The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-01
THE Niger in THE VIA,
Memphis Commercial Amman,


The public generally has =
idea as to what the war on p.n''s NJ,
missioner H. Clay Evans
Evans has always been positi,. ~ =.
he has been considered a dyed. T. !.
republican who subscribed to a, !. -
trihes' no matter how far.ietcA..
might be or how exactinr on ~ s1s
senee that his party enunciated - !, Z. Z
publican party concluded to ...n
mares nest, Mr.. Evans b.. a''0|
mares nest as smilingly :. !.
were quail on toast. If the -. n
scribed wool pudding as pron ss's y.
for a faithful republican. Mr.
inclined to think that wool wa.
digestibie diet anyway, and a =
lips as he ate. In short
party said was gospel to him ' "a.
do no wrong. ano It d
II was therefore not at nj, ~.
this partisan, when he beca,Aciy
commissioner. would err in ~ -
Oh UNDUE Rightly to that useful Sss,.. 4
the OLD soldier" The repuh,i..a
mas made capital out of its nm 81 !.
ana regard for the soldier vo,a = Y
that 1t has become a party ss,.. 70
democrats have been inclinea ~.
frauds, buns and deserters :, WI
to pensions. but the republican r ~ 81
nave represented every effort ~ ,sn,cl1
pension list a roll of honor AZ S mske
ward the old soldier, and so W. xs .!
on from bad to worse. under as. ,s "
laws. every man who served IN ~ a, :
army can secure pensIon ne fede1
Der OF persons on the list together " M, y 1
appilcants Tor pensions are as matt.
tact many thousands more than ~ 4
survivors and widows Of soldier ~ 1
ors who served in the late war -AS =
Mr.. Evans himself has rather n,..
speciality of soft soaping the soldl., u
and as pension commissioner Il IL 49,.
that from natural inclination a. ~
from party policy, he would see ina, Z.
soldier got everything to which 4. !.
But he seems also to bays m,a
up his mind to administer his ofAc. Z.
estly; and no resolution he coula H.,
reached could have been more dist,,t,,
to certain element In his party M
pension agents realize that they hay. \.
;ented the claims of every bum ar he,,,l
who had even the fiimsiest excuse n, y.
,eivlng a pension, and they are nav n,
Getting their attention to general =
,rease in the amount of pensions al,..s,
'eceived. Wherever these pernlcjcp. i.
iividuals have come in conflict I'm M
avs Evans has, with commendable d,.'|
Tess, blocked their game. They an M
ause of the whole trouble; and conr,.s,
would do just and righteous thlnr n
'assed law making 1t penitentIary Il.
ense for any citizen to act as psu,in
gent. ~
Corporal Tanner, who can boat d.
roud distinction of being the xsatsstih
ng curse to his country, is at The heaa N
he assault on Evans. Corp has made mn
apital out of a game leg than Any man d |
he planet. Whether he broke It In hfdi
18th the rebs or In deadly conflict With Y
ohm Barleycorn will perhaps neyef y
nown; but certain it Is that he has nah
nat old game leg trot so as to put mm5
4 his purse as. well as In the purse i
very other deadbeat Of his aoQualntmM
orp is now the leader of the vultun
rigade, and the particular object be NJ
as in view is to have the ratings Il u
100 medical examining boards througtud
lie country accepted as final by Tho ~.
issioner of pensions.
The boards in many instances are mi
. of men who will pass any applicant u
course, out for the fees, and are inup-
lie of honesty. They would not hsdt,il
declare James j. Jeffries or Robert IT.
a physical wreck II either I
ese illustrious plugs should apply To-
,nsion. Some of their decisions; tta
Gently in the New York Evening WI
rnish abundant proof OF the tolal u
avity of some of these cheerful bctia
lie Charles ID. Long of Michigan ia =
lnce, was pronounced totally neipsA
curing the regular aid and attenllal
other person." when he was lusus
the supreme court of that STATE ~
ew a salary of $1,000 year, When ~;
r was pension commissioner be al0s''
Is totally helpless individual peHAas
$T2 a month. ~ x,
Another medical examining board eea
that certain gifted beggar, WHO w
outward evidence Of his terrible M,S'
ldition, was suffering from seven alas
diseases, and it recommended lm.
paid $50 a month for each OF sli ~
,es and $40 a month for the seYsasa
Sc, making a total salary OF ~
cally findings like this could noI y
ed by the pension office at ws.l-
j, we can readily guess VIVA! 'no
ne would be. Pensioners wouia ~ 4
handing a pension for each aisan'
ich they could boast; and as ll,'s
iduals are manifestly not devoid y
lble and elastic imagination, thai
ner who could not scrape w
en- disorders would be but = u ..,r, Z
apable of being mended by pe's's
his is the secret Of the val'i'
ms The yultures now want to Dsnh
b disease instead of each indiY'a'. n
if they carry their point then ~ n
le nearer having a blllion-d0ll,,II IN 4
lonof" than $3.50, O,ooV nss s,.n. d n
Mckinley had even the Diana man
y fish, and were anything o. n q \
id readily predict the resun tsh d
'ement. But the chances ave ~. ~ IA
,ident will continue to LOOK MN VIZ a d
Impressive, and in the end ,i,.st,m y
,lude to relieve his adnin a,,s.,s = "a
and a "tae ~ ~ i
commissioner, and "for .ls suls n
"a" make Mr.. Evans sultan ~ m
lister OF the Molucca ISLANDS, al