The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-10-22
ORDER NO. 7s
which } ,dge Parker VIII Not Have
Chance To Revoke.

'nanNt W
Nothing in the Democratic culver OF
whereases against President Roosevelt
has faileSl so utterly rs that arrnign-
Ing his pension order. No. rs. making
the proof of certain ages by old sol
dicrS evidcntial facts of certain de-
grccs of disability.
If the order had been Cunningly de-
viSed to hetray the great constitutional
lawyers of the Democracy into max
ing more than the usual kinds of con
tincnta asses of themselves II could
not have succeeded more completely
and ludicrously When the great
Parker Constitution club" of New
York. started in to nrraign Theodore
| Roosevelt for going through the con
stitution as If 1t were paper hooP
i'm Il circus ring. 1t attacked his iSsll-
ance of order No. - In these words:
eve find that President Roosevelt
deliberately disrcgnrdcd article !, sec
ton 9. of the constitution, providing
! NO money shall he drawn from the
treasury. but in consequence of appro-
priatiOnS made by law
Now. what are the facts?
Order No. IS assumed that an old
soldier who is ~ years of age Is prob
| ably able to earn only onc-half of the
support the statute provides in case OF
total disability, at which stage he ar
rives when he is 90. and says he shall
be entitled to the muniiicCnt sum or
So per month as a pension; and it hnds
! that at 80 he Is twO-thirds disabled
and entitled to So.
There can he no serious objection
to the principle of the order, which Is
based on the experience of mankind as
to the gradual decay of human powers.
by reason of strength many men are
as able to earn u support ut 20 "a
at 30. but the vast majority at go have
passed the line where they are fully
| capable of doing so in the perform
ance of manual labor" and the evil
days approach when 'the grasshoppcr
shall hr Il burden and desire shall
fail"
order No ~ merely recognizes the
course of nature. but il draws no mon
ey out of the treasury without authori-
ty of law. 1t was issued March y,
1904. to he effective April IL, 1904.
Congress being In session II was re-
ported to that body with the request
that 81 100000 he appropriated to car
nv II into effect. The sum was EN-
bodied in the pending deficiency bill
after free discussion the money was
voted. and in due order under the act
al, N n
sue. and not till then. Every cent
paid under order No TS was drawn
from the treasury in consequence OF
IAN appropriation made by law"
Exit the Parker Constitution club. OF
New York with its constitutional ears
ut half mast.
Now. mark the sequel: on Sept. !!
: last. Sl.4lO.OOO was covered back int
; the treasury as the uneXpended bal
ance of the appropriation of Sl,oOo.ooo
after paving $4,000 on lS,62I claims
adiudicatcd in April. May and June Il
; the end of the fiscal year, OF tn
certificates issued only 2.S50 We're 70
original pensions TO veterans who hat
? reached the age OF ~ or upward. AM
IA, 7GS weyS increases allowed to claim
ants who were receiving pensions TO
disability less than the amount I
which they We're entitled under tn
pension for age.
Thus. it will be perceived the drea
of n heavy pension raid on the treas
ury by reason of order No. Is ma
gone glmmering along with the cor
stitutional Mysteries of the Parke
Constitution club. OF New York.