| Show J i f r Mrs Plk Unsolicited by Mrs James K Polk widow of the late President and without her knowledge even ft movument baa taken definite form among friends of herself and of her late husband in the Cengrsw of the United States looking toward a provision pro-vision for her in her declining years from the government widows ot later Presidents of the Uniteo States have been amply provided for A paragraph in a late issue of the Brooklyn Eaglet as in deprecation of the proper and just recognition of her equal claims upon the country contains several material nrrorSj ohie among which being the statement that she is very wealthy It is true that Mrs Folk has a home left her by her husbandin trust to the State of Teuneeee But she baa not the means to keep it up as the result of the late war deprived her of an income from a plantation She is owner of a few Tenneeiee State bonds the income from which is comparatively compar-atively insignificant and the recent decision of the State Supreme Court ha ot course materially depreciated their value She has lived out all other means On the ecereo of necessity ne-cessity therefore there is not among the surviving widows of deceased Presidents of the United States one whose claims are more deserving the consideration of the American Oon gross The wealthproducing states of Texai and Caliornia were acquired under the Polk administration adding add-ing millions to the revenues of this country and lo the private wealth of its citizens Tne name of James K Folk should be revered by the American people and tbe comfort and care ot his widow be the willing charge of her countrymen She ian ia-n w well stricken in pears and approaching ap-proaching the end of a life which has been an ornament to American we manhood and an honor to the social hie of tne capitals of her state and of tbe nation Proper provision for the few years left to her would not bankrupt bank-rupt tbe government and Congress could not do a gracefuiler thing nora nor-a luster thing than make itNaslz ilk American |
