Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-18


Congressman who intimated that he would
raise an objection to the Senate confirm
ing the appointment Of Evans, and Burton
soon gave out an explanation that he would
not make the proposed objection as he
stood alone and was powerless. Burton
admitted that Evans appointment was "a
concession TO the anti-pension syndicate Of
corruption in the Congress, which claimed
that Evans must not be sacrificed to popu
lar clamor, principally from attorneys. The
Senate committee refused to hear evidence.
That is part of the Southern school book
propaganda against pensions The lie is
bold one The popular clamor is not in
favor of the veterans, but all against the
veterans The newspapers Of the country
and all the loud-mouthed clamor is for sup
pressing the pension laws. This is the
popular side, because the administration
side The lie is to lay TO the pension at.
torney every effort made by the veterans.
Every little group of veterans bears testi.
mony to this lie. Their complaints go up
from almost every house in the land, and
these loud-mouthed liars Of the Evans
brand say the veterans are satisfied if the
attorneys we're out of it. Congressman are
particeps criminis and shouldi be punished
at the polls. We will then hear less about
the pension attorneys. Votes, and nothing
but votes will count in this matter.
One of the bold lies of the anti.pension
syndicate was directed against the Harrison
administration for following the June law
by rating disabilities under it on the same
scale that the same disabilities would be
rated between So and $I2 inclusive under
the old law They pretended that the old
law disabilities we're rated whether there
was a disability for performing manual
labor or not. That had not before been
their cry The desire to reduce the June
law 900 per cent or to require three times
the disability under it, was the father of
that falsehood AT the very time, and for
twenty years previously, the forms OF
medical examination sheets, in old-law
claims sent out to the medical examining
boards in the counties contained the same
clause that he denied was in the old law
rating The printed certificate sent out to
the boards to sign, read: I'm our opinion
the said John Stiles is (I7-IS) incapacitated
for obtaining his subsistence by manual
labor from the causes above stated" (See
blanks in old law examinations. Evans
printed what he called two systems omit
ting the above form from the old law, and
putting it in the new law so that he could
pretend that the old law was not based on
inability to earn a support by manual
labor. (See GLOBE December 29 January
20, February 2. December s and IS, March
Q, April 20 and 8, where discussed in full
In this matter Evans made a scandalous
and corrupt agreement with that G. A. r.
committee of I8oo.I9oo for robbing Peter to
pay Paul, by ignoring one-half of the act of
May @ 1900 (the clause, other means of
support), thereby agreeing to pension as de-
pendent $4,000 rich widows worth from
500 to $4,000 in idle or unproductive
property, and thereby to secure the breach
of trust by throwing overheard the Phila-
delphia G.. A. X, resolution and 100000
veterans who demanded by that resolution
ratings under the new law in accordance
with President Harrison's construction Of il
at the same rate for the same disability as
under the old law. He is carrying out that
corrupt agreement to this day. The act Of
Mayo 1900, made no change in that property
clause part of the law, but Evans thus cor
ruptly ignores the property half Of the law.
At the same time he rejects all claims OF
poor widows who have only 500 net income
per year, or S. 900 in unproductive property,
if claims were filed before May 9, 1900. He
does this to make them begin over again,
and lose ten years pension Harrison al
lowed a widow as exempt $3.50 actual net in
come. Evans, by pretending TO have the
law changed to allow $3.50 income exempt,
makes the change a pretext for rejecting
the claims Of these dependent widows who
have less income than 500 net per year up
to May 9 or s., 900 in unproductive properly
producing less than 500 and requiring them
to begin over losing all pension up to date
Of filing after May 9.
Assistant Secretary Davis held that the
law was properly construed by Harrison to
allow $3.50 exempt; but the Hanna auti-pen-
sion syndicate overruled Davis and COM
PEELED him 10 withhold the decision and TO
render the decision of which the following
is a specimen, and shows that @2o of un
productive property without any income)
was and is held to bar dependent widows
dependence on all claims filed prior to May
Q, under exactly the same clause under
which Evans is now pensioning widows
worth from $4,000 TO $4,000. Assistant
Secretary Ryan said:
" In the case at bar the claimant holds the
fee simple to a piece of land worth $4,000,
and this fact of itself practically places her
beyond the benefits of the act invoked-See
Gass, 10 +. ID. text, page 10.
In that same decision Ryan further said of
this same property clause, and used langu-
age which was fairly prophetic in condemn
ing Evans corrupt scheme now followed
for pensioning rish widows in order to Sc
cure acquiescence in violating the law and
rejecting or one.third rating 100, 900 veterans
where the law requires expressly only
small disability. Ryan said:
"The question is not always one of actual
income, neither is II always one of an actual
principal sum. One might be possessed Of
real estate worth $50. 900 from which no in
come was received or one might have a
principal sum Tor its equivalent) Of 81 600
which by force Of circumstances yielded an
income or its equivalent Of 5000 yearly. In
neither of the cases would claiming widow
fall within the benefits of the act of June ~, |
1900. Il is the means of support-that is
the resources from which a support may be |
obtained-that must constitute the basis Of
Judgment. The resource may be a princi
pal sum or its equivalent, II may be an in
come or the use Of something capable Of
an income or it may be all these /
combined. 40 p. D., page 10.
Evans has proved himself to be the most
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