The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

humiliation. Gilmer was reduced in place and pay. Tho report of Conrad and Bo- naparte comes along and Tracewen IS to ene Tssh resdens e s n formed and is made known that he is fully aware that a gross injustice has been Inflicted upon Clerk Gilmer. It IS given out that the President is going to see that Gilmer is restored. That brings on more talk to the effect that Traceweil will have to go. Hut fl doesn't follow at all. Tracowell feels around and sees how he stands. Encouraged by the partisan favor of Shaw and Payne, and having rallied his Indiana backing. he declares that he will not resign or get out unless able effect and constitutes one of the most striking incidents of the Roosevelt ad- ministration. Tracewell is potent fac tor of the organization cabai and can- this labor of explanation about the extent of the Conrad-Bonaparte report. A pitt able thing 1t Is that American politics in so exalted q place can disclose the spec ling to a subordinate officer of his ad- ministration accused of failure to do his duty because he fears that the man will MT. Roosevelt did not even wait for Shaw and Payne and the others who had been letting out all this talk of protest against interferense with the Department on ac, make what complaints they felt were due. Shaw was out of town. MT. Roosevelt didn't wait. He hastened precipitously to criticised by the onrad-Bonapare report. Thus the investigation undertaken on the Presidents own precioust initiative as- gumes the blatant aspects of a farce, Poor little Gilmer was called off because he discovered the discrepancies that in- volved prominent Republicans and Conrad and Bonaparte are to be called off for the same ali-powerfui political reasons.
 Secretary Hitchcock came very near throwing a fit the other day. The un- speakable innocence of Commissioner of Pensions Ware. the poet laureate of the when he came into the Cabinet officers sanctum with eyes fin fine frenzy roll ing, and submitted a proposition which well nigh hoisted the Secretary out of his chair It was to have for an exhibit at the St, Louis Exposition a giIded obe- hsk which would represent the amount of money paid by the Government since the size so much money would be in coin age gold. The experiment would requiro an object of that sort which would vie With the Washington monument. iIlust~at- ing, as intended. something like three bil- lions or dollars. The human comprehen- sion does not bother itself much about catching hold of billions of anything and to the rabble with kIndergarten lucidity of demonstration was something horrible to the Republican Cabinet officer. 1t would horrify all the economy cranks in the country.
 ''Touchin' on and appertain,n' to" pen- sions under the Ware regime, the Com missioners private secretary. Thomas D. 1eager. has recently made an investiga- ton which affords interesting results Ills researches were in response to the question how many survivors of the civil war there are who are unpensioned He neneves @ that the number up to June 80, 1905. was s94,5S5, or. in round numbers, 90O.000. The number of these drawtar pensions is 703,45e. leaving about 2Oo.OO0 from whom future additions to the roll may be drawn. The highest number of pensioners reached was 1,OOl. 494 in July, 1902 R IT Wa tk;na'' ''