The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-06-29
MARGARET GREENsTREET is DEAD
And the Republican Pension Department
Officials May Now Rest.


Ina letter to the National Tribune
a Lebanon (Mo.) correspondent
tells OF the effects Of Commissioner
Evans policy in the administration
Of the affairs of the pension Office.
The letter follows:
.'To ii. Clay Evans:
"Sir-You can put white flower
in your buttonhole, for Margar-
ct Greenstreet is dead. Margaret
Greenstreet was the widow OF Will
lam Greenstreet, an old soldier.
She has been trying for three or four
wears to get pension, and submit
led proof enough to gain her cause
i'm any court-enough Ia to satisfy any
one except the pension department
under YOUR administration. But
through one pretext or another you
kept her out Of it, until she died OF
poverty and in want OF the common
necessaries of llfe-starved to death
for the want of few dollars that
were Justly due her. And | wish
to call your attention to a few more
facts that will probably make you
rejoice. Asa Rogers, who was a
member OF the Twenty-fourth Miss
ouri, served through the war, and
had four brothers killed in different
battles during thewar. He applied
lfor pension and could not get it,
and died in the poor-house. Mary
Jones, widow Of Capt. William Jones
Of company III. Eighth Missouri cav
airy. who served through the war
and contracted disease, from which
he died. tried for twelve or fourteen
wears 10 get a pension; submitted
volumes Of testimony, and lew
days since you rejected her clalm'
and saved few hundred dcilars
10 this great government. She ha'
no property and nothing for her sup
! port, and is too old aud t-eble (
work. and if il was not for her friends
she would have to 90 to the poor
farm. She is Justly entitled to
r pension and ought to have 1t, anC
have it quickly, and undera Jus
r and loyal commissioner she woul'
get it. Isaac n. Browning, an in
firm and decrepit old soldier, VIII
: served three years in company IL
Eighth Missouri cavalry, contracted
| disease that developed into palsy an'
} rheumatism, so much so that he cal
E get around only on crutches. III
E gets the magnificent sum OF 81 pc
: month. He applied for an increase
and few days since received infor
q nation from you that the sum OF y
' was all he was entitled to. Onl.
think OF it, So for a soldier that i
0 wholly disabled. 1t is outrageous
Under the new law he is Justly en-
d titled to S12 and under the old lay
Q he should have $50 per month
Lieut.. Pond is another. He serves
q three and half years in the fedora
army, and contracted disease tha
e has followed him ever since he cam
j home until now. He is wholly dis
' abled from any labor CT any kind.
He has been trying to get an in
4 crease and has failed up to this tine
He has supplied an armful Of test
e mony. testimony that is unimpeach
n ed and unimpeachable, and furnish
g ed petitions from neighbors an
J. friends, and doctors certificates in
D Vulnerable, and has had his senator
e from Missouri and representative
/ from his district to call up his claim
but all to no purpose. He migf
/ a. well appeal to stone. Tn
/ above are few facts from the man
|. that can be established by an
a amount Of testimony, and man
: other similar cases can be foun
e in this county.
: You have by some hocus- pccu
s led the president to believe that tn
e charges against you emanate fror
a from pension claim agents, and nc
/ from the old soldiers, but can tel
a you they come from the old soldier
themselves. as you and the presi
I dent will learn if you don't chang
n your practice. They may not vot
4 Bryan but they will not vote fc
L Mckinley. They voted and shout
ed for Mckinley the last election
v with the understanding that he, be
ing an old soldier and member !
e the G.. A. r., was their friend
But when he selected you, their en-
2 eny to be commissioner, as show
2 by your administration OF the pen
! sion office, they are led to believ
V that he is as bad a. yourself. An
i IL there il not some change thous
a ands of them, as true and loyal a
! they ever were, and as true republ
II cans as there are in the Unite'
v States, will not vote for him.
y You. by your acts, have show
n Il e