| Show OUR P EINS 10 IN E 0 so A defense by abom an old soldier agold ier democratic REMARKS they are rather grind in E on those who fount for the flash flae I 1 editor there has hai been baen ad BO much said azid concerning berning pensions and pensioners pens loners that oni suppose the men who corn com posed the upion army and crushed the rebellion we were T e a set of unscrupulous scoundrels the Damoc democratic raile party democratic papers papera and democrats have joined in the cry denouncing the pen as rands frauds coffee coolers bounty jumpers jum pere etc until some honest people have thought that there nay may be something in it especially is this true trae of the south of the men who had to be whipped in order to be loyal foyal in a speech aafred at fred ericksburg erick ericks barg va a congressman stated three out of every four parsons who now receive pensions are not entitled to them there are now on the pension rolls and receiving pay twenty five thousand women most moat of whom are without character on august 17 1892 the globe global a democratic newspaper published in dunham N 0 C said some of the northern papers are howling about the positive fact that grover graver cleveland We veland hired a cheap man mail to represent him when the north pillaged p and plundered and burned and ravished lavished ravi shed the tha south there could not be a bettor better recommendation he simply did a grod good bu anesa job jo sa as he be did when he be slapped the dirty beggars called pensioners in the face the rational national tribune published at washington D 0 the organ of the old union veterans requested the present commissioner of pension wm lockren Loc iiren to take 1000 cases consecutively from the rolls under Ohey Chey elands first administration and the same number under harrisons i giving name date of enlistment the soldier full military arv history when he was examined ana and the result the amount of pension and for what ri di siuty buiu 1 ta jacv a fall falt and complete account of tha case of pensions pen pe siona thea of august 1893 1993 id ia answer to this request P published a long letter from which I 1 now quote 2 noona no ona whose opinion is on en titled tilled to any consideration has as I 1 think had the hardihood to claim that ahr great mass of adjudicated pension cases canes is permeated with fraud open and plain on the papers so that the ex animation of 1000 cases would disclose an instance and 1 I certainly have far too high an opinion of my old comrades to believe that any acy large number of them are scoundrels who hava sought bought and obtained pensions dishonestly especially I 1 believe that the pensions granted to soldiers who did actual service amice in the field on account of diba biliti aa of service origin are usually honest and well deserved no doubt rests reels on this clug of cases and no ex ax animation smi nation of them are being made ex capt where evidence is ia received tend ing to show that some particular case is fau fraudulent bulent or has baa been improperly decided even among the twelve Azo apostles atles there was one who was waa us worthy and among the brave and true soldiers of the union army it cannot can cannode note 16 den denied ed that there was a few bounty jumpers and men who of no credit cread to us and of little deserving f farther along he says I 1 3 the examination of the june jane 27 1890 cases Is made not because 4 f any fraud on the part of the claimant claiman 0 but bat because it was discovered that this bureau had by the adoption of an er ef ronelua rule rate for adjudication allowa many I 1 pensions not authorized by lawit law the commissioner says it is nat not fraud on the part of the pensioners thit is being investigated but whether rule lor for adjudication has ban had bad the effect of A allowing pens pensions idus not author iz by the law pa 51 of which simply means that if any errors exist it is ia in the technical construction of the lawi democrats Demo crais will take this authority on an the question sa as entitled to enough weight to stop slandering alering the tha men who were willing to sacrifice everything in defence of the union and the flag and who made it pos possible for their to live under the 11 banner which today protects them A SAXBY raivo sept 1 1893 |
