Show i epi da y junction afar 29 THE PENSION SWINDLE two schemes for draining the public treasure have followed in the wake of the eaver bill which provided that any ono wh has served in the army or navy during tha latu war of the rebellion dball havo paid to him the difference between gold and paper for the amount of his wages bounty OT pension singletons Sing letona bill prop oBea that alt union soldiers shall hive besides the privileges granted to them by the homestead laws a claim on a land warrant or a bum of A bill brought in by ford is however the moat boldfaced bold aced assault ever made on the national funds it acl rea all men who hare over berv days in the army or navy or even those who have only participated in a battle or under the union flag pensioners of the united states as soon as they become inra pable for work without a connection of their incapability for work with their service for the united states ha vine been demonstrated considering the ease with which last yar the bill providing for the payment of all arrears ef pensions from the day of tho discharge from service was passed it is by no means advisable to make light of the new propositions the raining of the federal funds under the cloak of gratitude towards the gallant union soldiers has become a rapidly spreading evil the politicians are always ready to display the greatest possible liberality towards the veteran and their families ec at the expense of long au Hering patient uncle sim they are much afraid thai a resistance si stance to any such proposition throw a shadow of suspicion on their stanch loyalty to the union cabic since the only correct standpoint has been abandoned i the that ahe federal govern ant has to take care of union sol only from the moment when ahn wounds or injuries received in actual service under the U flag incapacitated them from earning their own living there is no telling how far the subvention and support of union soldiers may be extended the abandonment of that principle by the federal legislature was a regular crime against the american people daily and hourly one can wit bess evidences of the shameless trickling carried on under the eliet anji pension laws bat the are drained out of the federa tro abury under these laws are only the of untold more mil liana bewie ther exists no limit for the exna inn and expansion this legalize I billage and pilfering which reminds on at the least of at crispin the pairon earnt of the worthy cobbler guad who to make shoes to give to ocr people stole thi leather thug the congressmen for purposes of loosen the puree strings of the government ind empty the contents of the a dionn coffers into the pockets of a privileged class might soon be educated to be willing to an ambitious military dictator ii will be the the numer ugly stains on the record mr hamps administration admi nitration that ht does nothing to check this fondling and petting of na of the empire but has lent hia influence to secure tt tor steea ad in ahw pampering the ons of mara mr clayes has en occupied a less patriotic kosir tion than hia predecessor the man on horseback who put hia foot on a s milar scheme sn the caad of the bounty equalization bill we should not wonder if in the impending presidential election the parties would go to great length in promises of extension of grants to union soldiers it may even be the case that aba congress grants another considerable payment in which case ui would give his blessing to the transaction trani action the american people haa thus fir manifested indolence and towards this truckling and a long as such is the caad the abua awill continue or even increase the people have quietly accepted an extra expenditure of thirty and undergone a permanent additional burdening of tha annual pension budget of five millions this willienes wil linnes to grant money ungrudgingly springs undo from a noble patriotic sentiment but the reaction against the abuse of this generosity can not fail to make itself felt sooner or atar anil then the very union soldiers and thir families may have to alo it mighty beaw lie in their own interest to probest against the nv broj acts of the demagogues in few cases thia has been done indeed thus we have read of several veteran demonstrations against abo weaver bill bt on the whole it must be said that there exists far too much disposition to look with comi eyes on every proposition by which can be mide thin spirit of makine has as in but loo well known played aaroin anent part in the war of the iiron and the demoralization produced thereby seems still to afflict a great portion of the rank and file |