The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-10-01
Judge Alton B Parkers Letter Of Aceeptance|

s%s~s<s~e<s<e<s
1t is an arduous task to undo the ef
feet Of forty years Of decadence and
requires the study and investigation
of those best fitted by experience to
find the remedy, which surely does not
lie in the granting of subsidies wrung
from the pockets of all the taxpayers.
investio ioation Of Government Depart
nhents.
Recent disclosures, coupled with the
rapid augmentation Of government ex
penditures show need Of an investl-
CATION of every department OF the gov
ernment The Democrats In congress
demanded it. The Republican majori-
ty refused the demand. The people
can determine by their vote In No
vomber whether they wish an honest
and thorough investigation. Demo
cratic congress and executive will az
sure II.
Army and Navy.
We are Justly proud Of the officers
and men of our army and navy. Botn,
however have suffered from the per-
sistent injection of personal and p0lit-
ical influence. Promotions and appoint
ments have been frequently based on
favoritism instead of merit, Trials
and court martials have been set aside
under circumstances indicating polit-
lcai interference inese ANY,
abuses snouiu pe correc'eo'
Pensions For Our Soldiers and Sailors
The national Democracy favors lib
eral pensions to the surviving soldiers
and sailors and their dependents on
the ground that they deserve hp4at
treatment 1t pledges by its plAtfo4D
adequate legislation to that enA. ~
It denies the right Of the exocutlvet %
usurp the powAr o. congress- to IegIs-
late Oh tlat subject Such usurpation
was attempted by pension order NO.
7S, and effect has been given to 1t by
a congress that dared not resent thn
usurpation. It Ia said that this order
was made In the performance Of Z
dutv Imposed upon the president By
act of convressu but the provision
making tho ,mnosition IA not pointed
ont ,Tha act to which the order r.
fers which is tho one relating to pen
I sions to civil war veterans. does not
= authorize nensions on the ground OF
. ,oa If Joes grant pensions 10 those
o .sufferIpo from any mental or physical
= disability or disabilities of perma-
,on+ character not tbe result OF their
;. own vicious habits. which SO incapac-
: to+as thorn from the performance OF
manual labor as TO render them una
= ble to eorn support.y This specified
a requirement OF incapacity is In eject
sat aside NV order No. 76 al to all per
- sona over sixtv-two.
rho war closad nearly forty wears
400 In the meantime manx of our
= soldiers and sailors long survived the
400 of sixtv-two and passed away
le without receiving any pension Skin
v ful nension ATTORNEYS. hunting through
Is tho statute failed TO and there a pro
,e vis,op giving a nension to all who had
d. reached sIxty-two. Many prominen,
De vatarans urged the Justice Of congress
u sionaI action giving a service pensios
TO all veterans. Bills to that effec'
ve were introduced in congress. And mo-
I'd until March OF this year did any on,
Y. ever claim TO have made the discovery
that the president had power to trea
he the statute as IL 1t read that when
mt claimant had passed the age of sixty
of two wears he is necessarily disable.
tie one-half in ability to perform manua
lc- labor and therefore entitled to pen
We sion.
ly The present pension commissioner IN
on dicated his view of the order when |
re recent address he thanked the pres
ur dent for what he had done and advise
to his hearers to use their influence ths
ur a law might be passed to the same e
If feet Full confidence, after all, seem
ny not to have been placed on the defens
nd of justification, for it is pleaded
lat mitigation that former Democrat
III president did something looking in tbs