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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-02

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The National tribune., 1901-06-20
THE NEW YORK RESOLUTIONS.

The resolutions against Henry Clay
Evans which were unanimously adopted
by the New York Encampment, G. A. r.,
were square-toed and decisive. Even
Evans can not construe them into an Gin
dorsement" and 'vindication' of his
policy. They were introduced by Chas.
L. Sherger, Post 104, and read as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That this 35th Encampment
of the Department of New York, q. A. r.,
assembled in the City of Rochester, do
most emphatically and earnestly reiter-
ate the sentiments expressed by the 34th
Department Encampment held at Utica
in May, 1909, to wit:
That we do hereby enter our protest
against the administration of the Pension
Office under the present Commissioner of
Pensions, II. Clay Evans;
That we believe that he has rejected
claims in defiance of law, reason and
justice, and that he has set aside the de-
ciSions of the Boards Of Pension Examin-
ers with a high hand, and thus caused
very many of our deserving comrades,
their widows and dependent ones to suf-
fer privation and want.
That we most earnestly ard respectfully
request our comrade, His Excelency,
President VIM. Mckinley, to remove H
Clay Evans from the office of Commits
sioner of Pensions and appoint in his stead
friend OF the veterans of the war Of the
rebellion, and one who win obey and exc
cute the law in the true spirit of patriot
ism and justice.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

1.-THE old story" remarked 81. ''Now
trouble begins in earnest. Keep cool,
boys. Wait for orders, and fire low"
Uncle Ephraim," demonstrated Harry
Joslyn, you must try to keep step better,
or you'll have to go to the left of the
line. You're tramping my heels clear off
me-"
The brigade moved forward to the brow
of the exciting scene of the cavalry bat
tie.
For miles to the right and left the
country was filed with men and horses
in all the wild excitement and manifold
diversity of incidents of great cavalry
combat. Some regiments were dismounted
and firing from behind the cover of fences,
some were charging on foot, some were
mounted and charging and counter-charg-
ing by regiments, while many others were
fighting in squads or rs single individuals.
Batteries of flying artillery. Union and
rebel, were galloping hither and yon, has
tily unlimbering from time to time to get
in their shots where they thought they
were most needed, either on one another,
or to assist their side at 4 critical mo-
ment.
1t was n bewildering storm of noise
and intense action.
Good Lawd Almighty. Ange! Gabriel,
is de Judgment Day gwiue t be lack datF'
they heard Aunt Minerva Ann eiacnlate.
and looking around, saw her seated on
mule in the rear.
For heavens sake, Aunty. what are
you doing hereI' exclaimed 81. go away.
This is no place for you.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20
THE NEW CoMMIssIONER.

1t seems definitely settled that Hon. S.
r. Peters, of Kansas, is to be appointed
Commissioner of Pensions.
The points on which we can reasonably
hope for a vast improvement upon the
present Commissioner of Pensions are:
l. That he is naturally of much superior
mental calber to the present COmmis-
sioner.
2. That he is a trained lawyer, of long
and creditable career as a Judge, and,
therefore, will execute the laws upon the
statute books precisely as he finds them,
without attempting to amend them to suit
his own ideas of what pension laws
should be, and of cramping them down to
his own prejudices and biases. He will
not usurp the power of Congress, and
make new legislation TO defeat and nullify
that of the law-making power. This will
be all that the veterans ask of him. They
simply want the present laws executed ac-
cording to their true intent and purport.
3. Having a long and very honorable
record as a soldier, he is justly proud Of it,
and will not spend the major part of his
time in defaming his comrades.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

was only a little cracking of cavalry
fighting off in the distant
What's up now?' asked ST, wondering
ly.
1T means" said the Adjutant. yawn-
ing. that the much-talked of battle for
Augusta is of. Postponed indefinitely.
on account of pressing engagements else
where. Sherman don't want Augusta,
and never did The whole thing was a
grand bluff TO make old Bragg hive all his
troops up here at Augusta, and leave
Sherman free for other jobs. The whole
army is now marching toward the sea,
and we are to bring up in the rear. Sher-
mans played it very fine on Bragg. and
manuvered him clear out of his way. Only
| wish some other corps than the Four
teenth had been used to make the bluff
and bring up in the rear. | was mad as a
hornet last night about midnight, when
l was told how we were all fooled, as
well as old Bragg; but that's war, and
we've got TO take our share of it, as well
as other people,
"Hooray for Billy Sherman said 81.
81 had hoped that we'd end the war today;
but it's all right, if Shermans outwitted
Bragg so badly"
Just think of the strain upon my feel.
ings," remarked Shorty, angrily. 81 do
hate to make up my mind fur a big fight,
and then he disappointed. I'd give any
thing. he aCded to himself. IF | could
only get that letter back from the Chap
lain that | wrote to Maria. How she'll
have the laugh on me when she gets it."
Let your men get breakfast Captain"
said Col. McGillicuddy. Il don't think the
rebels have found out yet that the army
is gone, and they'll stick close to their
works. We are to bring up the rear to-
day"
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

BY vote of 16 to II the Cuban Con-
Stitutional Convention has accepted the
Platt Amendment in its entirety. The
President will, therefore, withdraw the
troops during the Summer. There is no
need Of haste about this, however, as the
Cubans have yet much to do before in
stalling their Government, and after it is
set up we shall have to be ready to act
promptly until we see how it is going tc
work. There are many things yet to be
decided by the Convention, and tried in
practice before it shall be definitely known
that stable Government has been es-
tabIished. To begin with, the important
question of suffrage has not yet been set
tied, and it is not decided just who shall
have a voice in determining the Govern
ment. 1t looks as if large portion of the
negro element will be shut out, under some
pretext or ruling. When the elections
shall take place the beaten side will be
very likely to appeal to force, and if there
is any doubt as to the issue we may have
to exert a physical pressure to prevent a
Haiti-like war. 1t will take long time
to get ali the wheels to turning smoothly.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20
FAT PENSIONS"

OF the 993,529 pensioners on the rolls
163,903-or more than one-siXth-get st
a month, or less than $1.50 week.
1t is absurd to say that these get al
they deserve, for it has been the invaria
BILE practice of the Government to put
all who have served it in war on the
pension roll, at least SS a month, after
a much less time than has elapsed since
the close of the rebellion.
The average length of time served by
the men who are receiving this So pei
month is very much longer than that OF
the pensioners of any previous wars, the
| fighting they did, and the hardShips in
CURED were incomparatively greater.
Yet a special law of Congress was re-
CURED to prevent the Commissioner from
making much lower rates than Sc a
month.
There are 26,926-or just about one
| third of the entire number-whO receive
but $S month-S2 a week. This is the
rate given by Congress to those who
served Il days in the war of 1S12, or 60
days in the Mexican War.
Thus fully one-half of the entire num-
! Der get only 81 a week or less. and in
order to obtain it they must prove all
ments and disabilities of the most serious
character.
There are 59,S60 more. who have sue
ceeded in proving still graver disabilities,
and they get SO a month, or $50 a
week.
As a veteran must be quite broken
down before he can get even so much as
Sc Il month; his disablements must be
much greater TO secure SS a month, and
under the Act of June 81 he can get but
So a month, though he be an abject
physical wreck.
There are 297, ,637 more-or nearly one
third of the whole number, who get S12
month, or but So week.
Thus S4S,326, of the total of 3,529,
get but S3 4 week or less. That is, over
50 per cent.-or 81 out of every 10, get
but So a week, or less.
To do this the claimant must begin by
proving that he served in the army and
navy for at least 80 days, that he received
an honorable discharge, and that he is
now suffering from serious physical dis
abilities, such as seriously incapacitate
him from the performance of manual Ia
Dor.
These are simple facts, and easily ca
pable of demonstration, especially as ev-
cry applicant is past 80 years of age. An
ordinary court of law would settle them
beyond a doubt in the course of a very
few minutes. There is not Common
Pleas Court in the United States that
would take an hour to determine all these
beyond doubt, quibble, or appeal.
Yet Mr.. Evans has managed to build
up such a network of red tape, delays,
calls for evidence, reviews and re-reviews,
medical examinations and special exam
nations, that it takes an average of years
to adjudicate each case, with endless ex
pense to the Government, and grinding
outlays and art-breaking delays to the
anxious claimants.
He brazenly pretends that all this is
necessary to protect the Treasury from
the desperate schemes of bold, wicked, un-
scrupulous men, who can hope to get but
$1.J0 to $500 a week out of the Gov
ernment, if their schemes succeed.
Was there ever a more irritating i'm
position upon the credulity of the peo-
pie?
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

THE Philadelphia Ledger paints a bril-
liant word-picture Of the haggard suspense
Of the people of the North when Lees
victorious army, elated with the success
of Charlottesville, was sweeping appar-
emily resstlessly northward, only to en-
counter at Gettysburg the still more re-
sistless courage of the men Of the Army
of the Potomac. But the Ledger does
not complete the picture by saying that
the survivors of that indomitable army,
which saved Pennsylvania from spolia-
tion and the country from ruin, are now
getting an average Of So a week pen
Sion or less, and have mighty hard time
getting that Also, that a Commissioner
of Pensions has been making a National
reputation by his success in pairing down
their pensions, and in devising tricks to
keep them from getting any pension at
all. Perhaps the Ledger's columns are so
crowded that it can not find room for this
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

II begins to seem as if Evans's inor-
dinate self-seeking has, as is usually the
case, resulted in his defeat for anything.
He has known for a long time that he had
TO go, and has been moving everything to
force the President to give him much
better position than the President seemed
tos think he was entitled TO. He wanted
q be Minister TO Japan, and failing in
that, to be Minister to Venezuela. But
the President dashed these hopes by trans
iesfing Minister Loomis to Portugal, and
Minister Bowen from Persia to Venezuela.
Last Mondays Washington Star, which
basI been Mr.. Eyans's faithful organ, con-
gins this swan-song from him:
"Mr. Evans has refused to retire under the
Evans has refused to retire under the
pressure exerted on the President for two
years for his removal, but now he is about
willing TO leave the cares of the Office be
hind. Whether he will accept an appoint
ment in the Diplomatic service is not
known, 1t is well known that the Presi-
dent has no intention of letting Mr.. Evans
leave his present position without offer
ing him something that is really n promo
ton, but Mr.. Evans has large business in
terests in the South and may not care TO
longer remain in official life. He could
have made much money in business dur
Ing the past few years. and may now feel
that he can lose no more time away from
these interests"
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

TINE brings its reyenges. The tariff
men found the veterans very essential to
them when they were making their fight
with Cleveland and the Free Traders.
Then they went back on the soldiers when
Mckinley came in, and they thought, as
the Tariff was now settled for good, the
veterans were back numbers, and did not
deserve pensions. Now Babcock threat
ems to upheave the Tariff, and its advo-
Gates are anxiously looking around for
friends and allies. Let them look awhile.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

THE Health Commissioner of Baltimore
has begun campaign against mosketos.
He has issued proclamation asking ev-
erv householder to pour a gill of kerosene
into every well, or any pool of water on
the place that is more than two days Old.
This will form a thin film across the sur
face. which will be fatal to the insects
as they are hatched. As mosketos can
not fly far, it follows that every little
neighborhood must raise its own crops,
and. therefore, if each will take care of
its own stagnant water the pest can be
exter,ninated. Science has been in hopes
Of discovering something that would de-
YOUR the mosketoes, but so far that hope
has not been realized. Some years ago
it was thought that the dragon-fy, or
what the small boys call ''the devils darn
ing needle" would do the work. There
was talk of propagating it artifcialiy.
The dragon-fly certainly devours immense
quantities of mosketoes and their larvae.
But it does not appear until late IN the
season, and it loves sunshine, whereas
mosketoes prefer the shade. The mosketo
and the rat are the two vermin which are
mans worst pests. They probably cost
this country every year more than good
sized war. Many of the pleasantest Sum-
mer resorts along the seacoast are at
times rendered uninhabitahle on account
of the mosketos, and the same is true of
costly summer residences. The Baltimore
official is the first to try the kerosene plan
ON a large SCALE If it succeeds it will be
a boon to suffering humanity.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20
PICKETT OR RPEITIGREW"-THE NORTH
CAROLINA VIEW OF THE FAMOUS

The North Carolina troops at Gettys-
burg have always felt particularly sore
over Pickett and his Virginians monopo-
lizing all the credit for the famous charge
They insist that it was mostly a North
Carolina affair, and not an exclusively
Virginia matter as the Virginians would
make out. A pamphlet setting forth the
North Carolina views has been written
by Capt. w. r. Bond, of Scotland Neck,
n. c., and an officer on the staff of Gen.
Pettigrew. This has had wide circula-
ton in the South BY the authors per-
mission we shall publish some extracts
from it in an early issue Of The National
Tribune
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

Georgy, is the stake. It's our move, &
We'll land in the king row, as usual. But
we expect q regular snollygoster of a
fight, for if the rebels lose Augusty they'll
lose all their factories for making powder
and cannon, & might as well hang up the
fiddle. OF course, there'll be a pile OF
rubbing out done in the course OF the
ruction, but expect to draw my rasshuns
as yousuale the day after, but if they
should happen to spell my name Dennis
l rite this to let u no that l think roar
of q than all the world beside, 6 hate
worst of all the thot of going off come
where WHARF u amt, & won't never kuni.
me.
Luv to all.
YOres alwais,
VIM. B. ELLIOTT.
Corporal Co. Q, 200th Injianny Vol
unteer Infantry.
These letters were handed to the Chap
lain to mail when opportunity should
come.
Pete Skidmore would not eat any of
Aunt Minerva AIMS good things unless
Sandy Baker were brought along to share,
and while the boys were eating and en-
joying, as only boys can, Aunt Minerva
Ann delivered the lecture to Pete that she
mad been carefully preparing during his
long absence:
Now dis's de las time Is gwine t let
yo go rampagin round de country wild
big men. gittin' into all sorts oh danger.
jes' 'kase dcy does. Yo's too leetle t run
wild big, rough men. YO's jes' lack one
oh dem leetle fees, dat wants t run an
bark wild de mastiffs an bloodhounds.
Fus' ting yo Know one OBJ de big dogs
snap yo' up. an yo' won't be a good
mouthfull TO him. Yo' hear dat? Yo's
got no mudder wild yo' t look out fo' yo.'
an Is done got t be yer mudder. Yo's
gwine t stay right hyah at home, wild de
rijimint. whar yo' won't be in no danger.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

A GREAT many Cubans who have been
painting to write ENJOYS Extraordinary
and Ministers Plenipotentiary' after their
names in the hotel registers Of Europe,
will now have to content themselves with
less snowy but more useful occupations
on the island
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has done very
wisely in stamping out promptly and de-
cisiyely the talk of third term. Whether
or not the unwritten law against third
term is wise, the people are devOtedly at
tached to it, and it has come to stay.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

SENATOR HANNA's canvass for Presi-
dent McKinleys nomination in 1896 was
as remarkable for careful economy of ex-
penditure as for businesslike thorOughness.
Only between $4,000 and 100000 was ex-
pended, while the friends of Thos. B. Reed
expended quite as much, without produc-
ing much result
The National tribune., 1901-06-20
CTo be continued.)
JUDGE 9. Il. PETERS.

Capt. Samuel Ritter Peters, Of New
ton, Kan, who will soon be signing PEN
sion certificates, was born in Walnut
Township, Pickaway County, o., in 1912,
and was educated in the excellent COM
mon schools of the county and then
spent three years at college. He enlisted
in Co. E, 73d Ohio, Oct. %, 1861, for
three years; was appointed Sergeant, was
promoted to First Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1862;
to Second Lieutenant Dec. 24, 1862; TO
First Lieutenant and Adjutant. March 10,
1864; then to Captain of Co. A, and was
discharged May %, 1860.
The 73d Ohio was raised at Camp Lo-
gan, near Chillicothe, o., by Col Orland
Smith, and went to the field in West Vir-
ginia in January, 1862. 1t had a severe
Winter in the mountains, and some Skin
mishing, but many more hard, toilsome
marches. It's first battle was under Mil
roy at Mcdowell. May 9, 1862, where it
helped repulse Stonewall Jackson. It
next fought at Cross Keys, where it lost
eight men killed and wounded. 1t took
part in Pope's campaign, and did gallant
service at the Second Manassas, where it
helped save the right by its stubborn resist
ance, and lost IA killed and wounded, and
20 captured, out of 80 present.
In the reorganization of the army it
was formed into a new brigade with the
134th and both n. Y, and 33d Mass.
with its Colonel-Orlando Smith-in COM
mand.
1t was on a reconnaissance at the time
of the battle of Charlottesville, and so
escaped the rout of the Eleventh Corps.
At Gettysburg the brigade was left on
Cemetery Hill, and deployed as a skirmish
line to hold back the rebels, who were pur-
suing the broken fragments of the First
and Eleventh Corps. 1t was continually
engaged until the close of the battle, and
the regiment lost 143 men out of about
300.
The brigade was sent West with the
rest of the Eleventh Corps, and did bril-
liant feat in the night battle at Wauchat-
chic.
The 73d Ohio veteranized in 1854, and
on returning became part of Woods Brig
ade, of ButterfieId's Division, of the Twen-
tieth Corps. st Peach Tree Greek it made
brilliant charge, which helped to turn
the tide of battle. During the Atlanta
campaign it lost 21S men out of less than
$50. and was under fire 103 days out of the
100 that the campaign lasted. 1t was one
of the first regiments to enter Atlanta.
1t took part in the March to the Sea and
through the Carolinas, and fought its last
battle at Bentonville, where it lost five
killed and % wounded.
The 73d Ohio was one of the Fighting
Regiments" and from total enrolment
of 1.267 lost III killed-134 per cent. 1t
had 80 wounded.
Capt. S. R. Peters was admitted to the
bar and went to Kansas some years after
the war. In 1874 he was elected to the
State Senate, and the next year appointed
Judge of the Ninth Judicial District. He
was afterward reelected to the same po-
sition twice. He was elected Congress
man-at-Large to the 18th Congress, and
was reelected to the 49th, 5Oth and DIST
Congresses from the Seventh District. the
largest Congressional District in the coun-
try, embracing the 81 counties which form
the western half of Kansas.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

THE Virginia machine now catches it in
the inconvenient place where the chicken
got the ak. The machine had, with one
accord. agreed upon Congressman Swan
son for Governor, and laughed derisiyely
at the idea of Attorney-General Monta-
gue's appearing in the race. But he en-
tered the lists against the machine, as
the peoples candidate, and has given
Swanson the worst beating known in the
history of Virginia primaries. A whole
lot of things are different this year from
what they were last.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

THE Oregon's bump upon the Chinese
rocks viii cost the Treasury S2oO,OOO for
repairs. Those big fghting-machines re-
qufre as careful handling as baby in its
second Summer.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

JAMES ALEXANDER DowIE says that
he is Elijah II. Let him go and hide HIM
self in the brook Cherith for three years,
while we think the matter over.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

SENATOR T. C. PLATT announces that
he will retire from politics at the end OF
his term-19O3. But this may be merely
a South Carolina resignation.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

THAT the Cubans adopted the Platt
Amendment by so decisive vote is the
most hopeful sign yet given of their ca
pacity to conduct a Government.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

THE new battleship Illinois can turn
completely around in three minutes and lO
seconds. She ought to go into South Caro-
lima politics.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20

NEITHER Neely nor Rathbone is in the
penitentiary, and there is a remarkable
hush in the noise of preparation for send
ing them there.
The National tribune., 1901-06-20
Love to all.
Yours till death,
-

Shorty, seeking the seclusion which the
severity of the intellectual labor and his
own incurable shamefacedness about any
thing connected with Maria demanded.
had built a little fire behind screen of
bushes, and lying fiat on his blanket be-
fore it with his paper on board in front
of him, strained fingers, eyes and brain
over this missive to his souls idol:
Deer Miss Maria: | fele as hungry as
a bear at the end Of long Winter to hear
from you, but here amt no hopes till we
get out of this wilderness of Georgy,
which there's no telling when it will be.
We can only trust in God & Billy Sher-
man, who probably know where he's a.
coming out, which is more than anybody
else duz.
We are up against old Little More
Grape Bragg again.& this time Augusty,
The National tribune., 1901-06-20
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