Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-10-21

specified requirement. of i]ncapacity l.
in effect set aside 10y Order No. - ~
10 all persons over SiNty-two.
The VAR closed nearly forty wears
ago. III the meantime many OF our
soldiers AMI sailors long survived the
age OF SiNty-twO. AMI passed away
without receiving amy pension. Skill
full pension attorneys hunting through
the Statui" failed To- find there Il pro.
vision .i,IU. 4 pension iu all vii" lIad
reached >iNiy-two. Many prominent
veterans urged the Justice Of congress.
Si"iIal action giving Il service pension
to all Veterans. Hills to that effect
wcr" Introduce in Congress. And not
until March of this year did any one
ever claim Ia har" made the diSCrv-
cry tina the President had power Ia
treat the Statur" a> if it read that when
Il claimant hal passed the az" uf >iNlN-
two years he i necessarily disabled
vonc.half In ability to perform manual
labor aud therefore entitled 10 Il Uru-
siOn.
I'll" President Of the Civil Service
Commission. General John &. Black,
formerly Commissioner of Pensions
II commandments of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Indicated hi>
view of the order when in 4: recent al.
dress he thanked tn" President for
what hr had dome. AND advised his
hearers To r>r their Influence that a
law miSht u" passed {" III" Hinl"
FHcct. MI c"niid ne" after Ill seems
not to have been placed on the drr"mS,
of Justification, for it i pleaded in miti-
CATION that n former Democratic Pres.
idcnt did sometime" looking in that
direction. Even il that were -
which is not admitted uur present du-
I! would be n"nc III" loss plain and
Imperative. our p""rl" must never
tolerate the citation of II act oi
hSllrpat:Oh OF lower AZ an excuse for
another. Til" first may possibly lac du"
TO mistake, til" second. being based on
the irSt. cannot h". Ia explanation.
however. II Shnuid III" said that I'll" or
der relied Oh simply provided that til"
az OF S~cNcnl" i've Years should be re-
Ehrdcd rs evidence Of inability tn per.
form manual labor. Few men are able
10 perform manual Labor 1T that age,
but nearly all men are ut siNiy-tw".
Ihc nrSt order j. based on a fact that
experience teaches. the other j. based
on III" assertion al that which j. not
tru" rs II general rule.
ROOSEVELT'S CHALLENGE.
The old inquiry. ''What are Won 70
ing To do about it:' is now stated In
4 new fOrm. Ii j. said lev he admins.
tratiou, in reply Ia the bubble criticism
OF this order. that 1T i easy To test
Our opponents sincerity in This muttrr
The order in question i rryucuhl,. nj
the pleasure of The E~Xrrutiyr If nur
opponents come into power they can
rcTokc this order and Announce that
they will treat the veterans Of sixiy-
two and seventy ~ urr>uu,hIy IN
full bodily vi=or and not entitled to
pension WIN tH"! auih"ritativ"ly
sl"te mat lh'E intend I" d" this: II
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'NI'I'h h'Ni'H FOX lt.NtE.
Tie foreign relations of the govern
mcnt have in late Years assumed
special Importance. l'rin" To- til" ac-
QUESTION of the Philippines. W" were
practically imVulnCrabl" agtinSt al
lacks 10y foreign States. Those tropical
possessions. however. seven thousand
miles from our shores. have changed
all thiS ANA have IN effect put us under
DohdS to Keep the peace. Tn" new
conditions call for n management Of
foreign affairs tn" more CircumSpcCt
IN mat the recent American invasion
oil foreign markets IN all parts of the
W"rIu mas excited ia" serious appr"-
hellSioll OF all The great industrial PEG
PIES. IL Is essential. therefore. more
tnhn ever. TO adIor" strictly to IN"
lrhulll"iihI policy of th" country ~
~orlnuIatcd by its first president and
never. III my Judgment. wisely de
parted ir"m.to invit" friendly r"la-
lions with al nations while avoiding