The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-06
J, A. N. ADAIR
SEEKS OPINION
He Will Soon Present Two
New Pension Bills in
Congress.
CONTENTS NOT LIKED HERE
ENDORSEMENT OF BILLS DE-
FERRED BY SOL MEREDITH
POST-THOUGHT ADAIR COURTS
FAVOR FOR POLITICAL ENDS.

Members of the Sol Meredith Post,
G. A. r., at meeting held Thursday
night refused to grant the request
of Congressman Adair. that the post
endorse a widows pension bill, which
he is about to introduce in the house
of representatives Congressman
Adair also asked the local post to
endorse a bill of his which provides
$40 monthly pension for all soldiers
who served ninety days in the War
Of the Rebellion or sixty days in the
Mexican war. This bill the post nei-
ther endorsed or turned dOwn"-it
was ignored. Altogether Congress-
man Adair's efforts to popularize him
self with local veterans for political
ends proved to be fruitless venture.
The existing act of congress, which
provides that no widow of a soldier
who married the veteran after the
year 1900 is entitled to a pension on
the death of her husband. is as un-
popular with veterans here as it is
elsewhere. The law which provides
that no widow of a soldier, who has
an income of $3.50 or more, is entitled
to pension is as equally unpopular.
The Sol Meredith post has gone on
record as being opposed to any meas
ure which does not eradicate these two
laws. AS Congressman Adair's wild
ows' act does not accomplish this pur-
pose the Sol Meredith post has re-
fused to approve of it.
The proposed act, provides that all
widows of soldiers, shall on meeting
the requirements of the rules and reg
.ulationS of the interior department
receive a pension of s12 per month
and 81 a month for each minor child
under nineteen years of age. Section
, OF this act provides that it shall
include all widows and minor children
of veterans now drawing pensions or
widows and minor children who have
applied for pensions under existing
las. In other words Congressman
Adair's act is simply measure for
the increase of pensions for widows
and minor children under "eXisting
laws" AS the local veterans are op-
posed to the ''existing laws" Mr.
Adair's act does not meet with ap-
proval. Members of the Sol Meredith
post favor a straight widows pension
law which will give the widow pen
sion on the death of her husband no
matter what time she married him.
1t is argued, that many worthy wO-
men in this city who have married vet
Grams since 1900 will not be entitled to
a pension on the death of their hus-
band because of the existing law. Lo-
cal veterans admit that a bill which
would eliminate the Objectionable fea-
ture of the present law. would be abus-
ed to a slight extent, but they point
out that it's benefits would oversbad-
ow any abuse made of it. Veterans
say that only in isolated cases where
adventuresses married drunken veter-
ans at soldiers homes, would the de-
sired law be taken advantage of. They
point out that even in such cases
should the woman remarry on the
death of her husband her pension
would cease.
SOL Meredith post took no action
on Congressman Adair's act which
provides $50 a month pension for
soldiers who served ninety days in the
Civil war or sixty days in the Mexi-
can war because We veterans are not
interested at this time in such acts"
stated Adjutant John Markley this
morning. What we are now inter-
ested in is suitable widows pension
act"