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Show BRYAN'S PENSION RECORD. "Th next congress will tiav to wrestle with one deficiency of 136.000.-000. 136.000.-000. Thl la on account of pensiona The appropriation for pensions for the next year must b not lea than $li0.-IvO.Ot'O. $li0.-IvO.Ot'O. h Is therefore easy arithmetic arithme-tic to perceive that the appropriation that ccngre must make for pensions at tbe t?ext session mnst aggregate not less than IlsS.OOO.OOO. This tremendous tremen-dous sum would of Itself be enough to run a seasonable government On would not complain if It wer an honorable hon-orable debt, tecauae It was never earned earn-ed by any act of patriotism or herola service. The government Is held op and despoiled of no mean portion of this, and It seems belpleas to derend Itself. One cannot help being curious to know how many more year It will take to exhaust the generation whlca ftels ltseir Injured by the war. It is safe to say that never did a generation display such longevity." W. J. Bryan ' In Omaha World-Herald. Nov.. liiZ. : At the ripe ge of 32. I . |