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THE ONLY REAL REMEDY.

tbs idle to talk Of new laws and changed
orders to remedy the situation in the Pen
sion Bureau without change in the head
of the Bureau, and in the spirit of its ad-
ministration. Wehave seen how the laws
can be perverted and nullifield and orders
distorted to accomplish the purposes of the
Commissioner. 1t is not the letter but the
spirit which kills. Even the much-abused
Order 225 would, if interpreted even with
as little liberality as Lochrcn gave it, put
Henrg Clay Evans denies pensions. The
same remark is true of every other feature
OF the pension administration. All are
made much more grievously harsh than
ever before under any previous Commits
sloner of Pensions by the infamed eager
| ness of the present Commissioner to pose
as an economist, and win the applause of the
| Money Power by cutting down pensions
by every trick and device which ingenuity
! can suggest Laws have been passed to
| restrain him, but he impudently dismisses
| these as of no force and effect. Clearly
as long as he is allowed to go on doing
| this, it will be useless to pass any more
| laws.
Nor IS it for a moment right that the
veterans should be subjected to this out
| rageous treatment 1t is not for moment
right that they should be compelled to take
the extraordinary step of going to Congress
for protection against the illegal opprcs-
sions of a man who posed as their friend,
| who has been the constant applicant for
their votes to put him into office, and who
came into the Pension Bureau with the
implied pledge of carrying out the mandate
Of the people in 1896, and ameliorating the
harsh conditions of the Cleveland regime.
The only sure remedy, the only just
one. the only fulfilment of the pledges
made in 1896, is the prompt removal of Mr..
Evans, and the appointment as his sue
cessor of a man who will execute the laws
according to their spirit and intent.
Evans must go.
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NGRArITUDE OF THE GREEDY MONEY POWER.

of
Whh now hghtng pensions the men VINO gave their blood ana
place that
All through batened
needs and
striving coutwh they enduring the strains
OF aefu campaigns the tense months and wvog fortunes
the
in the North woke each morning with as what the day would
ont of assaults
defeat the failure the Union decided merely meant
totem harder
bargain desirable invest
men They kept steadily their dollar than the
loyal portion of the likely Southern States
ceelei in establishing independence.
of the
July H. 1854 them condition of mind when they wanted to abandon
the sinking hulk against the Gov
enn The mighty armies which had been raised during the Winter had after
the mmrnaIle rmcbments around pmr sbernans force
of 100000 which Chattanooga had
able single complete the rebels and lying before the IN
duioniff
humng Two armies had chased the Shenandoah
Valley and the confident rebels then at the gates Washington The
cowardy all salvage out of
the wreck and this feeling represented by the fact that July H. 1864 they
demanded and got $50 IN greenoack Tor so gold hat S e would only
Traction grnac dollar They that the
anything.
Up that time h had lent the 1853 paper dollars
which was by the same figures only worth s This was the begin
bank deposits
trusts ga all depending gold value the grecnbac
dolar
fighting cowardy
the Wilderness Cold the
Georgiahad
whittier Billions of dollars valuation would disappeared They
would Confederate
and all values depending the
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EMPLOYEES IN THE PENSION BUREAU

MIR. Evans makes a great trumpeting
over the fact that there are 566 veterans
and 30 widows Of veterans employed in
| the Pension Bureau. This is another one
of his haif-facts, which are worse than
downright lies. If there is any branch
overflow with veterans and their widows,
| it is the Pension. Bureau. In fact, there
ought to be nobody else employed there.
Now what DOVE find? There is total of
LII employees in the Pension Bureau.
OF these but 566 are veterans and 80 vet
erans' widows. That is, less than one
third are veterans and veterans widows
Everywhere the men and women appointed
by Hoke Smith aqd VIM. Lochren are in
the ascendant. Civilians really control
the Pension Bureau, in spite of all that
missioner's room is civilian. and there
is no veteran in his room. The Med
ical Referee Is veteran, but the two men
who really run that division are civilians,
and it is doubtful if one of them, who was
the Chief Executioner under Lochren, is
even an American citizen.
The Law Clerk is a civilian.
Veterans have been removed from the
Board Of Review to promote civilians.
The Chief of the Special Examination
Division is civilian, and his room is being
filled up with civilians.
The Chief of the Middle Division is
civilian, and so are both of his Assistants.
The Chief Of the Mail Division is civilian,
and 50 are both his Assistants.
The Superintendent of the building is a
ci ilian.
Five Of the most important of the 16
Divisions are under the direct control of
the civilians, and constantly civilians
are advanced over the heads of better
clerks, who are veterans.
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The Fighting Around Buzzard Roost and
Capture of the Rebel Stronghold.

For the next few days there was pliz-
zling maze of movements, which must have
completely mystified the rebel Generals
as was intended-for it certainly passed the
comprehension of our own keen-eyed and
shrcwdly guessing rank-and-fiie and lower
officers.
Regiments. brigades and divisions
marched hither-and-yon, wound around
and over the hills and mountains, started
out at great rate in the morning, marched
some distance, halted apparently halfway,
and then perhaps went back. Skirnishing,
that sometimes rose to the proportions of
real battle, broke out at unexpected times
and places. and rs unexpectedly ended.
Batteries galloped into position, without
much apparent warming or reason. vici-
ously sheled some distant point. and then,
rs the infantry were girding up themselves
for something real to follow all the noise.
stopped as abruptly as they had begun. and
nothing followed.
This went on 50 long. and apparently so
purposelessly, that even the constant ST ard
Shorty were shaken a little by it.
at can't be" said Shorty to ST. one even
ing after they had gone into bivouac, and
the two had drawn away from the boys a
little, to talk over things by themselves.
that old Sherman's got one o. his crazy
fits agin, car it? They say that sometimes
he gifts crazier'n a March hare, and nobody
kin tell just when the fit'll come on him
1 never did see SO much criss cross work as
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To Every Subscriber.

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not expected to fight the whole campaign.
but only to do a limited part of it, and they
had better take things easy, and save them
selves for their share when it should come to
them.
1t was astonishing how soon they recoe-
nlzed this, and settled down to more or less
indifference to things that did not directly
concern their own regiment. They were
Just at the age TO be initiative, and the
example of the veterans around them had
strongly-repreSSive effect.
90, alter the second or third day of the
turmoil of the opening campaign. they
ceased to bother themselves openly, at least,
as to why their regiment did not move when
others did. as 10 why they did not go to the
nelp OF others that were fighting and rs to
When they were to be summoned to make
desperate assault upon the frOwning pali-
sades of rock which We're literally alive
with rebels and belching cannon.
When the regiment was lying still they
occupied and amused themselves, as did the
others, according to their several bents.
The medical-minded Alf Russell watched
the movements and department of the Sur
geons at every opportunity, and was es-
peclally interested in everything that he
could catch q glimpse of, from feeling q
mans pulse to extracting a bullet. The
lathy Gid Mackall, whose appetite did not
need the sharpening it got from the free
mountain air. put in much of his time
cooking all possible variations of his ra-
tons with anything else that re could get
hold OF, and devouring the product with
eagerness. In spite of Sis strict prohibi-
ton. against card playing, the sleepy
headed Jim Humphreys was rapidly, but
secretly. mastering all the tricks and mys-
teries of camp gambling, and becoming
an object Of anxiety to the older gamesters
whenever he pitted himself against them.
Sandy Baker, whose tastes ran to me-
chanics, "tinkered" constantly with his
rifle and equipments. studying the nature
and inner workings of every part, and con-
slderiDg possible improvements. Sprightly
Harry Joslyn was fascinated with the de-
tails of soldering, and devoted himself to
becoming perfect in the manual of arms
and the facings. Little Pete Skidmore was
keenly alive to all that was going on, and
wanted to know everything. When he
could trust himself not to get lost from his
regiment, he would scurry over to the near
est one, to find out who they were, where
they had como from, what they had been
doing, and whittier they were likely to CO.
But Monty ScruggS was constantly in the
public eye, as he loved to be. His passion
for defamation pleased officers and men.
He really declaimed very well, and it was a
reminder to them of home and the long-ago
school days to hear him spout the old
time Friday afternoon favoriteS.
Therefore he was always called upon
whenever there was nothing else to engage
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| 1T IS not only the claimants under the
| act of June %, 1890, that have a heavy
grievance against Henry Clay Evans S
cruelty illiberal administration of the
Pension Bureau. These have been made
most prominent because they are the most
numerous, and because the bitter injustice
to them could be easiet explained But
every class Of claimants are treated the same
way, and all suffer alike. If there is any
difference, the claimants under the old
laws. who are suffering from disabilities
traceable to their service, are treated the
worst. Their cases are postponed from
year TO year, and when brought to ad-
judication all the chances are against
them. There were 932 old law claims
adjudicated during last July of which
but 90 We're allowed, and S34 rejected
That is, SO out of every 100 were rejected,
and only II allowed. A very large pro-
porion of those allowed were Regular
Army and Navy claims for disabilities
incurred since the rebellion.
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veterans Of the civil war, will render the
homage that they feel for their comrade and
great Admiral, George Dewey.
| RegrettiDg very much that your arrange,
ments will not permit us 10 share with you
in the tribute Of our great city 10 one OF tie
Nations glorious sons. i'll the Dewey Land
Parade on the goth inst, ] am,
Very truly and fraternally yours,
JOS. w. KAY,
| Department Commander New York, Grand
| Army Of the Republic.
New York, Sept. 20, 1893.
Now, we feel certain that this proper,
manly stand taken by Commander-iu-Chief
Shaw and Commander Kay will be unani-
mously approved, not only by every COM
rade in the Grand Army of the Republic,
but by every fair-minded, patriotic citizen.
Commander Kay is absolutely and I'M
qualifiedly right, and he took the only
course that he could, with proper regard for
the self-respect of the Order.
When the matter was brought TO the
attention Of Gov. Roosevelt the justice of
the CARS position was Immediately
apparent to him, and he instructed Gen.
veterans. But Gen. Roe declined to do
this. 1t was not parade of the National
Guard Of New York, which the Governor
could control, but civic affair, arranged
by the citizens of New York. 1t was too
late to alter the orders for the parade with
out producing endless confusion. There
upon the Chief and all the
comrades declined the invitation to take
part in the affair, and the Commander-in-
Chief left for Kansas to fill engagements
that he had there.
1t is easy to see the animus of the whole
thing. 1t is a legitimate outcome OF the
crusade of defamation which the present
Commissioner of Pensions has been woging
against the veterans of the rebellion
through the press of the country, and par
ticularly through that of New York and
other Eastern cities. The people of New
York, largely made up of foreigners who
have come into the country since the war,
have no respect OR admiration for the vet
Grams. They are only too ready to believe
the ISLANDERS which Henry Clay Evans has
been industriously disseminating ever
since he has been in Office, and regard the
GAR. as a set of Treasury-looters, who
should be affronted and sat down upon
whenever occasion offers.
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IT is foreshadowed that the Financial
bill will be made to take a very unusua
course. The proposition is to avoid the
contest which will be made over the Chair
manship of the Bank and Currency Com
mittee by having the bill which is now
receiving its final touches, submitted t.
the Republican caucus, Immediately upor
the assembling of Congress, and before
any Committees are appointed. The eau
Gus will consider and adopt it, and it will
go to the House for passage, with the entire
strength of the party behind it. 1t will be
passed before the holiday recess, and the
decks thus cleared for other action. The
Senate can then consider it at its dignified
leisure.
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understand the fullness Of the condemna-
ton passed upon him, and the more radical
of the soldier-haters are turning around
and abusing the National Encampment
Evans finds himself caught in a severe
pinch. After his proclamation in ad-
vance that the Administration was going
to stand by him, and send number of
prominent officials to control the Encamp-
ment, he is estopped from using his fayorite
excuse that that body was controlled by
pension attorneys" Everybody knows
that there were never so many District
Attorneys, Marshals, Postm astcrs. Revenue
officers. and minor officials in the National
Encampment. Almost rybodyelse than
pension attorneys was in evidence at
Philadelphia.
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

THE inheritance tax seems to be working
well in New York 1t is no hardship
because it only takes from those who re.
ceive fortunes which they have not earned,
and diminishes very slightly their expecta.
tons. And it has the sovereign quality
in tax: it is certain of collection. The
estate of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt viii
pay about s4,0OO,OOO, of which 81, 900, 900
will go to the State and the rest to the
County.
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THE Antitrust Conference at st. Louis
OF Governors and Acknowledgements de.
veloped as hopeless differences Of opinion
as that at Chicago. There were sever
Governors present, as many Attorneys
General, one man who wants to be ar
Attorney-General, and one Insurance Com
opinions in regard TO trusts. Some thought
that all trusts were bad, and ought to bt
annihilated; some that there We're good ant
bad trusts, and they ought TO be regulated
some that Congress ought TO take hold
Of the matter; some that the States were tn,
proper doctors Of the disease etc. Natur
ally, no agreement was reached as to &
practical dealing with the subject.
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THE Presidents portrait has been painted
for the Corcoran Art Gallery. This, by
the way, is the only method by which q
Union soldier can get his picture into that
gallery. There are pictures there of Lee
jackson, and other rebels, but the only
Union soldiers who are represented arc
those who have been Presidents of the
United States. A good deal of sensation
was created some years ago by the appear.
ance of a portrait Of Admiral Porter in the
gallery, but it was explained that it was
merely sent there for temporary exhibition
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

FOR years the international Geograph-
ical Congress has been considering recon-
mending to the various Nations of the
world the construction of Il srcat map at
the uniform scale of one inch TO I.O0o, 900.
This would make each inch represen,
about Is As miles, and the map of the
United States would be about 16 feet wide,
or about two and half times as large as the
biggest map so far produced. This scale
will be large enough to represent all the
important features of the landscape. The
Congress has now finally determined upon
this recommendation. and it is likely that
all the civilized Nations will proceed to
comply with it.
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

DIR. LYMAN ABBOTT is too manly and
sensible to be n member of the canting
Peace Association. He told the Interna-
tional Congregational Council last week
that while wars have bad features there
are still much worse things than wars, and
they are on the whole great engines for
good. 1t was going to be necessary for
many years yet for Christians to meet
sword with sword"
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@AGUINALDo seeks a conference" The
best one we can refer him to just at this
If he will seek that, and attend closely to
its stalwart utterances, he will get enough
light into his benighted soul to make him
a newer and far better man.
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

No use of making such fuss over
"Schley's obeying orders" That is his
business. He is even under more obliga-
ton to prompt and willing acceptance of
orders than the lowest landsman in the
Navy, for the higher up a man is the greater
his duty to set examples of obedience.
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

LAST week Col. NJ Emmett Urell was
formally elected Commander of the Spanish
War Veterans for the District of Columbia,
and announced Maj. Fred S. Hodgson
as his Adjutant-General. Headquarters
are established at the National Guard
Armory.
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

NEW YORK is to have trust to raise
cure people, who have spent big money in
their Fall and Winter advertising, no
rights to be respected?
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

PORTO RICO has been included in our
postal system. and a two-cent stamp will
now carry letter from any part of the
UniteI States to the island, and vice versa.
The next thing. to promote the rapid Ameri-
canization of the country, is to have large
sized row over the appointment of the
Postmaster at San Juan.
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AFTER all, it is something Of a compli-
mont to have a soldier-hating contme-
prary yell claim agents organ" at THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. 1t shows that
our arguments are so unanswerable that
he has nothing left to say but that stale
old Ee
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THE Hon. Jerry Simpson has gotten
down this time on the wrong side of the
fence. He attempted to defend and extol
Aguinaldo at GA r. Reunion at Wichita,
Kan, last week, but the veterans hooted
him off the platform.
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

THE marked cessation in the talk about
Canal shows that the Pacific & Panama
Railroad lobbies are getting in some very
effective work.
The National tribune., 1899-09-28

THE newspapers of the country are be.
ginning to realize that Evans badly de
ceived them when. he proclaimed that he had
won a decisive victory in the National
Encampment:. They are beginning to
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SYNOPSIS.

81 and Shorty return to their regiment,
which they find encamped on the side of
Mission Ridge, near Chattanooga. They
were ordered to bring with them a batch of
boyish recruits, whom they succeed in
getting through, after some lively ex-
periences on the road. The recruits are
divided up among the companies-Co. Q
receiving seven.
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ONCE: sss Pennsylvania Avenue N. W.

WASHINGTON, D. c., SEPT. %, 1899.
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Continued on fifth page,
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JOHN McELRoY, ROBERT W. shoPPELL
BYRON ANDREWS.

.n1sRIp Al sos1oEEeg As sseosDoss WAITER
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upward and the pace will be materially
quickaned when adequate compensation for
i service is given. The legitimate work of
| the public school system is the education
OF the whole people and. instead of ex-
Guiding some who can not meet all the
| conditions of a complete and thorough
course, let it provide such pupils with the
| best education possible under the circum-
stances
Mr.. Allen had charge OF the fourth
topic, THE Teaching of Literature" He
is always consulted on a topic where rtera-
ture is in question, and certainly under
stands the subject thoroughly. Some OF
his thoughts follow: Breadth of soul in
teaching literature is essential. The great
est thoughts of the greatest minds are best
interpreted by those whose minds most
resemble the authors. In teaching litera-
ture. thoroughness and exhaustiveness are
not the things-it is spiritual upIifting-so
foot notes and reference notes are really
a hindrance. We can destroy the spirit of
any piece Of literature by making the
reading Of It too great an effort.
Mr.. Allen took charge of the meefing
during the remainder Of the time ,as it was
such an effort for Mr.. Dyer to use his
voice.
Notes on School Discipline" was the
next topic, and was quite enthusiastically
discussed One of the thoughts partic-
uarly emphasized was: Every agency
through which the teacher and taught are
brought into contact should be educated
attitude. look. voice. gesture and dress.
Misses Bradley, Mccoy, Mills. Mason, Ad-
ans. Dickinson, Jackson, and Messrs. Bin
ming, Carson and Allen took part in the
discussion.
The next topic was. How the Child
Learns How to SPELL Misses Minnie
Devine. Cleveland and Smith gave their
opinions on the topic.
Miss Aherne treated in a thorough way
the next topic. Conclusion Of Infectious
Diseases"
The last topic, Training Of the VIII
Power" was discussed by Misses Jane
Burd, Myers. Amy Burd. Dickinson and
Mr.. Dunkin.
After some announcements by Miss Clark
the meeting was adjourned
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"a CONTENTED WOMAN"

A contented audience. the largest OF the
season. crowded the Crawford Grand 10
its very doors last night to see beautiful
Belle Archer in Hoyt's masterpiece. a
Contented Woman" Beyond doubt this
is Hoyt's best play. And is. from start
to finish, one continuous sally of wit and
merriment; being a satire upon the agita-
ton OF woman's rights and city politics
The use OF the ballot by the female uoou-
laticn is the foundation OF the plot. and
the election OF Denver's mayor IS the
central point upon which the action Of the
plav hinges. The east has been mot
carefully chosen from star TO lady's maid.
Belle Archer, who has been leading lad,'
to the younger Salvini; in a like capacity
with Z. Fl. Scthern. and who. when Ada
Rehan made her annual trip TO Europe.
was selected by Augustin DAILY TO play
Miss Rehan's part, Maid Marion" In
Tennyson's 'Foresters." is the star. ap-
pearing as Grace Holme. the heroine. No
where does anything coarse or unwomanly
creep into her Interpretation. She is the
embodiment OF all Hoyt intended this
character to be-sweet. womanly and ex-
qusitely beautiful. She IS an excellent
actress and an artist TO her finger tips IN
ali she does. Her beauty and artistic
triumph have sold more photographs for
Falk the New York photographic. than
any other American celebrity.
Mr.. buchanan as Benton Holme. the
fond husband whose wife is running
against him for the Office OF mayor. and
MI Morrison as Cutting IIlntz the sporty
brother. did excellent work. Mrs. Fannie
Denham Rouse as Aunt Jim gave a strong
chara cterization. and that Of her hus-
band. Uncle Tody, by Mr.. Gregory, was
equally well done The three members Of
the executive committee OF the reform
party came in for a good share Of the ap-
DlaDse.
The entire play from start to finish was
excellent and the audience was highly
pleased. The company Is also notably
strong for its beautiful girls. its admirable
costuming and delightful speciaIdes. Miss
Archer's gowns were magnificent and she
made many changes