The National tribune., 1906-10-18

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inoculation of the party's ideas.
The name "Spellbinder'' originated
some years ago, when every stumper
returning from a tour thru the country
reported at committee headquarters
that his audiences literally sat spell
| bound" An association of spellbind-
ers was formed and is probably still
in active existence. The ''profesh" meet
together convivially. as actors and elo-
| cuti5nists do, relate their experiences,
tell what epigram took" what story
convulsed the audience. what trick met
with frost" etc. This is a great
country. and many different ways in it
for making a living.
| PENSION BILLS.
| Last June Congressman Reynolds. of
PENNSYLVANIA, introduced the following
bills. which were referred to the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions, which will
probably report or them early in the
coming session:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the United
| States of America in Congress assem-
bled, That the Secretary of the Interior
| be- and he is hereby authorized to in
| is now on the pension roll at s8 per
| month under the terms of the act of
June 27, 1890, entitled IAN act grant
| ing pensions to soldiers and sailors who
are incapacitated for the performance
of manual labor and providing fHr
pensions to widows minor children and
dependent parents" and its amend
ments. to s12 per month: and all wild
ows who shall hereafter be placed on
the pension roll under the provisions
of said act and it's amendments shall be
entitled to receive a pension at the rate
IF S12 per month during their widow
hood. to commence from the date of
the application therefor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled. That from and after the passage
of this act all soldiers and sailors who
nave served so days or more in the
military or naval service of the United
States during the late war OF the re-
bellion or the Spanish-American War
and who have been honOrably discharg-
ed therefrom and who are now, or
may hereafter be. suffering from the
loss of sight of both eyes, or from the
loss of both hands, or from the loss of
both feet. or from the loss of one hand
and one foot, or from the loss of either
leg at the hip joint, or from the loss
of an arm at the shoulder joint. or
from total disability in both arms or
both legs. or who are totally incapaci-
tated for performing manual labor and
are disabled in such degree as to re-
quire the regular personal aid and at
tendance of another person. and who
are without other means of support
than their daily labor and an income
not exceeding $3.50 per year, which
disabilities have resulted from causes
not occurring while in the service of
the United States nor the result of
vicious habits. shall upon making due
proof of the fact of such disabilities. as
hereinbefore stated. according to such
rules and regulations as the Secretary
of the Interior may prescribe, be placed
upon the pension roll and be entitled
to receive a pension of $40 per month
which pension shall be in lieu of any
other pension to which such pensioner
may be entitled under any law of the
United States: Provided. That no per-
son shall receive more than one pen
sion for the same period, nor shall this
act apply to anyone who is receiving.
or shall be entitled to receive, any
greater pension under any act, general
or special.
day will bring forth and everybody's
predictions are merely wild guesses. yet
the outcome of the Hearst Murphy
combination is felt will not he wholly
to the interest of either of them. 1t
is the first time in Tammany's III
years of history that it has had control
of the State Democratic machine. Dick
(frnl<ar that tho nn-Statn
Democrats hated Tammany worse than
they did the Republicans. Has any
thing occurred to render this feeling
more brotherly and fraternai? Most
of the upstate Democratic papers are
supporting Hearst, but large number
of them preface their advocacy by the
qualification that they only do it be-
cause it is regular" This is not the
kind of support that usually carries
men into office upon an irresistible
wave, but, then, as all signs fail in dry
weather, SO all signs are unreliable in
this year of political disintegration.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has denied the petition of Ex>
Senator Joseph Ralph Burton, of Kan
sas, for a rehearing, which makes the
third time that the Supreme Court has
had the case before it. This takes away
his last hope, and he will have to begin
his term of six months Imprisonment
in the jail at Ironton, Mo-, in a few
days.
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
has the merit of frankness. In his
to Secretary Shaw, he said that Taft
was the wisest and Shaw the shrewdest
and sharpest of the present generation
of Republicans. Mr.. Bryan's belief in
Government ownership of railroads is
Mr.. Bryan's private opinion, and will
find no place in the Democratic plat
form.
Since the formation of the Govern
want Nayy ,r., State has had fbrao