Show PENSION OFFICE ni UDS As tlmo has advanced with its steady trend sinco the O 0 P lost its grip on the National Government tho frauds thefts nnd other lllllo irregularities practiced prac-ticed by the patriots of that Godfearing band of honestymonopolizers are ono by ono being brought to light by the modest rays of the Democratic candle and tho people sIre beginning to rcilio that tho cliango wns made none too soon and perhaps was even dela > ed eight or twelve jenrs longer than It should < l halo been The latest development develop-ment has been in tlio Pension office Commissioner lllack has appeared beforo the Senile Committee on Expenditure of Public Monos and reports discoveries of the most iniquitous and glaring frauds per Iralcd In his Dcpirlmcnt during the terms of his predecessors in office A specimen case is that of Lieutenant Jcsso Ilastvvood of tlio onlysecond Ken lucky Volunlccrs who was allowed arrears ar-rears for pension amounting to 10155 rile documcnls In the Department show that the claimant served only twenty das when ho was allowed on account of illness to go home where ho remained until mustered out Invcsll gallon proved thnt ho had never been in action was never in tho prrscncoof tho enemy and never ox pcrienccd any of the ordinary hardships incident to a soldiers life The records show no evidence of any disability except that resulting from n cut from nn adze in 1838 and injuries sustained by falling off Iho root of a house before tho commencement com-mencement of the War This is only ono of a dozen or more cases equally as flagrant nnd Site chances are thai hundreds of others will bo dragged from tile odichl daikncss which has so long surrounded them Senator Plumb ol Kansas appears to bo acling ns attorney for the fraudulent claimants In the committee com-mittee |