Cañon City record., 1904-10-13
ORDER NO. 7s
which Judge Parker viii Not Have
Chance TO Revoke

Chance TO Revoke
Nothing In the Democratic Quives OF
whereases against President Roosevelt
has failed 20 utterly as that arraigning
his pension order, No. IS, making the
proof of certain ages by old soldiers
evidential facts OF certain degrees Of dis
ability
II the order had been cunningly de
vised TO bctray the great constitutional
more than the usual kinds of continental
asses OF themselves il could not have
succeeded more completely and ludicrous-
ly. When the great Parker Constitu.
tion Club" of New York, started in to
arraign Theodore Roosevelt for going
through the constitution as IL II were
a paper hoop in circus ring, il attack
ed his issuance OF order No. rs in these
words.
I'VE md that President Roosevelt de-
uberately disrernrded Article !. Section Q.
Of the Constitution providing NO money
shall be drawn from the Treasury. but In
law"
Now, what are the factsf
Order No. rs assumes that an old
soldier who Is G. years of age Is prob
ably able to earn only one-hslf OF tho
support the statute provides in case OF
total disability. at which stage he ar
rives when he is seventy, and says he
shall be entitled to che munifcent sum
of SO per month as a pension: and 1t
fiads that at c5 he Is two-thirds disa bled
and entitled to IS.
There can be no serious objection TO
the principle Of the order, which Is
based on the experience of mankind as
60 the gradual decay OF human powers.
n. 81 .4.r s-sh ar
as able TO "earn a support" az seventy
as at thirty, but the vast majority at
sixty have passed the line where they
are fully capable of doing so in the
performance Of manual labor" and the
evil days approach when .'the grasshop-
per shall be a burden and desire shall
fail"
Order No. rs merely recognizes the
course OF nature, but II draws no money
out of the treasury without authority
of law. II was issued March Is. 1904.
to be effective April 13, 1904. Congress
being In session 1t was reported to that
body with the request that S1,50o,oo0
be Appropriated to carry IL Into effect.
The sum was embodied In the pending
deficiency bill. after free discussion the
money was voted, and In due order under
the Act OF Congress, the pensions began
to issue, and not TIL then. Every cent
paid under Order No. rs was drawn
from the treasury in consequence Of 'sn
appropriation made by law"
Exit the Parker Constitution Club, OF
New York, with its constitutional ears
at half mast.
Now. mark the sequel: On September
10 last, Sf.410.00o was covered back
into the treasury as the uneSpended
balance OF the appropriation OF $780,
600. after paying 100000 on 1S.627
claims adjudicatcd In April. May and
June to the end of the fscal yesr. OF
the certificates issued only S.S59 were
for original pensions to veterans who
had reached the age OF sixty-two or
upward. and 14.I6S were Increases al.
lowed to claimants who were receiving
pensions for disability less than the
amount to which they were entitled
under the pension for age.
Thus, II will be perceived. the dread
Of . heavy pension raid on the treasury
by reason Of Order No. rs has gone
slimmerinI along with che constitutional
hyesrics OF the Parker Constitution
Club OF New York.