Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-13
CEDER NO. 70
which Jn1ge Parker VIII Not Have q
Chance 10 Revoke.

'""utO W htsOhrs
Nothing in the Democratic culver Of
wheroases against President Rocseyclt
has failed so utterly as that arraicn-
in2 his PENSION order. No. rs. max ne
the proof Of certain ages by cd so.-
diers evidential facts of certain de-
grees Of disability.
If the order had been cunningly de
vised TO betray the great constitutional
lawyers of the Democracy into MAX
ing more than the usual kinds OF con
tinental asses of themselves ii could
not have succeeded more completely
PARKER Constitution club" of New
York, started in to arraign Theodore
Roosevelt for going through tie con
stitution as if it were a paper hoop
In a circus ring, ii attacked his issu-
ance of order 30. IS in these words:
I'VE find that President Roosevelt
deliberately d~isregarded article /, sec
ton 8, of the constitution. providing
NO money shall be drawn from the
Treasury, but in consequence of app~o.
priations made by law"
Now. what are Ike facts?
Order Nc. rs assumed that an old
COLDER who is G2 years of age Is prob
ably able TO earn only one-half of the
support the statute provides in case of
total disability. at which stage he ar
rives when be is 70. and says he she'll
be entitled to the munificent sum OF
So per month as a pension; and il finds
that at 60 he is two-thirds disabled
and entitled TO IS.
There can he no serious objection
to the principle of the order. which is
based on the experience of mankind as
10 the gradual decay of human powers
BY reason Of strength many men are
as able TO earn a support" at 20 a.
at 80. hut 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 grasshopper
shall be u burden and desire shall
fail"
Order No. rs merely recognizes the
curse of nature. hut il draws no mon
ey out of the treasury without authori-
ty of law. 1t was issued March =.
Congress being In session it was re
ported to that body with the request
that 81 100000 be appropriated TO car
nv IL into effect. The sum was ELL.
bodied in the pending deficiency bin,
after free discussion the money wa~
voted. and Ia due order under. the act
of congress-. the pensions began to Is
sue. and not till then. Every cent
paid under order No. rs 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
at half mast.
Now, mark the sequel: On Sept. rs
last, $1.41O.000 was covered back into
the treasury as the unexpended hal
ance OF the appropriation of $1.5OO.oOO.
after paying $4,000 on 1897 claims
adJudicated In April. May and June TO
the end of the fiscal year. OF the
issued only 1850 were for
pensions to veterans who had
the age Of 81 or upward, and
Ia, 76S were increase allowed to claim
ants who were receiving pensions for
bility less than the amount to
which they were entitled under the
for age.
Thus, II will be perceived. the dread
of a heavy pension raid on the treas
ury by reason OF order No. IS has
gone glimmering along with the con-
Mysteries Of the Parker
Constitution club, Of New York.