The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-22


uhe service pension.
J. L. and c. s. Thompson Post, Dial,
ton. n. Y. unanimously indorses The
National Encampment service pension.
DISSEMINATION AGAINST WIDOWS.
NJ. ID. Murdoch. Sd Iowa. Mlicrsbnrg
ILL.,, is much pleased with our article on the
discrimination against widows. He had
the misfortune in 1880 to lose the wife Of
his youth. leaving him two children. His
older children were married, and in 1896
| he felt it his duty to marry. and welded a
widow, who has been Il faithful wife and
made a good mother to his children. 1t
grieves him to think that if he should be
taken. she would be left without a pension.
He despises this pars mon;Ous spirit of
men who never did anything for their
country.
Myron Wheeler rhlmont. \. y. ap.
proves The National Tribune's position n
regard TO the discrimination against wild
Ows, and cites his own case. Five years
ago his wife died. leaving him two small
boys. under peculiarly painful crcum-
stances, which would have compelled him
TO break up his home and place them in
some institution. had he not found good.
true woman to take their mothers place
and make a happy home for them al
Why should she be Disseminated against ::
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
Basil Mccain. Sd X. L. Salona. Wis.
is strongly opposed to the discrimination
in the proposed pension against the young
or veterans and the widows who have mar
ried since 1890.
Mary l.. Brown. Mountain Grove, No,
heartily commends The National Trib-
une's editorial relating 10 the injustice Of
limiting pensions to widows. She cites
two eases which have come under her oh
servatiOn. In 1889 one of her neighbors.
the wife of q veteran. died, leaving Il baby
three days old. On her deathbed, she en-
treated one of her friends to take her
place in the household, rear her child and
comfort her husband. With streaming
eyes and her heart melting il love and
pity. the old maid prom scd she would
So the mother died W tn a smile on her
lips. There were four other children. but
the loyal. tender-hearted friend had room
IN her heart for Il a year later she mar
ricd the widOwcr, and has faithfully full
filled her promise; bat under the PROPOSED
law, if her husband should die. she wouli
receive no pension. Another veteran has
n crippled daughter of 20 years. whose
mother died two years ago. The poor
father struggled along for Is months with
III success, until widow in the neigh
horhood became his housekccpcr and
finally married the c0mrnde She has
been good mother to the cripplcd dauph
Ter and faithful wife; yet should the
veteran die she would be barred out from
receiving pension.
SERVICE TENSION.
Jacob Sturgeon. Sergeant jor, Sd w.
Va. Cav, North Salem. o.. writes: II
am in favor of service pension in reality.
not In lame only. Pension every soldier
according to the service he performed,
without reference TO the time he was in
the army. Then we would have n roll of
honor BY the records and other teSti-
mony every soldier could prove his service,
l think. To place Il solder. coed and true.
on an equality with bummers and towards
is unjust. | am in favor of giving to the
soldier who did his duty 81 a day. and 80
cents day to his widow. am 60 years
old
AGAINST AGE LIMITATION.
z. NJ. Gardner, Co Il, 10th Ohio, En-
deavor, Wis, writes: Il am heartily in
favor of the straight $12 pension; not that
it will help me, but because it will be the
best thing for the greater number of the
survivors, whether they be long-term men
or short-term boys. see no reason. how
ever, why good ex-solder should wait
until he is 6c wears old before recrjyinp I'll.