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The National tribune., 1900-02-01

against men who were mean enough to
steal a house right from over the owners
heads, and in his determination to hunt the
thieves down, no matter how long it took.
He kept looking eagerly at every shack fol
signs of his property.
To get to the creek they had to pass down
the narrow street upon which they lived, to
that entering from the South Gate, and
which there broadened into n large open
space, into which the wagons We're driven
to issue rations. On the other side of this
Ration Place" the street continued on down
the slope to the creek. On these slopes, on
both sides of the creek, were the densest
crowds in the prison. The prisoners who
! had been put in first had occupied the high
ground on the north and south sides,
farthest from the creek, and at the ends
of the stockade. There each detachment
had d certain space allotted to it. 1t was
just enough to allow each man about as
much room as would be sufficient for his
grave, but those belonging to the detach-
ment allowed no others to take up quarters
there, so that they had much more room for
themselves than there was in the central
part of the prison, where the crowds were
forced in like cattle into pen, until there
was scarcely room for them to lie down,
even when they "spooued" closely.
The slopes down to the edge of the noisome
swamp bordering the creek were so packed
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
JUDICIAL DECISION OF PENSION
CLAIMS.

The proposed Court Of Pension Appeals
contemplates what every veteran and every
friend of the veteran, and in fact what all
| the people in the United States have long
desired. That is, the judicial determina-
| ton of every man and woman's right to
pension, and the removal from such de-
| termination of the Commissioner personal
views, prejudices and antipathies. A pen
sion is right, earned by military service
and conferred by law. In its granting the
whims and vagaries of the man who is for
the moment charged with the execution of
the law should have no part The right of
man to his pension should be placed on
the same plane of demonstration as his
right to the ownership of horse or a cow
| If this is done the people of the United
States will be satisfied to pay any amount
courts, and their confidence is we'll founded.
| If a court decides that debt is Just, the
people will willingly pay it, no matter what
the amount. In this way the proposed
court will be a grand advantage for the
veterans.
But such a court, to be acceptable and
satisfactory, must strip the Commissioner
of all that great discretion" which Com
missioners Lochren and Evans have used
so disastrously for the claimants. II must
reduce him to a mere clerk-the register of
| its will 1t must decide what amount of
proof is necessary to establish a claim, how
much importance must be given the opn-
ions Of Examining Surgeons, and the
weight a thousand and one technicalities
which the Commissioner has invented to
delay the allowance of claims. It will lay
down broad legal principles for him to fol-
low, instead Of his own prejudices and
animosities. His personal antipathies will
count for no more than the feelings of the
Commissioner Of Patents toward would
be patentee. or the Commissioner of the
Land Office toward homesteader.
| Above all, there should be the fullest pro-
vision made for the expedition of the bust
ness of the court. One of the greatest
grievances d the veterans are the esoul-wear
ing delays il adjudication. Stripped Of
all pretenses these are simply the determin-
alton of the Commissioner to allow no claim
until some one dies and makes room for it.
The Court should be so constituted that it
can lay down general principles, and compel
the immediate allowance OF all claims
fulfilling certain conditions, without refer
ence to the number that may be put on the
rolls. AS we have said before, no one can
or will object to the size of the pension roll,
if the right of every one to be there is settled
by regular court of law.
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Bureau Of Military Information.

We can give correct record of any
regiment during the rebellion, showing
the brigades, divisions, and corps serving
in, with dates of transfer from one organi
zation to another, together with battles
skirmishes, raids, and expeditions. This
information ca not be obtained elsewhere
for ten times what we ask.
Did you lose friend in the war, or has
loved one died since? Do what little
you can to prevent him from being for;
gotten in connection with that great strug.
gle. Do you want to make present to that
father who suffered so much for us all:
Give him one of our Memorials, and show
him that you appreciate the sacrifice he
made
Do You want to please your son or daugh-
ter? Give them Memorial of service.
There is nothing better as a souvenir of
the days and nights of suffering that they
might enjoy the blessings of liberty.
Read advertisement Of Memorial Rec
ord" on page 8.
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AT THE incoming of the present Admin

AT THE incoming Of the present Admin
istration there had been somewhere be-
tween 25.oOo and 10000 appeals filed
against the rulings and decisions of Com
missioner Lochren. Assistant Secretary
Davis dumped all these back into the Pen
sion Bureau for re-examination. OF course
Mr.. Evans has done little or nothing with
them. The Board of Pension Appeals has
accumulated fresh crop. estimated at 49,
900, and is 16 months behind. OF course
1t makes little difference, since an appeal
to the Secretary Of the Interior is merely
an appeal to Evans. 1t is hoped that the
Court OF Pension Appeals will be able to
do something with this mass Of claims.
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PERSONAL.

Jan. Is James Welch, who had been
unsuccessful in suit against the Northern
Pacific Railroad for $4,000 damages,
attacked ex-Commissioner of Pensions
William Lochren, who is now a District
Judge in Minnesota, with revolver, but
| before he could fire Messenger Conway
grabbed him. Weleh finally broke away,
but was arrested little later His suit
against the company was for injuries
received by being thrown from train by
brakeman when stealing ride. The
evidence showed that he had compromised
the case while in hospital by agreeing to
accept payment Of his expenses and treat
ment.
Sons of Veterans will be very glad to
learn of Lieut.-Col Webb G. Hayes's bril-
liant success In a movement commanded
by him against Sariaga. He carried the
intrenched position of the rebels, and scat
tered their forces, inf1icting heavy losses,
while he only lost one killed and five wound
ed.
Gen. II. NJ Day, well known in Grand
Army circles, died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Jan. 26, of heart trouble, aged IA. He went
out in 1861 as Lieutenant-Colonel Of the
1st Ill. Cav, became Colonel of the 91st
ILL.,, and was breyetted for gallantry at
Mobile.
Rev. Paul Louis Rennolds, a Son Of
Veteran, is to be appointed Chaplain
in the Navy to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of another Roman
Catholic priest-Rev. Charles FL. Parks.
Father Rennolds is the son Of the late
DIR. H. S. Rennolds, formerly Surgeon
in the Navy.
" II
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
THE VISIT OF THE PENSION COMMIT
TEE

! As mentioned in last weeks NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, Chief Albert D.
SSsaw and the GAR. National Pension
Committee met in Washington In the
interest of the pensioners and pension
| legislation. The members present were
Chairman r. B. Brown, of Ohio; j. W..
Burst, Illinois: Gen. d. E. Sickles, New
York; John Palmer, New York; Chas.
| Clark Adams, Massachusetts,, and o. H.
Coulter, Kansas. Col. George 81. Patrick
was in attendance as Special Aid to the
Commander-in-Chief. The only member
| absent was A. G. Weissert, of Wisconsin.
Monday morning the Commander-in-
| Chief and Committee lad a session with
| the Invalid Pension Committee of the
House. Chairman Brown explained to the
Committee that their special mission was
to secure the speedy passage of the bill
| amending the act of June 27, 1890, and
they desired it to go through just as they
had prepared it, without any changes.
The Commander-in-Chief and Gen. Sickles
change of views followed, in which some of
the Representatives suggested that the
only amendment necessary would be one
forbidding the Commissioner of Pensions
to nullify or abrogate the law. Chair
man Sulloway and the other members of the
House Committee assured the comrades
that everything should be done to carry out
their wishes.
Chairman Gallinger, of the Senate Com
mittee on Pensions, was seen, and said
| that it would be unnecessary to came before
his committee, as it would accept the House
bill, and press it to prompt passage.
The Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sickles,
| and Col. Patrick called on Senators Teller,
Allen, and Cockrell, and thanked them
heartily for what they had done and said
in behalf of the veterans recently in the
Senate.
Monday evening was mainly spent in
discussing the plan for Court of Pension
Appeals, of which Gen. SickIes was an
earnest advocate, and to which all the
others were strongly inclined.
Tuesday the Commander-in-Chief and
| Committee called on the President, and had
an hours conversation with him. AS
usual, the President vas profuse with
pleasant generalities on the pension ques-
ton, and asked many neutrality-suspicious. as
to the actual practice of the Pension Bureau.
He congratulated the Committee on the
probable success of the legislation which
they advocated, and disclaimed all re-
sponsibility for the Codification Commits
sion, which was Evans's idea. The Com
mittee outlined their proposed Court of
Pension Appeals, which the President ap-
proved in general terms. He would ex-
anime the bill when prepared, and submit
it to his advisors.
Wednesday individual members of the
Committee visited the Pension Bureau,
and members of the Senate and House
| Add News.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
GEN. GRosvENoR,s DEFENSE

Gen. Grosvenor came to the defense of
Che Commissioner of Pensions, but quite
mildly, compared to what the old General
does when his heart is really in a case
The General knew entirely too much about
the justice Of the complaints TO be even
half-hearted in his apologies for an official
who has SO grievously offended. When
Gen. Grosvenor really thinks that an
assailed official should be defended, or al
erring one scolded, he makes the fur fy,
and the smaller fellows hunt their holes
until the storm has blown over. Yet this
is all that he had to say in re
gard to Evans:
Mr.. Grosvenor. VIII the gentleman
allow me TO state right there a matter
which think the country will be interested
In? Henry Clay Evans was a soldier
He was born in the State OF Pennsylyania
and when first knew him he was a private
soldier in a Wisconsin regiment III,
came TO Chattanooga and joined the army
Of the Cumberland. How long he served
do not undertake TO say, but that he was
q soldier-an enlisted man-and did sery,
is fact. After his term of service, near tn,
close of the war, he was clerk in the Quar-
termaster's Department at Chattanooga
where he made his home finally, and wher,
he lives now.
II will be noted the care with which tn,
General circumscribed his knowledge as t,
how long Mr.. Evans served. The veteran
statistician of the House is naturally very
careful in his statements.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

THE death Of eX-Paymaster-Gener T.
II. Stanton, at Omaha, Jan. %, takes away
a valued comrade, who was popular in a
wide G. r. circle. He was born in Indi-
ana 60 years ago, and ran away from
school to fight in the Kansas troubles un-
der Jim Lane. At the beginning of the
rebellion he enlisted in the District of
Columbia troops for the defense Of Wash
ington, and then became a Captain in the
10Th Iowa. He received an appointment as
Paymaster, but this did not prevent him
engaging in any fighting that was any
where around, and he earned the title of
the Fighting Paymaster," both by COM
bative gallantry during the rebellion
and the Indian fighting out West. He was
Chief of Scouts under Gems. Crook and
Merritt in their campaigns against Crazy
Horse, Dull Knife the Sioux, Cheyennes
etc. At the same time he was very eff
cient in his own particular line, and was
entrusted with the conduct of very large
settlements by the Government with claim
ants He was member of Burnside Post
of Washington, the Loyal Legion, and q
number of other organizations. He be-
came Paymaster- General in 1895, and was
retired last year on reaching the age
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

The operations In South Africa are q
distinct disappointment, not in a moral
sense so much as in the inability Of the
British commanders to understand the real
art Of war. When we went to press last
week 1t seemed that at last the British
commander was taking lesson from Sher-
mans brilliant Atlanta campaign, and was
copying that great Generals tactics In
amusing the Beers with show Of de-
termined aggressiveness I'm front, while he
worked crushing column around their
right flank. But it has since appeared
that there was no glimmer Of Sherman in
the movement. 1t was repetition OF the
same old European tactics-direct frontal
attack, in the hope that superiority of num-
bers would win. So far it seems that the
Beers fianks remained absolutely I'M
molested. Gen. Warren was pushed for
ward, and succeeded in reaching Spion
kop, which threatened the integrity of the
Beers front. But they were then allowed
to concentrate their whole strength upon
him, without any diversion from any
source, and naturally they used him up so
badly that he only got away in fragments,
and Butler was compelled to retire his
whole army across the Tugela, and aban-
don the attempt to relieve Ladysmith.
To the eyes of American veterans the
whole campaign seems utterly bungling
and reprehensible 1t is piece of stupidity
like Burnside's attack upon Fredericks-
burg. From all accounts the country does
not present near the difficulties that Sher-
mans army encountered in the advance
upon Atlanta. The British have great
many more available men than Sherman
had. The Beers have fewer than Joe
Johnston had. The British are COM
paratively near their base of supplies. In
place of having to force their way through
range after range of mountains, as Sher-
man did, there is but one range, behind
which there is an open plateau. With the
great army that the British have, they GER
tainly ought to be able to hold the Beers in
their front with strong display Of force
and threatening activity, while sending a
heavy flanking column through some
other pass, to gain. -" Boer rear, and
menace their Cracker line,s bringing a
collapse of their strong defensive front
line. 1t is impossible that the Boer posi-
ton should be stronger than those of the
rebe.S Sherman encountered at Rocky
Face Ridge and Kencsaw.
Much as they may dislike to dc it, the
British commanders must abandon all the
ideas they have learned from German and
French schools. and adopt purely Ameri-
can system Of tactics, if they are going to
achieve any success.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

THE Philadelphia Times throws its
usual annual fit over the flood of pension
bills introduced into Congress" and the
hundreds of millions that will be drawn
from the Treasury in consequence. No one
knows better than the Times that there is
not word of truth in all this, and that
there is no more chance for these bills to
become laws than there is for those which
are every year introduced to put God in
the Constitution" for Prohibitory amend
ment, etc
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

REPRESENTATIVE Burton, of Missouri,
struck the nail on the head very squarely
when ironically he felicitated the Republi-
cans in finding scapegoat for not doing
their duty as to pensions. Pension at
torneys are like bank presidents in that
they can be made scapegoats of, and
jumped on with impunity. It is to no
body's business or interest to defend them.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

THE House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce means business in
regard to the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal. It has adopted an amendment
making s10.OO0,000 Immediately available
for the beginning of the work, and author
izing an entire expenditure Of S14O, ,OOO. 900
for the work.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

THE South African war shows that age
does not wither the fighting spirit in real
warriors. Dom Paul. Gen. Joube rt. and
all the Boer commanders are far past the
age at which we retire officers of the Army
and Navy.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
once: sss Pennsylvania Avenue N. W.
GUESSING CONTEST.

Our January Guessing Contest is closed
with a manifestation Of encouraging in
terest on the part of club-raisers. This
mark of appreciation isvery gratifying
As explained on page s, the successful
guesses will be announced in our next
issue, and the checks will be sent to the
prize winrers, whose names and addresses
will be published the following week, pro-
vided no objection be made by the lucky
persons.
The Treasury receipts for the past week
we're.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

IN our war terrible artillery duels," of
which the reports speak in South Africa,
would have been mentioned as merely
feeling the enemy's lines with battery
fire" In these terrible" artillery duels a
great many tons of iron can be thrown
with prodigious noise without hurting a
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

No COURTS, no codifcations, no devices
of any kind would be necessary, if we only
had Pension Commissioner that would do
his duty.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

ALMOST any old Post in the GAR.
could lend the British General who would
do better than any they have SO far sent
to South Africa.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
Each Day Brings Fresh Experiences to the
Boys.

The arrival of Shorty with his burden
brought an electrical change in the current
of Sis thoughts. The conversion of the
materials into a shelter for the squad be-
came his dominant impulse. He had built
much time in studying the architectural
designs.
Here, Harry" he said, handing the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-08-16
JOHNSON CITY. TENNESSEE. THURSDAY. AUGUST 6 1900

England. There was one-quarter the
ground for it that there is for the same
cry against Mckinley. He would not
dare do n thing that would be unaccept-
able to England, for he is nothing mon e
than an English pro.consul
President Mckinley has betrayed
me- | was opposed to the Paris peace
treaty and would never have voted for
its ratification of my own volition. |
told the president so and he induced
me to vote for it by solemnly pledging
me that it was not the intention of him
self or the government to forclbly hold
OF permanently acquire the Philippines.
"He further said that his personal
desire was to reaore law and order in
the islands and then submit the matter
to congress, with the idea of having il
grant absolute freedom and self-goy,
ernment to the Filipinos With that
pledge from President William McKin,
ley 1 voted for that treaty Without il
l never should have done SO.
"The resolution / offered in the sen.
ate, and which was the basis of my
speech on the Philippine question, pro.
vided for exactly what the president
himself told me he desired to bring
about.
"Bryan is absolutely right on the
one great issue involved in this cam
paign, and, with the money question a
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Godkin and Wellington

Mr., Z. i. Godkin, formerly editor of
the New York Evening Post, says that
Mr. Mckinley is surrounded by the
worst lot Of scoundrels that ever cursed
n country, or words to that effect
When asked ii he meant to call the
president a "scoundrel," Godkin an
swered that while he had not intended
the letter for publication, he had no
explanation to make. On top of this
caustic criticism, Senator Wellington,
of Maryland, charges that the presi-
dent betrayed him and says that "Mc-
Kinley is not fit to be president be-
cause he is so weak and yacillating. "
He makes the charge direct that Presi
dent Mckinley gave him pledge not
to forcibly hold the Philippines.
Speaking directly of the president,
Senator Wellington says Gle would
not dare do a thing unacceptable to
England, for he is nothing more than
IN English pro-eonsul." Senator Wei,
lington is republican and will take
the stump for Mr. Bryan because he
believes that "Bryan's election is es-
sential to the preservation of the repub-
lie. b" Since the indictment which Sen
ator Wellington brings against the
president will figure most prominently
in the campaign, it should be read by
the people generally, He says
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81 am unalterably opposed to the re-
election Of President Mckinley, Bryan
is better man in every way than Nc
Kinley, and | regard his election as es-
sentia to the preservation of the re-
public.
81 regard the Philadelphia platform
rs a grave departure from the faith of
our fathers. 1t is not the republican
ism of Lincoln, but an Endorsement of
the inimical policies foisted upon the
country by Mckinley.
81 am an anti-imperialist. | do not
talk one way in congress and another
way on the outside, nor do / talk one
way an act another am not like old
Hoar able to appeal to the past and
the future, and then stultify myself.
see only the present. The past is gone
and the future can care for ITSELF bu'
I'm help take care Of the present
81 am convinced there is secret al
lance with England beyond any doubt
You remember the cry that was raised
against Cleveland of subseryiency Il
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Pointed Paragraphs.

A good wheelwright seldom gets left
The rain falls, but it gets up again in
due time.
A woman's wrongs are of moro i'm
portance than her rights.
There is a great deal of human nature
in the wag of dogs tail.
The author of a love story never sees
the corns on the feet of his hero.
Self.conceit is seat that every man
should be encouraged to sit on.
Ships are probably called she be-
cause they always keep a man on the
lookout.
The hardest thing for woman to
decide is something of no importance
whatever.
No man can Lave too much good
breeding and no woman can have too
much affection.
Many man is in advance of his age
and many a woman is several years
behind hers.
It's a case of misdirected energy
when young man runs after girl
who doesn't appreciate him.
The man who sits down and waits for
fortune to come along and smile on him
is apt to have need of q soft cushion. -
Chicago News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-08-16

rest for four years, he is bigger,a bet
ter and safer man than Mckinley.
Even if the money question were not
settled, Bryan is man of too much
sense to undertake to tamper with the
currency. Bryan is certain to be Noar
next president, and l shall be glad to
see him elected.
Mckinley is totally unfit for the
Office of president, because he is so
weak and vaciliating that he can't stick
to an opinion over night. If he could
know his own mind and be consistent
for twenty-four hours at time he
might be all right, but such thing is
impossible with him, and for that rea-
son he is unfit to be president.
If what Senator Wellington says is
true, and he is man of character, hon.
esty and ability, Mr.. Godkin's letter
needs no apology. He says that "thC
president is surrounded by the wors
lot of scoundrels that ever cursed
country" Senator Wellington says ht
is a weak man. These "scoundrels'
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-08-16
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