Show lUHTlCi AND NOT CHUUTY Tho action of President Cleveland In II vetoing tho Dependent Soldiers Tension bill meets with extremes of condemna tion and approbation The difficulty of proper discrimination in the bestowal of pensions to povertystricken soldiers over H2 years of age may well caitc hesitation hes-itation on the part of law I ntakets The noticeable feature of tho discussion glow II log out of tho veto is the lack of sympa hetic appreciation on the part of some editors and legislators of the sacrifices sacri-fices made by those who left family iono and business prospects impelled im-pelled by patriotic duty That all who engaged in the military service of tho nation wore mainly moved by high motives cannot bo admitted by any ono familiar with the composition of the army lint whatever motive was uppermost upper-most in the mind of each recruit who entered en-tered the ranks and tho patriotism of any man who would not enter the ranks at the outset of his military life may well lie questioned as the war progressed and I ignoble spirits dropped out by the t way I thoso with good stuff in them became more and more identified with tho cause grow more patriotic and less selfish self-ish No manly man will accept charity from individuals or from the Government unless compelled to by dire necessity and tho editors and politicians who sneeringly talk of indiscriminate indis-criminate pauper importunity on tho part of soldiers past tho ago of 02 years may justly and tersely be classified as scrubs Tho Govcrnmenfcowcs it to every good soldier who by no vicious conduct of his own is unable at the ago of threescore three-score and upward to obtain a bare living to furnish him with the proposed pension of 12 per month And tho man who would take tho pension unless compelled to by absolute necessity is himself n sneak and a scrub If tho law could be properly guarded against pretenders and impostors impos-tors it is tho duty of tho Nation to enact and enforce it |