Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-26

news; and, repeating Evans stock argu-
ments, defended Evans in all his rascality
and lawlessness. Evans had selected Con-
gresham Bell, of Colorado and the notori-
Gus Talbert, of South Carolina, to carry the
heavy" parts; and had furnished them
with his usual false, malicious and scan
dalous calumnies and libelous arguments
against the veterans and attorneys to attract
attention from his own crimes and brigand-
age against the laws. In substance Evans
arguments are;
G) The Government is paying annually
about $40, ,ooo, 900 on pensions, chiefly al
lowed before Evans came into Office; there
fore the veterans and pension attorneys are
frauds.
(2) The Civil War veterans are perurers
because they failed to apply for pensions
as soon as they came out of service.
(3l The Spanish War veterans and Philip
pine veterans are periurers because they
have applied so soon after being discharged.
(4} The Civil War veterans are perjurers
because they did not apply for pension
while they were young men
(s) The Spanish War and Philippine
veterans are periurers because they have
applied while young men.
(6) The physicians on the local examin-
all periurers because four boards in Phila-
delphia differed in rating a decoy patient
on the same day at Evans spy examina-
tions, one board probably having the
''tip") rating the patient at nothing (no
disability, while the other three boards
without collusion) rated him for high
grade rates.
Il(7.) The Philippine veterans are per
jurers, because they apply for pension as
soon as discharged after a years. service in
the swamps, rice fields and cane brakes of
the Philippines, whereas a 'set-up" med
ical examination, before discharge, to pre-
vent the soldiers of the Republic from get
ting pensions, and to furnish Evans a pre-
text for charging perjury and for rejecting
meritorious, claims rated the soldier at
nothing mo disability.
49, The Philippine and Spanish war
veterans will not be accused of perjury,
and their perjury will be condoned If they
will only consent to accuse the attorneys of
having induced" them to commit the per-
Jury of which they have been guilty
(o) The reason why Evans ignores the
ratings given by the local medical examin-
ing boards is that Evans cannot trust the
honesty and medical learning of those Ass
physicians on those 1856 medical boards.
(See GLOBE Nov. II, 1901.
(GO.) The reason why the annual amount
of pensions in the aggregate is decreasing
while the number of pensioners on the rolls
is increasing is not because Evans wholly
disregarded the degrees of disability and
ignores the rating of the boards (although
he does this as he admits to the House
Committed, but because some veterans Of
high rates have died, and Evans has re-
jeeted 600 claims per year, including a
majority of all the claims which carried
over a years back pension.
Commissioner Evans had caused his men
in the bureau to formulate all his arguments
for Congressman Bell and Talbert to de-
liver. Talbert made a better out in the
defamation than Bell, yet a poor out, as
is usual when a man delivers another's
speech Bell was too ignorant of the pen
sion laws to know half the time where he
was "at." Bell let out some admissions,
apparently by accident, but probably by de-
sign as an instruction or hint. For one
thing, he called the veterans pensioned
under the new law dependents Does it
mean that Evans is about to reconstruct that
law and require the veteran to prove him
self "pauper," before Evans will allow
the claim?
NNdns mas dllGdA1 EbAG 10 AuhA GAAGul
with the insane veteran, and with minors,
without the least law therefor. (See GLOBE
Jan. S, u, I9)
Every Congressman, by acquiescence, is
responsible for Evans frauds
Robinson, of Indiana, has abandoned his
hght against Evans fraudulently holding
up, now for nearly FIVE years the six thou
sand claims of minors, still under pretense
of waiting for a construction of that law.
(See GLOBE of Dec. % and jan r9.) Con
gressman Curtis of Kansas has abandoned
for two years his motion for a Congressional
investigation. The veteran who fails to
vote against every member of the present
Congress, without regard to which party
the Congressman belongs will fail to do his
duty to his country and the supremacy OF
law Teach Congress and the President a
lesson on the supremacy Of law.
Congressman Bell, in his blundering
speech, "let the cat out of the bag" on
Evans ignoring disabilities shown by med.
ical examinations. He confessed that for the
past four years Evans had admitted this to
the Pension Committee of the House, OF
which Bell was a member, and that Evans
urged this as a reason for repeating the
whole law for medical examinations and
starting out a few medical students from
Evans Office as advocated in Evans last
report. lSee GLOBE Nov II, IeoI) Bell
said
In the words Of the commissioner, he
(Evans) found it absolutely impossible to
take those ratings . understood
that the commissioner stated several times
not in the recent hearing or report--thai
the Office does not pay any attention to the
rating of the local boards The
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Baruey)
and myself as members Of the conference
committee, prevented that law (the old law
establishing medical boards In the counties)
from being repealed believe that every
member Of the conference committee, ex-
cept the gentleman from Wisconsin aud
myself, was in favor of the repeal on hear
ing the reasons of the Pension Commis-
sioner But we thought that as these men
were experts, and az they had seen and ex-
amined the applicants their opinion, even