The times., 1897-04-09
EVANS YINDICATES BELL
His Pension Claim Properly Filed
and the Money Paid.
The Ex-Deputy Commissioners of
Pensions Gives Out Caustic
Interview.

| Referring further to the acceptance OF
| OF Pensions II. c. Bell, and the statement
| of Mr.. Evans that he had asked Secretary
| Bliss to accept it for the reason that he
| thought there might be something wrong
| in the recent issue of his certificate Of
! pensions, Mr.. Bell, the eX-deputy, yester-
| day said: The case has terminated us |
| knew 1t would. After a careful examination
| Of oil the papers in the case by anumber Of
| experts III pension law and practice, Mr..
| Evans found that my claim had been
| properly issued and he this morning wrote
! u letter To United States Pension Agent
| Wilson, of this city, that after such eX-
| animation lie found objection TO the
allowance OF the claim, and instructing
Mr.. Wilson to issue his check for $271 20,
due Inc. This WAS done and the money
was paid by the United states Treasurer
today.
had Mr.. Evans taken the pains to ex-
anime the papers, instead of giving a too
ready ear TO mere rlImor he would not
have done me the great injustice of try
ing to hold me up to the country as one
who had probably been guilty of obtain
ing pension in my own behalf by in4-
proper means.
The fact is, my case was favorably
acted upon by the board of revision of the
Pension Bureau in 1894, the Eoard decid-
ing that / was clearly entitled to Sc per
month. at the date of my voluntary sur.
render of my pension ce ertificate, al
though did not make claim for it until
Es.l,r g;.1 4, Kti.a.r
a regular declaration for restoration, citing
at the same time the decision Of the board
of revision made in 1894, ana asking to
be restored at the rate Of Sc per month,
the amount TO which they found 1 was
entitled.
The claim was regularly adjudicated
through various boards up to Gen. Dana,
acting Commissioner of Pensions. had
intended to ask Mr. Murphy, Commissioned
of Pensions, TO sign the certificate, but
he ceased to be Commissioner two days
sooner than was expected, by the quaifica-
ton of Mr.. Evans, and Gen. Dana was
made acting Commissioner.
''Inasmuci1 | had been dropped from
the rolls under the Democrats, | did not
choose to have Mr.. Evans sign the certifi-
cate, and especially so when Gen. Dana, as
acting Commissioner OF Pensions, had q
perfect right to signit Mr. Evans decision,
however, that there was no objection to
the issue of the certificate, clearly shows
that he would have signed it had it come
to him.
However, as Mr. Evans has seen the
injustice hehad done me, and thus acknowl-
edged his error in recommending the ac-
Ceptance of my resignation on the ground
he states he did recommend it, confessed
the Justice of my cIam md allowed Mr.,
Wilson to make pa ynfent of the amount
due me on the certificate, 1 will say no
more, only Tegretting that he should have
allowed his preCipitate zeal to do me such
injustice, and 10 lead him into viola
ton OF the act OF December 21. 1898,
which WAS passed by hostile Congress
to prevent Judge LoChren from doing Just
what Mr.. Evans did successfully for a
time n my case, and which has not been
done by any other Commissioner of Pen
sions or Acting Commissioner of Pensions
since the passage of the act referred To, on
December 21, 1e93.'