The National tribune., 1909-11-18
NATIONAL TRIBUNE
PENSION BILL,

over the country and by every mail of
The National Tribune Pension Bill, and
with these some suggestions how it can
be amended and improved. So far we
see no reason to materially change the
text of the bill as originally presented.
but there may be later some possible
reasons presented for alterations. These
| viii be textual, however, rather than
material, and will not affect the prin-
ciple of the bill, only its Terbiage. The
justice of such a bill IS universally
recognized, and it seems to meet in the
most unusual way the approval OF all
veterans and friends of veterans A
great many Posts are sending in petit
tlons to us to present to Congress in
favor of the bill. We think the better
way will be for those who favor the
! bill to write out their own headings for
petitions and have them signed as num-
erousIy as possible and present them to
| their Members OF Congress and Sena-
tors. These are the ones that we want
to influence. We shall not. as has been
often requested, send out blank forms
of petition, for the reason that objectors
| to pensions generally will at once say
on the floors of Congress that these Pc
titions are machine made" and that
they emanate from one source. 1t will
be a great deal more impressive If the
petitions seem to be the spontaneous
work of the veterans in every Congress
sionaI District and State, and are pre-
&c cd TO tba Ganatnrz EsanroSpnta- -
tives as an expression Of the wishes
of their constituents. We hope that all
I the Posts will take this matter into
consideration and make some expression
tc such an amendment of the pension
laws as we propose.
| Nelson W. Seeber, Marshall. Texas:
Il served three years in the 10th n. Y.
H. A., and am now II years old /
think your proposed bill Is a grand one."
| J. w. Berry, Provo, Utah: "I heartily
indorse The National Tribune Pension
BILL"
I T. J. Ogden, IL Lewis St. Auburn.
IN. Y: Il agree with Comrades Horace
e. Mann and r. H. Reed in favor of a
straight $50 a month bin. but I indorse
your bill heartily. If anything is to be
| done it must be done quickly, if the
comrades are to be benefited. I en-
listed Nov. 8, 1852, in the 18th n. Y,
and served until the close of the war,
being mustered out in September, 1865.
There were many others of my age
and younger, who, like myself are now
Totally disabled for manual labor"
I J. G. Carnahan. Beatrice, Neb.: 'I
| have prepared q petition to Congress
for the passage of your bill and in a
little while had so names of veterans
Isigned to it,"
| Thoburn Post, Martins Ferry. O., J.
R. Keyes, Commander, indorses The Ma
| tional Tribune Pension Bill and asks
the comrades to stand for it as it is
and not begin to file objections or sug-
gest amendments. They should all
stand solidly for it just as written.
| NJ. d. Murdock, Millersburg, Ill
f"Your bill is all right. Congress need
not fear of doing too much for the vet
Grams who are dropping Off SO rapidly.
l served in Co. Fl, Sd Iowa, and Co. D,
18th Iowa.
| O. W, Holcomb. Northboro, Iowa, viii
celebrate his 66th birthday Nov. 81. He
would like to have the comrades and
sons Of veterans send him birthday pos
tai cards. He was a member of Co. E,
SD Ill.,, and his father was in the TTth
| ILL., He wishes that each one would
write on the postal what regiment he
served in. AS he is a bachelor he
would be still more pleased to get pos
tails from veterans widows and daugh-
ters.
| j. C. Rowland, 112th N Y, Rice
Lake, Wis: II most heartily approve
of the National Tribune Pension Bill"
Lewis B. Jessup, New Carlisle, Ind.
"Allow an old veteran Of the Thirteenth
Corps to express his unbounded admira-
ton of your biIl.''
! VIM. NJ. Chandler, Orofino, Idaho
wants The National Tribune Pension
Bill amended by having the words in
the eligibility clause, land any soldier
row receiving a pension for service in
any of the Indian wars up to and III
Guiding the year 1872" These men
are now getting So a month, and they
are all past 10 years of age. If any
pensiOner is entitled to full eonsfdera-
ton it is he who fought the savages ei
the West and waited as much as %
years before receiving his pay.
T. c. Chase, Sergeant Major, Martin
Watson Post, Barron, Wis: without
the least hesitation our Post unani-
mously agreed to the whole National
Tribune Pension Bill. and especially
Section 3. Our Department at Eau
Claire, in June, especially urged all COM
rades to work together in this matter
am over 80 years old, and have been
for several years an invalid"
Ell. H. Moore. of Chautauqua. n. Y.
90 years old, was in the city last week
en- route to Florida to spend the Win
tier. He was Chaplain OF the Sd Kan
He spends his Winters regularly in Flor.
ida, and thinks his visits to that State
have prolonged his life.
I J. H. Barny. First Sergeant. Co. B,
National Tribune Pension Bill is the
most practical and common sense one
tevery presented, and l want to say to
Ial comrades to stop their fault-inding
No pension bill can ever be presented
Ebut what some comrade will object
IStop writing about the short term or 90
days men. That is an old. played out
tchestnuu."
). w. Lucas. Adjutant, John A. Dix
Post, Kidder, Mo-, writes that at re-
cent meeting of the Post resolutions
we're passed indorsing The Natianal
|Tribune Pension Bill including pensions
Ito ex-prisoners of war. This indorse-
ment was made in the name of the
hi members of the Post