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e WHAT IT WILL DO.

The passage of the Sulloway pension
bill will carry'sgladness to $4,000 aged
men who in their youth gave everything
that liGe held. for them to the service
of the Nation.uIc
1t will not only make all of their pres
ent days comfortable, but even cheer
full. by assurings them of suffieienes
on which theyaand their aged wives can
live during their few remaining years
1t will fill their hearts with gratitude
for the great Nation which they saved
and satisfaction that the services they
rendered the country are held in proper
appreciation.
1t will be of the highest benefit to
the business world in distributing pc
riodically a large sum of money into
the remotest parts of the country to
prevent money stagnation and keep up
the healthful circulation of currency.
1t will cost this great and wealthy
country but comparatively small sum
this year, with a rapid decrease every
year thereafter.
1t will not add a cent of burden to
any taxpayer In the country.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

The following extract from the New
York Times shows how ready the pen
sion haters are to lie in. order to de-
feat justice to the veterans:
This measure, like the bill of 1907
that preceded it, would furthG pension
great body of deserters and men who
had never come within gunshot of a
battle-ground, provided they can show
that they were enlisted 80 days in the
civil war or 60 days in the Mexican
war. 1t affects few, indeed. of the old
lighters Congress had already dis
graced itself in removing the disabil-
tiles of deserters and in awarding them
and noncombatants pensions. BY this
bill the House would increase such pen
sions and add to it's shame
Every sentence is absolutely untrue
and must have been written with the
knowledge that it was untrue. No de-
serter can get pension without having
his record cleared, and Congress has
removed the charges in relatively a
very small number of cases. The Sui
loway pension bill extends no benefits
to any man who is not fully entitled to
a pension under the laws as they now
stand.
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The Legislature of Michigan Endorses.

The following transcript from the Journal of the Michigan
House of Representatives date of Feb. 81
received from the Senate transmitting Senate
No 49,
Whereas There pending in the Senate of the Congress of
the United States bill known the Sulloway Pension Bill which
provides that all of the Mexican civil shall
pension of fifteen dollars per month the of twenty
dollars at the of twenty dollars at the of
and dollars per month the age years The
bill also provides that all veterans who wholly mcapacaed to
perform labor shall receive of hrysx dollars month
with age limitation
The bill above referred has already passed the House of Repre-
ntatves by overwhelming and pending the Senate
Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate he House of Representatives concurrng
That the Michigan Legislature record favorng the early enact
ment of this bill and that copy of this resolution be forwarded at
the United from Michigan them
every effort to the passage OF the bill
The question being concung the adoption of the resolution
the resolution adopted
The in both Houses unanimous.
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THE SENATE COMMITTEE AGREES.

A
of
The ommi consists of the rowin Senators
Porter ] McCum North Oak Charma
Nathan Scott Of
Henry Burnha of
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Rober La
Charles OF
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Shivey, of Indiana
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SIMPLY SANDER.

The New York Times is another
hypocrite that is always canting about
giving the deserving soldier an ,ade-
quate pension" but its cloven hoof
comes out Enthusiastically in the follow
ing malignant paragraph:
1t is reported that the Senate Com
mittee on Pensions is to act favorably
upon the s45,000,000 grab" bill that
would benefit chiefly deserters and
noncombatants of our wars. The House
passed it upon the eloquent plea of
Speaker Joe" Cannon. If the Senate
Committee reports it, will the Senate
pass it? And will President Taft sign
it?
The Times has not single iota of
proof upon which to base this libel
upon the men VINO fought the war
thru TO victory. 1t is simply unmiti-
gated SANDER, and the Times people
know it if they know anything about
the history of the country
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The Tampa Tribune Is one of those
bourbon papers that never learn any
thing. Even in the face of the great
immigration of Union veterans to Flor
ida, it continues its TRADE against PEN
sions as il they were an oppression to
the South. According to the report of
the Commissioner of Pensions for the
year ended June 80, 1910, he paid to
the pensioners in Florida the very con-
siderable sum of s724.58f.33, a very
large amount, considering that the State
has a population, according TO the last
census. of 1918. This would make
pretty near a dollar a head paid for
every man, woman and child in the
State in the way of pensions. This Is
enough to greatly affect the ready mon
ey condition in Florida and avoid a
contingency. This payment will I'M
doubtedly be doubled within year OF
two from the influx of veterans who
are doing so much to build up the State
1t must also be remembered that all
this money and enterprise. which the
Northern people take into Florida are
being heavily and directly taxed to pay
pensions to Confederate veterans.
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SPRING AT ST. ANDREWS.
All Nature Smiles Around the Shores
of the Beautiful Bay.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
Lynn Haven, Feb. 10, 1911
Spring is here at Lynn Haven and
all nature smiles. The fruit trees are
all in full bloom, and the ti-ti BIOS
SONS, their yellow and white (chalices
resembling the clematis. are spreading
their sweet perfume on the baimy air.
The woods are full of pale-blue vio-
lets as big as pansies, and large white
anemones gfisten from the green grass,
which is growing lush with the vigor
of the season.
In the gardens the kohlrabi, cabbages,
turnips and other vegetables are ready
to gather. while radishes. lettuce and
peas that were planted within a week
are already above the ground and grow
ing like the tabled beanstalk of Jack
the Giant-Killer. In a few days the
magnolia trees, which grow to great
size here and are scattered profusely all
over the townsite, will be in blossom.
and then the acme of vernal beauty
will be reached.
The days ara as warm as June in
the North, but with an atmosphere that
is full of vitality and never enervating,
while the nights are deliciously cool,
with the thermometer at about So, SO
that a pair of blankets are welcome.
And the activities of the st. Andrews
Bay Development Company are wing
with those of the Spring. One by one
the avenues are cleared and open up
their vistas from. the dimpling waters
of the Fay to the dark-green foliage of
the distant background. The great
dock stretching out as an extension of
Pennsylvania avenue to deep water, is
nearly completed. Three crews of sur
veyors are finishing the setting of cor
ner stubs, and every day sees visible
and encouraging progress in the growth
of the town.
Subscribers are visiting the townsite
every day, and it is not often that the
Company's launch, the swift and roomy
Firefiy, fails TO bring full load from
the Company's offices at Panama City
to view the town and to find their lots.
Mr. Russell, of Catskil, N. Y, is just
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MOVEMENTS.

Commander-in-Chief Gilman was in
Philadelphia last Saturday evening at a
meeting of the Sons of Veterans, and
made an address on Sunday evening at
church in that city. He returned
that night to Boston. On Tuesday even
ing he left to attend the Annual En-
campment of the Department of the Po-
tomac at Washington, D. C. Feb. %
he will be the guest Of Meade Post of
Philadelphia, at the Union League.
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THE VOLUNTEER OFFICERS BILL

THE VOLUNTEER OFFICERS BILL.
Elsewhere win be found powerful
plea by Gen.e sickIes for the officers
retirement billsn: A great deal of I'M
necessary friction has been caused by
assuming that this bill was in some way
on the same plane with the Sulloway
bill and other general pension legisIa-
ton. This feeling was accumulated at
the last session by an unfortunate blum
der which injected into the volunteer
officers bill provision giving pensions
to enlisted men who were disabled and
| had arrived at the age of TO-. This pro-
vision had no more place in that bill
than it did in the bill for fortifying the
| bill is in no sense a pension bill, but
a matter of simple justice and right to
the men whose good soldiership brought
| them commissions. At least nine-tenths
of the beneficiaries of the bill were en-
| listed men who carried their muskets
faithfully for long months before they
rose to commissions. The officers re-
tirement bill simply puts this class on
/ the same footing of justice that other
officers are and gives them in a measure
ALLOWANCES and consideration due in all
armies of the world to men who bear
commissions and carry swords. While
the Government could provide only in
sufficiently for any men in the army
during the war. yet its failure to do
what is customary and right by the Off
GERS was conspicuous.
The officers retirement bill belongs
to the class lof legislation for the War
and Navy Departments, and not for the
Pension Bureau. 1t partially remedies
Inequalities and injustices in the mat
ter of payment and allowances by COM
mon consent due officers in wartime.
AS before stated. it stands on an entire
ly different footing from pensions, and
must never be COMPOUNDED with them.
for the highest good of the service that
there should be special Inducements and
recognition given TO officers. The whole
military idea pivots on this. The Off
GERS, especially those who rose from
the ranks to the lower grades, never
received proper treatment from the
Government; and this bill is only a
short step in the right direction.
The bill has been so cut down that
the allowances given the officers are in
most Instances only slightly in excess of
the pension rates to enlisted men, The
officerstcare more for this as measure
of justice to them as officers than they
do for the amount of pay involved.
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Capt. Fred Dig 9Th ILL.,, Long Beach,
Cal, says that the firing on Fort Sum
ter brought the test whether this Ma
ton should live or perish. 1t inaugu-
rated the fiercest and most unmerciful
conflict the world has ever seen. 1t
established firmly Government based
on freedom and equal rights. placed
the Nation where 1t is to-day, respected
and courted by all other countries, and
its Flag honored wherever 1t is seen.
The semi-centennial should be cele-
brated
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Sending a vicious clipping from the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, j. f.

Sending a vicious clipping from the
Springfield (Mass) Republican, ]. f.
Bannister. Montreal, writes:
THE Springfield Republican seems to
take pleasure in exploiting such effu-
yions as these of the Behold / am not
as other men are 1t is pleasant read
Ing TO note how some men like to get
into the limelight by traducing others
when they know, as a rule, no notice
will be taken of their statements, but
this seeking notoriety by accusing the
last remnant Of the vast army of VOL
unteers who served their country to the
best of their ability in its time of need
by intimating they are thieves and
robbers or would be if circumstances
favored. shows how badly he is handi-
capped in his lack of courtesy for the
opinions of other men who have served
but were denied the privilege of dying
Cike himself) for their country. So far
as my reading and experience goes,
never read in any coGntry's history that
the old pensioners were looked upon as
robbers in any sense. He should ask
Congress to grant him a special roll of
honor for his distinguished services, so
he will not be contaminated, or his high
ideals shocked"
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SENATOR NELSON WILL SUPPORT
THE BILL.

A comrade sends the following letter
from Senator Nelson, of Minnesota:
Mr.. Fred Bloom, p NJ,
Woodstock, Mimi
Dear Sir: Your communication of re-
Gent date, urging passage of the Sullo-
way pension bill, is at hand IL the
Committee on Pensions of which | am
not member, reports the bill favorabiy
to the Senate, 1t will receive my favor
able consideration, and attention
Yours truly, KNUTE NELSON.
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SENATOR PERKINS INDoRsEs
U. S. senat

Washington, d. c.. Jan 80, 1911.
Hon c. w. White, Adjutant, G. A. r.,
IColusa, Cal.
My Dear Sir: am in receipt of your
telegram of Jan. 20, relative to the Sui
loway pension bill / would say that
have voted for every bill granting pen
sions to the old soldiers which has
come before Congress, and know of no
reason why l should not vote for the
present bill when 1t is reported TO the
Senate. l have always firmly believed
that the country should feelingly rec
ognize the services of the old soldiers
which were so gladly rendered in time
of need.
Yours truly
GEORGE c. PERKINS.
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INDIANA CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Relative Requesting Our Congress Support "a Bill
H. R. No. 29346," Pending in the Senate, Congress
of the United States
Whereas bill, H. r. No 29346 known the Suoway bill,
granting pensions certain enlisted soldiers and officers who
served the civil and the with Mexico has passed the House
of Representatives the Congress of the United States and
pending in the Senate Therefore be it
Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana That
heartily approve of the provisions said BILL hereby
respectfully request Senators Congress vote for and
honorable its by the Senate of the United
substantially passed the House of Representatives without
alteration amendment, to benefits provided.
Resolved That copies of this resolution signed by the respective
Houses each of the
in the Congress of the United States
BRADY, Senator.
This adopted without dissenting in either House.
j. R. FESLER, A. A. g., Indianapolis Ind.
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TAKE THE BURDEN Off THE
STATES.

Everyone writing heeticly as to the
cost of the sulloway pension bill utter
ly ignores the fact that very large
part, if not all, of the cost will be met
by reduction, of the burdens on the
States That. is, the money which is
now being paid from the State and
County, TREASURES to help the veterans
live upon their pensions will no longer
be necessary, This burden will be lift
ed from the, local taxpayers and put
where it properly belongs-on the
Treasury of the United States If we
begin with nearly $1,000, 600 spent every
| year by Massachusetts, and add to this
all that the other States in the North
| are spending in that direction. the
sum total will be very close to the ag-
sregate cost of the Sulloway bill.
| This IS a, fact of immense importance
that should be given its full weight in
any consideration of the proposed PEN
sion legislation. The money paid out
to the veterans in the various States
and Counties is raised by direct taxa
ton upon a people already complaining
1
other uses for their money in building
bridges, making good roads, educating
the children, providing public build
ings. caring for the poor. the insane.
| etc. On the other hand, the money
raised by the Government and a portion
of which is expended for pensions, is
in no sense q tax upon the people. All
the duties and imposts are imposed for
other purposes, and there would be
a demand for them to exist in their
present form if there was not pension
er in the land nor a clerk in the Pension
Bureau. For example, the largest single
| item in our revenue schedule is that of
there was collected the immense sum
of $209, 1000, 900 from this source alone.
No one would want these taxes removed.
or even reduced, If there was no such
thing as pension roll, or even the
Army and Navy Departments. The
taxes are imposed for the purpose of
regulating the manufacture and sale of
liquor, and everybody, from the police
man on the beat to the great church
organizations, desires to have these du-
ties remain where they are. They
would have them increased rather than
| diminished, II that were good policy.
The distillers and brewers themselves
support the present system Of duties,
and would not have it changed. The
Sulloway bill will therefore most abso-
lutely and emphaticaIly not increase by
a single cent the taxation upon any Ia
boring man or farmer, but, on the other
hand, will rather reduce his taxation
by the relief that it will give the State
and County Treasures.
No one can deny this. and it is one
of the strongest arguments that can
be usedo locally against those who are
| fighting the Subway bill.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

Japan is after the socialists with Bit
ter haste. The recent budget contained
an appropriation of $4,000 for stamp
ing out socialism, and this means that
there will be horde of spies turned
loose on the agitators and organizers.
As beheading is a favorite penalty in
the Far East, this is likely to result
in as many funerals as when the French
Republic turned on the Commune in
1871
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St. Andrews Bay Colony.

The first assignment of property in
the st. Andrews Bay Colony has been
made, and the st. Andrews Bay Devel-
opment Company is now preparing
deeds, which probably will be mailed to
subscribers not later than March 1, on
surrender of receipts issued by The Ma
tional Tribune and the st. Andrews Bay
Development Company.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

Naturally, the Louisville Courier
Journal is opposed to the Sulloway bill,
and says that it ought to be killed, be-
cause lit does not seek to pension war
riors. but to provide graft for indolent
things as facts are not allowed for a
moment to stand in the way of the
Louisville Courier-Journal when il
wants to say something mean about
those whom it has reason for disliking.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16
The Soldiers Loan,

Editor National Tribune: Referring
to the matter of the soldiers in the field
in 1864 loaning the Government money
in the emergency, l well remember,
while at Atlanta with Shermans army
after waiting nine months for my pay
as a private soldier, how willingly with
the other boys l accepted compound in
terest notes with coupons attached in
payment for my services. / also re-
member that while there l cast my first
Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln,
and said vote, after reaching Columbus.
Ohio, was for some technically thrown
out, with all votes from my regiment
H. M. Kellogg. 55th Ohio. Cortland, N. Y.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

Apropos of the current superstition
about the ground hog on Feb 2, a friend
sends US the following old Scotch
rhyme:
eff Candlemas Day be bright and fair,
The half of the Winter is game and
MAR.
II Candlemas Day be wet and drear.
Winter is game for another year"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

samuel W. Bird, 35th Ill, Compton,
Gil, asks why celebrate the semi-cen-
tehnial of the firing on Fort Sumter.
Why not celebrate the end, rather than
the beginning, if celebrate we must?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

There are about 100000 people in
Canada, tolerably good purchasers,
while there are 100000 f1rst-class pur-
chasers in Pennsylvania. The Canadian
trade is in no ways as important as
that of the Keystone State.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

They are now fitting up aeroplanes
in France with machine guns. We
would suggest that the first step ought
to be to fit them with apparatus to save
the lives of the aviators. These seem
to be in much more danger all the time
than those of the enemy.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

The action of the match workers
trhst in striving to end the frightful
susferings and disfigurements of match
factory workers should be considered
while denouncing the trusts as soulless
and cruel.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-16

Comrade Alex. P. Asbury, Command
er Department of Indiana, G. A. R.,
Farmersburg, Ind, has done excellent
work for the Sulloway bill. He at once
wrote and wired the Senators from In
diana urging their support of the meas
ure, and he joined in with the other
comrades in influencing the Indiana
Legislature to indorse the bill.
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NOTICE.

when you send in your subscription
Always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
ojaace give former address es weu.
swhen change of address is desired be
SIRE to give former address.
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The Legislature of Indiana Endorses.

Editor National Tribune Both Houses of the Indiana Legsa
have unanimously Endorsed the Suloway bA p Asbury Com
mander Department Of Indiana, G. A. r.. Farmeburg Ind
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THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
INDORSES.

Editor National Tribune: Washington
House and Senate indorses the Sullowsy
pension bill unanimously-Geor w
Tibbetts, Past Department Commander,
Orting, Wash.
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JOHN McELROY. Editor.
WASHINGTON, D. c., FEB. 16. 1911

omoe: 18th and e Street. Northwest.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-13
ARMY ANDOTHER
.FOLKON SHERMAN
Many Returning to Philippines
After Leaves Spent In
United States.

Prominent among the passengers
on the Sherman bound for Manila
arc the wife and children of Brig
Gen. John ]. Pershing. commanding
the Department of Mindanao, with
station at Zamboanga. sE
Mrs. Pershing has been visiting at
her old Wyoming home for several
months, and is now returning with
her three children to Join her hus-
band.
Mrs. Ward Pershing, sister-in-
law, is accompanying the generals
family to the Philippines.
Included in the civilian passengers
are Mrs Harvey and two sons, fam
lily of Solicitor.Geheral George Har-
vey of the Philippine government,
who have been in California for a
year and half.
Walter B. Jernigan is going to
China to join the American legation
at Picking, and will visit the Philip
pines EN- route.
Mrs. D. M. Kent of San Francisco
is going to the islands to visit her
daughters, both being married to Of
ficers of the Nineteenth Infantry
Captain J. Malcome Graham and
Lieutenant G. M. Allen.
There are large number of Off
GERS and members of officers families
returning to the islands after vaca-
lions spent in the United States, who
are anxious to get back to the Phil
ippines.