The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-16

\ Suits $3.50
Skirts $500
/ Fourqure''a'n,
Every soldier who was At least twenty
three years old when The war ended; WAS
thus sxpresss1y b @th W,hn re ear r
the not had taken effect every soldier !. OF o.
Tic war was within It's terms. whether
disabled or not. because no IN n,u ', nave s
''Threc years after this statute. Congress
passcd d statute relating to the Civil WAR.
which 10 the act mentioned ~ President
Roosevelt's executive order. !. pro o,no,v
S Shss 81 e Merf unted states during the late
& Soaor al s iae eRa thsrsiron md VIC
are nov or who may hcreaiter be suneiT 1i,s
any men ~ Or
not, The result Of their own veiovs i.
which 50 ineapaei,nes o .ne a, , to FENDER
making due proof OF the lact. a .i,e sa ny
ro,a sgeh q su tSa Interior may provide be
The 2, .nG Gva !. psn1,;oans;.s
rcceIy. a pension not exceeding Twelve E,t x
dollars per month and not less than sia
dollars per n.onth. proportonsenun n 70
:Gbseryc the difference Setween the Two t'e
stafntos Regarding tho Mexican " ar.
Congress prescribed that any9 one VINO spn MIA
sixty-two years old or ~, ai sat ~ tbc Owl
I WIZ Congress prescribed tina ANYONE
who was SO permanently dlsaplea "a, a. h "a
render him unable to earn suppoIt ~ ~, 80
performance OF ma nuhl ia .na.. 49, wa
ccivc pension; put NJ pe''s'D'' st
| cd for &c. $s
Statute Not Enacted.
..,,o,,r,oon vears after the Civil War
I, /, t,,te' VAS nasscd. tho Presidents pension
ord or Swa issued from tiM Office Of me
Secretary or tho Interior. nc period t l'.as
had thcn elapsed after the civil .r ~ VIZ,
about tie same as the period elapsed aiter
the Mexican War, when Congress gave a
pension for q ge to survivors OF that va r..
The tima had arrived for Congress 20 ~
the Same thing, such was t me-, w, =
Congress, for survivors OF ne Gvii ma ~ aa
No such sta tute was enacted. y eVes.,Lrs
less. the President BY ansexecutlye otuGa
deliberately. and arbitrarily SUI .i,a
the terms Of the M ". NTa war ,,nt wlen the
two we're dlametrIcaly4 different upon Ing iIi
statute book OF the United States. LIS
order nullihed the requirement OF .ncu y,
nncity. expressly placed by Congress ~ y
the Givil War statute except so far. as, "
relates to men under sxty-two. Wit ~,
further discussion 1t becomes ma nlicst
that this was IN ~
from the lnw.and tina & t lsc cii'il ~
"Much has appeared in the public prints q
about he order of the Pension Blireau ~
sued under Afr Gieye I,hea s au
Years of age we need hot discuss thc
question whether that order was Jus stIs
/ fable; certainly 1t was sunlnportahl. no no
i difference between that order and inc nv
Inter one, for which II serves as an Ze1 .s !
cuse, is that the former was m h az ~
ance with common knowledge, WINE %! Inc
latter was both against common .km9 W.
edge, while tho latter was both 4. against 1n.sl
common knowledge and against tnc GU CIV,
struction which Congress had put upon
Its own acts. a s!xty-twos a. man ma =
be- and usually is. able 70 perform la r,ont
gress had recognized the former TACT Wn y
In tic Mexican War statute It gave, .
pension to men either siXty.tWo OF q =.
abled; The first oraer may DC 3r rtha con-
venience Of the Department and within
thetscepe OF tho statute The second was
the creation Of a new class OF pel;Slo,h'eci's
! whom Congress had not pens.oneu. .
1.-THE usurpation OF legislative 20 we 4 ny
president Roosevelt is humorously Illus.
trated in2,hc words Of General Bia =: =, a., ~
the recent enGampm anNcd Oh tbc IL President
for VIVA he had done and urged ms hG = !, I,
crs to use their influence that "a law
might bo passed to the same effect
Extent of Usurpation.
,.ro consider next the extent Of s, !. y
executive usurpa ton. Almost, every H ~
IL &c Gy'l o Mar rhc Sery list Vii
bncomei 80 within the next four or lVe
years The actual effect OF the g, ,ora Der nus
been to appropriate at least ~ PEI a,, NV,
nun Of the nations ' alnmccted ~ vii, II
renimont For three months In the CtT "
War. The total amounts It Will never ". nj
possible to measure IN eS,cl ~. up - now
HUME ,yh % were connected with the army
~ nav Tor ninety days In tho Civil NYnr
and who are not disabled. givo aep 'sIa, "a 4
them 81 year as =, m'u ynhavc Z te sum
total Estimates have been mnde ~ siI !.
600, Ooo per uinun. Tho pons S Com',i =
sloner has Insisted that $slnut = ao,re
T =, seoms hat thero arc about lsacoo sir
yiyors of tho warnot on the pension T ,nso
prior to this executive order; EN-, ~ ~ r.cs,ilt
were tG = be- pnnteas 9n GO 'p per anna
~ CHOSEN re representatives OF the llnitea
States in Congress assembled nag .aoslr ,n,.
10 appropriate hfteen m,li q s, nc ASS
m nens oncrsme exactly ms we'll able 70
earn their Lying az ANYBODY e he,r s rIsht
two years Of age.stt l,a't vas 'le'F -
On t,ia ASPECT OF tho case, President 81
podsey .a1iH Enthusiastically disrcgarded Article
Section e the cGnstltn9i rom RfeyTTa rea
NO 'h XII ~ offnpproprlntio
made \ con .gt = agpsGiRsl,
ntes M ;dns fnr nensloners who have been
nlaPe aSdf'o on the rolls proy'sI51hss
nslla 4sts q tron
r gsinr u + ba paid DIT OF such appropriLn-
aio a0 execpt q by la%
liz Congress authoGrzes ne s, ana then
one Lat Ieshp and ye g fnr fnonstruesjon
would prssna ts for te
iIestun.tt, ~ ave bnttleshjps and one
c cpasss So if Congress IL
lump ior The sPFa aym4en autorises TIC
am y ~ az nan siuns TO those who ca es-