Show THE PENSION LIST the house yesterday dec 10 lOpa passed awA the pension appropriation bill without even considering any of the amendments proposed for the purpose of correcting abuses alleged to exist la the distribution of the nations bounty the list carries in the neighborhood of the highest amount since 1893 and constitutes more than a third of the expense of the government what the war which was ended over thirty years ago still costs the people is perfectly astounding in 1889 OT K was paid out in pensions the sum suddenly rose to the following year in 1891 it was in round numbers in 1892 and in 1893 this was the maximum in 1894 the list fell to in 1895 it remained at this figure and in 1896 it tell fell stul still further to then there was a rising tendency again the prediction has been made that ft rapid decrease will follow this yearb appropriations but a similar prediction has been made several times there has also been some talk of introducing in congress a bill providing for the publication of a list of persons drawing pensions with a view to securing the information necessary for the detection of possible frauds if there was wait likelihood of any real benefit froba such a course the old veterans themselves ought to be interested in it hat but they as well as the public cannot for fm get that in such matters there la Is ali al i ways more or less buncombe and abat as a result of one recent attempt at ta covering pension frauds about a million dollars was expended without result this Is not to say howver however timit frauds do not exist it is generally bo be lieveld that they do and that aa a 91 result in many cases old soldiers actually deserving the gratitude of the nation receive less than their just juit share shaft of the ample funds while others ewt deserving at all receive the creain chesl ot of the supply the american people sa afat quite willing to provide generously gener busly lir those who took their lives in their hands to save the union as welt well adf for t I 1 their widows tin has nearly C ome come to dm draw w the ifie if ut against the greedy impostors who tt it they deserve maintain ance at an am should find it behind the walls and bars constructed for the of thieves |