The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-29


8h5ENf RAT7s {, PEHsIpR
\ Benlocr beral ren;
Il + Il, Sold iers and .sde
i ounce stlie allie ssd execntfF usarpa;
ton of tent Roosevelt ins cans.
!. ing to- he ISSUED he order recogniz:
Iing total eisa bil!t the age Of 40,
land a hal Ed isabil IS a 81 The age of CO
SStlyears II Isem ocratic pelbinders
/ nay not be able to see the inconsls.
Item cy or their Professions, but 1t will
not be. dif1cult for the Old soldiers
toSsee II. he one act Of allese ex.
Ieemtiye nsurpatt ton pointed out5by the
4 Dernecrats and so loud u complained
4 OF by them, Is that n behalf of: the
old soldiers That order has two exs
|ccl1ent# precedants, President cIeve-
LANDS Commtsslo Pensions.
i Judge Lochran Who was q strict cons
structionist, interprete me Pension
Act or 1890 as recognizing totai dis
ability Mt the ago OF IS years: Fresis
dent McKiRleys Commits OF
Pensions, Mr.. Evans further inter
preted that act rs recognizing half
disahtlity at tho Sge or &c years
There was no fau! found with these:
rulings, Es
The Democrats used the ruling Of
Comm ssioner Lochran as proof Of
Democratic friendship for The old sols
Iaier The order Of President Roose,
veit's Commissioners of Pensions, Mr.
Ware, is in line with the presidents
Established by Cleveland and McKin:
ley, but it goes further in the Sdirec-
ton which the old soldiers have
claimed Is justifab1e and was intend
cd by Congress In the passage of
that Act. It is also in line with the
Acts OF Congress providing that ON
GERS of the regular army may3retire
at the age of 50, and are compelled
to retire at the age of 81
The present administrations has
fixed the age of total disability at 20
years, of half disability at 81 years
and has provided a graduated scale
between these two extremes. IL the
Democrats favor liberal pensions,
why do they denounce as executive
an order in line with the
already estabI fshed by a /,
Democratic President and Republic
can President? II Democrats are IN
favor of service pension as some
Of those from the North have claim
ed, why did the Democrats IN Con-
gress vote against an appropriation
Of s1,5o0,O00 as a deficiency to carry
into effect@t order of Commission.
er: Ware Il
The Democrats denounce thespres.fI,
ent administration for reckless ext,
travagances and for executive EusIrpa-sI55
lion, and yet the pensio orderis the
1nly act giving them excuse for eta
The Dem ocrats on the e
of appropria lions inadeit
'nly one minority report. T hat was
against the appropriation of $780, Fl
100 for pensions under this oreler.ss
they accepted all~tlie other great APP rs
,ropriatton bills and complained only Fl
'ecause they were not IarGer.Theystf c
rev the line on the appropriation
" tNe jill Ia e was the one e
Of the Roosevelt adj q
It was also one Of ex +
cutive usurpation which they speci- +
led. The Democrats Of the North II
nay be honest fnethefr profession of Ep
for the old; soldier, but
hat party is controlled by the Dem IA
Gratis of the South, who are now. as tc
hey always have been. opposed to ii
ensions for the Union veterans. Il
he South viii con tinue TO control n
10 Democratic caucus IN the House
Representatives, and dictate the ii
oicy of that party toward pensions:
'hateMers the professions of Demo
ratio candidates for Congress in the
orth and West.If the Democrats
ontrol the next House, i VIII be In e =
der for hem to- demand the revo-
atom of this pension order in which th =;
ley have discovered reckless exg IN
and executive usurpation. 4
Judge Parker is elected President
'be consistent he must revoke the. 50
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