The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
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increase at once OF not less tnail sthlrteeI
million dollars. s. y. z, II 58'
Tho motive Of 4 the adnlinistr ation III
putting inf To- effect 5 ut 2f this time lie
statute under which the ruling Is made,
lis manifest to everybody. the Republi.
cans themselves making no concealment
K or It's purpose. It is intended for poiit, po !,
cal effect and seeks to ipla cate the Grand
Army people. who have bean urging inc me
passage Of tho bill sintrod uccdg pys Repre-
sentative Calderhcad. 4 OF Kansa 8 ku own 11,
as tho Grand Army bill. This; Pill arnrons
other pendent pension bills IS nov .De-
fore tho House ComIni ttee on B nVailn ~!
Pensions, and It R-as lear sto. ,. night
from a member of the committee thatt th : :
was tile in .entions " tn 9 g !.
Ill. meeting Yesterday to ta ke II Up ann
fhvoralSl 81 re port II he pressure bTo,igns
u bear il POI lie RI mem nc ners
of the commI ttcc was so ina tiley ly
could iiot avoid doing SO.
IN was then that the administration,
foreseeing the inability OF the Treasury
atGthis time to meet this additional en-
,er,sc. had Il recourse to tho morlbund
statute, 81 hich II nowsrcyit altzes45i lllts' y
good politics, and the administration, as
usual, isaplayinr It for, :kee ps.
flJUoc1Ej NlIERS'S VIEW s.
Judge Aiiers, Of Indiana, the minority
leader of the House Committee on IN
valid Pensions. who Is an authority on
pension matters. was seen tonight py
The Times Dispatch correspondent. and
was asked his views regarding the order
and the probable increase In the pension
rolls which 1t would cause.
.It Is estimated" Judge Nficrs replied
..that there are 10000 old soldiers who
will be eligible under this order to re.
ceive pensions varying from 80 TO oSs 81
q month. .Thatsis to say. there are this
number Sof soldiers who will become new
pensioners upor the. government AS As7
suming that 100000 OF these come under
the SO class ,s hat would mean an out
LAY annually for tho So class alone OF
81. 100000. Judge that $50 900 would
cover the cost for the other three classes
tIia i is to say, the S.. $40 and So classes.
approximately a therefore, the prospective lN
annual increase In the persion rolls under
the new ruling will be 81, COO 600. s8
.The ruling Is, however, mnntfestly
unfair to the Civil War vet Grams, IN that
they will receive only s6 a month rlt as q
service pension. while tho MeXlcar wa : :
veteran is given So N month.
Judge Ntiers though the department a! lte !
Ihad full power to rule as 1t did. but &c
believed that lit was mot prudent at this
| time 10 do SO. X l,, I,
| Judge N1iers who r.Aile UP an estln te
|8ot what tic increase IN the pension roll
would be under the Calderhead BILL. said
that 1t would amount to S3o, goo. GOO, !. OF
about ore-third5 OF the amount resulting
|5from the present ruling, "A
III 4, fiy A1INORITYS YlENS'::,s tii
Representative richardson. of - bama
tho minority ranking member cfA the
House Committee on Tensions. when
seen tonight, said that the order was 4 q
great surprise to him. Willie he was
not opposed to giving worthy yetera1r.si5s q
fair pension this was an arbitrary con-
structionio Of q statute, under nuthoglty
Of which the President and his commits,
sioner of pensions could Just as vel
say that tile, soldier should receive $lO(
II mouth, and they have said he shall
receive sB There was. seemingly. lle
!, said, no end to this pension business
The ruling VII prove a gold mine tc
pension attorneys. who are already get
ting in readiness to meet the new con
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