The National tribune., 1910-12-29
THE suLLowAy PENSION BILL.

The friends of the veterans in Con-
gress, at the head OF which stand
Speaker Cannon. Chairman Sulloway
and the members of the Invalid Pen
sions Committee, are strongly bent up
on putting thru the bill recommended
by the Invalid Pensions Committee and
reported by Mr.. Fuller, of Illinois. That
the veterans may know to whom they
are indebted for this substantialfriend-
ship We give the following list of the
Committee on Invalid Pensions:
Cyrus Sulloway, of New Hampshire.
Samuel w. Smith, of Michigan.
VIM. A. Calderhead, of Kansas.
Thomas w Bradley. of New York.
Charles f. Fuller, of Illinois
Don c. Edwards. of Kentucky.
Napoleon B. Thistlewood, of Illinois
David A. Hollingsworth, of Ohio.
J. n. Langham, of Pennsylvania.
Charles II. Cowles. of North Carolina
George II. Lindsay, OF New York.
Charles Fl. Weiss, of Wisconsin.
Lincoln Dixon, of Indiana.
Timothy T. Ansberry, of Ohio.
Eugene F. .Kinliead, of. New Jersey.
Carl c. Anderson. of Ohio.
The passage of the bill by the House
before the holidays was prevented by
the parliamentary tactics of those who
had other bills for which the rules gave
precedence The effort to pass the bill
will be resumed as soon as Congress re-
assemblies, and we have every hope that
it will be sent to the Senate before the
middle of the month.
That the passage of this bill will be
eminently satisfactory to the veterans
all over the country is abundantly at
tested by the flood of Endorsements
that came in for The National Tribune
pension bill. of which the Sulloway bill
is a slight modification. Never before
in the history of the G. A. r. did any
proposed pension bill receive the cor
dial and even enthusiastic Endorsement
of all the Posts and all the veterans
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. There
was not a dissenting voice anywhere
against it. but, on the other hand,
everyone heartily conceded that it met
in their fullness the veterans ideas of
what will represent to them the justice
of the Government. 1t is far better
bill than any other proposed, because
it is progressive, it recognizes the prin-
ciple which is now a part of our law
that age is disability and increases
with years. 1t is in the direction of
therefore meet with the least opposl-
ton of any measure proposed, and it's
passage will be received with the great
est thankfulness in every section. There
can be no oyerestimation of the i'm
mense amount Of real, practical good
will carry peace and gladness into hum
dreds of thousands of homes, raise
every veteran above the gnawing ankle
ty as to means of support, and enable
him to end his days with a sufficiency
of all the necessities of life. 1t will
Homes, stop the pressure upon Con-
gress for the passage of special bills
and place every man who served the
Government on a perfect equality as to
the justice and gratitude of the Nation.
Such is the eminent rightfulness of the
DiIi THAT It's pdSsdSt Dc dtl "
which the party can point with just
pride and upon which it can go before
the people with entire certainty Of re-
ceiving their cordial Endorsement of the
act 1t will be a fitting crown to the
generous care which the Government
has given to its defenders, and be
something that will raise the character
Of the Government in the eyes of the
whole world.