned. We are as eager to have all the
facts relating to pensions given the Ut
most publicity as We have always been
to have all the facts relating to the wal
published. 1t is the other fellows who
are afraid to have the whole trutf
known.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23

The best reply to all this TRADE to
this mass of laboriously cooked statistics
are the actual facts that President Cleve-
land entered office with manifesto
against pension frauds. He made it
one Of his strongest cards. He promised
the country TO startle it with the results
OF his investis. tions Of the pension-roll.
He appointed man as Secretary of the
Interior who had had large experience
as a lawyer in criminal investigations.
He was pledged to do this work. He
appointed another lawyer Commissioner
of Pensions with definite instructions as
to his work. They proceeded to do their
masters bidding with ability and zeal
They turned the whole force of 1890
clerks of the Pension Bureau to the work
of fraud-hunting. They asked Congress.
for appropriations of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to carry on special in
vestigations in the field, and got every
cent they asked for. They called in the
aid Of Postmasters all over the country
of the Deputy Marshals and other off
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PERSONALS.

Capt Peter Van Waller, 172d n. Y, Han
ford Cal, ard one of the best workers in
the G II. on the Pacific Coast, is a cand-
date for Register Of the Land Office, and
overwhelmingly Endorsed by the comrades
and others of the Pacific Coast.
ent Assistant Adjutant General, GAR,
Department of California, is candidate for
Pension Agent at San Francisco, and is
strongly ndorsed by the comrades of Cali
fornia.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23

DR. J. II. PoRTER's hunting stories,
among the Wild Beasts" will be fol-
lowed, beginning in the next issue, by
another series, equally, if not, indeed,
more interesting, treating of extraordi-
nary exhibitions of intelligence among
the lower animals Later, DIR. Porter is
expected to resume his stories Of adven-
ture in field and forest. His wide
popularity is such that We do not wish
to deprive our readers of the enjoy.
ment of further contributions from the
pen Of this traveller and hunter. He
has done Africa, India, Mexico, and
South America, rife in hand, and hi:
narratives never fail TO charm lovers Of
adventure. We are happy to announce
that we have secured the services Of
DIR. Porter, and that for the present hs
will write for no other publication
than The NATIONAL TRIBUNE in th.
special departm ent of literature il
which he has earned worldwide fame
Sportsmen will be glad to learn that i
will require several months to exhaus
the Doctors budget
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23

PITTsBURG wants the National En-.
sampment for 1900, and is already be-
ginning the movement to secure it.
Pittsburg did so splendidly by the Ma
tional Encampment in 1894 that she
has already made a good beginning
Every comrade would like to go back
to the magnificently loyal city of the Iron
Grown.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23
THE NEW YORK SUNS RAID.

The New York Sul, is leading in the
present raid upon the pension system,
and throwing every particle of vigor
and ability which it can command into
the assault Last Monday it gave up
the whole of its first page and part of
its second TO labored article headed
"ROBBING THE NATION.
Pension Rolls Padded Almost Be
yond Belief:
The Country's Bounty Abused.
"More Survivors Drawing Pen
sions than there are Survivors.
Bounty Jumpers and Deserters,
Fake Widows and Orphans and Cheats
and Swindlers OF All Glasses Swell the
Debt 10 Uncle Sans Defenders-They
Draw Millions Year, and the Gates
are Opened Wider Annually to Admit
More-Nearly 100000 Pensioners,
and 100000 Applications Still Unde-
cded-Srecial Pension Acts and Con-
gressional Schemes for Further Robbery.
Figures Showing the Great Steal"
This is an elaborately-wrought-up
fabric of half-facts, specious misrepre-
sensations, and downright falsehoods
1t is the work Of some pension-hater of
unusual ability, who knows how to min
gle just enough truth to best carry along
and bolster up his falsehoods. The
screed is so long and so varied in its
features that we cannot hope TO discuss
the whole of it in a single issue of the
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Indeed,
merely to reprint it would take more
than two pages of our paper. We shall
only attempt to discuss few Of the as
sertions, reserving the rest for future
Issues.
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runaways. WI ore no good when they ara
stopped. Come d ong, fer God sake"
His earnestness impressed the Lieutenant.
Lieut.. Evans" he called out, take
command of the line, while go back with
these men to the ammunition L can
get it quicker for them tan they can. Your
Colonel should have cent q commissioned
officer with you
1.-THE Colonel needs ali the officers ne has
left with him, painted Shorty. running aiiear
of the rest. Everybody back there's got
all he can attend to- and we couldI t really
be spared"
There was crowd of similar men sstrglnS
around the ammunition wagons, each eager
to get his load and rush bac.z- Ths covers o.
the wagons had been torn of, and man
stood in each, pitching the boxes TO tho
clamoring details. All were excited and
reckless. The pitching would be wild, o'
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23
TIE NATIONAL ENcAMpMExT.

After conference with the local COM
n,ittee at Cincinnati the COMMANDMENTS
Chief. GAR, has decided to hold the
National Encampment Sept. $40.
One of the largest gatherings ever
known in Cincinnati is expected.
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This was all. All that the Admins
tration had to show for its fanfarronade
for its expenditure of probably over
100000.
In the face of this what impudence
such calumnies as these Of the New
York San are.
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The next case was the celebrated
Justice Long case, which resolved itself
simply into Commissioner Lochrens
personal belief that man who had had
one arm shot off, and had terrible
running wound in his body, liable to
cause bis death at any hour, was not en-
titled to pension of s72 month, be-
cause the State Of Michigan was paying
him $1,000 year as Justice of the
Supreme Court.
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The next great pow-wow was over a
Rhode Island soldier "pensioned for
bald headedness." The soldier-hating
press could not iiibe too much over this.
The matter was brought to the attention
of the Commander-in-C Chief, GAR.
who directed an investigation of the
case. The facts developed were that
the man had had long and honorable
service in Rhode Island bat
terry; and that he had been Frustrated
by an attack of typhoid fever so severe
that every hair on his whole body fell
oil, and never grew again. He never
recovered from the debility of that
sickness. The clerk who had made out
the papers had hurriedIy briefed the
reason of the pension "loss of hair, F"
and that was all there was of that case
The Commander-in-C Chief instructed the
Judge Advocates General to Immediately
begin proceedings for a restoration and an
increase of pension.
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The writer goes on to assume that
there are 121 sos Of these deserters, and
10000 men who served less than 90
days still alive. 1t would be interesting
TO know just what grounds he has for
believing that desertion from the army
gave the men such an amazing immunity
from the mortality which has swept
away such a large proportion of other
men since the war. He claims that
218,546 Of the honorably discharged
soldiers have died since 1890; but the
doserters continue TO enjoy remarkable
health, for he insists on adding the
whole number Of them, and Of the short
term men to the deaths Of the others, in
order 10 make cut that there are only
727, l22 honorably discharged survivors
to-day, who might be entitled to a pen.
sion, and that consequently there are
&C, 405 more survivors drawing pensions
than there actual survivors, fraud on
It's face"
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The first statement is that there were
] ,034,073 soldiers and 1859 widows
surviving in 1890 The census of 1890
actually showed that there were 1885,
66S soldiers and 163,176 widows sur
viving June !, 1890, or $4,000 soldiers
and $4,000 widows more than is asserted.
The writer pretends to quote from Pro-
Marshal Gen. James B. Fry to the
effect that there were POI 1897 deserters
during the war. What he did report
was that there were 1919, 045 desertions
during the war-quite a different mat
ter, as many men deserted many times.
Then, there were thousands of men
wrongfully reported as deserters
who had been captured, killed or
wounded, or detached from their COM
mands without proper notification to
their immediate commanders. When
these proper deductions were made it
reduced the number of desertions to
1896, or less than 6 per cent. of the
total number who served. This is a
splendid showing of the fidelity of the
Union soldiers actually less than
men in every 100 proved recreant to
their duty. Yet the soldier-haters are
perpetually bowling about those six
men, without any reference to the other
81 who did their duty nobly.
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gNS of TIE NATIONAL TRIB-

UNE. Every subscriber
should compare this with the number on
tie yellow address slip containing his
name. If that number is $50, he has
only one paper more coming to him. Ii
SOC, he will have two, and SO on. He
viii do us favor by watching these
closely, so as to knew when his subscrip-
ton expires, that he may renew in time,
and it will be TO lis interest, for there
are so many valuable serials now run
ming through the parer that lie will feel
he cannot afford 10 miss number.
We ask everyone, therefore, to look at
once at the address slip OH his paper,
and see how near If GENES to S54.
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Gals of the Department of Justice.
They left no stone unturned for four
years to develop frauds and justify
Mr.. Cleveland's trumpeting at the out
set of his Administration. The result
was the most humiliating failure ever
known in the history of the Government.
They found the most insignificant in
stances of fraud. Everything they could
discover they proclaimed aloud from the
house-tops, but the paucity of results
compared to their tremendous efforts
soon subjected them to such ridicule that
they relapsed into silence. Their first
great discovery was the famous Bennett
Case" which they proclaimed was big
pension given for partial deafness in
one ear" They thought this " find was
of such Importance that Commissioner
Lochren eulogized himself highly in re-
ports for its discovery. The facts devel-
oped that Bennett was man 20 years
Of age, who had been Frustrated by a
sunstroke while on guard at Raleigh,
n. c., and that in addition to deafness
he suffered from vertigo, and variety
of other disabilities which prevented
him from supporting himself by manual
labor The medical evidence showing
the connection of disabilities with his
sunstroke while on duty was clear,
connected and irrefragable.
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CHAPTER VI.

Copyright. 1897. by the publishers of The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE
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eN7esro Al WASHINGTON eos7orroe szoosD-ossmArrea.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
New County Officers.

The new county officers were sworn in
on Monday, Jan. 4, and have already
gotten pretty well accustomed to their
several duties.
John H. Robertson of Marienville, the
newly elected Prothonotary, Register and
Recorder, is thorough and obliging
business man, one whom it is a pleasure
to meet, and We predict a successful term
for him. c. NJ. Arner, the retiring Pro-
thonotar, has served three successive
terms in the office, which alone goes to
show that he has been an efficient officer.
Mr.. S. J. Setley will he retained by Mr..
Robertson as clerk. No better selection
could have been made.
Frank p. Walker of Nebraska, the
new Sheriff, is pleasant gentleman,
who has been a steady, hard working
man, and will undoubtedly make a good
officer and give a satisfactory admins
tration. Ex-Sheriff Sawyer has moved
into the Sheriff IS residence and will act
as deputy for Sheriff Walker. John II.
Carson, the retiring Sheriff, has been a
good officer and has faithfully performed
his duties. We can find no cause to kick,
even though he was a Democrat
The new board of County Commission
ers-W. NJ. Coon, G. NJ. Whiteman and
Herman Blum-are all men of exper-
fence, well acquainted with the needs
of the county and ought to render a good
administration. They have made the
following appointments: ]. T. Dale
clerk; It. f. Ritchey, attorney, and S. j
Campbell, janitor. The regular meeting
days of the board will be the second anC
fourth Tuesdays of each month. w. A
Connely and Peter Youngk, the retiring
commissioners, have proven very salts
factory officials, and their work is appre
ciated by the people of the county.
The new jury commissioners, Messrs
Carpenter and Shields, were sworn in
but they will have no official duties l.
perform until the drawing of the jury 70
the February term of court.
The new board of county auditors
Messrs. NJ. E. Abbott, r. ]. Flynn an
J. r. Clark, organized by electing ].
Davis as clerk, and were hard at worl
all last week. Their report viii appea
the first week in February.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
The State Legislature.

The Legislature of Pennsylvania
met on the 9th inst and organized
for the session of 1897 The organ.
ization was attended by no extraor.
binary incident Notwithstanding the
red hot contest that had been going
on for some weeks previous on the U.
S. Senatorship. In the Republican
caucus on Monday night preceding
the meeting of the General Assembly,
Hon. Henry X. Boyer of Philadel.
pbia, was unanimously nominated for
Speaker, as was also Jere B. Rex Of
Huntingdon county, for Chief Clerk,
aud A. ID. Fetterolf of Montgomery
county for Resident Clerk. These
nominations we're ratified by the elec.
tion Of the gentlemen named, in the
house next day. Speaker Boyer, on
assuming the chair made few re-
marks pertinent to the important
legislation likely to come up this
winter, and counseled the most rigid
economy in all things. This is Mr..
Boyer's third unanimous election as
Speaker of the House, and his excel.
lent training and large experience in
that line will go far toward expedit.
ing the business of the session and
bringing about the best results in the
least time, The two principal clerks
are also we'll versed in their duties
and will be great help in properly
conducting the business of the House
In the Senate Hon. S. J. M. Nc.
Carroll of Harrisburg was elected
President pro TEN, and Chief Clerk
Smiley of Franklin was e.elected to
his old place. Without him the work
of the Senate would be greatly ham.
pered, he having had years of exper.
fence in that capacity, making a most
creditable officer.
The reading of the Governors mes.
sage occupied the attention of both
Houses during the balance of the af.
ternoon session. The Governor
touches on many topics needing leg.
islative attention, and his views are
sound on all of them.
On Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock the joint Republican caucus
for the nomination of United States
Senator was called to order by Sena.
or Grady of Philadelphia. Boies
Penrose and John Wanamaker, both
of Philadelphia, were named and
able five. minute speeches made in ia.
vor of both candidates by a number
of Senator's and Representatives. The
vote resulted in the choice of Hon.
Boies Penrose by 1873, against rs for
Hon. John Wanamaker, and l each
for j. Donald Cameron, John B. Rob.
inson and Charles E. Rice.
A short session was held on We'd
nesday, when both Houses adjourned
till the 18th inst, at which time the
standing committees of both the Sen d.
ate and House will be announced and
the actual work of the Legislature be.
gun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13

IT is rather an odd fact that the
annual census of horses in Massa.
chusetts shows an increase during
last year of $685. The bicycle must
be teaching the world to take an in.
terest in all forms of expeditions
travel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13

One thing is certain; 1t will not do to
fool with bad cold. No one eau tell
what the end will be. Pneumonia,
catarrh, chronic bronchitis, if not con-
sumption, invariably result from a neg
lected cold. 1t is surprising, too, that
bad colds are so often neglected when one
remembers how easily and at what little
expense they may be cured. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is always prompt
and e1fectual, and costs but a trifle; 20 or
so cents is a Lrifle as compared with the
disastrous effects of a neglected cold. Mr..
Abuer Mercer of Dilworthtown, Chester
county, Pa, in speaking of this remedy,
said: "SOmetime ago / had bad cold
and cough. / tried almost everything
Finally Mr.. Hunt, the druggist, recon-
mended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
and one so cent bottle OF il cured me en-
tirely." For sale by G. w. Bovard.
a torpid liver means bad complexion,
bad BREATH Indigestion and frequent
headaches. To avoid such companions
| take DeWitts Little Early Risers, the
famous little pills. Heath q Killmer.
LosT-A dear little child who made
home happy by its smiles. And to
think, II might have been saved had the
/ parents only kept in the house One Min
ute Cough Cure, the infallible remedy
for Group. Heath & Killmer.
Minutes seem like hours when a life is
at stake. Group gives no time to send
for doctor, delay may mean death.
one Minute Cough Cure gives instant re-
lief and insures recovery. The only
harmless remedy that produces imme-
] dlate results. II cath q Killmer.