Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-30

ueuJpation u q said that this oode1
49, made Il the peri AZ I
duty Imposed upon the president, hV
80 81 congress-" but de provision
making The imposition Il not pointed
out The act to which he order r.
feg4 which b the one relating DO pen
sions to civil war veterans. does not
authorize pensions on the oround of
aga It does grant pensions to those
suffering from any mental or physical
disability or disabilities Of a perma-
nent character. not the result Of their
own vicious habits, which 80 incapaci-
tates them from the performance Of
manual labor as to render them una
be to earn support" This specified
requirement Of incapncity Is in effect
ct aside by order No. u as to all per
sons over sixty-two.
The war closed nearly forty years
go. In the meantime many of our
soldiers and sailors long survived tho
60 Of si1ty-two and passed away
without receiving any pension. Skill
tQl pension attorneys. hunting through
Ia statute. failed to find there a pro-
vebion giving q pension to all who had
1peched stxty-two. Many prominent
veterans urged the Justice Of congress:
stonal action giving q service pension
10 all veterans. Bills to that effect
were introduced In congress. And not:
until March OF this year did any one
ever claim to have made tie discovery
thae the president had power to treat
the statute ~ IL Il read that when a
claimant had passed the age OF sixty
two years he b necessarily disabled
one,haH In ability to perform manual
1abos and therefore entitled to pen
s(on.
The present pension commissioner tn
dlcated his view Of the order when In
. recent address he thanked the presi-
dent for what he had done and advised
hin hearers to use their influence that
Z law might be passed to the same ef-
feet. Full confidence. after ali, seems
not to have been placed ON the defense
q justification. for It Is pleaded in
mitigation that a former Democratic
peesident did something looking In thet
direction. Even IL that were 70, witch
3 not admitted, our present duty
VQuA be none the less p!:;ln aud I'M
perattve. Our people mist never tol-
QRate the citation OF one act VI usurDa-
ton of power as an excuse for anoth-
C. The first may possibly he due to
mistake; the second. being based on
tie first. cannot be. In explanation.
however. Il should be said that the or
der relied on simply provided that the
age Of seventy-flvc years should be re-
gacded as evidence Of inability to per
form manual labor Few men are able
Do perform manual labor at that age.
but nearly all men are at sixty-two.
The first order Is based on a fact that
appearance teaches; the other Is based
"a the assertion OF that which is not
true as general rule,
The I'D inquiry, "What are you 60
INC 30 DO about tt1'' b now stated tn a
~ tuem. L b ss1d hv @a adhntn1s-
tzat1uu. IN replv to the puheic criticism
q tA1s oe0er. that ~ 4 eaay b tast
ouc oQpooents Ancestty IA tthe mat
81. The order Ia Queet1m ID cevocabje
q ~ pleasure Of the executive II
or oQpoQeots ooune into power they
60 gevo1e tfztD ocder and annmnce
tAat theR VA treat tia veterans Of
sixty-two and seventy a. presumably
tn fui bodily vigor and not entitled to
pension. Wul they authoritativeiy
Gtste that they intend 10 DO th1s1 II
90 we accept the issua"
f01s suggests the suapActoa at least
that the order wa6 made TO create an
issue, that Il ives supposed to present
q strong strategic position IN the bat
tie az the ballots. But "a the making
a thak oder waA. b my Judgment, an
;attempted though perhaps unwilling en-
croachnent ut,aq the legislative power
and therefore unwarradted By the cop
stitution. the challenge IL accepted II
elected I viii revoke that order. But
I 70 further ana say that that being
done. Win contribute my effort toward
the enactment Of law 70 be passed by
both houses OF congress and appfoved
oV the executive that will give an age
pension without reference to disability
to the surviving heroes az the ctvi1
var and under the provisions Of which
q pension mag be accepted with d1gni-
y because Of uhe consciousness that II
comes az q Just due from the people
through theer chosen representatives
apd not as kargess distributed By tho
CHEZ executive.
Posstpn Rets<sone.
Tue foreign relations Of the govern
meQt have IN hate years assumed
special Importance. Prior to the &C
QUESTION Of the Philippines We were
practically invulnerable against At
tscks BY foreign stas. Those tropical
possessions, however. 1900 miles from
our shores. have, changed ell this and
keeR TIE peaee The new conditions
0Au f0e a -r1a0a6aonenf ~ fornAon a.