The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-10
EVANS AND THE VETS.
Grand Army Men Denounce the
Is. Pension Commissioner.
APPEAL TO OOMRADE M'KINLEY,
COnfdont That the President VIII See
Justice Done-A Proposal to Admit
Laid on the Table.


Justice Done-A Proposal to Admit
Veterans Of tho War with spain Is
Laid on the Table.
Cincinnati, Sept. 10.--The work Of the
thirty second annual encampment Of
the Grand Array of the Republic was
concluded late yesterday afternoon.
: The anticipated discussion on the reSo-
lutions from TIN. pension committee
did not occur.
The rule in almost every instance
was to adopt reports as presented. and
In this way the pension report went
through without objection, although it
was modified later to take away an
impression that might have arisen
that President Mckinley was under
censure. The report was in the form
Of a series Of resolutions. and, the
reading was given the closest atten-
tion.
The first business yesterday was the
work of concluding the election of Of
fcers, James A. Sexton having been
chosen communicative on Wednes-
day. The following We're elected
Senior vice commander-in- chief, w. c.
Johnson of Cincinnati. iupior ,,;co onr,
mander-in-cbief David Ross of Della
ware; surgeon general DR. Pierce Of
Nebraska: chaplain-in-chief. Colonel
Lucas of Indianapolis.
Then came resolutions highly extoll
ing President Mckinley and Secretary
Alger for their management of the war
with Spain. and then came the renort
of the committee on pensions
The resolutions declare that IN the
administration of pension laws a gen.
erous and patriotic construction should
govern, condemn unfair consiructjon Of
the laws which will work Injustice f.,
the appLcant. and call unon comroae
William MCKINLEY to see that the law
In executed in snirit of ius,;ce and
1heral;tx nconfdant thot ,ha, ,o Il,
once reliaved from the mipbtv mat
ters of national and worldwide import-
ance which now command his attcn-
tion he viii see that Justice 10 done"
Tho resoIutions rurtber dec,,ro t,,+
~, r,,,as uh,oI, bindar a,d on,ho,ras,
tho allowance of bnnoet nension cl,i,,u
.bould ba rone.led and as,, tba nreei-
mont to caune tbosa who's dutv n 10
10 exec,,to tho low to "sa rorfo,.n,
tbo,r dut,, nc rot - ohstr,,ot ,hn ,,rn.a
cution of nors;ons hy tao,,ionl ra
uuirom,nts not u,i,h,n thn nra,inoo
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s.os.an.,al ss, @ instance mas one oi tnose
oe' aoi'ea.su nu' every
go. " "a."' ~ iu'' ioi.e anu
ehert' as uhuer the previous adn'nls-
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,.aa. p"e''''0' ''e 'e'o'u''oiS
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,,1.at, pa's'nh sea's nave ulreiu' ac-
$50 80. W W. w., ane H'eiS oay
,,..,.,s M. nc saw inc'eas-
FStatls. Their needs. cry out more vo-
ciferously with every changing of the
moon. yet the number of weekly allow
s u''ii'i'''ss' WINE the
H.. ~ ~, cas noo o'''''a''y States
his bureau. Of which he says $4,000 so
Tar have received nothing at all. Else
where he states that about 200, 900 sur
vtyors received no pensions, and yet
very recently the commissioner recon-
tnended and carried through a reduce
ainn of 100 in his force of clerks on the
ground that he had more force than he
needed. This in the face of the fact
that hardly day passes In the broad
land but pension certificates arrive only
In time to be laid on the coffin of the
applicant.
1.-THE rule Of the pension office by
which widow Is debarred from pen.
sion If she has an jnCOp,a Of s,Oo Il,